Document ID: USCG-2013-1025-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Three Mile Slough, Rio Vista, CA (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.)
Posted Date: 2014-02-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7396-7397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02662]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2013-1025]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Three Mile Slough, Rio Vista, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Hwy 160 drawbridge across Three 
Mile Slough, mile 0.1, at Rio Vista, CA. The deviation is necessary to 
allow California Department of Transportation to replace the steel deck 
of the bridge lift span. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in 
the closed-to-navigation position during the deviation period.

DATES: This deviation is effective without actual notice from February 
7, 2014 until 5 a.m. on April 5, 2014. For the purposes of enforcement, 
actual notice will be used from 8 p.m. on February 3, 2014, until 
February 7, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2013-1025], is 
available at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the docket number in the 
``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the 
line associated with this deviation. You may also visit the Docket 
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the 
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email David H. Sulouff, Chief, Bridge 
Section, Eleventh Coast Guard District; telephone 510-437-3516, email 
David.H.Sulouff@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the docket, 
call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-
366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The California Department of Transportation 
has requested a temporary change to the operation of the Hwy 160 
drawbridge, mile 0.1, over Three Mile Slough at Rio Vista, CA. The 
drawbridge navigation span provides 12 feet vertical clearance above 
Mean High Water in the closed-to-navigation position. In accordance 
with 33 CFR 117.5, the draw opens on signal. Navigation on the waterway 
is commercial and recreational.
    The drawspan will be secured in the closed-to-navigation position 
from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., February 3, 2014 to April 5, 2014, to allow 
Caltrans to replace the steel deck of the lift span. This temporary 
deviation has been coordinated with the waterway users. No objections 
to the proposed temporary deviation were raised.
    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed position may 
do so at anytime. The bridge will not be able to open for emergencies 
from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. during this deviation. The confluence of the 
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers can be used as an alternate route for 
vessels unable to pass through the bridge in the closed position. The 
Coast Guard will also inform the users of the waterways through our 
Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the change in operating 
schedule for the bridge so that vessels can arrange their transits to 
minimize any impact caused by the temporary deviation.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to 
its regular operating schedule immediately at the end of the effective 
period of this temporary deviation. This deviation

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from the operating regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: January 28, 2014.
D.H. Sulouff,
District Bridge Chief, Eleventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2014-02662 Filed 2-6-14; 8:45 am]
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