Document ID: USCG-2017-0621-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Willamette River at Portland, OR
Posted Date: 2017-07-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31907-31908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14458]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0621]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Willamette River at Portland, OR

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 Hawthorne Bridge, mile 13.1, 
crossing the Willamette River at Portland, OR. This deviation is 
necessary to accommodate the Oregon Brewers' Parade event. The 
deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation 
position to allow safe roadway movement of event participants.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 11:30 a.m. to noon on July 26, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2017-0621 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email Mr. Steven Fischer, Bridge 
Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District; telephone 206-220-7282, 
email d13-pf-d13bridges@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Multnomah County (bridge owner) has 
requested a temporary deviation from the operating schedule for the 
Hawthorne Bridge, mile 13.1 crossing the Willamette River at Portland, 
OR. The requested deviation is to accommodate the Oregon Brewers' 
Parade event. To facilitate this event, the draw of this bridge will be 
allowed to be kept in the closed-to-navigation position to marine 
traffic from 11:30 a.m. to noon on July 26, 2017. The Hawthorne Bridge 
provides a vertical clearance of 49 feet in the closed-to-navigation 
position referenced to the vertical clearance above Columbia River 
Datum 0.0. The normal operating schedule is in 33 CFR 117.897(c)(3)(v). 
Waterway usage on this part of the Willamette River includes vessels 
ranging from commercial tug and barge to small pleasure craft. The 
Coast Guard provided notice of and requested objections to this 
deviation to local mariners via the Local Notice Mariners, and email. 
No objections were submitted to the Coast Guard.
    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed-to-navigation 
position may do so at any time. The bridge will be able to open for 
emergencies, and there is no immediate alternate route for vessels to 
pass. The Coast Guard will inform the users of the waterway, through 
our Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners, of the change in operating 
schedule for the bridges 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 schedules immediately at the end of the effective 
period of this temporary deviation. This deviation from the operating 
regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: June 30, 2017.
Steven M. Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-14458 Filed 7-10-17; 8:45 am]
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