Document ID: USCG-2012-0382-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Willamette River, Portland, OR (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.)
Posted Date: 2012-05-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26437-26438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10750]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0382]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Willamette River, Portland, OR

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Hawthorne Bridge across the 
Willamette River, mile 13.1, at Portland, OR. This deviation is 
necessary to accommodate the May 2012 running of Portland's Rock-n-Roll 
Half Marathon. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed 
position to allow safe movement of event participants.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 4 a.m. on May 20, 2012 through 
10 a.m. May 20, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket USCG-2012-0382 and are available online 
by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2012-0382 in the 
``Keyword'' box and then clicking ``Search''. They are also available 
for inspection or

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copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 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 rule, 
call or email the Bridge Administrator, Coast Guard Thirteenth 
District; telephone 206-220-7282 email randall.d.overton@uscg.mil. If 
you have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Multnomah County has requested that the 
Hawthorne lift bridge remain closed to vessel traffic to facilitate 
safe, uninterrupted roadway passage of participants of the Rock-n-Roll 
Half Marathon event. The Hawthorne Bridge crosses the Willamette River 
at mile 13.1 and provides 49 feet of vertical clearance above Columbia 
River Datum 0.0 while in the closed position. Vessels which do not 
require a bridge opening may continue to transit beneath the bridge 
during this closure period. Under normal conditions this bridge 
operates in accordance with 33 CFR Sec.  117.897 which allows for the 
bridge to remain closed between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. 
Monday through Friday. This deviation period is from 4 a.m. on May 20, 
2012 through 10 a.m. May 20, 2012. The deviation allows the Hawthorne 
Bridge across the Willamette River, mile 13.1, to remain in the closed 
position and need not open for maritime traffic from 4 a.m. through 10 
a.m. on May 20, 2012. The bridge shall operate in accordance to 33 CFR 
117.897 at all other times. Waterway usage on this stretch of the 
Willamette River includes vessels ranging from commercial tug and barge 
to small pleasure craft. Mariners will be notified and kept informed of 
the bridge's operational status via the Coast Guard Notice to Mariners 
publication and Broadcast Notice to Mariners as appropriate. The draw 
span will be required to open, if needed, for vessels engaged in 
emergency response operations during this closure period.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to 
its regular operating schedule immediately at the end of the designated 
time period. This deviation from the operating regulations is 
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: April 24, 2012.
Randall D. Overton,
Bridge Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-10750 Filed 5-3-12; 8:45 am]
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