Document ID: USCG-2014-0848-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Sacramento River, Rio Vista, CA; Deviation
Posted Date: 2014-10-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 59431-59432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23540]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0848]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Sacramento River, 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 Rio Vista Drawbridge across 
Sacramento River, mile 12.8, at Rio Vista, CA. The deviation is 
necessary to allow the bridge owner to make necessary bridge 
maintenance repairs. This deviation allows the bridge to open on four 
hours advance notice during the deviation period.

DATES: This deviation is effective without actual notice from October 
2, 2014 through 6 a.m. on October 17, 2014. For the purposes of 
enforcement, actual notice will be used from 9 p.m. on September 22, 
2014, until October 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2014-0848], 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 Rio Vista 
Drawbridge, mile 12.8, over Sacramento River, at Rio Vista, CA. The 
drawbridge navigation span provides 18 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, search and rescue, law enforcement, and recreational.
    A four-hour advance notice for openings is required from 9 p.m. to 
6 a.m. daily, from September 22, 2014 to October 17, 2014, to allow the 
bridge owner to repair the concrete vertical lift span deck. This 
temporary deviation has been coordinated with the waterway users. No 
objections to the temporary deviation were raised.
    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed position may 
do so at any time. The bridge will be able to open for emergencies with 
four hour advance notice. No alternative route is available for 
navigation. The Coast Guard will inform waterway users of

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this temporary deviation via our Local and Broadcast Notices to 
Mariners, to minimize resulting navigational impacts.
    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 from the operating 
regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: September 15, 2014.
D.H. Sulouff,
District Bridge Chief, Eleventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2014-23540 Filed 10-1-14; 8:45 am]
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