Document ID: USCG-2018-0025-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Willamette River, Portland, OR
Posted Date: 2018-01-30T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4143-4144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01703]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0025]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Willamette River, 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 Broadway Bridge across the 
Willamette River, mile 11.7, at Portland, OR. The deviation is 
necessary to make adjustments to new equipment. This deviation allows 
the bridge to operate the double bascule span one side at a time, 
single leaf.

DATES: This deviation is effective without actual notice from January 
30, 2018, to 11:59 p.m. on February 23, 2018. For the purposes of 
enforcement, actual notice will be used from 1 a.m. on January 27, 
2018, through January 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2018-0025, 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.

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 [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Multnomah County, the bridge owner, 
requested the Broadway Bridge be authorized to open half the span in 
single leaf mode to make adjustments to newly installed equipment. The 
Broadway Bridge crosses the Willamette River at mile 11.7, and provides 
90 feet of vertical clearance above Columbia

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River Datum 0.0 while in the closed-to-navigation position, and 
provides 125 feet of horizontal clearance with half the span open. This 
bridge operates in accordance with 33 CFR 117.897. This deviation 
allows the double bascule span of the Broadway Bridge across the 
Willamette River, mile 11.7, to operate the bridge in single leaf mode 
to marine traffic. The deviation period will be from 1 a.m. on January 
27, 2018 to 11:59 p.m. on February 23, 2018. The bridge shall operate 
in accordance to 33 CFR 117.897 at all other times.
    Waterway usage on this part of the Willamette River includes 
vessels ranging from commercial tug and barge to small pleasure craft. 
One particular shipping company regularly requests a full bridge span 
opening in order to transit the river. In anticipation of this 
deviation, the shipping company has agreed to give a 7 day notice and a 
24 hour notice to the bridge owner for a request of a full bridge span 
opening. If this procedure is followed, the bridge owner has agreed to 
comply with these requests.
    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed-to-navigation 
position may do so at anytime. The bridge will be able to open for 
emergencies, and there is no immediate alternate route for vessels to 
pass. 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 from the operating 
regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: January 16, 2018.
Steven M. Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2018-01703 Filed 1-29-18; 8:45 am]
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