Document ID: USCG-2017-0246-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Willamette River at Portland, OR
Posted Date: 2017-03-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 61 (Friday, March 31, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 15998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06385]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0246]

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, crossing 
the Willamette River at Portland, OR. This deviation is necessary to 
accommodate the Cinco de Mayo 5K 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 8 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. on May 7, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2017-0246 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 d13-pf-d13bridges@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Multnomah County 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 Cinco de Mayo 5K 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 8 a.m. to 11:15 
a.m. on May 7, 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. Waterway usage on this part of the 
Willamette River includes vessels ranging from commercial tug and barge 
to small pleasure craft. The Coast Guard contacted all known users of 
the Willamette River for comment, and we received no objections for 
this deviation.
    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: March 27, 2017.
Steven M. Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-06385 Filed 3-30-17; 8:45 am]
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