Document ID: USCG-2013-0270-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Willamette River, Portland, OR (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-04-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24676-24677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09854]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0270]

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 Steel Bridge across the Willamette 
River, mile 12.1, at Portland, Oregon. This deviation is necessary to 
accommodate the Rose Festival Rock N Roll Half Marathon.

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This deviation allows the upper deck of the Steel Bridge to remain in 
the closed position to facilitate safe movement of event participants.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 7:45 a.m. on May 19, 2013, to 1 
p.m. on May 19, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2013-0270] 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 Randall Overton, 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 Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 
telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of Portland has requested that the 
upper deck of the Steel Bridge remain closed to and need not open for 
vessel traffic in order to facilitate safe efficient movement of event 
participants associated with the Rose Festival Rock N Roll Half 
Marathon. The Steel Bridge crosses the Willamette River at mile 12.1 
and is a double-deck lift bridge with a lower lift deck and an upper 
lift deck which operate independent of each other. When both decks are 
in the down position the bridge provides 26 feet of vertical clearance 
above Columbia River Datum 0.0. When the lower deck is in the up 
position the bridge provides 71 feet of vertical clearance above 
Columbia River Datum 0.0. This deviation does not affect the operating 
schedule of the lower deck which opens on signal. Vessels which do not 
require an opening of the upper deck of the bridge may continue to 
transit beneath the bridge and, if needed, may obtain an opening of the 
lower deck of the bridge for passage during this closure period of the 
upper deck. Under normal conditions the upper deck of the Steel Bridge 
operates in accordance with 33 CFR 117.897(c)(3)(ii) which states that 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday one hour advance notice 
shall be given for draw openings and at all other times two hours 
advance notice shall be given to obtain an opening. This deviation 
period starts at 7:45 a.m. on May 19, 2013 and ends at 1 p.m. on May 
19, 2013. The deviation allows the Steel Bridge upper deck to remain in 
the closed position and need not open for maritime traffic from 7:45 
a.m. on May 19, 2013 to 1 p.m. on May 19, 2013. The bridge shall 
operate in accordance with 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 bridges' operational status via the 
Coast Guard Notice to Mariners publication and Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners as appropriate. The bridge 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 effective 
period of this temporary deviation. This deviation from the operating 
regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: April 16, 2013.
Randall D. Overton,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2013-09854 Filed 4-25-13; 8:45 am]
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