Document ID: USCG-2014-0467-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.)
Posted Date: 2014-06-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34419-34420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14174]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0467]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Lake Washington Ship Canal, 
Seattle, WA

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 Washington Department of 
Transportation (WSDOT) Montlake Bridge across the Lake Washington Ship 
Canal, mile 5.2, at Seattle, WA. This deviation allows the bridge to 
remain in the closed position to accommodate the safe movement of 
``Rock and Roll Run'' event participants.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 21, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2014-0467] 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 Mr. Steven Fischer, Bridge 
Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District; telephone 206-220-7282, 
email Steven.M.Fischer3@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the 
docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 
telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The WSDOT requested a temporary deviation 
from the operating schedule for the Montlake Bridge across the Lake

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Washington Ship Canal, mile 5.2, at Seattle, WA. The requested 
deviation is necessary to accommodate safe movement of ``Rock and Roll 
Run'' event participants. This deviation allows the Montlake Bridge 
across the Lake Washington Ship Canal, mile 5.2, at Seattle, WA to 
remain in the closed position and need not open for vessel traffic from 
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 21, 2014. Vessels which do not require bridge 
openings may continue to transit beneath the bridge during the closure 
period.
    The Montlake Bridge crosses the Lake Washington Ship Canal at mile 
5.2 and while in the closed position provides 30 feet of vertical 
clearance throughout the navigation channel and 46 feet of vertical 
clearance throughout the center 60-feet of the bridge; vertical 
clearance referenced to the Mean Water Level of Lake Washington. 
Vessels which do not require a bridge opening may continue to transit 
beneath the bridge during this closure period. Under normal conditions 
this bridge opens on signal, subject to the list of exceptions provided 
in 33 CFR 117.1051(e). This deviation period is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
June 21, 2014. Waterway usage on the Lake Washington Ship Canal ranges 
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 designated 
time period. This deviation from the operating regulations is 
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: June 6, 2014.
Steven M. Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2014-14174 Filed 6-16-14; 8:45 am]
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