Document ID: USCG-2017-0721-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
Posted Date: 2017-08-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36687-36688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16502]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0732]

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 Montlake Bridge, across the Lake 
Washington Ship Canal, mile 5.2, at Seattle, WA. The deviation is 
necessary to accommodate vehicular traffic attending football games at 
Husky Stadium at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The 
deviation is necessary to allow the bridge to remain in the closed-to-
navigation position two and a half hours before and two and a half 
hours after each game. The game times for five of the seven games 
scheduled for Husky Stadium have not yet been determined due to NCAA 
television scheduling.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 2:30 p.m. on September 9, 2017 
through 11 p.m. on November 25, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2017-0732 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: The Washington State Department of 
Transportation (the bridge owner), on behalf of the University of 
Washington Police Department, has requested that the Montlake Bridge 
bascule span remain in the closed-to-navigation position, and need not 
open to vessel traffic to facilitate timely movement of pre-game and 
post game football traffic at Husky Stadium at the University of 
Washington, Seattle, WA. The Montlake Bridge crosses the Lake 
Washington Ship Canal at mile 5.2; and in the closed-to-navigation 
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. These vertical clearances are made in 
reference to the Mean Water Level of Lake Washington. The normal 
operating schedule for Montlake Bridge operates in accordance with 33 
CFR 117.1051(e).
    The deviation period will cover the following dates:

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         Time/date start               Time/date end                               Action
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2:30 a.m. Sep 9, 2017...........  5 p.m. Sep 9, 2017.....  span in the closed-to-navigation position.
8:30 p.m. Sep 9, 2017...........  11 p.m. Sep 9, 2017....  span in the closed-to-navigation position.
4 p.m. Sep 16, 2017.............  6:30 p.m. Sep 16, 2017.  span in the closed-to-navigation position.
9:30 p.m. Sep 16, 2017..........  11:59 p.m. Sep 16, 2017  span in the closed-to-navigation position.
TBA Oct 7, 2017.................  TBA Oct 7, 2017........  span in the closed-to-navigation position.
TBA Oct 28, 2017................  TBA Oct 28, 2017.......  span in the closed-to-navigation position.
TBA Nov 4, 2017.................  TBA Nov 4, 2017........  span in the closed-to-navigation position.
TBA Nov 18, 2017................  TBA Nov 18, 2017.......  span in the closed-to-navigation position.
TBA Nov 25, 2017................  TBA Nov 25, 2017.......  span in the closed-to-navigation position.
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    The times for the closures on the dates with TBA (Time to Be 
Announced) will be determined, and announced in the Coast Guard's Local 
Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners as they become 
available. Due to NCAA television scheduling, the times for the games 
are not currently available. The bridge shall operate in accordance to 
33 CFR 117.1051(e) at all other times. Waterway usage on the Lake 
Washington Ship Canal ranges from commercial tug and barge to small 
pleasure craft. 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.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridges 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: July 31, 2017.
Steven Michael Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-16502 Filed 8-4-17; 8:45 am]
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