Document ID: USCG-2012-0756-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Willamette River, Portland, OR (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.)
Posted Date: 2012-08-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 50017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20343]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0756]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Willamette River, Portland, OR

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Broadway Bridge, mile 11.7, across 
the Willamette River at Portland, OR. This deviation is necessary to 
accommodate the 2012 Pints to Pasta foot race event. This deviation 
allows the bridge to remain in the closed position to allow safe 
movement of event participants.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 8 a.m. September 9, 2012 
through 9 a.m. September 9, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket USCG-2012-0756 and are available online 
by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2012-0756 in the 
``Keyword'' box and then clicking ``Search.'' They are also available 
for inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), 
U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 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 rule, 
call or email the 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 Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Multnomah County has requested a temporary 
deviation from the operating schedule for the Broadway Bridge, mile 
11.7, crossing the Willamette River at Portland, OR. The requested 
deviation is to accommodate the Pints to Pasta event. The Broadway 
Bridge crosses the Willamette River at mile 11.7 and provides 90 feet 
of vertical clearance above Columbia River Datum 0.0 while in the 
closed position. Vessels which do not require a bridge opening may 
continue to transit beneath this bridge during the closure period. 
Under normal conditions this bridge operates in accordance with 33 CFR 
117.897 which allows for the bridge to remain closed between 7 a.m. and 
9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. This deviation 
period is from 8 a.m. on September 9, 2012 through 9 a.m. September 9, 
2012. The deviation allows the Broadway Bridge across the Willamette 
River, mile 11.7, to remain in the closed position and need not open 
for maritime traffic from 8 a.m. through 9 a.m. on September 9, 2012. 
The bridge shall operate in accordance to 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 bridge's operational 
status via the Coast Guard Notice to Mariners publication and Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners as appropriate. The bridges 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: August 1, 2012.
Randall D. Overton,
Bridge Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-20343 Filed 8-17-12; 8:45 am]
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