Document ID: USCG-2013-0154-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Willamette River, Portland, OR (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-03-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 27, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18480-18481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07086]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0154]

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 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 Burnside Bridge across the 
Willamette River, miles 12.4, at Portland, Oregon. This deviation is 
necessary to accommodate the annual Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade. 
This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed position to 
allow for the safe movement of event participants.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. on June 8, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2013-0154] 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

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have questions on viewing the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Multnomah County has requested a temporary 
deviation from the normal operating schedule for the Burnside Bridge, 
mile 12.4, crossing the Willamette River at Portland, OR. The Burnside 
Bridge provides a vertical clearance of 64 feet in the closed position; 
all clearances are referenced to the vertical clearance above Columbia 
River Datum 0.0. The bridge currently operates in accordance with 33 
CFR 117.897 which provides that from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through 
Friday, one hour's notice shall be given for draw openings. At all 
other times, notice of at least two hours in advance is required. This 
deviation period starts at 7 a.m. on June 8, 2013 and ends at 2:00 p.m. 
on June 8, 2013. The deviation allows the Burnside Bridge to remain in 
the closed position and need not open for maritime traffic from 7 a.m. 
until 2 p.m. on June 8, 2013. 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 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: March 14, 2013.
Randall D. Overton,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2013-07086 Filed 3-26-13; 8:45 am]
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