Document ID: USCG-2015-0249-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
Posted Date: 2015-04-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23238-23239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09643]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0249]

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 State Department of 
Transportation Montlake Bridge across the Lake Washington Ship Canal, 
mile 5.2, at Seattle, WA. The deviation is necessary to facilitate the 
safe and rapid movement of University of Washington Husky football game 
spectators. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-
to-navigation position.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 25, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2015-0249] is available 
at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' 
box and click ``SEARCH.''

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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 d13-pf-d13bridges@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the 
docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 
telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Washington State Department of 
Transportation has requested that the Montlake Bridge remain in the 
closed-to-navigation position to accommodate the rapid movement of 
highway traffic associated with the University of Washington Football 
game on April 25, 2015. The Montlake Bridge across 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 references to the Mean Water Level of Lake 
Washington. Under normal conditions this bridge operates in accordance 
with 33 CFR 117.1051(e) which requires the bridge to open on signal, 
except that the bridge need not open for vessels less than 1,000 gross 
tons between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday 
through Friday. This deviation period is from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 
April 25, 2015. The deviation allows the bascule span of the Montlake 
Bridge to remain in the closed to navigation position from 10 a.m. to 3 
p.m. on April 25, 2015. 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 positions may 
do so at any time. The bridge will be able to open for emergencies and 
there is no immediate alternate route for vessels to pass. The Coast 
Guard will also inform the users of the waterways through our Local and 
Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the change in operating schedule for 
the bridge so that vessels can arrange their transits to minimize any 
impact caused by the temporary deviation.
    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: April 20, 2015.
Steve Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2015-09643 Filed 4-24-15; 8:45 am]
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