[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20004]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0670]


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 
continues to allow the Washington State Department of Transportation to 
accommodate vehicular traffic attending football games, and maintain 
the bridge in the closed to navigation position. This deviation 
modifies the previously approved deviation under the same docket 
number.

DATES: This deviation is effective from September 6, 2014 through 
November 22, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2014-0670] 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 Steven M. Fischer, Bridge 
Administrator, Thirteenth District, Coast Guard; telephone 206-220-
7282, email [email protected]. If you have questions on 
viewing the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This temporary deviation supersedes the 
previous deviation of the same docket number published on August 5, 
2014 (79 FR 45344) with respect to the closer times from September 6, 
2014 to November 22, 2014. The Washington State Department of 
Transportation, on behalf of the University of Washington Police 
Department, has requested that 30 additional minutes be added to the 
requested time periods published on August 5, 2014 to facilitate timely 
movement of pre-game and post-game football traffic. The Montlake 
Bridge bascule span will remain closed and need not open to vessel 
traffic from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 
on September 6, 2014; from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 3:30 p.m. 
to 6:30 p.m. on September 13, 2014. The times for the closures on 
September 20, 2014, September 27, 2014, October 25, 2014, November 8, 
2014, and November 22, 2014 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.
    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. These vertical 
clearance measurements are made in reference to the Mean Water Level of 
Lake Washington. The normal operating schedule for the Montlake Bridge 
states that the bridge opens on signal, subject to the list of 
exceptions provided in 33 CFR 117.1051(e).
    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 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: August 11, 2014.
Steven M. Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2014-20004 Filed 8-21-14; 8:45 am]
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