ITCS Memo# 2291 - Lower Mississippi Safety Advisory

To: RIAC
From: LOMRC Chairman
Date: 8/11/05
Subject: Lower Mississippi Safety Advisory
ITCS Memo # 2291

SUBJ: WESTERN RIVERS BROADCAST NOTICE TO MARINERS NR 0205-05 LM
SAFETY AND ALL SCHEDULED BROADCASTS THENCE DAILY UNTIL CANCELLED
USCG EIGHTH DISTRICT NOTICE TO MARINERS NR 0205-05 LM
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
UNDER THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED FOR THE LOW WATER EMERGENCY PHASE OF
THE RIVER CRISIS ACTION PLAN, THE COAST GUARD, IN CONJUCTION WITH
LOMRC AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING
SAFETY ADVISORY: DOWN BOUND TOWS ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT TOW
CONFIGURATIONS TO SIX (6) BARGES WIDE BY FIVE (5) BARGES IN LENGTH.
UP BOUND TOWS ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT LOADED TOW CONFIGURATIONS TO FIVE
(5) BARGES WIDE BY FIVE (5) BARGES IN LENGTH. ADDITIONALLY, UP BOUND
TOWS ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT A SIXTH OUTBOARD STRING AND UP TO TWO
LENGTHS AT THE HEAD OF A TOW TO EMPTY BARGES ONLY FOR A TOTAL
CONFIGURATION NOT TO EXCEED SIX (6) BARGES WIDE BY SEVEN (7) BARGES
IN LENGTH. ALL MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE
NAVIGATING ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND REPORT ANY NAVIGATIONAL
CONCERNS TO SECTOR LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER.