NAVNOTICE# 1236 - UPDATE WAP

To: ALL MARINERS
From: Coast Guard Upper Miss
Date: 7/23/08
Subject: UPDATE WAP
NAVNOTICE # 1236

SUBJ: WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0308-08 UM
SAFETY AND SCHED BCSTS UNTIL CANCELLED
CANCEL WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0303-08 UM
USCG NOTICE TO MARINERS EIGHTH DISTRICT NR 0308-08 UM
SECTOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ISSUES FOLLOWING SAFETY ADVISORY:
A. ZONE 28 (MILES 109.9 - 185.4 UMR) IS IN THE HIGH WATER RECOVERY
PHASE OF THE UMR WAP ANNEX. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION
AND MINIMIZE WAKE WHILE TRANSITING THE AREA. DOWN STREAMING
OPERATIONS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS THE VSL IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER
THAN 75 FT IN LENGTH AND HAS A MINIMUM OR 1800 HORSEPOWER.
B. THE FOLLOWING ZONE IS IN THE HIGH WATER RECOVERY PHASE OF THE UMR
WAP ANNEX: ZONE 25 (MILES 241.4 - 273.3 UMR).
C. COTP UMR HAS LIFTED RESTRICTIONS TO REC TRAFFIC ON THE UMR. ALL
MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THESE RIVERS WITH CAUTION.