NAVNOTICE# 1702 - DREDGING OPERATIONS AT MM 241.5 ILR

To: ALL MARINERS
From: Coast Guard Upper Miss
Date: 5/25/09
Subject: DREDGING OPERATIONS AT MM 241.5 ILR
NAVNOTICE # 1702

SUBJ: WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0208-09 UM
SAFETY AND SCHEDULED BCSTS UNTIL 050000Z JUN 09
CANCEL WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0173-09 UM
USCG NOTICE TO MARINERS EIGHTH DISTRICT NR 0208-09 UM
ILLINOIS WATERWAY
MECHANICAL DREDGING OPERATIONS HAVE COMMENCED AT MM 241.5 ILR.
DREDGING OPERATIONS WILL BE FROM 0700 CDT TO 1700 CDT AND WILL OCCURR
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK UNTIL 04 JUNE 2009. MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO
CONTACT THE M/V LASALLE ON CHNLS 13, 16, OR WORKING CHNL 82 ON VHF-FM
RADIO 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO TRANSITING THE AREA FOR PASSING
INSTRUCTIONS. MARINERS ARE URGED TO TRANSIT AT THEIR SLOWEST SAFE
SPEED TO MINIMIZE WAKE DAMAGE AND PROCEED WITH CAUTION AFTER PASSING
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.