NAVNOTICE# 2015 - Updated Waterway Action Plan (WAP) for UMR and ILR

To: ALL MARINERS
From: Coast Guard Upper Miss
Date: 12/27/09
Subject: Updated Waterway Action Plan (WAP) for UMR and ILR
NAVNOTICE # 2015

SUBJ: WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0524-09 UM
SAFETY AND SCHEDULED BCSTS UNTIL CANCELLED
CANCEL WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0522-09 UM
USCG NOTICE TO MARINERS EIGHTH DISTRICT NR 0524-09 UM
USCG SECTOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ISSUES THE FOLLOWING SAFETY
ADVISORIES:
A. ZONE 28 (MM 109.9 - 185.4 UMR) IS IN THE WATCH PHASE FOR
HIGH WATER CONDITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UMR WAP ANNEX. ALL
VESSELS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THIS AREA WITH CAUTION AND AT
THEIR SLOWEST SAFE SPEED TO MINIMIZE WAKE DAMAGE. DOWN STREAMING
OPERATIONS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED, UNLESS THE VESSEL IS EQUAL TO OR
GREATER THAN 75 FEET IN LENGTH AND THE VESSEL HAS A MINIMUM OF 1800
HORSEPOWER. MARINERS SHOULD PROCEED AT THE SLOWEST SAFE OPERATING
SPEED BASED UPON PREVAILING CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE WAKE
DAMAGE. DRIFT OF DEBRIS MAY BE A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION AND MAY DRAG
BUOYS OFF STATION OR SEVER BUOYS FROM THEIR MOORINGS. ALL TOWBOAT
OPERATORS SHOULD BE EXPERIENCED IN HIGH WATER OPERATIONS.
B. ZONES 1-6 (MM 0.0 - 145.5 ILR) ARE IN THE WATCH PHASE FOR HIGH
WATER CONDITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ILR WAP ANNEX. ALL TOWING
VESSELS ARE PROHIBITED FROM LAYING UP ON LEVEES. DOWN STREAMING
OPERATIONS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED, UNLESS A VESSEL IS EQUAL TO OR
GREATER THAN 75 FEET IN LENGTH AND HAS A MINIMUM OF 1800 HORSEPOWER.
DRIFT OF DEBRIS MAY BE A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION, AND MAY DRAG
BUOYS OFF STATION. ALL VESSELS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THIS ZONE
WITH CAUTION AND AT THEIR SLOWEST SAFE SPEED TO MINIMIZE WAKE
DAMAGE.
C. FOR ALL AREAS, MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO STAY AWARE OF THE
CLOSE PROXIMITY OF RAILWAYS WHEN CHOOSING A LOCATION TO PUSH INTO
THE BANK. WITH CURRENT RIVER STAGES, RAILWAY SYSTEMS CLOSE TO THE
RIVERS EDGE MAY BECOME THREATENED BY THE HEAD OF A TOW WHEN PUSHED
INTO THE BANK.