NAVNOTICE# 2037 - ILR Waterway Action Plan (WAP) Update

To: ALL MARINERS
From: Coast Guard Upper Miss
Date: 1/19/10
Subject: ILR Waterway Action Plan (WAP) Update
NAVNOTICE # 2037

USCG SECTOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ISSUES THE FOLLOWING SAFETY
ADVISORIES:
A. ZONES 1-5 (MM 0.0 - 128.9 ILR) ARE IN THE RECOVERY 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.
B. 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.