NAVNOTICE# 2040 - Updated Waterway Action Plan (WAP) Broadcast for UMR, ILR, and MOR

To: ALL MARINERS
From: Coast Guard Upper Miss
Date: 1/25/10
Subject: Updated Waterway Action Plan (WAP) Broadcast for UMR, ILR, and MOR
NAVNOTICE # 2040

SUBJ: WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0016-10 UM
SAFETY AND SCHEDULED BCSTS UNTIL CANCELLED
CANCEL WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0014-10 UM
USCG NOTICE TO MARINERS EIGHTH DISTRICT NR 0016-10 UM
USCG SECTOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ISSUES THE FOLLOWING SAFETY
ADVISORIES:
A. ZONE 28 (MM 109.9 - 185.4 UMR) AND ZONE 24 (MM 273.4 - 301.1
UMR) HAVE ENTERED THE WATCH PHASE FOR HIGH WATER CONDITIONS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE UMR 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. ZONES 3-5 (MM 50.0 - 128.9 ILR) HAVE ENTERED 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. THE HERMANN AND JEFFERSON REACHES (MM 0.0 - 200.0 MOR) HAVE
ENTERED THE WATCH PHASE FOR HIGH WATER CONDITIONS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE MOR WAP ANNEX. ALL TOWING VESSELS ARE PROHIBITED FROM
LAYING UP ON LEVEES. DRIFT OF DEBRIS MAY BE A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION.
ALL VESSELS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THESE ZONES WITH CAUTION AND
AT THEIR SLOWEST SAFE SPEED TO MINIMIZE WAKE DAMAGE.
D. 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.