NAVNOTICE# 2051 - Updated Waterway Action Plan for ILR

To: ALL MARINERS
From: Coast Guard Upper Miss
Date: 2/13/10
Subject: Updated Waterway Action Plan for ILR
NAVNOTICE # 2051

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.
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.