Navigation Notices: Pacific Rivers

2022 Summer Lockage Schedule for Recreational Vessels on the Snake and Columbia Rivers Notice Number: 20227 Date: 05/15/2022 00:01 thru 09/14/2022 23:59 PDT   The Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is implementing the 2022 summer lockage schedule for the passage of recreational vessels through the following navigation locks:   McNary Dam, Columbia…

NOTICE TO MARINERS Pacific Rivers LNM 18-22 SECTION I – SPECIAL NOTICES This section contains information of special concern to the Mariner. WASHINGTON – PUGET SOUND – SEATTLE TO BREMERTON – DUWAMISH WATERWAY – Spokane Street Bridge deviation The Coast Guard intends to approve a temporary deviation for the Spokane Street Bridge (LLNR 16870.1) across…

Safety Zone; San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA   Notice number: 2022-08990 Date: 10 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. on April 29, 2022 Coast Guard, DHS. Notification of enforcement of regulation.  The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display in the Captain of the…

Lower Monumental Caution to Vessels Notice Number: 19647 Date: 04/22/2022 thru 05/30/2022 Vessels transiting the Lower Monumental navigation lock will incur unpredictable currents at the downstream end of the lock due to the need to remove four spillway gates from service.  The spillway gates have maintenance issues which must be addressed before they are returned…

NOTICE TO MARINERS Pacific Rivers LNM 16-22   SECTION I – SPECIAL NOTICES This section contains information of special concern to the Mariner.  COLUMBIA RIVER – PACIFIC OCEAN TO HARRINGTON POINT – HARRINGTON POINT – WOODY ISLAND CHANNEL – Current measuring buoy NOAA has deployed a yellow, oceanographic data collection buoy to measure currents in…

Pacific Rivers Basin Safety Zones    Fireworks Display, Willamette River, Portland, OR Notice Number: 2022-08049 Coast Guard, DHS.  Temporary final rule.  The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters within a 100-foot radius of F/V American Challenger and a 100-yard radius of salvage vessels, machinery, and personnel when present. The safety…

Notice to Navigators Notice number 19568 Snake River Effective 4-27-22 07:00 thru 4-29-22 19:00  PDT LITTLE GOOSE NAVIGATION LOCK CLOSURES The Little Goose navigation lock will be closed daily 0700-1900 from 27-29 April to allow a contractor to remove a hazard to navigation at the landside wall upstream of the navigation lock. The work will…

Notice to Navigators Notice number 19006-2 Snake River Effective 3-16-22 07:00 thru 4-18-22 10:00 PDT LOWER MONUMENTAL UPSTREAM FLOATING GUIDEWALL RESTRICTIONS Repairs to the Lower Monumental Navigation Lock floating guide wall keyway are now completed.  Commercial vessels may now tie up to the floating guide wall, and may perform crew changes at that location. Until…

NOTICE TO MARINERS Pacific Rivers LNM 15-22   SECTION I – SPECIAL NOTICES This section contains information of special concern to the Mariner.   OREGON – WASHINGTON – IDAHO – Farewell to traditional nautical charts NOAA is in the process of “sunsetting” or ending the production of traditional paper charts. However, even prior to traditional…