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U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS District: 13 Week: 28/19 ISSUED BY: COMMANDER, THIRTEENTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT (dpw) 915 Second Avenue, 35th Floor, Rm 3510, Seattle, Washington 98174-1067 Telephone: (206) 220-7280 Email: [email protected] https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-13/District-Staff/-dpw/ https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lnmDistrict®ion=13 COMDTPUB P16502.6, Light List Volume VI, 2019 Edition, and Coast Pilot Volume 7, 2019 Edition. Coast Pilots, along with corrections, are available at: www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html. Print on Demand (POD) copies are available for purchase at: www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/print-agents.html#coast-pilot. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD NAVIGATION INFORMATION SERVICE (NIS) The United States Coast Guard Navigation Information Service (NIS), operated by the USCG Navigation Center, is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The NIS provides information on the current operational status, effective policies, and general information for GPS and DGPS. The NIS also disseminates Safety Broadcasts / Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM), Local Notice to Mariners (LNM), and the latest Notice Advisory to Navstar Users (NANU). NANU notices can also be obtained via e-mail subscription through the USCG Navigation Center website: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=GPS. In addition, the NIS investigates all reports of degradation or loss of GPS or DGPS service. Mariners are encouraged to report all degradation of radio navigation services to the NIS via any of the following: Phone: (703) 313-5900 or Email: [email protected], or on the World Wide Web: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov BROADCAST NOTICE TO MARINERS Urgent marine navigational and weather information is broadcast over VHF channel 22A (157.1 MHZ). Broadcasts are first announced over the distress, safety and calling channel 16 before they are made. All ships in U.S. waters over 20 meters in length are required to monitor VHF channel 16, and must have radios capable of tuning to the VHF simplex channel 22A. This section contains a range of all the significant Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM's) on the date of this edition. Originating Unit Beginning BNM Ending BNM CGD THIRTEEN D13-0470-19 D13-0484-19 ABBREVIATIONS A through H I through O P through Z ADRIFT - Buoy Adrift I - Interrupted PRIV - Private Aid AICW - Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway ICW - Intracoastal Waterway Q - Quick Al - Alternating IMCH - Improper Characteristic R - Red B - Buoy INL - Inlet RACON - Radar Transponder Beacon BKW - Breakwater INOP - Not Operating Ra ref - Radar reflector bl - Blast INT - Intensity RBN - Radio Beacon BNM - Broadcast Notice to Mariner ISL - Islet REBUILT - Aid Rebuilt bu - Blue Iso - Isophase RECOVERED - Aid Recovered C - Canadian kHz - Kilohertz RED - Red Buoy CHAN - Channel LAT - Latitude REFL - Reflective CGD - Coast Guard District LB - Lighted Buoy RRL - Range Rear Light C/O - Cut Off LBB - Lighted Bell Buoy RELIGHTED - Aid Relit CONT - Contour LHB - Lighted Horn Buoy RELOC - Relocated CRK - Creek LGB - Lighted Gong Buoy RESET ON STATION - Aid Reset on Station CONST - Construction LONG - Longitude RFL - Range Front Light DAYMK/Daymk - Daymark LNM - Local Notice to Mariners RIV - River DBN/Dbn - Daybeacon LT - Light RRASS - Remote Radio Activated Sound Signal DBD/DAYBD - Dayboard LT CONT - Light Continuous s - seconds DEFAC - Defaced LTR - Letter SEC - Section DEST - Destroyed LWB - Lighted Whistle Buoy SHL - Shoaling DISCON - Discontinued LWP - Left Watching Properly si - silent DMGD/DAMGD - Damaged MHz - Megahertz SIG - Signal ec - eclipse MISS/MSNG - Missing SND - Sound Page 1 of 17 LNM: 28/19 Coast Guard District 13 10 July 2019 EST - Established Aid Mo - Morse Code SPM - Single Point Mooring Buoy ev - every MRASS - Marine Radio Activated Sound Signal SS - Sound Signal EVAL - Evaluation MSLD - Misleading STA - Station EXT - Extinguished N/C - Not Charted STRUCT - Structure F - Fixed NGA - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency St M - Statute Mile fl - flash NO/NUM - Number TEMP - Temporary Aid Change Fl - Flashing NOS - National Ocean Service TMK - Topmark G - Green NW - Notice Writer TRLB - Temporarily Replaced by Lighted Buoy GIWW - Gulf Intracoastal Waterway OBSCU - Obscured TRLT - Temporarily Replaced by Light HAZ - Hazard to Navigation OBST - Obstruction TRUB - Temporarily Replaced by Unlighted Buoy HBR - Harbor OBSTR - Obstruction USACE - Army Corps of Engineers HOR - Horizontal Clearance Oc - Occulting W - White HT - Height ODAS - Anchored Oceanographic Data Buoy Y - Yellow Additional Abbreviations Specific to this LNM Edition: AtoN - Aids to Navigation NAVCEN – U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center S-AIS – Synthetic AIS COTP – Captain of the Port NM - Nautical Miles VTS - Vessel Traffic Service CPA - Closest Point of Approach ODOT – Oregon Department of Transportation WSDOT- Washington State Department of Transportation LLNR - Light List Number RM - River Mile Marker TSS - Traffic Separation Scheme SECTION I - SPECIAL NOTICES This section contains information of special concern to the Mariner. WASHINGTON – LAKE WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL – LAKE WASHINGTON - Interstate 90 Highway Bridge construction (Revised from LNM 22/18) Kiewit-Hoffman will be performing seismic upgrades to the existing approach piers for the Interstate 90 (I-90) Highway Bridge (LLNR 18389 and 18398). The west navigation channel and east navigation channels for the I-90 Floating Bridge will have marine activities, including the moving of barges, but will stay open to mariners. Mariners are advised to use caution while transiting near barges within the Sound Transit E130 project area. These vessels are currently moored to columns or buoys and may present hazards. Construction barges located within the work zones will be marked with steady white lights on all four corners. Mariners should maintain a safe distance and minimize wake around all floating barges and other construction vessels. The eastern navigation channel will be open and will not change vertical or horizontal clearances. Two sets of steel falsework temporary structures are now installed on pier caps on the east side along piers 10 and 11. The steel beams are marked with steady white lights in addition to reflective tape. Mariners should maintain a safe distance from these work areas and should not deviate from the established channels. Barges will be working on both the east and west structures performing retrofit scopes, and will be traveling to and from the temporary mooring buoys throughout the week. Two temporary mooring buoys marked with white lights flashing every 4 seconds (Fl W 4s) have been relocated near the bridge for the mooring of the barges. The positions are: Mooring Buoy (Northwest side of I-90 Floating Bridge) 47-35-32.040N, 122-16-49.740W Mooring Buoy (Northeast side of I-90 Floating Bridge) 47-35-31.860N, 122-15-37.680W Mariners should not deviate from these established paths through navigations channels when open to vessel traffic. Construction and operations at this site are expected to continue through 2020. For additional information contact Matt Larson at (425) 318-5296 or email [email protected] Chart 18447 LNM: 28/19 COLUMBIA RIVER – SNAKE RIVER - 2019 Summer lockage schedule for recreational vessels (Revised from LNM 21/19) The USACE, Walla Walla District, is implementing the 2019 summer lockage schedule for the passage of recreational vessels through the following navigation locks: McNary Lock and Dam Columbia River Mile 292 (541) 922-2231 Ice Harbor Lock and Dam Snake River Mile 9.7 (509) 543-3231 Lower Monumental Lock and Dam Snake River Mile 41.6 (509) 282-7231 Little Goose Lock and Dam Snake River Mile 70.3 (509) 399-2233 x231 Lower Granite Lock and Dam Snake River Mile 107.5 (509) 843-2231 The following annual recreational craft lockage schedules will be implemented for all the locks beginning 15 May 2019 through 14 Sep 2019 and applies to McNary, Lower Monument, Little Goose and Lower Granite: Upstream Direction Times: 0900, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2100 Downstream Direction Times: 0930, 1230, 1530, 1830, 2130 Mariners are advised that from 15 May through 14 September McNary lockage times may take as long as 45 minutes. The Corps will consider special lockages, outside the above scheduled lockage times, for flotillas or other unique activities sponsored by yacht clubs, marinas, and other groups, provided advance (at least 24 hours) arrangements have been made with the appropriate control room operator. When a recreational vessel lockage schedule is in effect, recreational vessels will only be allowed to lock through at the times designated for such lockages and they will take precedence over commercial vessels. Commercial vessels will continue to be locked through upon Page 2 of 17 LNM: 28/19 Coast Guard District 13 10 July 2019 arrival except during the times specified for recreational vessel lockages. At the discretion of the lock operator, recreational vessels may be allowed to lock through with commercial craft. Everyone in the vessel must be wearing a personal floatation device throughout the duration of the lockage. All vessel owner/operators lock through at their own risk and must follow the directions of the lock operator when using the locks or operating in the vicinity of the locks. The lock operator has final authority on the suitability of a craft for lockage. Please refer to the USACE Safe Lockage Policy for Recreational Craft on the Columbia and Snak for additional safety requirements, https://www.nww.usace.army.mil/Portals/28/docs/navigation/locking.pdf. For additional information on this matter, please contact the Operations Division, at (509) 527-7112 or (509) 527-7364. Charts: 18541 18545 18546 18547 18548 LNM: 28/19 WASHINGTON – PUGET SOUND – ELLIOT BAY – Terminal 5 pier construction Orion Marine will be performing pile removal, demolition of structures, and new pier construction for the Terminal 5 Berth Modernization Project for the Port of Seattle on the Duwamish River west waterway.Phase 1 will start 22 Jul 2019 and run through 31 Dec 2020 and phase 2 will run from Jun 2021 through Mar 2023.