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Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., DoT Pt. 401, Subpt. A, Sch. II

SCHEDULE I TO SUBPART A OF PART (A) Calm weather—wind 10 knots or less, 401—VESSELS TRANSITING U.S. WATERS calm sea; (B) No current; No vessel of 1600 gross tons or more shall (C) Deep water conditions—water depth transit the U.S. waters of the St. Lawrence twice the vessel’s or greater; and Seaway unless it is equipped with the fol- (D) Clean hull. lowing maneuvering data and equipment: (7) At the bottom of the fact sheet, the fol- (a) Charts of the Seaway that are currently lowing statement: corrected and of large enough scale and suffi- cient detail to enable safe navigation. These ‘‘WARNING may be published by a foreign government if The response of the (name of the vessel) the charts contain similar information to may be different from the above if any of the those published by the U.S. Government. following conditions, on which the maneu- (b) U.S. Coast Guard Light List, currently vering is based, are varied: corrected. (a) Calm weather—wind 10 knots or less, (c) Current Seaway Notices Affecting Navi- calm sea; gation. (b) No current; (d) The following maneuvering data promi- (c) Deep water conditions—water depth nently displayed on a fact sheet in the twice the vessel’s draft or greater; wheelhouse: (d) Clean hull; (1) For full and half speed, a turning circle (e) Intermediate drafts or unusual trim.’’ diagram to that shows the time and distance of advance and trans- (e) Illuminated magnetic compass at main fer required to alter the course 90 degrees steering station with compass deviation with maximum angle and constant table, graph or record. power settings: (f) Gyro-compass with illuminated gyro-re- (2) The time and distance to stop the vessel peater at main steering station. from full and half speed while maintaining (g) Marine radar system for surface naviga- approximately the initial heading with min- tion. Additionally, vessels of 10,000 gross imum application of rudder; tons or more must have a second main radar (3) For each vessel with a fixed propeller, a system that operates independently of the table of shaft revolutions per minute, for a first. representative range of speeds, and a notice (h) Efficient echo sounding device. showing any critical range of revolutions at (i) Illuminated or which the engine designers recommend that repeaters that are: the engine not be operated on a continuous (1) Located in the wheelhouse; basis. (2) Arranged so that they can easily be (4) For each vessel that is fitted with a read from any position on the bridge. controllable pitch propeller, a table of con- (j) Illuminated indicator showing the oper- trol settings for a representative range of ating mode of that device when vessel is speeds; equipped with auxiliary maneuvering de- (5) For each vessel that is fitted with an vices. auxiliary device to assist in maneuvering, (68 Stat. 93–96, 33 U.S.C. 981–990, as amended such as a thruster, a table of vessel and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. speeds at which the auxiliary device is effec- L. 95–474, 92 Stat. 1471) tive in maneuvering the vessel; (6) The maneuvering information for the [45 FR 52380, Aug. 7, 1980, as amended at 47 normal load and normal ballast condition FR 51124, Nov. 12, 1982; 49 FR 30936, Aug. 2, for: 1984; 61 FR 19552, May 2, 1996]

SCHEDULE II TO SUBPART A OF PART 401—TABLE OF SPEEDS 1

Maximum speed over the bottom, knots From— To— Col. III Col. IV

1. Upper Entrance, South Shore Lake St. Louis, Buoy A13 ...... 10.5 ...... 10.5. Canal. 2. Lake St. Louis, Buoy A13 ...... Lower Entrance, Lower Beauharnois 16 ...... 16. Lock. 3. Upper Entrance, Upper Lake St. Francis, Buoy D3 ...... 9 upb; 10.5 dnb ...... 9 upb; 10.5 dnb. Beauharnois Lock. 4. Lake St. Francis, Buoy D3 ...... Lake St. Francis, Buoy D49 ...... 12 ...... 12. 5. Lake St. Francis, Buoy D49 ...... Snell Lock ...... 8.5 upb; 10.5 dnb ...... 8 upb; 10.5 dnb. 6. Eisenhower Lock ...... Iroquois Lock ...... 11.5 ...... 10.5. 7. Iroquois Lock ...... McNair Island, Lt. 137 ...... 13 ...... 10.5. 8. McNair Island, Lt. 137 ...... Deer Island, Lt. 186 ...... 11.5 ...... 10.5.

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