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U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS District: 11 Week: 01/11 SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO: COMMANDER DISTRICT ELEVEN (DPW) COAST GUARD ISLAND BUILDING 50-2 ALAMEDA, CA 94501-5100 BROADCAST NOTICE TO MARINERS - Information concerning aids to navigation and waterway management promulgated by BNM 0927-10 to BNM 0006-11 has been incorporated in this notice if still significant. ABBREVIATIONS A through H I through O P through Z ACOE - Army Corps of Engineers I - Interrupted PRIV - Private Aid ADRIFT - Buoy Adrift ICW - Intracoastal Waterway Q - Quick AICW - Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway IMCH - Improper Characteristic R - Red Al - Alternating INL - Inlet RACON - Radar Transponder Beacon B - Buoy INOP - Not Operating Ra ref - Radar reflector BKW - Breakwater INT - Intensity RBN - Radio Beacon bl - Blast ISL - Islet REBUILT - Aid Rebuilt BNM - Broadcast Notice to Mariner Iso - Isophase RECOVERED - Aid Recovered bu - Blue kHz - Kilohertz RED - Red Buoy C - Canadian LAT - Latitude REFL - Reflective CHAN - Channel LB - Lighted Buoy RRL - Range Rear Light CGD - Coast Guard District LBB - Lighted Bell Buoy RELIGHTED - Aid Relit C/O - Cut Off LHB - Lighted Horn Buoy RELOC - Relocated CONT - Contour LGB - Lighted Gong Buoy RESET ON STATION - Aid Reset on Station CRK - Creek LONG - Longitude RFL - Range Front Light CONST - Construction LNM - Local Notice to Mariners RIV - River DBN/Dbn - Daybeacon LT - Light s - seconds DBD/DAYBD - Dayboard LT CONT - Light Continuous SEC - Section DEFAC - Defaced LTR - Letter SHL - Shoaling DEST - Destroyed LWB - Lighted Whistle Buoy si - silent DISCON - Discontinued LWP - Left Watching Properly SIG - Signal DMGD/DAMGD - Damaged MHz - Megahertz SND - Sound ec - eclipse MISS/MSNG - Missing SPM - Single Point Mooring Buoy EST - Established Aid Mo - Morse Code SS - Sound Signal ev - every MSLD - Misleading STA - Station EVAL - Evaluation N/C - Not Charted STRUCT - Structure EXT - Extinguished NGA - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency St M - Statute Mile F - Fixed NO/NUM - Number TEMP - Temporary Aid Change fl - flash NOS - National Ocean Service TMK - Topmark Fl - Flashing NW - Notice Writer TRLB - Temporarily Replaced by Lighted Buoy G - Green OBSCU - Obscured TRLT - Temporarily Replaced by Light HAZ - Hazard to Navigation OBST - Obstruction TRUB - Temporarily Replaced by Unlighted Buoy HBR - Harbor OBSTR - Obstruction W - White HOR - Horizontal Clearance Oc - Occulting Y - Yellow HT - Height ODAS - Anchored Oceanographic Data Buoy Additional Abbreviations Specific to this LNM Edition: None Page 1 of 13 LNM: 01/11 Coast Guard District 11 04 January 2011 SECTION I - SPECIAL NOTICES This section contains information of special concern to the Mariner. SUBMITTING INFORMATION FOR PUBLICATION IN THE LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS A complete set of guidelines with examples and contact information can be found at http://www.uscg.mil/D11/DP/LnmRequest.asp or call BM1 John D. Hinson at 510-437-2980 or e-mail [email protected]. Please provide all Local Notice to Mariners submissions 14 days prior to the start of operations. BRIDGE INFORMATION-DISCREPANCIES AND CORRECTIONS For bridge related issues during normal working hours Monday through Friday, contact the Coast Guard Eleventh District Bridge Section, Coast Guard Island, Building 50-2, Alameda, CA 94501-5100, telephone: 510-437-3516 Office; 510-219-4366 Cell. For emergencies or discrepancies during nights, weekends and holidays, immediately notify the nearest Coast Guard Sector Command via VHF-FM chan. 16 or via telephone: San Diego & Colorado River 619-295-3121, Los Angeles 310-521-3800, San Francisco 415-399-3547, Eureka 707-839-6113. Flotsam may accumulate on and near bridge piers and abutments. Mariners should approach all bridges with caution. *To REPORT A DELAY AT A DRAWBRIDGE A report form is included in the Enclosures section of this Local Notice to Mariners.* DGPS For information regarding the DGPS system, or to report GPS, DGPS, or AIS problems, mariners are advised to contact: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov, email: [email protected], or the USCG Navigation Center at 703-313-5900. GPS SYSTEM SOFTWARE INTEGRATION ASESSMENT Mariners are advised that over the course of the next several weeks, the Air Force will conduct an integration assessment of the current GPS Software Baseline. There are no planned GPS Satellite outages for this activity, and the broadcast navigation signal will remain IS-GPS-200 compliant. Mariners who experience GPS anomalies should contact the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center as soon as possible at the email or phone number above (see: DGPS). NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-2010 COMMERCIAL CRAB SEASON The commercial crab season is open and in progress in the waters off of northern California. Mariners should expect to see concentrations of crab pots and fishing vessels engaged in setting or retrieving crab pots; and are advised to keep a sharp lookout at all times; especially at night, during periods of reduced visibility, and when approaching offshore traffic lanes. Commercial and other vessels in transit to or from San Francisco Bay are advised to utilize the offshore traffic separation schemes. All mariners are advised to adhere to Rule 10 of the Navigation rules so as to promote predictability and minimize interactions with fishing vessels and gear. All mariners are reminded of the requirement as set forth in Rule 5 of the Navigation Rules to at all times maintain a proper lookout by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision. All mariners are reminded of the requirement as set forth in Rule 6 of the Navigation Rules to at all times proceed at a safe speed so that she can take proper and effective actions to avoid collision and be stopped within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions. LNM: 45/10 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-MARINE SAFETY INFORMATION BULLETIN There has been a recent trend in traffic patterns where some vessel operators are choosing to depart the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) established in the Santa Barbara Channel and transit through an area to the south of San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands (referenced herein as “south of the Channel Islands”). As such, the Los Angeles / Long Beach Harbor Safety Committee has published voluntary western traffic lanes for vessels approaching and departing the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Mariners transiting through the western and northern approaches to and from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (LA/LB) are advised the established TSS through the Santa Barbara Channel as shown on NOAA and Admiralty charts is the only International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved routing measure in this area. An IMO approved TSS reduces the risk of collision by providing for the separation of arriving and departing traffic and minimizing potentially hazardous crossing situations. Mariners, who have traditionally used this approved TSS, are encouraged to continue to do so. For additional information please see the Enclosures Section. Page 2 of 13 LNM: 01/11 Coast Guard District 11 04 January 2011 SECTION II - DISCREPANCIES This section lists all reported and corrected discrepancies related to Aids to Navigation in this edition. A discrepancy is a change in the status of an aid to navigation that differs from what is published or charted. DISCREPANCIES (FEDERAL AIDS) LLNR Aid Name Status Chart No. BNM Ref. LNM St LNM End 198 NOAA Environmental Lighted Buoy LT EXT 18721 0843-10 48/10 46054 355 Farallon Light REDUCED INT 18645 0866-10 49/10 2290 Oceanside Approach Lighted LT IMCH 18758 0002-11 01/11 Whistle Buoy OC 2827 Anaheim Bay Channel Buoy 13 OFF STA 18749 0006-11 01/11 3118 Los Angeles Main Channel Lighted Buoy REDUCED INT 18751 51/10 10 3620 Port Hueneme Channel Lighted LT EXT 18724 0003-11 01/11 Buoy 5 3640 Channel Islands Harbor South Jetty SS INOP 18725 0917-10-02 01/11 Light 2 5240 Redwood Creek Light 13 TRLB/STRUCT DEST 18651 0713-09 44/09 5265 Redwood Creek Light 21 TRLB/STRUCT DEST 18651 0686-09 44/09 5685 Richmond Harbor Channel Light 4 TRLB/STRUCT DEST 18649 0671-09 42/09 5820 San Francisco Bay North Channel OFF STA 18649 0925-10 52/10 Lighted Bell Buoy 18 5925 San Pablo Bay Channel Light 12 LT EXT/STRUCT DMGD 18654 0542-10 33/10 6105 Mare Island Strait Light 4 TRLB/STRUCT DEST 18655 0445-10 26/10 6700 San Joaquin River Light 11 TRLB/DBN DEST 18660 0495-08 37/08 6730 San Joaquin River Light 17 TRLB/STRUCT DEST 18660 47/10 6920 Stockton Channel Light 3 TRLB/DBN DEST 18660 0576-08 43/08 7105 Stockton Channel Range H Rear Light REDUCED INT 18663 0411-09 25/09 7315 Sacramento River Deep Water Ship TRLB/STRUCT DEST 18661 0770-10 44/10 Channel Light 30 8100 Noyo River Entrance Light 5 LT EXT 18626 0005-10 01/11 8225 Humboldt Bay Lighted Buoy 15 LT IMCH 18622 0004-11 01/11 DISCREPANCIES (FEDERAL AIDS) CORRECTED LLNR Aid Name Status Chart No. BNM Ref. LNM St LNM End 5180 Redwood Creek Entrance Light 2 WATCHING PROPERLY 18651 0930-10 01/11 01/11 5205 Redwood Creek Light 8 WATCHING PROPERLY 18651 0929-10 01/11 01/11 5905 San Pablo Bay Channel Lighted Buoy 8 WATCHING PROPERLY 18654 0936-10 01/11 01/11 7960 Bodega Harbor Channel Range D Front WATCHING PROPERLY 18643 0931-10 01/11 01/11 Light 37 DISCREPANCIES (PRIVATE AIDS) LLNR Aid Name Status Chart No. BNM Ref. LNM St LNM End 287.5 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research OFF STA 18680 922-10 52/10 Institute Light Buoy "MTM5". 1497 Point Loma NPS Flux Research Buoy MISSING 18772 36/10 3420 Hyperion Lighted Gong Buoy 10 ES LT EXT/SS INOP 18744 47/10 4995 Brisbane Marina Light 4 LT EXT 18651 0826-10 47/10 5005 Brisbane Marina Light 6 LT EXT 18651 0826-10 47/10 5580 Corte Madera Channel Light 15 STRUCT DEST/LT EXT/DBN DEST 18649 0696-10 39/10 5585 Corte Madera Channel Light 16 LT EXT/STRUCT DMGD 18649 0813-10 46/10 DISCREPANCIES (PRIVATE AIDS) CORRECTED LLNR Aid Name Status Chart No.
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