Letters/Responses

• November 13, 2009
  11-13-2009 Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup Information available
  Letter from the Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup
  
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  November 10, 2009
  11-10-2009 BROADCAST NOTICE TO MARINERS (45 KB)
  
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  August 26, 2009
  08-26-2009 USCG establishes safety zone and regulated navigation area on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (106.42 KB)
  
  The Coast Guard is establishing a safety and regulated navigation area on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Romeoville, IL.  The temporary final rule places navigation and operational restrictions on all vessels transiting the navigable waters located adjacent to and over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' electrical dispersal fish barrier system. 
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  August 25, 2009
  08-24-2009 USCG establishes safety zone and regulated navigation area on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (6.26 MB)
  
  The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone and regulated navigation area on the ChicagoSanitaryShip Canal near Romeoville, IL.  The temporary final rule places navigation and operational restrictions on all vessels transiting the navigable waters located adjacent to and over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' electrical dispersal fish barrier system.
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  August 17, 2009
  08-17-2009 USCG Broadcast Notice to Mariners - Fish Barrier (27.14 KB)
  
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  August 14, 2009
  08-14-2009 USCG Broadcast Notice to Mariners - Fish Barrier (27.54 KB)
  
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  August 14, 2009
  08-14-2009 Safety zone established on Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (14.81 KB)
  
  Safety testing on the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Dispersal Barrier is expected to commence on Thursday, August 13, 2009, and is estimated to take two additional days.  The Coast Guard will be enforcing a safety zone encompassing all waters of the ChicagoSanitaryShip Canal from mile marker 296.1 to mile marker 296.7. Open the document to learn more about the location and duration of the established safty zone.
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  August 12, 2009
  08-12-2009 USCG Notice of Enforcement (414.56 KB)
  
  33 CFR Part 165 - The notice of enforcement: Regulated Navigation Area and Safety Zone, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Romeoville, IL.
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  December 22, 2008
  Army Corps Letter.pdf (354.56 KB)
  Letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Coast Guard
  
  Copy of the Dec. 1, 2008 letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requesting Coast Guard comment on the USACE safety study and request for operation of Barrier II at one volt per inch.
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  December 22, 2008
  Coast Guard Response to Army Corps 12 15 08.pdf (19.02 KB)
  Coast Guard letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  
  Letter from the Commanding Officer of Sector Lake Michigan to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with a statement of no objection to the USACE request to operate Barrier II at one volt per inch and concurrence with the USACE plan to perform additional safety tests at four volts per inch.