(3) No restrictions as to speed are required for passing the Duluth Ship Canal bridge. However, vessels approaching this bridge should make such reductions in speed as the currents and weather conditions will permit and still allow for safe passage through the canal. (4) While passing all other bridges under ordinary conditions of weather the speed should not exceed 6 miles per hour, except at the Lamborn Avenue bridge where it should not exceed 4 miles. A greater speed will be allowed when necessary for steerage as when running light in a wind. The signals (described in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section) should be passed between the vessel and the bridge in sufficient time to enable the captain of the steamer always to have his boat under control. (5) A steamer must employ a tug or tugs whenever the conditions of weather or currents make the passage difficult or dangerous to either the vessel or the bridge. (b) Passing in Duluth Ship Canal. Self-propelled vessels exceeding 300 gross tons, and barges or scows exceeding (light) 100 displacement tons, shall not pass within the canal. Inbound vessels shall have the right of way. (c) Signals for opening bridges. (1) Following are the number and kind of blasts of the signal whistle or of a horn when a vessel is not navigated by steam or Diesel power, which shall be given as a signal for opening the respective bridges: Duluth Ship Canal bridge, 3 long blasts. Interstate (or Duluth-Superior) bridge, 1 long, 1 short, 1 long. Minnesota draw, Northern Pacific Railway bridge, 1 long, 2 short. Wisconsin draw, Northern Pacific Railway bridge, 2 long, 2 short. Grassy Point bridge, 2 short, 1 long. Arrowhead bridge (Twin Ports), 3 long blasts. Transfer bridge, New Duluth, 3 long blasts. Lamborn Avenue bridge, 3 short blasts. (2) The signal for opening a bridge should ordinarily be given when the vessel is about half a mile away, but the distance should be more or less according to the vessel's speed, the object being to give sufficient time for the tender to open the draw. The signal should not be given too far away, nor too soon, to cause unnecessary interference to traffic over the bridge. In the case of the Duluth Ship Canal bridge, vessels approaching from the lake shall signal for opening, in all circumstances, when not less than one-half mile distant from the bridge. (See subparagraph (3) of this paragraph for Lamborn Avenue bridge.) (3) In approaching the Lamborn Avenue bridge from the west the signal for opening shall be given when about one-fourth mile away, and when approaching from the east it shall be given at the time of pulling away from the slips or dry docks. (4) After giving the signal for opening the bridge the pilot should watch for the return signals from the bridge tender described in paragraphs (d) (1), (2) and (3) of this section, and be governed accordingly. If a return signal should not be received at once the vessel shall be checked and prepared to stop before reaching the bridge, and the opening signal shall be repeated. (See paragraph (d) (4) of this section for Duluth Ship Canal bridge.) (d) Signals by bridge tenders. (1) Each of the seven bridges first mentioned in paragraph (c) (1) must be provided with a signal of sufficient strength of sound to be heard distinctly threefourths of a mile in any condition of weather. At the Lamborn Avenue bridge a loud-sounding bell will be used, such as can be heard distinctly at the distance of three-eig. ths of a mile. In the following subparagraphs the term "blasts" as applied to this bridge will mean a "stroke of the bell". (2) Upon receiving a signal for opening the draw the tender shall at once answer with a return signal, which shall be the same as the signal for opening, to indicate that the vessel signal has been heard. The tender shall take note of the vessel's position and speed, and open the bridge in time to allow the vessel to pass through. (See, however, subparagraph (3) of this paragraph.) (3) In case the bridge, other than the Duluth Ship Canal bridge (see subparagraph (4) of this paragraph), is not ready to open at the time of receiving a signal, or very soon thereafter for any cause, as for instance when a train is passing over or in case the bridge should be so disabled that it cannot be opened at all, the tender will answer the vessel with 5 short blasts given in quick succession, as a signal to check down and stop. As soon as the bridge is ready to open, he will give the return signal stated in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph. (4) In case the Duluth Ship Canal bridge is disabled, the bridge authorities must give incoming and outgoing vessels timely and dependable notice, by tug service if necessary, so that they will not attempt to enter the canal. At all other times the bridge tender must lift the bridge promptly on receiving signal to do so. In case of a sudden breakdown during the lifting operation, five short blasts shall be given as a danger signal. (5) Vessels must be given precedence over highway or railway traffic. When a signal is given by a vessel to open the bridge, a railroad train or any vehicle that may be approaching to cross the bridge must be required to wait for the vessel to pass: Provided, however, That except at the Duluth Ship Canal bridge, vessels of 100 gross tons or under may be held for a short period in case a firstclass passenger train carrying United States mails is ready to cross the bridge. (e) Equipment. Each drawbridge must be provided with suitable power and mechanical appliances and sufficient crew, so that the draw can be opened promptly for a vessel to pass. The tender's house shall be high enough to clear trains, busses, trucks or other vehicles, and allow the tender to see readily the channels in all directions. All bridges must be lighted as required by the U. S. Coast Guard. (f) Rafts. Before a raft may be towed through any of the entrances, channels, or basins of the Duluth-Superior Harbor application shall be made to the District Engineer of the Engineer Department in charge of the locality for specific permission and instructions. (g) Anchorage of vessels. (1) Vessels shall not anchor in the entrance canals, or in any of the navigable channels, except in the harbor basins, and then only where not in the way of passing vessels. (2) Vessels and rafts shall not be anchored or otherwise fastened where they are liable to swing into the channels by reason of a wind or current. (3) The position and arrangement of vessels lying at anchor in the harbor basin shall be subject to the direction of the District Engineer Officer in charge of the locality, or his authorized representatives, and vessels shall, when so directed, promptly shift their position to another part of the basin. (h) Dragging anchors. No vessel shall be towed while the anchor of such vessel is down or dragging at the bottom of the channel. (i) Towing through bridges. Freight steamers shall not tow consorts astern while passing through the bridges of this harbor, the Duluth Ship Canal bridge excepted. Towing alongside the steamer will, however, be permitted. (j) Patrol signals. (1) Three short blasts of the signal whistle when sounded from a patrolling vessel will indicate that the vessel to which such signal is given is proceeding at too high a rate of speed, and such vessel must immediately moderate its speed accordingly. (2) Three long blasts of the signal whistle followed by two short blasts when sounded from a patrolling vessel will indicate that the vessel to which such signal is given must stop until further orders from the patrolling vessel. (3) One long blast, followed by four short blasts, when sounded from the patrolling vessel, will indicate that the vessel to which such signal is given may proceed on its course. (k) Other requirements. (1) No vessel shall be moored to any United States pier. (2) No material of any kind shall be loaded on or loaded from the United States piers, except for the use of the United States, unless by special permission of the Engineer Officer in charge in each case. (3) Vessels shall take great care not to run into, strike, rub against, or otherwise injure the United States piers, buoys, or beacons in the harbor. (4) Dredges and attending scows and tugs are expected and required to give half the channel for passing vessels, and the latter are required to do the same when passing the dredges or other craft. (5) Where there are two or more channels leading to a given point, in one of which improvement work is going on, the latter channel may be temporarily closed to navigation by the District Engineer, after due notice. (1) Dumping regulation. All dredging, earth, garbage and other refuse material of every kind and description, taken from Duluth-Superior Harbor into Lake Superior to be dumped, shall be deposited at such points as shall be designated and marked by the District Engineer, at a distance not less than one mile nor more than two miles from the lake entrance of the Duluth Ship Canal, and at the same distance from the outer entrance to the Superior Entry; Provided, That no material shall be deposited where the depth of water is less than 50 feet at the time of dumping. (40 Stat. 266, 28 Stat. 362, 33 Stat. 1147; 33 U.S.C. 1, 419, 499) [Regs. Jan. 9, 1945, (CE 800.211 (Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minn.-Wis.). SPEWR), 10 F.R. 1105] § 207.440 St. Marys Falls Canal and Locks, Mich.; use, administration, and navigation. (a) The use, administration, and navigation of the canal and canal grounds shall be under the direction of the District Engineer, Engineer Department at Large, in charge of the locality, and his authorized agents. The term "canal" shall include all of the natural waters of the St. Marys River on the United States side of the International Boundary and all of the canalized waterway and the locks therein between the western or upstream limit, which is a north and south line tangent to the west end of the Northwest Pier, and the eastern or downstream limit, which is a north and south line tangent to the northeast corner of the old Fort Brady Reservation, the distance between limits being 1.9 miles. The term "canal grounds" shall include all of the United States part and other lands, piers, buildings, water level regulation works, hydroelectric power plant, and other appurtenances acquired or constructed for the channel improvement and use of the waterway. (b) Masters of all registered vessels approaching and desiring to use the locks shall, upon arriving at Sailors Encampment, Little Rapids Cut, and Brush Point, report the name of the vessel and its draft to the Coast Guard Lookout Stations at those points. (c) Upon approaching the canal, vessels shall request lock dispatch by blowing two long and two short blasts of the whistle. Upon receipt of directions by the lock dispatching signal system, vessels shall acknowledge the assignment by one long and one short blast. (d) When in the locks, vessels shall not blow whistle signals for tugs, supply vessels, or persons unless authorized to do so by the District Engineer or his authorized agents. (e) On all vessels of 400 gross tons or over navigating the canal under their own power, there shall be on duty the following ship's officers: In the pilot house, on the bridge, or in the immediate vicinity thereof, the master, one mate, and one wheelsman; in the engine room, the chief engineer, one assistant engineer, and one oiler or other member of the crew familiar with the operation of the engine. During transit of the locks, all vessels of 400 gross tons or over equipped with power operated mooring deck winches shall have, in addition to the winch operators, mates or signalmen at the forward and after ends of the vessel to direct operations from points providing maximum vision of both the winch operators and canal linesmen. (f) Within the limits of the canal, vessels approaching the locks shall not navigate at a speed greater than 21⁄2 miles per hour, and vessels leaving the locks shall not navigate at a speed greater than 6 miles per hour. Tugs assisting vessels in passing the locks may be authorized by the District Engineer or his authorized agents to navigate at a higher speed when considered necessary to expedite canal operations. (g) For passage through the canal, vessels or boats owned or operated by the United States Government may be given precedence over all others. (h) All registered vessels will be passed through the locks in the order of their arrival at the canal, unless otherwise directed by the District Engineer or his authorized agents. When a vessel that has stopped on its own business is ready to proceed, it is not entitled to precedence over other vessels already dispatched even though it may have preceded such vessels in arriving at any Coast Guard Lookout Station. Unregistered craft must have a special permit for separate lockage. (i) Unless otherwise directed, all vessels or boats approaching the locks shall stop at the points indicated by signs placed on the canal piers until ordered by the District Engineer or his authorized agents to proceed into the lock. (j) Vessels and boats shall not proceed to enter or leave a lock until the lock gates are fully in their recesses and the lockmaster has given directions for starting. (k) Upon each passage through the canal, the master or clerk of the vessel or craft shall report to the canal office, upon the prescribed form, a statement of passengers, freight, and registered ton nage, and such other statistical information as may be required by the blank forms provided for the purpose. (1) No business, trading, or loading or landing of freight, baggage, or passengers will be allowed on or over the canal piers or lock walls, or over the other piers within the limits of the canal grounds, except by prior authority of the District Engineer or his authorized agents. (m) No person shall throw material of any kind into the canal, or litter the grounds with any refuse. (n) The releasing of vessel steam, water, or waste from side discharge openings upon the piers or lock walls, the cleaning of boiler flues in the locks or canal, or the emission of dense smoke from the stack of any vessel while passing through the locks, is forbidden. (0) No person shall enter or navigate the canal with a boat or other craft which, when entering or while navigating the canal, shall have an iron or irons projecting from it or a rough surface or surfaces on it which would be liable to damage the lock walls or canal piers. (p) No person shall cause or permit any vessel or boat of which he is in charge or on which he is employed to in any way obstruct the canal or delay in passing through it, except upon prior authority of the District Engineer or his authorized agents. (q) No person shall enter upon any part of the canal grounds except as permitted, either generally or in specific instances, by the District Engineer or his authorized agents. No person shall willfully or carelessly injure, tamper with, or damage the canal or any of the Government buildings, works or structures, trees or shrubbery, or other public property pertaining to the canal or canal grounds. (r) All barges or other vessels navigating within the canal and not operated under their own power, whether approaching or leaving the locks, are required to be assisted by one or more tugs of sufficient power to insure full control at all times. (s) Smoking and open flames are prohibited on the canal grounds within 50 feet of any tanker transiting the canal and locks, and on board the tanker transiting the locks except in such places as may be designated in the ship's regulations. (t) All oil tankers, barges, and other vessels which are used for transporting inflammable liquids, either with or without cargo, shall, if not equipped with fixed timber fenders, be prevented from contacting any unfendered pier, lock wall, or other structure by an adequate number of suitable fenders of timber, rubber, or rope placed between the vessel and such unfendered structure. (u) Masters or other persons refusing to comply with the regulations in this section or any orders given in pursuance thereof, or using profane, indecent, or abusive language, may, in the discretion of the District Engineer or his authorized agents, be denied the privileges of the locks or canal grounds. [Regs., Nov. 5, 1945 (CE 800.211 (St. Marys River, Mich.)-SPEWR), 10 F.R. 14451] CODIFICATION: Prior to the revision of § 207.440, as set forth above, subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (1) were revoked Feb. 27, 1945, 10 F.R. 2811. § 207.590 Black Rock Canal and Lock and Ferry Street Bridge at Buffalo, N. Y., and Niagara River from Black Rock Lock to Tonawanda, N. Y.; use, administration, and navigation. * Use and Navigation * (f) No vessel or boat shall navigate the Black Rock Canal at a rate of speed greater than 6 statute miles per hour. This rate of speed will require elapsed time to navigate between designated points as follows: From North Breakwater Light to Ferry Street Bridge, 264 minutes. From south end of Bird Island Pier to Ferry Street Bridge, 18 minutes. From Ferry Street Bridge to International Bridge, 111⁄2 minutes. [Paragraph (f) amended Oct. 29, 1945 (CE 800.21 (Black Rock Channel, N. Y.) —SPEWR), 10 F.R. 14029] PART 208-FLOOD CONTROL Sec. § 208.25 Pensacola Dam and Reservoir, Grand (Neosho) River, Okla. The representative of the agency charged with the operation of the Pensacola Dam, hereinafter referred to as the Representative, shall operate the dam and reservoir in the interest of flood control as follows: (a) Whenever the pool stage exceeds elevation 745 at the dam, the discharge facilities shall be operated under the direction of the District Engineer, Engineer Department at Large, in charge of the locality, so as to reduce as much as practicable the flood damage below the reservoir and to limit the pool stage to elevation 755 at the dam. (b) The District Engineer will advise the Representative when inflow rates are anticipated which will raise the pool above elevation 745 at the dam. The District Engineer will also advise the Representative of essential increase in the flood control storage capacity of the reservoir which should be provided by drawing the pool down below elevation 745 at the dam in order to obtain maximum flood control benefits, with the provision that the suggested reduction in power storage shall at no time exceed the replacement volume of flow then in sight in the streams above the reservoir. (c) The Representative shall furnish the District Engineer, daily, a report showing the elevation of the reservoir pool and the tailwater, number of gates in operation, spillway and turbine releases, evaporation, storage, reservoir inflow, and precipitation in inches as shown by Agency gages. One reading shall be shown for each day with additional readings of releases for all changes in spillway gate operation, and with readings of all items except evaporation three times daily when the District Engineer advises the Representative that flood conditions are imminent. By agreement between the Representative and the District Engineer, any of the foregoing information may be furnished by telephone and may, if agreed upon, be omitted from the report. Whenever the pool is above elevation 745 at the dam the Representative shall submit additional reports by telegraph or telephone as directed by the District Engineer, with a report to be furnished immediately whenever the pool rises above elevation 745 at the dam. be (d) The District Engineer will furnish the Representative with all available information and detailed instructions for operation of the reservoir in the interest of flood control during an emergency condition when communications tween the dam and the District Office are broken. In the event that the District Engineer or his authorized representative cannot be reached by telephone, telegraph or by other means during a flood emergency, these instructions will govern. The provisions (a), (b), and (c) of this section will govern at all times except during such an emergency. (e) Elevations herein stated are referred to Pensacola datum which is 1.07 feet below mean sea level. [Regs., Dec. 3, 1945 (CE 461 (Pensacola Dam and Reservoir, Grand (Neosho) River, Okla.) SPEWR), 10 F.R. 15044] § 208.30 Alpine Dam, Keith Creek, Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill. The City of Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, shall operate the Alpine Dam and Reservoir in the interest of flood control as follows: (a) The opening at all times for the 5-ft. by 7-ft. controlled conduit shall be one foot except as directed in paragraph (b) following. (b) After storage of flood runoff has occurred and the peak flow from the unreservoired area below the dam has passed through the City of Rockford, the gate of the control conduit shall be opened sufficiently to drain the reservoir as rapidly as possible without exceeding the channel capacity of Keith Creek through the City of Rockford. (c) When the runoff impounded in the reservoir has been released the gate opening of the 5-ft. by 7-ft. control conduit shall be set at the established opening of one foot. [Regs., Dec. 3, 1945 (CE 461 (Alpine Dam, Keith Creek, Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill.)-SPEWR), 10 F.R. 15045] |