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Captain of the Port Responsibilities (12NM)?

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    1. Promote and enforce safe operating ports. Directing the enforcement of port/waterways safety laws and regulations, vessel operations safety laws and regulations, cargo safety laws and regulations, Limited Access Areas (LAAs), facility operations safety laws and regulations; and overseeing the administration, operation, and maintenance of Aids to Navigation (ATON) systems. - 2. Promote and enforce secure operating ports. Directing the port/waterways and coastal security program; directing the enforcement of vessel operations security regulations, personnel security regulations, cargo security regulations, and facility operations security regulations. - 3. Promote and enforce environmental compliant operations. Directing the port/waterways environmental compliance program; directing enforcement of bulk liquid transfer laws and regulations, tank vessel operation laws and regulations, packaged hazardous material operations laws and regulations, pollution prevention laws and regulations, and ocean dumping/incineration laws and regulations.
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Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (12 NM)?

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  1. Coordinate Area Maritime Security Plan (AMSP) and planning efforts. Directing Area Maritime Security (AMS) vulnerability assessments; directing development and maintenance of AMS plans, and maintenance of records. 2. Oversee security incident preparation. Directing AMS plan exercises and AMS plan evaluations. 3. Oversee security incident response. Directing AMS plan activation and incident mitigation activities; facilitating the conduct of investigations.
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Federal Onscene Coordinator (12NM)?

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  1. Coordinate contingency plans and planning efforts. Directing the development and maintenance of contingency plans. 2. Oversee pollution event preparation. Directing pollution event planning coordination and the exercise and evaluation of plans. 3. Oversee pollution event response. Evaluating the spill/release and coordinating on-scene response. 4. Oversee pollution event mitigation. Determining the feasibility of removal, ensuring the adequate direction or monitoring of removal, and determining when removal is complete. 5. Oversee pollution event investigation. Directing the conduct of investigations, making recommendations, and preparing and submitting On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) reports.
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Who is the Officer in Charge Marine Inspection (200nm)?

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  1. Oversee the Marine Safety Program in the assigned Marine Inspection Zone (MIZ). Directing vessel inspection programs and shipyard/factory inspections of material and equipment for vessels; administering merchant marine licensing and certification of seamen; supervising the command field activity training and qualification program; directing marine investigations; supervising Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE) System; and directing enforcement of navigation, vessel inspection, and seamen laws in general. 2. Provide Marine Safety Program recommendations to higher authority. Facilitating waivers, exemptions, extensions and appeals requests; and forwarding regulatory compliance issues.
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What is a critical incident?

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Any incident of national interest where it is conceivable the Commandant or S-1 requires timely knowledge(i.e., terrorist attack, major marine casualty, class A mishaps with equipment, actionable intel requiring higher level involvement.

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What is the critical incident timeline?

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  • 5 minutes; Notify Deputy and Sector Commanders. Call 1-800-323-7233 and request a conference call with D8, LANTAREA, and CGHQ. - 15 minutes; Anticipate receiving a Critical Incident Report. - 30 minutes; Provide updated information during conference call 0600Z and 1800Z: Submit SITREPS IAW D8/LANTAREA directives.
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What are the Mississippi River Bridges?

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  • Crescent City Connection, MM95.7 - Huey P. Long, MM106.7 - 310/Luling/Hale Bogg, MM121.5 - Gramercy, MM145.9 - Sunshine, MM167.4 - I-10 Mm229.3 - HWY 190/Huey P. Long, MM 223.9
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What are the type of barges?

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  • Deck - Flat top, cargo is offshore equipment - Tank/Red Flag - Has pipes on the top, cargo is hazardous and flammable - Hopper - Open top or cover top, dry cargo - Crane - Deck barge with crane on it - Living Quarters - Deck barge with living quarters on it.
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What are the type of deep draft vessels?

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  • Bulk Carriers - Dry Cargo - Tank - Red Flag Cargo - Container - Cruise
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What are the Lower Mississippi River dimensions for COTP New Orleans Sector Boundaries for Marine Casualties?

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Sea Bouy (MM 20)(South of Head Pass) to MM167(Sunshine Bridge)

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What are the Lower Mississippi River dimensions for COTP Baton Rouge MSUBoundaries for Marine Casualties?

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MM 167(Sunshine Bridge) - 303

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What are the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway dimensions for COTP New Orleans Sector Boundaries for Marine Casualties?

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MM44 EHL - MM20 WHL

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What are the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway dimensions for COTP Houma MSU Boundaries for Marine Casualties?

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MM 20 - 80 WHL

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What part of the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal does Sector NOLA cover?

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Entire length. Also known as the Industrial Canal.

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What part of the Port Allen Route does MSU Baton Rouge cover?

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MM 30 - 64

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What part of the Atchafalaya River does MSU Baton Rouge?

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MM 0 - 45 and shared jurisdiction w/ MC MM 45 - 49.

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What part of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet does Sector NOLA cover?

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MM 10 - 66

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What part of Tiger Pass does Sec NOLA cover?

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Entire length

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What part of Baptiste Collette does Sec NOLA cover?

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LMR - Gulf

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What part of the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway does MSU Houma Cover?

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MM 20 - 80 WHL

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Who covers the Houma Navigational Canal?

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MSU Houma

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What part of the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway does MSU Morgan City cover?

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MM 80 - 190

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What part of the Port Allen Route does MSU Morgan City Cover?

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MM 0 - 30

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What part of the Atchafalaya River does MSU Morgan City cover?

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MM 45- 151 (Eugene Island Sea Buoy)

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What are the River boundaries for Sector New Orleans?

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  • Lower Mississippi River - SB - MM 303 - Atchafalaya River (MM 0 - 151) - Pearl River (Sec Boundary - Mobile) - Red River (Sec Boundary - Lower Miss)
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What are the lakes are in our AOR?

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  • Ponchatrain - Maurepas (West of Ponchetrain) - Borgne (Southeast AOR) - Lery - Salvador (South of NOLA) - Cataouatche (South of NOLA) - White
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What are the Bays in our AOR?

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  • Barataria (North of Grand Isle) - Timbalier (West of Grand Isle) - Terrebonne(West of Timbalier Bay) - Atchafalaya (South of Morgan City, mouth of river) - East and West Cote’ Blanche (West of Atchaflaya) - Vermillion (W. of Cote Blanche)
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What are the locks in our AOR?

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  • Port Allen (Baton Rouge) - Bayou Sorrell (Port Allen Route) - Berwick (Morgan City(Atchafalaya)) - Harvey (New Orleans) - Algiers (New Orleans) - Industrial (New Orleans)
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Where are the pilot associations?

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  • Bar Pilots; SW Pass Sea Buoy to Pilot Town, MM3 LMR - Crescent Pilots; Pilot Town, MM3 to Huey P. Long Bridge, MM 104 LMR - Nobra Pilots; MM90 to MM235 - Federal Pilots; SW Pass Sea buoy to MM235 LMR, US vessels only
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What are the Advance Notice of Arrival Requirements?

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  • 33 CFR 160 - Vessels 300+ gross tons - Voyage Time >= 96 hours; Submit NOA at least 96 hours before entering port - Voyage Time
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What is a Letter of Deviation?

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  • 33 CFR 164 and MSM Volume II/D2-6 - COTP may authorize deviation from 33 CFR Part 164
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What are Captain of the Port Orders?

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  • 33 CFR 160 - May be implemented to offer a variety of control options from simply controlling the vessel’s movement as it departs port to detaining the vessel in port until deficiencies are corrected.
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What is a Letter of Undertaking/Surety Bond

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  • Received to ensure the vessel owner, operator, or person in charge provides information for payment of penalty or fine.
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What is CG-835?

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  • Form used to record all conditions aboard a vessel, its equipment, or its materials that do not conform to the requirements of statutes, regulations, or “good marine practice”.
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What is PSC Detention?

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Intervention action taken by the Port State when the condition of the ship or its crew does not correspond substantially with the applicable conventions to ensure that the ship will not sail until it can proceed to sea without presenting a danger to the ship or persons on board, or without presenting an unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment

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What is a certificate of Financial Responsibility?

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  • 33 CFR 138 - Any vessel over 300 gross tons, foreign flagged vessel, or tank ship must demonstrate that the responsible parties of the vessel are financially able to meet their potential liability for costs and damage (For a vessel over 300 gross tons carrying a hazardous substance as cargo, the greater of $5,000,000 or $300 per gross tons or any other vessel over 300 gross tons, the greater of $500,000 or $300 per gross ton).
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What is a Certificate of Documentation?

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  • 46 CFR 67.7 - Vessel documentation is a national form of registration. Documentation provides conclusive evidence of nationality for international purposes, provides for unhindered commerce between the states, and admits vessels to certain restricted trades, such as coastwise trade and the fisheries. U.S. Vessels of five net tons or more used in fishing activities on navigable waters of the U.S. or in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), or used in coastwise trade must be documented unless the vessel is exempt from documentation. Coastwise trade is generally defined as the transportation of merchandise or passengers between points in the U.S. or the EEZ. In addition, towboats operating between points in the U.S. or the EEZ or between the EEZ and points in the U.S. and dredges operating in the U.S. or the EEZ must be documented.
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What is a certificate of inspection?

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  • 46 CFR 70.5-1 - Certain U.S. Vessels must be inspected annually by the Coast Guard. Upon completion of the inspection the vessel will receive a Certificate of Inspection. This document remains valid for five years and describes the vessel, the route(s) that it may travel, cargo it may carry, the minimum manning requirements, the survival and rescue craft carried, the minimum fire extinguishing equipment and life jackets required to be carried, the maximum number of passengers and total persons that may be carried, the number of passengers the vessel may carry in overnight accommodation spaces, the name of the owner and managing operator, any equivalences accepted or authorized by the Commandant or any Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection.
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What is the Alternate Compliance Program?

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  • 46 CFR 8/71.15-5 - ACP maintains existing levels of safety while eliminating duplicative plan review and inspection tasks which were traditionally conducted by both the Classification Society and the Coast Guard. In lieu of a Certificate of Inspection the owner of said vessel may comply with the Alternative Compliance Program, as long as the inspection is conducted by an authorized Classification Society. This is a voluntary alternative compliance method available to the U.S. Maritime Industry. Oversight is conducted annually by the Coast Guard and is intended to ensure that participating vessels are consistently designed, built, operated and maintained to a level of safety that is equivalent to vessels certified under the Coast Guard’s traditional inspection program.
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What is a permit to proceed?

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  • 46 CFR 71.05 - A permit to proceed may be issued to a vessel to proceed to another Captain of the Port zone to receive repairs.
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What is a Certificate of Compliance?

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46 U.S.C. 3702/3711 Foreign Tank Vessels 500 gross tons or more carrying liquid bulk hazardous cargoes must be inspected annually by the U. S. Coast Guard prior to transferring or loading cargo. Upon completion of this inspection the vessel will receive a Certificate of Compliance. This document remains valid for 5 years.

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What are the type of waterfront facilities?

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33 CFR 1. Maritime Security – 105 2. Designated Waterfront Facilities – 126 3. Liquefied Natural Gas and Liquefied Hazardous Gas – 127 4. Bulk Oil or Hazardous Material – 154 5. Reception Facilities – 158

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What are Over the Top Transfers?

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  • 33 CFR 156.3 - Vessel to vessel transfer using hydraulic hoses to siphon the product from one vessel to another. This process is very likely to have spills and complications as there is no way to stop the transfer.
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What is a midstream transfer?

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  • 33 CFR 156.300 - Vessel to vessel transfer using fixed piping to transfer the product from one vessel to another. This process is much safer because you can stop and start the transfer at anytime.
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What are VTC regulated Navigational Areas?

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  • 33 CFR 165.803/.810 - Algiers Point, MM 94.3 to 96.6, Lower Mississippi River
46
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What is point long?

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If a pilot is in distress (i.e. hostage) they will discretely incorporate point long into their communication with the Coast Guard.

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What is the Riverfront Alert Network (RAN)?

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The RAN is a 800 Mhz emergency radio and alerting communications system. The alert system is installed at the Governor Nicholls Light and the New Orleans Harbor Police Third Street Station. The alert system is designed to be activated when any irregularity arises with a vessel within the Regulated Navigation Area of Algiers Point, MM 94.3 to 96.6, Lower Mississippi River. Vessel Traffic Center New Orleans test the alert system every morning no later than 0600 and reports the results to the Command Center.

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Who has the right of way on the Lower Mississippi River? Why?

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Down bound vessels have the right of way on the Lower Mississippi River because they are going with the current and it is harder for them to stop.

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What is a River Gauge?

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A site along the river that measures the volume of water that crosses the site over a specified length of time. The two gauges we most often use are the Baton Rouge Gauge, MM 228.4, Lower Mississippi River and the Carrolton Gauge, MM 102.8, Lower Mississippi River

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What is the River Stage?

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A measurement of the depth of water with reference to a gauge on the river.

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What is the Batture?

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Land between the river and the manmade levees that border it.

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What is the Left/Right Descending Bank?

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The side of the waterway with reference to the direction the water flows. The Lower Mississippi River flows north to south so the left and right descending bank is determined with reference to a down bound vessel.

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What are above and below head of passes?

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Where South Pass, Southwest Pass, and Pass A Loutre meet is considered Head of Passes. The Lower Mississippi River’s MM is O at this point. North of Head of Passes is considered Above Head of Passes. South of Head of Passes in Southwest Pass is considered Below Head of Passes.

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What is the LMR bridge to bridge freq?

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12

55
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What is the difference between a harbor tug and a towing vessel?

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A harbor tug is used to assist ships in docking, anchoring, and departing. A towing vessel is used to maneuver ships and barges which cannot move themselves.

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What is down-streaming?

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When a fleet boat uses the flow of the current to hook up to a barge (s). This process is dangerous because the tugs have such a low freeboard and can easily be flipped.

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What is High/Low Water?

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33 CFR 165.810 When the Carrolton Gage, MM 102.8, Lower Mississippi River, reads 8 feet or higher New Orleans is considered to be at high water. The messages should be released at 8, 12, and 15ft on the rise and 9, 12, 15 ft on the fall. When the Carrolton Gage reads 2.5 feet or lower New Orleans is considered to be at low water. The messages should be released at 2.5ft on the fall. When the Baton Rouge Gage, MM 228.4, Lower Mississippi River, reads 35 feet or higher Baton Rouge is considered to be at high water and a message should be released.

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What is the General/Quarantine Anchorage?

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33 CFR 110.195(a)(18 Vessels carrying cargos of particular hazard as defined in 33 CFR 126.10 or cargos of petroleum products in bulk may not be anchored in the New Orleans General Anchorage or the Quarantine Anchorage without permission from the Captain of the Port.

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What is significant about the Belle Chase/Kenner Bend Anchorages?

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Vessels with a Security Plan may not anchor at Belle Chase Anchorage or Kenner Bend Anchorage without permission from the Captain of the Port, due to their proximity to the airports.

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What is the old river control structure?

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The Old River Control Structure is located at MM 315 on the Lower Mississippi River. The structure was completed in 1963. The structure diverts 30% of the river flow to the Atchafalaya River and 70% to the LMR. If allowed to flow freely, the Atchafalaya would capture the main flow of the Mississippi, forcing it to bypass its current path through Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The likelihood of this event increases each year.

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What is the Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion Structure (Big Mar)?

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The Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion Structure is located on the east bank of the Lower Mississippi River, at MM 81.5, near the St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish Line. The structure, constructed from 1988 to 1991, diverts fresh water from the Lower Mississippi River to Breton Sound via the Big Mar. The structure was designed to increase fish and wildlife productivity by re-establishing favorable salinity conditions.

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What is the Bonnet Carre Spillway?

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The Bonnet Carré Spillway is located on the east bank of the Lower Mississippi River, at MM 128. The spillway allows floodwaters from the Mississippi River to flow into Lake Pontchartrain and thence into the Gulf of Mexico. The spillway was built in response to the Great Flood of 1927 that inundated much of the Mississippi River basin. It was first opened during the flood of 1937, and eight times thereafter through 2008 to lower river stages at New Orleans. The most recent opening began on April 11, 2008, when river levels in New Orleans approached the flood stage of 17 feet.

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What is the depth of the LMR below and above Baton Rouge?

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Below Hwy.190 Bridge, MM 229, 47ft, above, 27ft

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What is the regulated Navigation Area?

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33 CFR 165.10 A regulated navigation area is a water area within a defined boundary for which regulations for vessels navigating within the area have been established under 33CFR165.

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What are Safety Zones?

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33 CFR 165.20 A Safety Zone is a water area, shore area, or water and shore area to which, for safety or environmental purposes, access is limited to authorized persons, vehicles, or vessels. It may be stationary and described by fixed limits or it may be described as a zone around a vessel in motion.

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What are Security Zones?

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33 CFR 165 A security zone is an area of land, water, or land and water which is so designated by the Captain of the Port or District Commander for such time as is necessary to prevent damage or injury to any vessel or waterfront facility, to safeguard ports, harbors, territories, or waters of the United States or to secure the observance of the rights and obligations of the United States.

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What is a High Interest Vessel?

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A vessel that exceeds the points allowed on the HIV Matrix, a vessel on its first U.S. Voyage, or a vessel that we receive Intel on will require an offshore security boarding prior to entering a U.S. Port. For Sector New Orleans these boarding’s will be conducted at Southwest Pass Anchorage or Boothville Anchorage.

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What is a Condition of Entry?

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Vessels arriving to a U.S. Port from SOLAS Signatory Countries whose port facilities are not in substantial compliance with the ISPS Code are required to submit their security measures taken at that port of call. Homeport has an updated list of these countries. This action is taken as an antiterrorism measure.

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What is a Special Interest Vessel?

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Vessels arriving to a U.S. Port owned, operated, chartered, or with a crew member from countries that have communist or terrorist association are considered Special Interest Vessels. For an updated list of these countries contact the Enforcement Department

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What is a Cre Control Security Plan?

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Vessels arriving to a U.S. Port with crew members from an Annex VI Country or not having valid Visas have a higher risk of deserting or absconding the vessel. These vessels will require State Licensed Armed Guards to remain onboard the vessel for the entire Port of Call.

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What are the five elements of a pollution incident?

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(1) Discharge or release of oil or a designated hazardous substance in (2) a harmful/reportable quantity from (3) an identifiable source belonging to a (4) responsible party into (5) a U.S. Navigable Waterway.

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What is a reportable quantity?

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Reportable quantity means quantities of a material that may be harmful as set forth in 40 CFR 117.3

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What is a harmful quatity?

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A harmful quantity is any discharge of oil which causes a film or sheen upon or discoloration of the surface of the water or adjoining shorelines or causes a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water or upon adjoining shorelines.

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What are oil spill quantities for inland and coastal areas?

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Inland: Minor 1 to 1,000 gallons

Medium 1,000 to 10,000 gallons

Major 10,000 gallons or more

Coastal: Minor 1,000 to 10,000 gallons

Medium 10,000 to 100,000 gallons

Major 100,000 gallons or more

***Hint for Coastal just add a zero***

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What is the National Response Center reporting requirement?

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Any person in charge of a vessel or of an onshore or offshore facility shall, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any discharge of oil from such vessel or facility, immediately notify the National Response Center (800-424-8802).

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What are the Mississippi River Locks?

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Ostrica

Empire

Algiers

Industrial

Harvey

Plaquemine

Port Allen

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What are the Mississippi River Ferries?

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Pt. A Lahache

Belle chase

Chalmette

Canal

Jackson Ave

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What are the ICW bridges?

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Sea Brook

Chef/HWY90

I-10 High Rise

Almonaster

Florida

Clairborne

St. Claude

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What are the Port Commissions (Fire Response)?

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Plaquemines – Above Head of Passes to MM 80.8. Their fire boats are the Authority I, Authority II, and Authority III at the Belle Chase Ferry Landing.

St Bernard - MM 80.5 to MM 90.5.

NOLA - MM 81.5 to MM 114.9. Their fire boat is the General Kelly at MM 99.5.

SOLA - MM 114.9 to MM 168.5. Their fire boats are the John James Charles MM 138.2, Accardo MM127, and Rescue Runner MM 137.

Greater Baton Rouge - MM 168 to MM 253

LOOP – Gulf of Mexico off of the Port of Fourchon. Their fire boats are the Responder, Security, and Lifter

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Where are the Nuclear Power Plants?

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Water Ford III - MM 130 LMR

Riverbend - MM 264 LMR

81
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Where is the Gulf of Mexico Lock?

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Freshwater Bayou Lock

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Where are the Atchafalya River Locks

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Bayou Bouef

Berwick

Bayou Sorrell

Command Center (6 decks)

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