Navigation Monitoring
Calendar (Please click on data for more information)
Dredging occurred between May 15 - Oct 26, 2009.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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1
River Operations:
Typical
| 2
River Operations:
Typical
| 3
No Activity:
-
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4
No Activity:
-
| 5
No Activity:
-
| 6
River Operations:
Typical
| 7
River Operations:
Typical
| 8
River Operations:
Typical
| 9
River Operations:
Typical
| 10
No Activity:
-
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11
No Activity:
-
| 12
River Operations:
Typical
| 13
River Operations:
Typical
| 14
River Operations:
Typical
| 15
River Operations:
Typical
| 16
River Operations:
Typical
| 17
River Operations:
Typical
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18
River Operations:
Typical
| 19
River Operations:
Typical
| 20
River Operations:
Typical
| 21
River Operations:
Typical
| 22
River Operations:
Typical
| 23
River Operations:
Typical
| 24
No Activity:
-
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25
River Operations:
Typical
| 26
River Operations:
Typical
| 27
River Operations:
Typical
| 28
River Operations:
Typical
| 29
River Operations:
Typical
| 30
River Operations:
Typical
| 31
River Operations:
Typical
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Goal of the Standard
The goal of the navigation performance standard is to avoid unnecessary interference with or the slowdown of vessels unrelated to the cleanup that are within the project area.
The performance standard for navigation requires compliance with the applicable sections of federal and state navigation laws, rules and regulations. It also calls for the following requirements, as needed, to meet the goal of the standard:
- Evaluating vessel movement
- Restricting access to work areas and providing safe access around them
- Keeping mariners informed about scheduled project work that might affect vessel movement
- Establishing temporary aids to navigation such as signs and buoys to maintain safe and efficient vessel movement, and
- Scheduling project activities to consider vessel movement
In addition, there will be monitoring of vessel traffic, follow up on complaints, and outreach to mariners on a regular basis. EPA developed and will ensure compliance with the navigation performance standard in consultation with the New York State Canal Corporation (NYSCC) and other appropriate agencies.
While operations are occurring in the east channel of Rogers Island, limited passage of non-project vessels to and from the Fort Edward Yacht Basin will be allowed. To allow such limited passage, a gate has been designed in the silt curtain barrier to be installed at the southern end of the east channel of Rogers Island. Recreational vessels will be able to travel through this gate each day during a 1/2-hour period between the hours of 7 and 9 a.m., and again during a 1/2-hour period between 3 and 5 p.m. The specific 1/2-hour slot within these 2-hour time periods will be determined by the Dredging Contractor.
