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decreased soil erosion. During
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Proposed Reductions in Levels of
Service at Locks and Dams on the
Ouachita and Black Rivers
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It is proposed that the hours
of availability at Jonesville and
Columbia Locks on the Ouachita and
Black Rivers will be reduced from the
current schedule of 24 hours per day, 7
days per week, 365 days per year to 18
hours per day, separated into two 9 hour
periods, 5 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. to
2 a.m., 7 days per week, 365 days per
year. It is also proposed that the hours
of availability at Felsenthal and H.K.
Thatcher Locks on the Ouachita and
Black Rivers will be reduced from the
current schedule of 24 hours per day, 7
days per week, 365 days per year to 16
hours per day, separated into two 8 hour
periods, 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 5 p.m. to
1 a.m., 7 days per week, 365 days per
year. Constrained funding and fiscal
deficit have led to reduced operation
and maintenance funding on the
Ouachita/Black Waterway. The
intended effect is to provide lock
availability that matches existing lock
usage and to help ensure that minimal
dredging needs will be met. Pool levels
will not be affected by change of
operating hours.
DATES: Proposed implementation date is
July 29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Mr. James V. Ross, Chief, Operations
Division, Vicksburg District, US Army
Corps of Engineers, 4155 Clay Street,
Vicksburg, MS 39183, or deliver them to
Mr. Ross between the hours of 8:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
at the address above. Comments
received and other materials relevant to
the proposed reduction in hours of lock
availability will be posted on the
Vicksburg District Web site, https://
www.mvk.usace.army.mil/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Michael Kidby at the Corps of Engineers
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Headquarters in Washington, DC, by
phone at 202–761–0250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The legal
authority for the regulation governing
the use, administration, and navigation
of the Ouachita and Black Rivers and
Locks is Section 4 of the River and
Harbor Act of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat.
362), as amended, which is codified at
33 U.S.C. Section 1. This statute
requires the Secretary of the Army to
‘‘prescribe such regulations for the use,
administration, and navigation of the
navigable waters of the United States’’
as the Secretary determines may be
required by public necessity. Reference
33 CFR Part 207.249, Ouachita and
Black Rivers, Ark. and La., Mile 0.0 to
Mile 338.0 (Camden, Ark.) above the
mouth of the Black River; the Red River,
La., Mile 6.7 (Junction of Red,
Atchafalaya and Old Rivers) to Mile
276.0 (Shreveport, La.); use,
administration, and navigation.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Proposed Reductions in Levels of Service at Locks and Dams on the
Ouachita and Black Rivers
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: It is proposed that the hours of availability at Jonesville
and Columbia Locks on the Ouachita and Black Rivers will be reduced
from the current schedule of 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365
days per year to 18 hours per day, separated into two 9 hour periods, 5
a.m. to 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., 7 days per week, 365 days per
year. It is also proposed that the hours of availability at Felsenthal
and H.K. Thatcher Locks on the Ouachita and Black Rivers will be
reduced from the current schedule of 24 hours per day, 7 days per week,
365 days per year to 16 hours per day, separated into two 8 hour
periods, 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., 7 days per week, 365
days per year. Constrained funding and fiscal deficit have led to
reduced operation and maintenance funding on the Ouachita/Black
Waterway. The intended effect is to provide lock availability that
matches existing lock usage and to help ensure that minimal dredging
needs will be met. Pool levels will not be affected by change of
operating hours.
DATES: Proposed implementation date is July 29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Mr. James V. Ross, Chief,
Operations Division, Vicksburg District, US Army Corps of Engineers,
4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183, or deliver them to Mr. Ross
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at
the address above. Comments received and other materials relevant to
the proposed reduction in hours of lock availability will be posted on
the Vicksburg District Web site, https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Kidby at the Corps of
Engineers Headquarters in Washington, DC, by phone at 202-761-0250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The legal authority for the regulation
governing the use, administration, and navigation of the Ouachita and
Black Rivers and Locks is Section 4 of the River and Harbor Act of
August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 362), as amended, which is codified at 33
U.S.C. Section 1. This statute requires the Secretary of the Army to
``prescribe such regulations for the use, administration, and
navigation of the navigable waters of the United States'' as the
Secretary determines may be required by public necessity. Reference 33
CFR Part 207.249, Ouachita and Black Rivers, Ark. and La., Mile 0.0 to
Mile 338.0 (Camden, Ark.) above the mouth of the Black River; the Red
River, La., Mile 6.7 (Junction of Red, Atchafalaya and Old Rivers) to
Mile 276.0 (Shreveport, La.); use, administration, and navigation.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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