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Proposed Reduction in Hours of
Operation at Lock and Dam 1, Located
in Minneapolis, MN
AGENCY:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
DoD.
ACTION:
Notice.
The St. Paul District is
proposing to reduce the hours of
operation at Lock and Dam 1 from 10
hours per day, 7 days per week to 10
hours per day on weekends and
holidays and 6 hours per day on
Mondays and Fridays. Commercial
lockages would be available by
appointment only with 24 hours’ notice
Tuesday through Thursday during
normal duty hours of 0700–1530.
Proposed hours of operation are 1200–
1800 Fridays and Mondays, and 0800–
1800 Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Hours of operation at Lower St.
Anthony Falls will not change. This
change will help achieve the goal of
providing consistent levels of operating
service for all locks across the Inland
Marine Transportation System (IMTS)
with a consistent approach, optimizing
Operations and Maintenance
expenditures for these assets and
extending the service life of navigation
locks by optimizing usage. The
navigation season on the Upper
Mississippi normally begins in March
and ends in December, but varies based
on river conditions. Pool levels will not
be affected by this change of operating
hours.
DATES: Submit written comments
concerning this notice by September 4,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Ms.
Tamara Cameron, Deputy Chief,
Operations Division, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, 180 Fifth Street East, Suite
700, St. Paul, MN 55101–1678, or by
email at LOS.Comments@
usace.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Frantz at Corps of Engineers
Headquarters in Washington, DC, by
phone at 202–761–0250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There are
three (3) Mississippi River locks located
in Minneapolis, MN. One of the three
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locks (Upper Saint Anthony Falls) was
closed to navigation on June 10, 2015.
The two Mississippi River locks still in
operation in Minneapolis, MN, (Lower
St. Anthony Falls, and Lock and Dam 1,
currently operate 10 hours per day/7
days per week during the navigation
season.
Section 2010 of the Water Resources
Reform and Development Act of 2014
(WRRDA) directed the Secretary of the
Army to close the Upper St. Anthony
Falls Lock and Dam located on the
Mississippi River at river mile 853.9 no
later than one (1) year after the
enactment date of WRRDA 2014. To
comply with WRRDA, the Corps closed
Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock to
navigation on June 10, 2015.
With the closing of Upper St.
Anthony Falls Lock, a reduction in
lockages at the remaining two
Minneapolis locks has been observed.
The proposed change in level of service
complies with the guidance from the
Corps IMTS Board of Directors.
The legal authority for the regulation
governing the use, administration, and
navigation of the Twin Cities 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 207.300.
Kevin L. Baumgard,
Chief, Operations Division, St. Paul District
Army Corps of Engineers.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Proposed Reduction in Hours of Operation at Lock and Dam 1,
Located in Minneapolis, MN
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The St. Paul District is proposing to reduce the hours of
operation at Lock and Dam 1 from 10 hours per day, 7 days per week to
10 hours per day on weekends and holidays and 6 hours per day on
Mondays and Fridays. Commercial lockages would be available by
appointment only with 24 hours' notice Tuesday through Thursday during
normal duty hours of 0700-1530. Proposed hours of operation are 1200-
1800 Fridays and Mondays, and 0800-1800 Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays. Hours of operation at Lower St. Anthony Falls will not
change. This change will help achieve the goal of providing consistent
levels of operating service for all locks across the Inland Marine
Transportation System (IMTS) with a consistent approach, optimizing
Operations and Maintenance expenditures for these assets and extending
the service life of navigation locks by optimizing usage. The
navigation season on the Upper Mississippi normally begins in March and
ends in December, but varies based on river conditions. Pool levels
will not be affected by this change of operating hours.
DATES: Submit written comments concerning this notice by September 4,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Ms. Tamara Cameron, Deputy Chief,
Operations Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 180 Fifth Street
East, Suite 700, St. Paul, MN 55101-1678, or by email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Frantz at Corps of Engineers
Headquarters in Washington, DC, by phone at 202-761-0250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There are three (3) Mississippi River locks
located in Minneapolis, MN. One of the three locks (Upper Saint Anthony
Falls) was closed to navigation on June 10, 2015. The two Mississippi
River locks still in operation in Minneapolis, MN, (Lower St. Anthony
Falls, and Lock and Dam 1, currently operate 10 hours per day/7 days
per week during the navigation season.
Section 2010 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of
2014 (WRRDA) directed the Secretary of the Army to close the Upper St.
Anthony Falls Lock and Dam located on the Mississippi River at river
mile 853.9 no later than one (1) year after the enactment date of WRRDA
2014. To comply with WRRDA, the Corps closed Upper St. Anthony Falls
Lock to navigation on June 10, 2015.
With the closing of Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock, a reduction in
lockages at the remaining two Minneapolis locks has been observed. The
proposed change in level of service complies with the guidance from the
Corps IMTS Board of Directors.
The legal authority for the regulation governing the use,
administration, and navigation of the Twin Cities 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 207.300.
Kevin L. Baumgard,
Chief, Operations Division, St. Paul District Army Corps of Engineers.
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