Waterways & Navigation Safety

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The Waterways Division handles the day-to-day waterways management issues that continually arise on our busy waterways. They are responsible for waterways management; hazardous materials explosives handling on the waterfront. Harbor safety, MTSA, and ensure pollution prevention regulations are enforced through harbor patrols.

The Waterways division is involved in a broad scope of projects, including, but not limited to:

    •   Working with MTSA-regulated facilities on security plan issues, including upcoming TWIC                 amendments
    •   Providing outreach to facilities on MTSA/TWIC issues
    •   Serving as Homeport Administrators for the MSU Lake Charles AOR

The waterways division also provides outreach to our maritime stakeholders on a wide range of port security issues; interface with other government agencies on all port security and pollution prevention issues; coordinate/facilitate committees and working groups. These committees and working groups are made up from volunteer members from the maritime and/or regulated communities within our MSU Lake Charles Area of Responsibility (AOR). They include:

    •    Calcasieu River Waterway Harbor Safety Committee: local, state, and Federal waterway                 stakeholders who ensure that all waterways users have free and unobstructed use of our         Federal navigable waters
    •    Port of Lake Charles: Local freight port

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