NAWILIWILI — Boaters and mariners will be unable to use the Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor for about four hours on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
NAWILIWILI — Boaters and mariners will be unable to use the Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor for about four hours on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
U.S. Coast Guard operations will impact activity for a short time.
A contract response team will be conducting boom operations at the state Department of Transportation Harbors Division Pier A from 8 to 10 a.m. The booming is for the USCG Sector Honolulu Geographic Response Strategy in the event of a spill in the harbor. Ingress and egress into the harbor will not be affected during these times.
Secondary boom operations will happen at the mouth of the Hule‘ia River and Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor inlet from 10 a.m. to noon. Access to and from the recreational launch ramp and wharfage area will be restricted, with no ingress or egress permitted.
The USCG tests and validates GRS at different harbors each year by deploying booms to contain potential spills.
“Shutting down our launch ramp and wharfage area is only a temporary inconvenience for harbor users, but will pay off for all users and the marine environment in the event of a spill,” Jeremiah Aguilera, acting Kaua‘i District manager for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation said in a release. “So we appreciate everyone’s understanding and patience.”
Are we supposed to know what a “boom operation” is.?
In context of the story, booming is setting up barriers (floating on the surface of the water) to contain potential oil slicks.