Coast Guard, DHS § 72.01–25

Subpart 72.01—Notices to (1) Useful in updating the latest edi- Mariners tions of charts and publications of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen- § 72.01–1 Purpose. cy, National Ocean Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Coast Guard; The Coast Guard issues information (2) Selected from the ‘‘Local Notice concerning the establishment of aids to to Mariners’’ issued and published by maritime and the changes, the 1 st, 5 th, 7 th, 8 th, 9 th, 11 th, 13 th, discontinuances, and deficiencies, ex- 14 th, and 17 th Coast Guard districts; cept temporary deficiencies that are and easily correctable, of aids to maritime (3) Compiled from foreign notices to navigation maintained and operated by mariners, ship reports, and similar co- or under the authority of the Coast operating observer reports. Guard in documents and marine broad- (b) ‘‘’’ is published casts having the general title of ‘‘No- weekly by the National Geospatial-In- tice to Mariners.’’ This subpart de- telligence Agency. The ‘‘Notice to scribes the publications and the marine Mariners’’ is prepared jointly by the: broadcasts. (1) Coast Guard; [CGD 70–147R, 37 FR 10669, May 26, 1972] (2) National Ocean Service; and (3) National Geospatial-Intelligence § 72.01–5 . Agency. (a) ‘‘Local Notice to Mariners’’ re- (c) This notice may be accessed ports changes to and deficiencies in through the National Geospatial-Intel- aids to navigation that are established ligence Agency’s Web site (http:// or maintained and operated by or msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal); look under the authority of the Coast for ‘‘Notice to Mariners’’. Guard, and any other information per- [CGD 97–023, 62 FR 33362, June 19, 1997, as taining to the waterways within each amended by USCG–2001–9286, 66 FR 33640, Coast Guard district that is of interest June 25, 2001; USCG–2001–10714, 69 FR 24984, to the mariner. May 5, 2004; USCG–2009–0416, 74 FR 27438, (b) ‘‘Local Notice to Mariners’’ is June 10, 2009; USCG–2013–0397, 78 FR 39170, published weekly by each Coast Guard July 1, 2013] district or more often if there is a need §§ 72.01–15—72.01–20 [Reserved] to notify mariners of local waterway information. Local Notice to Mariners § 72.01–25 Marine broadcast notice to is available for viewing on the Coast mariners. Guard Navigation Center Web site (a) The Coast Guard broadcasts no- (http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ tices to mariners on its own or U.S. ?pageName=lnmMain). Navy radio stations to report naviga- (c) Any person may apply to the tional warnings containing informa- Coast Guard Navigation Center to re- tion of importance to the safety of ceive automatic notices via email when navigation of vessels, such as the posi- new editions of the Local Notice to tion of ice and derelicts, defects, and Mariners are available. Register at changes to aids to navigation, and http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ drifting mines. Radio stations broad- ?pageName=LNMlistRegistration. casting marine information are listed [CGD 70–147R, 37 FR 10669, May 26, 1972, as in ‘‘Radio Navigational Aids’’ (Na- amended by USCG–2001–10714, 69 FR 24984, tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency May 5, 2004; USCG–2013–0397, 78 FR 39170, Publication 117) and United States July 1, 2013] Coast Pilots. (b) Any person may view or download § 72.01–10 Notice to Mariners. ‘‘Radio Navigational Aids’’ from the (a) ‘‘Notice to Mariners’’ is intended National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen- to advise mariners of new hydrographic cy’s Web site (http://msi.nga.mil/ discoveries, changes in channels and NGAPortal/MSI.portal); look for ‘‘Publi- navigational aids, and information con- cations.’’ cerning the safety of navigation. ‘‘No- (c) Any person may purchase United tice to Mariners’’ also contains infor- States Coast Pilots from an authorized mation— agent listed at http://aeronav.faa.gov/

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agents.asp or authorized Print-on-De- (4) Volume IV, Gulf of Mexico, from mand agent listed at http:// Econfina River, Florida to Rio Grande, www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/ Texas. charts.htm. Free on-line versions, as (5) Volume V, Mississippi River Sys- well as weekly updates, are available tem. directly from NOAA at http:// (6) Volume VI, Pacific Coast and Pa- www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/ cific Islands. cpdownload.htm. (7) Volume VII, Great Lakes. [CGD 97–023, 62 FR 33362, June 19, 1997; (b) The Light Lists contain the offi- USCG–2001–9286, 66 FR 33640, June 25, 2001; cial name, location, characteristics, USCG–2006–25150, 71 FR 39208, July 12, 2006; and general description of federal, USCG–2009–0416, 74 FR 27438, June 10, 2009; state, and private aids to navigation USCG–2013–0397, 78 FR 39171, July 1, 2013] maintained by or under authority of the U.S. Coast Guard, which are placed § 72.01–30 Temporary deficiencies. in navigable waters used by general Temporary deficiencies in aids to navigation. The Light Lists do not con- navigation are not published in Notices tain information concerning private to Mariners when it is known that the aids to navigation maintained under defects will be corrected promptly. the authority of the U.S. Coast Guard, which are placed in navigable waters [CGFR 52–15, 18 FR 13, Jan. 1, 1953] not used by general navigation; nor do § 72.01–35 [Reserved] they contain information concerning mooring buoys and some special marks § 72.01–40 Single copies. having no lateral significance such as Single copies of the ‘‘Notice to Mari- fish net, dredging, and racing buoys. ners’’ described in § 72.01–10 may be ob- (14 U.S.C. 93; 49 U.S.C. 108; 49 CFR 1.46) tained or consulted at: (a) Coast Guard District Com- [CGFR 60–63, 25 FR 8949, Sept. 17, 1960, as amended by CGFR 63–48, 28 FR 10379, Sept. manders’ Offices; 25, 1963; CGD 85–042, 50 FR 50904, Dec. 13, 1985; (b) National Ocean Service Field Of- CGD 88–105, 54 FR 12612, Mar. 28, 1989; USCG– fices; 2001–9286, 66 FR 33640, June 25, 2001] (c) The National Geospatial-Intel- ligence Agency; and § 72.05–5 Sales agencies. (d) Custom Houses. Each volume of the Light List is for [CGD 97–023, 62 FR 33362, June 19, 1997, as sale by the Superintendent of Docu- amended by USCG–2013–0397, 78 FR 39171, ments, Government Printing Office, July 1, 2013] and can be ordered online from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at http:// Subpart 72.05—Light Lists bookstore.gpo.gov, by Fax at 202–512– 2104, or by telephone at 202–512–1800. § 72.05–1 Purpose. Send mail orders including payment to (a) The Coast Guard publishes the U.S. Government Printing Office, Su- following Light Lists annually, with perintendent of Documents, P.O. Box the exception of Volume V, which is 979050, St. Louis, MO 63197–9000. Notifi- published biennially, covering the wa- cation of publication of a new edition ters of the United States, its terri- of the Light List is published in the tories and possessions: ‘‘Local Notices to Mariners’’ and ‘‘No- (1) Volume I, Atlantic Coast, from St. tice to Mariners’’ for the particular Croix River, Maine, to Shrewsbury area that is covered as soon as the edi- River, New Jersey. tion is available for distribution. (2) Volume II, Atlantic Coast, from [USCG–2001–9286, 66 FR 33640, June 25, 2001, as Shrewsbury River, New Jersey, to Lit- amended by USCG–2006–25150, 71 FR 39208, tle River, South Carolina. July 12, 2006; USCG–2013–0397, 78 FR 39171, (3) Volume III, Atlantic and Gulf July 1, 2013] Coasts, from Little River, South Caro- lina, to Econfina River, Florida, in- § 72.05–10 Free distribution. cluding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Vir- Official copies are distributed free of gin Islands. charge to Federal, State, and foreign

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