Aids to Navigation Manual – Administration, COMDTINST M16500.7A
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Aids to Navigation Manual Administration 02 MAR 2005 COMDTINST M16500.7A Commandant US Coast Guard Stop 7418 United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, SE Washington DC 20593-7418 Staff Symbol: CG-NAV-1 Phone: (202) 372-1551 Fax: (202) 372-8358 COMDTCHANGENOTE 16500 23 FEB 2015 COMMANDANT CHANGE NOTICE 16500 Subj: CH-2 TO AIDS TO NAVIGATION MANUAL – ADMINISTRATION COMDTINST M16500.7A 1. PURPOSE. To provide changes to the Coast Guard’s Aids to Navigation Manual – Administration, COMDTINST M16500.7A. 2. ACTION. All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements shall comply with the provisions of this Commandant Change Notice. Internet release is authorized. 3. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. With the incorporation of this Commandant Change Notice, the Coast Guard’s Aids to Navigation Manual – Administration, COMDTINST M16500.7A is updated. 4. DISCLAIMER. This guidance is not a substitute for applicable legal requirements, nor is it itself a rule. It is intended to provide operational guidance for Coast Guard personnel and is not intended to nor does it impose legally-binding requirements on any party outside the Coast Guard. 5. MAJOR CHANGES. The Commandant Change Notice announces the Coast Guard will no longer print copies of the Coast Guard Light Lists. The following Coast Guard Light Lists will remain available on the Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) website at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightLists. Light List Vol. 1- Atlantic Coast from St. Croix River, ME to Shrewsbury River, NJ, COMDTPUB P16502.1 Light List Vol. 2 - Atlantic Coast from Shrewsbury River, NJ to Little River, SC, COMDTPUB P16502.2 DISTRIBUTION – SDL No. 165 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A X X X XX X X X X X B X X X X X XX X C X X X X D X X X X E X F G H NON-STANDARD DISTRIBUTION: COMDTCHANGENOTE 16500 Light List Vol. 3 - Atlantic and Gulf Coasts from Little River, SC to Econfina River, FL COMDTPUB P16502.3 Light List Vol. 4 - Gulf of Mexico from Econfina River, FL to Rio Grande, TX COMDTPUB P16502.4 Light Lists Vol. 5 - Mississippi River System COMDTPUB P16502.5 Light Lists Vol. 6 - Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands COMDTPUB P16502.6 Light List Vol. 7 - Great Lakes COMDTPUB P16502.7. 6. IMPACT ASSESSMENT. This change will have no impact on personnel resources, training, or funding. 7. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT AND IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS. The development of this directive and the general policies contained within it have been thoroughly reviewed by the originating office and are categorically excluded under current USCG categorical exclusion (CE) 1 from further environmental analysis, in accordance with Section 2.B.2. and Figure 2-1 of the National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures and Policy for Considering Environmental Impacts, COMDTINST M16475.1 (series). 8. DISTRUBUTION. No paper distribution will be made of this Commandant Change Notice. An electronic version will be located on the following Commandant (CG-612) web sites. Internet: http://www.uscg.mil/directives/, and CGPortal: https://cgportal2.uscg.mil/library/directives/SitePages/Home.aspx. 9. PROCEDURE. Remove and replace the following: REMOVE INSERT Pages 12-39 to-12-42 Pages 12-39 to 12-42 10. RECORDS MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS. This Commandant Change Notice has been thoroughly reviewed by the USCG, and the undersigned have determined this action requires further scheduling requirements, in accordance with Federal Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 3101 et seq., NARA requirements, and Information and Life Cycle Management Manual, COMDTINST M5212.12 (series). This policy has significant or substantial changes to existing records management requirements or inconsistencies with existing determinations relating to documentation requirements. 11. FORMS/REPORTS. None. 12. REQUEST FOR CHANGES. Submit change requests through the chain of command to Commandant (CG-NAV-1). G. C. RASICOT /s/ Senior Executive Service, U. S. Coast Guard Director, Marine Transportation Systems Management 2 Commandant 2100 Second St SW Stop 7581 United States Coast Guard Washington, DC 20593-7581 Staff Symbol: CG-54131 Phone: 202-372-1546 Fax: 202-372-1991 COMDTNOTE 16500 8 Jan 2010 COMMANDANT NOTICE 16500 CANCELLED: 07 JAN 11 Subj: CH-1 TO AIDS TO NAVIGATION MANUAL- ADMINISTRATION, COMDTINST M16500.7A 1. PURPOSE. This Notice promulgates Change 1 to the Aids to Navigation Manual- Administration, COMDTINST M16500.7A. 2. ACTION. All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements shall comply with the provisions of this Manual. Internet release is authorized. 3. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. Aids to Navigation Battery Tracking System, COMDTINST 16478.11, has been incorporated into this change, and is hereby cancelled. 4. PROCEDURES. No paper distribution will be made of this manual. Official distribution will be via the Coast Guard Directives System DVD. An electronic version will be located on the Information and Technology, Commandant (CG-612), CGWEB and WWW website at: http://CGCENTRAL.USCG.MIL/ (Once in CG Central, click on the “RESOURCES” Tab and then “DIRECTIVES”.) http://www.uscg.mil/ccs/cit/cim/directives/welcome.htm. For personnel who keep a paper copy of the manual, remove and insert the following pages: Remove Insert Table of Contents Table of Contents 1-1 and 1-10 1-1 and 1-10 2-3 and 2-4 2-3 and 2-4 2-7 thru 2-12 2-7 thru 2-12 3-13 thru 3-19 3-13 thru 3-21 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 5-1 thru 5-11 5-1 thru 5-11 6-1 thru 6-8 6-1 thru 6-9 7-1 thru 7-7 7-1 thru 7-7 DISTRIBUTION – SDL No. 153 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A 1 1 1 11111111 B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C *1 1 1 D 1 1 1 1 E F G H NON-STANDARD DISTRIBUTION: C:I Burlington, St. Ignace, Portage, Lorain, Muskegon, Saginaw River, Channel Islands (1) COMDTNOTE 16500 Remove Insert 8-1 thru 8-4 8-1 thru 8-4 Chapter 9 Chapter 9 10-1 thru 10-4 10-1 thru 10-4 10-11and 10-12 10-11 and 10-12 11-5 and 11-10 11-5 and 11-10 12-3 thru 12-8 12-3 thru 12-8 12-15 thru 12-24 12-15 thru 12-24 12-27 thru 12-28 12-27 thru 12-28 12-31 thru 12-53 12-31 thru 12-53 13-5 and 13-12 13-5 and 13-12 Chapter 14 Chapter 14 5. SUMMARY OF CHANGES. Numerous corrections were made throughout the manual to reflect recent organizational name changes. The following table summarizes substantive changes: Section Change 1.C.4 Updates objective of aids to navigation system 2.B.2.b Clarifies policy on CG-3213 submission requirements 2.F.3 Requires use of the I-ATONIS style guide when making data entries in order to improve data consistency 2.F.9 Specifies the use of I-ATONIS for ATON battery tracking 3.C.5 Clarifies policy on temporary changes 3.E Implements Aid Availability categories 4.B Additions to glossary of Aids to Navigation terms 4.D.1 Clarifies definition of Major Light 4.D.7.f Deletes “in prioritized order” in reference to methods of sound signal control 4.G.8 Clarifies policy for marking wind farms and associated structures 5.B.3 Clarifies private aid inspection/verification requirements for Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary personnel 6.A.2 Provides policy on wreck marking waiver authority 7.A Simplified servicing unit responsibilities 7.B.6.d Clarifies maximum penalties that may be imposed for vandalizing an aid to navigation 7.C.1 Specifies that steel hull buoy reliefs should be extended where possible Chapter 9 Renames the “Discrepancy Response Decision Guide” as the “Discrepancy Response Factor Decision Guide” 9.A.1 Removed guidance that temporary changes exceeding 6 months will be considered as a AtoN discrepancy 9.C Requires an I-ATONIS data entry to reflect the date and time a unit completes a temporary corrective action to an ATON discrepancy 2 COMDTNOTE 16500 Section Change 10.A.2 Quotas for aids to navigation training are managed through the National Aids to Navigation school 12.C.5.d(5)(o) Provides policy for publishing positions of aids to navigation that are received from the National Oceanographic Service as a chart correction 12.D Updates information to reflect that I-ATONIS is the data source used to publish the Coast Guard Light List. Also updates guidance on publishing Light List corrections. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT AND IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS. Environmental considerations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) were examined in the development of this instruction. This instruction includes preparation of guidance documents that implement, without substantive change, the applicable Commandant Instruction or other Federal agency regulations, procedures, manuals, and other guidance documents. It is categorically excluded from further NEPA analysis and documentation requirements under Categorical Exclusion (33) as published in the National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures and Policy for Considering Environmental Impacts Manual, COMDTINST M16475.1D, Figure 2-1. An Environmental Checklist and Categorical Exclusion Determination (CED) are not required. 7. FORMS/REPORTS. The forms referenced in this Instruction are available in USCG Electronic Forms on the Standard Workstation or on the Internet: http://www.uscg.mil/forms/; CG Central at http://cgcentral.uscg.mil/; and Intranet at http://cgweb.comdt.uscg.mil/CGForms.