[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR62.65]



[Page 152]

 

                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 62_UNITED STATES AIDS TO NAVIGATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart D_Public Participation in the Aids to Navigation System

 

Sec. 62.65  Procedure for reporting defects and discrepancies.



    (a) Mariners should notify the nearest Coast Guard facility 

immediately of any observed aids to navigation defects or discrepancies.

    (b) The Coast Guard cannot monitor the many thousands of aids in the 

U.S. Aids to Navigation System simultaneously and continuously. As a 

result, it is not possible to maintain every aid operating properly and 

on its charted position at all times. Marine safety will be enhanced if 

persons finding aids missing, sunk, capsized, damaged, off station, or 

showing characteristics other than those advertised in the Light List, 

or other publication, promptly inform the Coast Guard. When making the 

report to the Coast Guard the mariner should consult the Light List to 

ensure the correct geographical information is used due to the 

similarity of names and geographical areas.

    (c) Procedures for reporting defects and discrepancies:

    (1) Radio messages should be prefixed ``Coast Guard'' and 

transmitted directly to a Government shore radio station listed in 

Chapter three of Radio Navigation Aids Publication, 117, for relay to 

the relevant District Commander.

    (2) Telephone, e-mail, or facsimile messages may also be used to 

advise the nearest Coast Guard unit of defects or discrepancies in aids 

to navigation.



[CGD 86-031, 52 FR 42640, Nov. 6, 1987, as amended by USCG-2000-7223, 65 

FR 40054, June 29, 2000; USCG-2001-9286, 66 FR 33640, June 25, 2001; 

USCG-2001-10714, 69 FR 24982, May 5, 2004]