33 CFR § 72.01-5 - Local Notice to Mariners.

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title: "33 CFR § 72.01-5 - Local Notice to Mariners."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "72.01-5"
section_name: "Local Notice to Mariners."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIDS TO NAVIGATION"
part_number: "72"
part_name: "MARINE INFORMATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "14 U.S.C. 503, 544; 43 U.S.C. 1333; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
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# 72.01-5 Local Notice to Mariners.

(a) “Local Notice to Mariners” reports changes to and deficiencies in aids to navigation that are established or maintained and operated by or under the authority of the Coast Guard, and any other information pertaining to the waterways within each Coast Guard district that is of interest to the mariner.

(b) “Local Notices to Mariners” are published weekly by each Coast Guard district or more often if there is a need to notify mariners of local waterway information. Local Notices to Mariners are available for viewing on the Coast Guard Navigation Center Web site at *http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lnmMain.*

(c) Any person may apply to the Coast Guard Navigation Center to receive automatic notices via email when new editions of the Local Notices to Mariners are available. Apply at *http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=listServerForm.*

[CGD 70-147R, 37 FR 10669, May 26, 1972, as amended by USCG-2001-10714, 69 FR 24984, May 5, 2004; USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39170, July 1, 2013; USCG-2015-0433, 80 FR 44279, July 27, 2015]