CG-2554 Private Aids to Navigation Application. CG-4143 Application for Class I Private Aids to Navigation Artificial Islands/Fixed Structures

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. COAST GUARD

Private Aids to Navigation Application (CG-2554) Application for Class I Private Aids to Navigation on Artificial Islands and Fixed Structures (CG-4143) 33 CFR 66, 33 CFR 67

OMB No. 1625-0011 Exp: 12/31/2017

Who must comply?	Anyone wishing to establish a private aid to navigation in the navigable waters of the United States.
What is this collection about?	Objects placed in navigable waters are hazardous to maritime vessels. This information collection is undertaken as a means to obtain information about the private aid to navigation (type, color, geographic position) so information about the aid to navigation can be issued to the maritime public in the form of a Notice to Mariner. The applicant’s contact information is collected to allow the Coast Guard to contact the applicant should there be a discrepancy or mishap involving the permitted private aid to navigation. Certain discrepancies create hazards to navigation and must be immediately corrected or repaired.
Where do I find the requirements for this information?	Titles 33 CFR 66 and 33 CFR 67 are available at: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/ECFR?page=browse.. Select TITLE 33 – NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS, and follow it to Part 66 or Part 67.
When must information be submitted to the Coast Guard?	One of the forms must be submitted anytime a private aid to navigation is established, modified, moved, removed or ownership is changed.
How is the information submitted?	One of the two forms is submitted In writing to the Coast Guard district where the private aid to navigation will be placed. The First Coast Guard District utilizes a website for submissions.
What happens when information is received?	The Coast Guard district evaluates the application and notifies the applicant of its approval or disapproval. If approved, the district prepares a Notice to Mariner to inform the maritime public of the type, color, and geographic position of the private aid to navigation.
For additional information, contact--	PHYSICAL ATON AND PNT DIVISION COMMANDANT (CG-NAV-1) US COAST GUARD STOP 7418 2703 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AVE SE WASHINGTON DC 20593-7418 Tel: (202) 372-1551

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The U.S. Coast Guard estimates the average burden for CG-2554 and/or CG-4143 is 1 hour. You may submit any comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate or any suggestions for reducing the burden to: COMMANDANT (CG-NAV-1), U.S. COAST GUARD STOP 7418, 2703 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AVE SE, WASHINGTON DC 20593-7418 or OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, PAPERWORK REDUCTION PROJECT (1625-0011), WASHINGTON, DC 20590-0001.