Notice: The launch of the modernized Local Notices to Mariners (LNMs) and Light List (LL) application will be delayed beyond the scheduled 30 September 2024 launch date as a result of Hurricane Helene. We will post more information as soon as possible.
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Navigation Center Website Privacy Act Statement

Authority: 5 U.S.C 301; 14 U.S.C. 93(a) and (c); 14 U.S.C 632; 33 U.S.C 1223

Purpose: The Coast Guard Navigation Center will use this information to disseminate navigation safety notices and updates to individuals upon request and to receive reports of aid to navigation outages, issues or discrepancies.

Routine Uses: Coast Guard personnel will use this information to disseminate safety notices and updates and to aid in the repair or investigate reports of navigation outages, issues or discrepancies. Any external disclosures of data within this record will be made in accordance with DHS/ALL-002, Department of Homeland Security General Contact Lists, 73 Federal Register 71659, November 25, 2008, and DHS/USCG-013, Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System of Records, 74 Federal Register 30305, June 25, 2009.

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary; however, failure to furnish the requested information may hinder your request for navigation safety related information.

** If you have a GPS mapping or address problem, please read this from GPS.gov (clicking on this link will open a new browser window) before contacting us. **

You can contact us 24 hours a day and 7 days a week using this page.

To sign-up for free navigation notices and updates, go here: Navigation Center Email Services and RSS Feeds.
To report a system outage, discrepancy or problem, go here: ATON, GPS, AIS, LRIT. GPS users experiencing map or addressing problems should visit our GPS Mapping Problems page.

For our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) go here: AIS, GPS, LRIT, NavRules
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If you have an ATON Discrepancy to report, please use this form.