HYDROGRArHY 



73 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

 COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 



POLICY FOR DISPOSITION OF 

 REPORTS OF DANGERS TO NAVIGATION 



(Rocks, Wrecks, Obstructions, Shoaling) 



MARCH 1963 



Navigational Danger reported from field 



Commanding Officer 

 C&GS Survey Ship 



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District Officer 

 Coast & Geodetic Survey 



Coast Guard 

 District Office 



Reported in 

 Local Notice 

 to Mariners 



Director 



Coast & Geodetic Survey 



Washington 25, D.C. 



Coast Guard 

 Headquarters 



Assistant Director 

 Office of Cartography 



Chief 



Hydro. 



Branch 



Operations 

 Officer 



Chief, Nautical Chart Division 



Makes decision, based on Bureau Policy, 



as to charting reported danger 



X 



I Coast Guard 

 Headquarters 



Corps of 

 Engineers 



Chief, Nautical 

 Data Branch 



Chief, Aids to 

 Navigation Sect. 



Reported Danger 

 is published in 

 weekly Notice 

 to Mariners 



Existing stock of charts 

 is hand corrected before 

 issue from Wash., D.C, 

 New York & San Francisco 



Reported Danger is added 



to each affected chart 



at time of printing 



Assistant Director 

 Office of Cartography 



Copy of report, with 

 recommendations, is 

 forwarded to Asst. 

 Director, Office of 

 Oceanography 



Chief, Operations Div. 



Field investigation, 

 immediate or future, 

 is made at discretion 

 of Asst. Director. 

 Office of Oceanography 



