NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION US2HA08E - LAYSAN ISLAND TO KURE ATOLL INDEX: AUTHORITIES AIDS TO NAVIGATION NOTE A WARNING - PRUDENT MARINER POLLUTION REPORTS SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION CAUTION CAUTION SUBMARINE PIPELINES AND CABLES HAWAIIAN ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE RADAR REFLECTORS TIDAL INFORMATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NOTES: AUTHORITIES Hydrography and topography by the National Ocean Service, Coast Survey, with additional data from the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and other sources. AIDS TO NAVIGATION Consult U.S. Coast Guard Light List for supplemental information concerning aids to navigation. NOTE A Navigation regulations are published in Chapter 2, U.S. Coast Pilot 7. Additions or revisions to Chapter 2 are pub- lished in the Notice to Mariners. Information concerning the regulations may be obtained at the Office of the Commander, 14th Coast Guard District in Honolulu, Hawaii or at the Office of the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers in Honolulu, Hawaii. Refer to charted regulations section numbers. WARNING - PRUDENT MARINER The prudent mariner will not rely solely on any single aid to navigation, particularly on floating aids. See U.S. Coast Guard Light List and U.S. Coast Pilot for details. POLLUTION REPORTS Report all spills of oil and hazardous sub- stances to the National Response Center via 1-800-424-8802 (toll free), or to the nearest U.S. Coast Guard facility if telephone communication is impossible (33 CFR 153). SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION Consult U.S. Coast Pilot 7 for important supplemental information. CAUTION Temporary changes or defects in aids to navigation are not indicated. See Local Notice to Mariners. CAUTION Limitations on the use of radio signals as aids to marine navigation can be found in the U.S. Coast Guard Light Lists and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Publication 117. Radio direction-finder bearings to commercial broadcasting stations are subject to error and should be used with caution. SUBMARINE PIPELINES AND CABLES Additional uncharted submarine pipelines and submarine cables may exist within the area of this chart. Not all submarine pipelines and sub- marine cables are required to be buried, and those that were originally buried may have become exposed. Mariners should use extreme caution when operating vessels in depths of water comparable to their draft in areas where pipelines and cables may exists, and when anchoring, dragging, or trawling. Covered wells may be marked by lighted or unlighted buoys. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE The Hawai'ian Islands from longitude 161 W to 176 W are part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. The islands and atolls in the refuge include Nihoa, Necker Island, French Frigate Shoals, Gardner Pinnacles, Maro Reef, Laysan Island, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Atoll. National Wildlife Refuge System regulations pertaining to these islands and atolls are contained in CFR 50, parts 25-32. Entry to the refuge is strictly prohibited without prior approval from the Refuge Manager, Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, Hawaii 96850. The restrictions apply to all civilian and military agencies as well as individuals. RADAR REFLECTORS Radar reflectors have been placed on many floating aids to navigation. Individual radar reflector identification on these aids has been omitted from this chart. TIDAL INFORMATION For tidal information see the NOS Tide Table publication or go to http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information can be obtained at www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov END OF FILE