NOAA ENCŪ

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

US5HA75M - PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL

INDEX:
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AUTHORITIES
NOTE A
POLLUTION REPORTS
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
CAUTION 
COLREGS, 80.1410*
NOTE C
ADMINISTRATION AREA

SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS: For complete list of Symbols and Abbreviations, see Chart No. 1.

AUTHORITIES: Topography by the National Ocean Service, Coast Survey, and hydrography by the U.S. Navy.

NOTE A: Navigation regulations are published in Chapter 2, U.S. Coast Pilot 7.  Additions or revisions to Chapter 2 are published 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 Code of Federal Regulations section numbers.

POLLUTION REPORTS: Report all spills of oil and hazardous substances 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: Recent hydrographic surveys do not exist in this area. The hydrographic surveys used did not achieve full bottom coverage, thus uncharted coral heads may exist. Uncharted areas of submerged reef of unknown depth may exist. The shapes of sand islands are subject to change. Extreme caution should be exercised when navigating.

COLREGS, 80.1410: International Regulations for Preventing Collisions of Sea, 1972.
The entire area falls seaward of the COLREGS Demarcation Line.

NOTE C SHIP REPORTING SYSTEM: The following vessels entering or departing any U.S. port of place and in transit through the reporting area are required to report into the System: all vessels 300 gross tons or greater and all vessels in the event of a developing emergency. The following vessels in transit through the reporting area should report into the system: all vessels 300 gross tons or greater, fishing vessels, and all vessels in the event of a developing emergency. See IMO SN.1, Circ. 273. Information concerning the Ship Reporting System is also published in the U.S. Coast Pilot 7, Chapters 2 and 14, and updated through Notices to Mariners. Information may also be obtained at the Office of the Commander, 14th Coast Guard District in Honolulu, or at the Office of the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, in Honolulu.

ADMINISTRATION AREA: The entire extent of this ENC cell falls within the limits of an Administration Area. This area covers land, internal waters, and territorial sea. The territorial sea is a maritime zone over which the United States exercises sovereignty extending to the airspace as well as to its bed and subsoil. For more information, please refer to the Coast Pilot.


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