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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Intracoastal Waterway Route ‘‘Magenta 

Line’’ on NOAA Nautical Charts 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Since 1912, a series of 

nautical charts of the Intracoastal 

Waterways, produced by the U.S. Coast 

and Geodetic Survey and, subsequently, 

NOAA, have depicted an Intracoastal 

Waterway Route, a ‘‘recommended 

route’’ known to recreational boaters 

and commercial mariners as ‘‘the 

magenta line.’’ Coast Survey originally 

added the line to the charts to show the 

best route through the Intracoastal 

Waterway but it has not been 

consistently maintained since its last 

comprehensive update in 1936. Aware 

of safety concerns, NOAA’s Office of 

Coast Survey is removing the 

‘‘recommended route’’ from NOAA 

nautical charts. We are also issuing a 

Local Notice to Mariners, advising 

caution in using the line in charts where 

it has not been removed. The Office of 

Coast Survey invites written comments 

about whether NOAA nautical charts 

should depict a recommended route 

through the Intracoastal Waterways. 

DATES: Written, faxed, or emailed 

comments are due by midnight, 

December 26, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Email comments to 

CoastSurveyCommunications@

noaa.gov, or fax to 301–713–4019. 

Written comments may be mailed to 

Lt.j.g. Leslie Flowers, Office of Coast 

Survey, 1315 East-West Highway, 

#6312, Silver Spring MD 20906. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lt.j.g. Leslie Flowers, telephone 301– 

713–2730, ext. 115; email: 

leslie.z.flowers@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

The first known appearance of what is 

commonly referred to as the ‘‘magenta 

line’’ is in a set of eight charts (each 

titled ‘‘U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 

INSIDE ROUTE’’) included in a nowdefunct U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey 

publication, Inside Route Pilot, 1st 

edition 1912. (As a sample, the chart 

edition from 1913 is in the NOAA 

Historical Maps & Charts Collection: 

http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/

historicals/preview/image/4DNo3–13.) 

The U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey 

published seven editions through 1935, 

when their depiction of the Intracoastal 

Waterway Route underwent a major 

update. As the agency pointed out in 

their 1935 annual report, ‘‘the existing 

[pre-1935] charts of this system of 

waterways have been based principally 

on surveys made from 60 to 80 years ago 

and, necessarily, are obsolete in many 

respects.’’ The U.S. Coast and Geodetic 

Survey received substantially more 

appropriations from the Public Works 

Administration in 1935, which allowed 

the agency to update the Intracoastal 

Waterways Route on nautical charts. 

‘‘[W]hile the entire area has not been 

surveyed, by concentrating on the 

through route and its most important 

tributaries, sufficient field surveys have 

been made so the charts of the entire 

route can be produced,’’ the agency 

director reported. 

At some point, the Inside Route Pilot 

was discontinued (the latest edition in 

the NOAA Central Library is from 1936) 

and USC&GS changed its charting 

system. Beginning in 1936, the ‘‘Inside 

Route’’ series of charts were absorbed 

into the Intracoastal Waterway nautical 

charts. 

From 1936 to the present, the 

Intracoastal Waterway Route has 

remained on Intracoastal Waterway 

charts, largely without changes or 

updates. 

See more information on the history 

of the Intracoastal Waterway Route at 

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/

IntracoastalWaterwayRoute. 

2. Current Status of the Intracoastal 

Waterway Route on Nautical Charts 

Numerous examples can be found 

where the charted Intracoastal 

Waterway Route (‘‘magenta line’’) 

passes on the wrong side of aids to 

navigation; crosses shoals, obstructions, 

shoreline; and falls outside of dredged 

channels, etc. Coast Survey is taking 

several actions to address the problems. 

First, Coast Survey is systematically 

removing the Intracoastal Waterway 

Route ‘‘magenta line’’ from new editions 

of affected nautical charts. 

Second, Coast Survey is preparing 

chart notes for dozens of charts that are 

updated but not issued as new editions, 

and where the magenta line will not be 

deleted. Coast Survey will revise the 

chart notes and publish the revised 

notes in the Local Notice to Mariners. 

The LNMs will warn: ‘‘The general 

location of the Waterway is indicated by 

a magenta line. Mariners are advised to 

follow the aids to navigation and avoid 

charted shoals and obstructions.’’ 

Third, Coast Survey is updating the 

position of the magenta line on current 

charts (not scheduled for new editions) 

when authoritative reports or 

information indicate proper repositioning. 

Fourth, Coast Survey is considering 

the options for future charts: should 

NOAA continue to depict the ‘‘magenta 

line,’’ and what should the ‘‘magenta 

line’’ designate? 

3. Public Comments 

The director of NOAA’s Office of 

Coast Survey invites interested parties 

to submit comments to assist Coast 

Survey as it decides whether to 

maintain a new or updated magenta line 

depicting an Intracoastal Waterway 

Route on Intracoastal Waterway nautical 

charts. Comments may address whether 

recreational or commercial mariners 

need a magenta line depicting a 

specified Intracoastal Waterway Route, 

and whether that should be a federal 

government charting responsibility. 

Additionally, the director specifically 

seeks comments regarding: 

1. How do you currently access the 

magenta line? On paper nautical charts, 

raster navigational charts, electronic 

navigational charts, commercial paper 

chart books, commercial charts, or 

other? 

2. How do you use the ‘‘magenta 

line’’? Do you consider it to be a general 

route, a specific trackline, or a reference 

line? 

3. Given limited government 

resources, what are your ideas for how 

NOAA should develop and maintain a 

reinstated magenta line? 

4. How do you use the Intracoastal 

Waterway? Recreationally or 

commercially? Locally or long distance? 

5. What are your boat’s length and 

draft? 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. Chapter 17, Coast and 

Geodetic Survey Act of 1947. 

Dated: September 13, 2013. 

Rear Admiral Gerd Glang, 

Director, Office of Coast Survey, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0199] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense 

Logistics Agency announces a proposed 

public information collection and seeks 

public comment on the provisions 

thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by November 25, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

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information. 

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obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Defense Logistics 

Agency, J–651, 8725 John J. Kingman 

Road, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060, or 

call (717) 770–6680. 

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Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Project Time Record System; 

OMB Control Number 0704–0452. 

Needs and Uses: Contractors working 

for the Defense Logistics Agency, 

Information Operations, J–6, log into an 

automated project time record system 

and annotate their time on applicable 

projects. The system collects the records 

for the purpose of tracking workload/

project activity for analysis and 

reporting purposes, and labor 

distribution data against projects for 

financial purposes; and to monitor all 

aspects of a contract from a financial 

perspective and to maintain financial 

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with the operations of the contract; and 

to evaluate and monitor the contractor 

performance and other matters 

concerning the contract, i.e., making 

payments, and accounting for services 

provided and received. Defense 

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Operations, J–6, intends to execute this 

option on new contracts and, as 

necessary, modify existing contract 

agreements. 

Affected Public: Individuals; Business 

or other for Profit; Not for-profit 

institutions. 

Annual Burden Hours: 32,500. 

Number of Respondents: 2,500. 

Responses per Respondent: 52. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: Weekly. 

Respondents are individuals who 

work for Defense Logistics Agency, 

Information Operations, J–6, and log 

into the automated project time record 

system to annotate their time worked on 

each project. 

Dated: September 23, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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