33 C.F.R. § 72.05-1
(a) The Coast Guard publishes the following Light Lists annually, covering the waters of the United States, its territories and possessions:
(b) The Light Lists contain the official name, location, characteristics, and general description of federal, state, and private aids to navigation maintained by or under authority of the U.S. Coast Guard, which are placed in navigable waters used by general navigation. The Light Lists do not contain information concerning private aids to navigation maintained under the authority of the U.S. Coast Guard, which are placed in navigable waters not used by general navigation; nor do they contain information concerning mooring buoys and some special marks having no lateral significance such as fish net, dredging, and racing buoys.
(14 U.S.C. 504; 49 U.S.C. 108; 49 CFR 1.46)
[CGFR 60-63, 25 FR 8949, Sept. 17, 1960, as amended by CGFR 63-48, 28 FR 10379, Sept. 25, 1963; CGD 85-042, 50 FR 50904, Dec. 13, 1985; CGD 88-105, 54 FR 12612, Mar. 28, 1989; USCG-2001-9286, 66 FR 33640, June 25, 2001; USCG-2015-0433, 80 FR 44279, July 27, 2015; USCG-2020-0304, 85 FR 58277, Sept. 18, 2020]