Applications were sent for eight of the nine excessed light stations on March 12, 2002 to interested parties who responded to Notices of Availability which were published in fall 2001 by the General Services Administration. Completed applications were submitted to the Department of Interior within 60 days from receipt.

Lightstations included in the NHLPA Pilot Program were:

Cheboygan River Front Range Lighthouse, Cheboygan County, Cheboygan, Michigan
Status: Recommended for transfer 2004 to the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers

Currituck Beach Lighttower, Corolla, North Carolina
Status: Transferred to the non-profit, Outer Banks Conservationists, Inc., in October 2003

Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, Ulster County, Esopus, New York
Status: Transferred to the non-profit, Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, Inc., in ceremony on Sunday, September 22, 2002

Little River Lightstation, Maine
Status: Transferred to the non-profit, American Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., in ceremony on Saturday, July 27, 2002

Munising Station, Front/Rear Range Lights, Munising, Alger County, Michigan
Status: Transferred to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, November 25, 2002

Rondout Creek, Ulster County, Kingston, New York
Status: Transferred to the City of Kingston, New York in ceremony on Sunday, June 9, 2002

Sturgeon Point Light, Alcona County, Harrisville, Michigan
Status: Recommended for transfer 2004.

St. Augustine Lighthouse, St. Augustine, Florida
Status: Transferred to the non-profit, St. Augustine Light and Museum, Inc. in ceremony on Saturday, July 20, 2002

Tybee Island Lighthouse complex, Tybee Island, Georgia
Status: Transferred to the non-profit, Tybee Historical Society Inc., in ceremony on Tuesday, October 1, 2002