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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-007 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MSIB 07-20

Novel Coronavirus - Port and Facility Operations

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate · United States Coast Guard; nationwide (all MTSA-regulated facilities) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide (all MTSA-regulated facilities)
Level
Federal
Authority
33 C.F.R. parts 105 and 156
Issued
2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
Effective
2020-03-18
End
2020-04-17 (superseded by Change 1) (read as 2020-04-17)
In force
Mar. 18, 2020 to Apr. 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Workplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • port and facility operators
  • Facility Security Officers
  • persons in charge of transfers
Functions reached
  • PT/WH marine terminals, warehouses and bulk facilities (security plan compliance under pandemic conditions)
  • EMP screening and access procedures
  • SC cargo transfer operations
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

The facility compliance regulations outlined throughout 33 Code of Federal Regulations remains in force, and facility operators are expected to continue to comply with these requirements.... If a situation arises where a facility will not be able to comply with the requirements of 33 CFR 105, the facility must contact the Captain of the Port (COTP) to request and receive permission to temporarily deviate... Maritime facility operators are reminded they are not permitted to impede the embarkation/disembarkation of crew members as permitted under Seafarer's Access regulations.

Enforcement

33 C.F.R. 105.125 (deviation only with COTP permission); 46 U.S.C. 70119 civil penalties

Notes

Terminal operators, stevedores and bulk-liquid facilities: continued MTSA compliance with COTP-approved modifications; Declarations of Security and Declarations of Inspection adapted to social distancing.

Retrieval note

Text read in full. it carries no independent legal effect. The enforceable instruments are the COTP orders, 33 C.F.R. 160.216, 33 C.F.R. 105.125 and the CDC orders the bulletin describes (already cited in the record's enforcement field). Cite the bulletin as evidence of the operating regime, not as an order).

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