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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-010 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MSIB 09-20

Vessel Inspections, Exams, and Documentation

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance (CG-CVC) · United States Coast Guard; nationwide (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide
Level
Federal
Authority
46 U.S.C. 3306; 46 C.F.R. 2.01-1 et seq.
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-26
End
2020-10-01 (no-detention grace for expired certificates ended); deferrals ran up to 90 days from each due date (read as 2020-10-01)
In force
Mar. 26, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • vessel owners and operators
  • Recognized Organizations and Third Party Organizations
  • Officers in Charge, Marine Inspection
Functions reached
  • OP vessel certification and inspection scheduling
  • DR vessel availability (inspections deferred; drydock delayed)
  • SC shipyards and surveyors (remote surveys)
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

The Coast Guard will continue to use a risk based program to determine which vessels will be required to undergo a Port State Control Exam. The Coast Guard will not issue deficiencies or detain vessels for expired certificates, documents or mariner credentials until October 1, 2020.... the OCMI may:... Defer a required inspection or exam for up to 90 days.

Enforcement

46 U.S.C. 3318 (penalties) as relaxed; port state control detention authority under 33 C.F.R. 160.111

Notes

Domestic and foreign vessel inspections deferred and conducted remotely; shipyards, classification societies and marine surveyors reached.

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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