The COVID Project
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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Coast Guard; nationwide (vessels subject to 33 C.F.R. part 151 subpart D)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 33 C.F.R. 151.2026(c)
- Issued
- 2020-04-09 Apr. 9, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-09
- End
- extensions of up to 12 months for compliance dates before Apr. 1, 2021 (read as 2021-04-01)
- In force
- Apr. 9, 2020 to Apr. 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- vessel owners and operators with ballast water treatment system compliance dates before Apr. 1, 2021
- Functions reached
- SC shipyards and equipment installers (drydock periods deferred)
- OP vessel compliance schedules
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS
Operative words
The Coast Guard will extend all compliance dates up to 12 months upon request. There is no need to provide any supporting documentation, however vessel owner or operator will need to identify the vessels in order for the Coast Guard to adjust the necessary documentation.... [for later requests:] Documentation that the system could not be installed due to COVID related restrictions.
Enforcement
33 C.F.R. 151.2080 (penalties) as relaxed
Notes
Recites that 'COVID related restrictions' prevented drydock installations worldwide.
Retrieval noteText 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).