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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-020 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MSIB 02-20 (Change 4)

Novel Coronavirus - Update (Change 4)

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate · United States Coast Guard; nationwide (Federal)

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Context, not an order

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide
Level
Federal
Authority
33 C.F.R. 160.216; 33 C.F.R. 160.111; 42 C.F.R. 71.21
Issued
2020-04-23 Apr. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-04-23
End
2020-05-27 (superseded by Change 5) (read as 2020-05-27)
In force
Apr. 23, 2020 to May 27, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all vessels arriving at or traveling between U.S. ports
  • cruise ship operators
  • masters
  • facility operators
Functions reached
  • TV cruise operations (No Sail through summer 2020)
  • DR/PT all vessel arrivals (infection control measures)
  • HR crew
  • SC inbound cargo
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

Vessel arriving to or traveling between any U.S. port or place must follow reporting and infection control measures to maintain the safety of personnel onboard vessels as well as within the port.... This requirement is separate and additional to any other required Coast Guard or [CDC reporting].... On April 15, 2020, the CDC updated their existing No Sail Order. This Order will remain in effect until the Secretary of Health and Human Services' declaration that COVID-19 [no longer constitutes a public health emergency, the CDC Director rescinds or modifies the order, or 100 days from publication]. This renewed order requires all cruise ship operators to provide 'an appropriate, actionable and robust plan to prevent, mitigate, and respond to the spread of COVID-19 on board cruise ships.'

Enforcement

33 C.F.R. 160.216; COTP orders; CDC order enforced under 42 U.S.C. 268, 271

Notes

Universalizes the reporting and infection-control measures to every vessel arriving at or moving between U.S. ports. Reposted by SLSDC on Apr. 28, 2020 (Ex. 040).

Retrieval note

Text read in full; bracketed words bridge line breaks. 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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