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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Coast Guard, National Maritime Center; nationwide
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 46 U.S.C. 7507; 46 C.F.R. 10.205
- Issued
- 2020-08-20 Aug. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-20
- End
- 2020-09-30 (superseded by Change 4) (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- merchant mariners
- vessel operators
- training providers
- Functions reached
- HR credentialing and refresher training
- WF mariner availability
- OP maritime training schools (refresher courses displaced)
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS
Operative words
The Coast Guard is resuming testing at REC Juneau and [other centers on a limited basis].... Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC) (National Endorsements only) that expire between March 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020 are extended until March 31, 2021.... Until July 1, 2021, for mariners who have met the requirements for initial competency in survival [craft], basic training (BT), and advanced firefighting (AFF) and who are renewing MMCs that expire between March 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, the Coast Guard will accept shipboard experience in [lieu of refresher training].
Enforcement
46 C.F.R. 15.401 as relaxed
Notes
Training-school revenue lines reached: shipboard experience accepted in lieu of refresher courses until July 1, 2021.
Retrieval noteText 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).