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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-026 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MSIB 13-20 (Change 1)

COVID 19 - Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Operations - Change 1

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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Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide
Level
Federal
Authority
33 C.F.R. parts 101, 104, 105
Issued
2020-08-31 Aug. 31, 2020
Effective
2020-08-31
End
2020-12-22 (superseded by Change 2) (read as 2020-12-22)
In force
Aug. 31, 2020 to Dec. 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Workplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • facility and vessel security officers
  • TWIC holders
  • new hires at MTSA facilities
Functions reached
  • HR port access credentials (re-enrollment required from Aug. 1, 2020)
  • PT/WH terminal access and escort rules
  • WF longshore and trucking workforce
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

However, the Coast Guard will delay enforcement until December 31, 2020.... TWIC Exemption - On April 10, 2020, TSA issued a notice, Exemption to Extend the Expiration Date of Certain Transportation Worker Identification Credentials. For TWICs that expired between March 1, 2020, and July 31, 2020, the exemption extends the expiration date for 180 days.... TSA has not published an extension of this exemption. TWICs expiring on or after August 1, 2020 will no longer remain valid and holders must re-enroll if they require a valid TWIC.

Enforcement

46 U.S.C. 70119; 33 C.F.R. 101.410 as relaxed

Notes

Documents the end of the TSA exemption and continued reader-rule and expired-TWIC discretion.

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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