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- Jurisdiction
- United States Coast Guard; nationwide (all commercial vessels and sea ports)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 42 U.S.C. 268; EO 13998 sec. 2(a)(iv), sec. 4; 33 C.F.R. 160.111
- Issued
- 2021-03-22 Mar. 22, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-03-22
- End
- 2021-06-11 (superseded by Change 2) (read as 2021-06-11)
- In force
- Mar. 22, 2021 to June 11, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- vessel operators
- operators of sea ports (passenger terminals, cargo handling facilities and other shoreside facilities)
- all persons entering port premises
- Functions reached
- PT/WH cargo handling facilities and terminals (entry conditioned on masks)
- DR truck drivers and longshore labor entering ports
- TV passenger terminals and ferries
- CB passengers
- EMP terminal operating rules
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS
Operative words
Executive Order 13998 directs the Coast Guard to implement public health measures consistent with CDC guidelines at sea ports (e.g., passenger terminals, cargo handling facilities, and other shoreside facilities that provide transportation of persons or cargo).... Vessels (Conveyances): Vessel operators must use best efforts to ensure that any person on the conveyance wears a mask when boarding, disembarking, and for the duration of travel.... Sea Ports (Maritime Transportation Hubs): Operators of sea ports must use best efforts to ensure that any person entering or on the premises of the port wears a mask. Best efforts include: allowing entry only to those persons who wear masks; instructing persons that Federal law requires wearing a mask in the transportation hub... at the earliest opportunity, removing any person who refuses to comply from the premises of the transportation hub.
Enforcement
42 U.S.C. 268, 271; COTP orders; 46 U.S.C. 70036
Notes
Extends the federal mask requirement from vessels to every sea port and cargo handling facility; a condition on trucking, warehousing, importers and exporters entering port premises.
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).