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MSIB 02-21 (Change 3)

COVID-19 Safety Requirements in the Maritime Transportation System: Change-3

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate · United States Coast Guard; nationwide (all commercial vessels and sea ports) (Federal)

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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; 33 C.F.R. 160.111
Issued
2021-09-02 Sept. 2, 2021
Effective
2021-09-02
End
beyond 2021-09-30 (the CDC order remained in force until vacated Apr. 18, 2022) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Sept. 2, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • conveyance operators (all commercial vessels)
  • operators of transportation hubs (sea ports)
  • live-aboard commercial crews (exempted)
Functions reached
  • PT/WH indoor areas of terminals and cargo facilities
  • TV ferries, excursion vessels and passenger terminals
  • DR truckers, agents, surveyors and longshore labor indoors at ports
  • CB passengers
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

Change-3 to this MSIB reflects that mariners on 'Non-passenger-carrying commercial vessels operated by a team of mariners who all live on the vessel' are exempt from wearing a mask. A mask will still be required when the vessel receives persons who are not a part of the team of mariners that live on the vessel.... Conveyance operators must continue to require all persons onboard to wear masks when boarding, disembarking, and for the duration of travel, unless they are located in outdoor areas of the conveyance... Operators of transportation hubs must require all persons to wear a mask when entering or while indoors on the premises of a transportation hub.... [The bulletin preserves] state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations that still require the wearing of masks in outdoor areas of conveyances and while outdoors on transportation hubs.

Enforcement

42 U.S.C. 268, 271; COTP orders; 46 U.S.C. 70036

Notes

In force on September 30, 2021: the Q3 2021 maritime mask instrument.

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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