{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-054","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina (Hatteras-Ocracoke route; Currituck-Knotts Island route)","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division","authority":"Federal CDC order and TSA directives (recited); Ferry Division operating authority","instrument":"NCDOT release, Sept. 2, 2021: five Hatteras-route employees positive and isolating for at least 14 days; Hatteras-Ocracoke round trips reduced from 60 to 44 from Sept. 3, 2021 until normal schedules can safely resume; Currituck-Knotts Island suspended Sept. 4-6, 2021; employees and passengers required to wear face coverings inside vessels and terminal facilities regardless of vaccination status per CDC and TSA requirements","title":"NCDOT Reports Five Positive COVID-19 Tests Among Hatteras Ferry Staff","dateIssued":"2021-09-02","effective":"2021-09-03 (reduced Hatteras-Ocracoke schedule); 2021-09-04 to 2021-09-06 (Currituck-Knotts Island suspended); federal mask requirement continuing","end":"Reduced schedule \u0027until the division can safely resume normal schedules\u0027 (end not documented); federal mask requirement continued past Sept. 30, 2021","startDate":"2021-09-03","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","QUAR","TRAV"],"addressees":["ferry employees and passengers (masks inside vessels and terminals)","Hatteras-Ocracoke and Currituck-Knotts Island travelers"],"clause":"The five employees are recovering at home under isolation for at least 14 days. They last worked on the route Sept. 2. Due to the temporary shortage of staff on the route, service between Hatteras and Ocracoke will be reduced starting tomorrow, until the division can safely resume normal schedules. Round trips will be reduced from 60 to 44 trips between the two islands.... Service from the Currituck-Knotts Island ferry route will be suspended Saturday through Monday, as staff are supporting the Hatteras-Ocracoke route. Employees and passengers are required to wear face coverings when inside vessels and terminal facilities, regardless of vaccination status, according to requirements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Transportation Security Administration.","enforcement":"CDC order (refusal of boarding) and TSA civil penalties; isolation of employees; operator schedule reduction","functions":["WF workforce (isolation of five employees cut a State ferry route by more than a quarter in September 2021)","TV travel (Outer Banks access during the Labor Day week 2021; masks required)","CB customer access (Ocracoke visitor traffic)"],"notes":"Q3 2021 instrument: a State agency\u0027s own statement, dated Sept. 2, 2021, that federal CDC and TSA requirements required masks of every passenger and employee \u0027regardless of vaccination status\u0027 and that isolation rules cut service. Implementing rule under federal orders plus a service reduction.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":69388,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-054","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-054","citation":"North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division, NCDOT release, Sept. 2, 2021: five Hatteras-route employees positive and isolating for at least 14 days; Hatteras-Ocracoke round trips reduced from 60 to 44 from Sept. 3, 2021 until normal schedules can safely resume; Currituck-Knotts Island suspended Sept. 4-6, 2021; employees and passengers required to wear face coverings inside vessels and terminal facilities regardless of vaccination status per CDC and TSA requirements (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-054)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":[]}