{"id":"AGY-USCG-PORTS-031","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Coast Guard; nationwide (all commercial vessels)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"USCG-PORTS","eco":"","issuer":"Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate","authority":"42 U.S.C. 268; 33 C.F.R. 160.111; EO 13998 sec. 2","instrument":"MSIB 02-21","title":"COVID-19 Safety Requirements in the Maritime Transportation System","dateIssued":"2021-02-01","effective":"2021-02-01 (CDC order effective 11:59 p.m. Feb. 1, 2021)","end":"2021-03-22 (superseded by Change 1)","startDate":"2021-02-01","endDate":"2021-03-22","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":["MASK","TRAV","EMP"],"addressees":["owners, operators and crews of all commercial vessels","passengers","ferry operators"],"clause":"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued order, Requirement for Persons to Wear Masks while on Transportation Hubs, 29JAN2021, requires all persons travelling on all commercial vessels to wear a mask. This Order requires conveyance operators to use best efforts to ensure that any person on the conveyance wears a mask when boarding, disembarking, and for the duration of travel.... Under Title 42 of the United States Code section 268, the Coast Guard is charged with enforcing CDC quarantine orders. Owners, operators, and crew of vessels that fail to implement the mask wearing order above may be subject to civil or criminal penalties from the CDC.... Vessels that have not implemented the mask requirement may be issued a Captain of the Port (COTP) order directing the vessel\u0027s movement and operations; repeated failure to impose the mask mandate could result in civil penalties and/or criminal action.","enforcement":"42 U.S.C. 268, 271 (CDC penalties); COTP orders under 33 C.F.R. 160.111; 46 U.S.C. 70036","functions":["TV ferries, water taxis, excursion and passenger vessels","DR crews of all commercial vessels","CB passengers (boarding denied without mask)","EMP vessel operating procedures"],"notes":"The maritime implementation of the federal transportation mask order; ferries, tour boats, fishing charters, offshore crew boats and towing vessels reached.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/MSIB/2021/MSIB-02-21-Mask-Requirement.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":163505,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-USCG-PORTS","url":"/library/AGY-USCG-PORTS-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-USCG-PORTS-031","citation":"Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate, MSIB 02-21 (Feb. 1, 2021) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-031)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-USCG-PORTS-030","AGY-USCG-PORTS-029","AGY-USCG-PORTS-033","AGY-USCG-PORTS-034"]}