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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-002 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MSIB 02-20

Novel Coronavirus

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

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Context, not an order

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide (all U.S. ports)
Level
Federal
Authority
33 C.F.R. 160.216; 33 C.F.R. 160.111; 42 C.F.R. 71.21
Issued
2020-02-02 Feb. 2, 2020
Effective
2020-02-02
End
2020-03-09 (superseded by Change 1; the series continued through Change 7 of May 5, 2021) (read as 2020-03-09)
In force
Feb. 2, 2020 to Mar. 9, 2020
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • passenger vessels
  • non-passenger commercial vessels
  • masters
  • facility operators
  • crewmembers
Functions reached
  • TV/DR vessel entry and port calls (entry denial; crew confined aboard)
  • PT ports and terminals
  • HR crew changes
  • SC inbound cargo from China
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

Passenger vessels or any vessel carrying passengers that have been to China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) or embarked passengers who have been in China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) within the last 14 days will be denied entry into the United States.... Non-passenger commercial vessels that have been to China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) or embarked crewmembers who have been in China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) within the last 14 days, with no sick crewmembers, will be permitted to enter the U.S. and conduct normal operations, with restrictions. Crewmembers on these vessels will be required under COTP authority to remain aboard the vessel except to conduct specific activities directly related to vessel cargo or provisioning operations.

Enforcement

COTP orders under 33 C.F.R. 160.111 (46 U.S.C. 70034, 70036 civil penalties); 33 C.F.R. 160.216 reporting duty

Notes

First operative COVID-19 instrument on maritime commerce: entry denial for passenger vessels and crew-confinement conditions imposed 'under COTP authority.' Cancels MSIB 01-20.

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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