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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-035 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MSIB 02-20 (Change 7)

Novel Coronavirus - Update (Change 7)

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

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Context, not an order

This record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.

The record

Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide
Level
Federal
Authority
33 C.F.R. 160.216; 33 C.F.R. 160.111; 42 C.F.R. 71.21
Issued
2021-05-05 May 5, 2021
Effective
2021-05-05
End
no later change located; current bulletin through Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
May 5, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • all vessels arriving at or traveling between U.S. ports
  • cruise ships
  • masters
  • crewmembers
Functions reached
  • DR/PT all vessel arrivals in 2021 Q2-Q3
  • HR crew confined aboard (country-list vessels)
  • TV cruise ships under the Conditional Sailing Order
  • SC inbound cargo
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

Vessel arriving to or traveling between any U.S. port or place must follow reporting and infection control measures to maintain the safety of personnel onboard vessels as well as within the port. Vessel Reporting Requirements: Illness of a person onboard any vessel that may adversely affect the safety of a vessel or port facility is a hazardous condition per 33 C.F.R. 160.216 and must be reported immediately to the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP).... embarked crewmembers from the countries noted above within the last 14 days, with no sick crewmembers, will be permitted to enter the U.S. and conduct normal operations, provided they remain aboard the vessel except to conduct specific activities directly [related to vessel cargo or provisioning operations].

Enforcement

33 C.F.R. 160.216; COTP orders under 33 C.F.R. 160.111

Notes

The operative vessel bulletin on July 1 and September 30, 2021.

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).