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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2021–0406]
Guidance on Voluntary Compliance
With Training Requirements for
Personnel Serving on U.S.-Flagged
Passenger Ships That Carry More Than
12 Passengers on International
Voyages.
Coast Guard, Homeland
Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notice of policy.
AGENCY:
The Coast Guard announces
the availability of CG–MMC Policy
Letter 02–21, titled ‘‘Guidance on
Voluntary Compliance with Training
Requirements for Personnel Serving on
U.S.-flagged Passenger Ships that Carry
More than 12 Passengers on
International Voyages.’’ This policy
provides guidance to passenger vessel
owners and operators on voluntary
compliance with the 2016 amendments
to the International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as
amended (STCW Convention) and the
Seafarers’ Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping Code (STCW Code).
Vessels may be subject to detentions in
foreign ports if personnel have not
received appropriate training in
accordance with the STCW Convention
and the STCW Code.
DATES: CG–MMC Policy Letter 02–21
was issued August 05, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Policy Letter 02–21 is
available in docket number USCG–
2021–0406 on https://
www.regulations.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Megan Johns Henry, U.S. Coast Guard
Office of Merchant Mariner
Credentialing Maritime Personnel
Qualifications Division (CG–MMC–1);
telephone (202) 372–1255, email
Megan.C.Johns@uscg.mil.
The
International Maritime Organization
(IMO) establishes the minimum
international standards of competence
including training requirements for
mariners and maritime personnel
through the International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as
amended (STCW Convention) and the
Seafarers’ Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping Code (STCW Code).
In 2016, the IMO adopted
amendments to the STCW Convention
and the STCW Code expanding the
existing training requirements for
personnel on passenger vessels. These
amendments entered into force on July
1, 2018. These amendments have not
been codified into national regulations
at this time. However, because the
United States is signatory to the STCW
Convention, vessel owners and
operators should be aware that their
vessels are subject to foreign port state
control actions, including detention, if
mariners are not compliant with the
STCW Convention and the STCW Code.
The Coast Guard has issued CG–MMC
Policy Letter 02–21 to provide guidance
to passenger vessel owners and
operators on voluntary compliance with
the 2016 amendments to the STCW
Convention and the STCW Code. The
Coast Guard will not issue
endorsements related to the training of
personnel on passenger vessels.
CG–MMC Policy Letter 02–21 is not a
substitute for applicable legal
requirements, nor is it itself a rule. The
Coast Guard does not currently require
any mariner to meet the training
requirements in CG–MMC Policy Letter
02–21, paragraphs 4. a. (i) and (ii), in
other words, it is possible to comply
with U.S. domestic legal obligations
without undertaking the specific
trainings. Before creating any such
requirement, the Coast Guard would
undertake a separate rulemaking.
We issue this notice of availability in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and
under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 7101
and 7313. If you have questions about
the policy letter, or believe that changes
are necessary, please contact the person
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
Dated: August 6, 2021.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and
Standards.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2021-0406]
Guidance on Voluntary Compliance With Training Requirements for
Personnel Serving on U.S.-Flagged Passenger Ships That Carry More Than
12 Passengers on International Voyages.
AGENCY: Coast Guard, Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notice of policy.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of CG-MMC Policy
Letter 02-21, titled ``Guidance on Voluntary Compliance with Training
Requirements for Personnel Serving on U.S.-flagged Passenger Ships that
Carry More than 12 Passengers on International Voyages.'' This policy
provides guidance to passenger vessel owners and operators on voluntary
compliance with the 2016 amendments to the International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
1978, as amended (STCW Convention) and the Seafarers' Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping Code (STCW Code). Vessels may be subject
to detentions in foreign ports if personnel have not received
appropriate training in accordance with the STCW Convention and the
STCW Code.
DATES: CG-MMC Policy Letter 02-21 was issued August 05, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Policy Letter 02-21 is available in docket number USCG-2021-
0406 on https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this policy,
contact Megan Johns Henry, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Merchant Mariner
Credentialing Maritime Personnel Qualifications Division (CG-MMC-1);
telephone (202) 372-1255, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The International Maritime Organization
(IMO) establishes the minimum international standards of competence
including training requirements for mariners and maritime personnel
through the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW
Convention) and the Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
Code (STCW Code).
In 2016, the IMO adopted amendments to the STCW Convention and the
STCW Code expanding the existing training requirements for personnel on
passenger vessels. These amendments entered into force on July 1, 2018.
These amendments have not been codified into national regulations at
this time. However, because the United States is signatory to the STCW
Convention, vessel owners and operators should be aware that their
vessels are subject to foreign port state control actions, including
detention, if mariners are not compliant with the STCW Convention and
the STCW Code.
The Coast Guard has issued CG-MMC Policy Letter 02-21 to provide
guidance to passenger vessel owners and operators on voluntary
compliance with the 2016 amendments to the STCW Convention and the STCW
Code. The Coast Guard will not issue endorsements related to the
training of personnel on passenger vessels.
CG-MMC Policy Letter 02-21 is not a substitute for applicable legal
requirements, nor is it itself a rule. The Coast Guard does not
currently require any mariner to meet the training requirements in CG-
MMC Policy Letter 02-21, paragraphs 4. a. (i) and (ii), in other words,
it is possible to comply with U.S. domestic legal obligations without
undertaking the specific trainings. Before creating any such
requirement, the Coast Guard would undertake a separate rulemaking.
We issue this notice of availability in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552(a) and under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 7101 and 7313. If you have
questions about the policy letter, or believe that changes are
necessary, please contact the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
Dated: August 6, 2021.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2021-17139 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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