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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Parts 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 30,
35, and 39
[Docket No. USCG–2021–0097]
RIN 1625–AC75
I. Abbreviations
Electronic Submission of Mariner
Course Completion Data
Coast Guard, DHS.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard is requiring
Coast Guard-approved training
providers to electronically submit
student course completion data to the
Coast Guard within 5 business days of
completion. The National Maritime
Center will use this information to
validate mariner course completion as
part of an application for a Merchant
Mariner Credential. In addition, the
Coast Guard is replacing gendered titles
for certain officer and rating
endorsements in keeping with Coast
Guard policy of using gender-neutral
language whenever possible. We expect
these changes to improve the Coast
Guard’s verification process of mariner
credential applications and to
appropriately conform terms that should
be gender neutral.
DATES: This final rule is effective
January 17, 2025. Reporting
requirements in 46 CFR 10.403(a)(7)
need not be complied with until
November 25, 2026. The incorporation
by reference of certain material listed in
the rule was approved by the Director of
the Federal Register as of July 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: To view documents
mentioned in this preamble as being
available in the docket, go to
www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2021–
0097 in the search box and click
‘‘Search.’’ Next, in the Document Type
column, select ‘‘Supporting & Related
Material.’’
SUMMARY:
For
information about this document, call or
email Mr. Brian T. Eichelberger, Office
of Merchant Mariner Credentialing,
Coast Guard; telephone 202–372–1450,
email Brian.T.Eichelberger@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Table of Contents for Preamble
I. Abbreviations
II. Basis and Purpose, and Regulatory History
III. Discussion of Comments and Changes
IV. Discussion of the Rule
V. Regulatory Analyses
A. Regulatory Planning and Review
B. Small Entities
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C. Assistance for Small Entities
D. Collection of Information
E. Federalism
F. Unfunded Mandates
G. Taking of Private Property
H. Civil Justice Reform
I. Protection of Children
J. Indian Tribal Governments
K. Energy Effects
L. Technical Standards
M. Environment
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CSV Comma-Separated values
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
GS General Schedule
ICR Information collection request
IT Information technology
MMC Merchant Mariner Credential
MMLD Merchant Mariner Licensing and
Documentation
MRN Mariner reference number
MTAD Mariner Training and Assessment
Data
NMC National Maritime Center
NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
OMB Office of Management and Budget
PII Personally identifiable information
PDF Portable document format
QSS Quality Standard System
RA Regulatory analysis
SME Subject matter expert
SSN Social security number
STCW International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification, and
Watchkeeping, 1978, as amended
§ Section
U.S.C. United States Code
II. Basis and Purpose, Background and
Regulatory History
The legal basis of this rulemaking is
Title 46 of the United States Code
(U.S.C.), Sections 7101(b) and 7301(b),
which authorize the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is
operating to prescribe regulations
relating to issuing Merchant Mariner
Credentials (MMCs) with officer and
rating endorsements. The Secretary of
the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) has delegated the rulemaking
authority under 46 U.S.C. 7101(b) and
7301(b) to the Coast Guard through 46
U.S.C. 2104 and DHS Delegation No.
00170.1, Revision No. 01.4, paragraph
(II)(92)(e). Additionally, 14 U.S.C.
102(3) grants the Coast Guard broad
authority to issue and enforce
regulations to promote safety of life and
property on waters subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States, which
includes establishing the experience,
professional qualifications, and
processes required for issuing
credentials.
The Coast Guard issues MMCs to
mariners who have met the regulatory
requirements for individual
endorsement(s), as described in title 46
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of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), parts 10, 11, 12, and 13.
Professional requirements for an MMC
endorsement generally include sea
service, completion of Coast Guardapproved training, and having a met a
standard of competence through
practical demonstration and completion
of a written examination. The general
standards for Coast Guard-approved
courses and programs are found in 46
CFR 10.403. Coast Guard-approved
training providers are required to
maintain physical or electronic records
of all students who took a course for at
least 5 years after the completion of the
course.
Starting November 25, 2026, this final
rule will require Coast Guard-approved
training providers to submit students’
course completion data electronically to
the Coast Guard within 5 business days
of the course ending. This action lessens
the probability of issuing MMCs to
mariners who have not met the
professional requirements for their
endorsements and improves the
efficiency of the credentialing process.
In addition, this final rule replaces
gendered titles for certain officer and
rating endorsements to align with the
Coast Guard’s policy of using genderneutral language whenever feasible,
capitalizes the endorsements for
uniformity, removes some references to
an obsolete Coast Guard document, and
makes editorial changes such as
replacing ‘‘shall’’ with ‘‘must’’ and ‘‘his
or her’’ with ‘‘their’’.
The Coast Guard published a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on May 5,
2023 (88 FR 29013), explaining the
MMC application process and proposing
these changes—minus the delay in
implementing reporting requirements.
In response, we received three
comments and subsequently made
changes to the regulatory text based on
the comments.
III. Discussion of Comments and
Changes
Of the three comments received by
the Coast Guard, one commenter
strongly supported the rule, particularly
the gender-neutral language measures.
The remaining two commenters had
recommendations for the Coast Guard to
consider.
One of the commenters, hereafter
‘‘Commenter 1’’, recommended that the
submission period for Coast Guardapproved training providers to submit
students’ course completion data to the
Coast Guard should be 10 business days
instead of the 5-day period that was
included in the proposed rule.
The Coast Guard has elected to retain
the 5-day submission period. Our reason
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for this decision is that the majority of
mariners will take a course and then
apply for an endorsement immediately
after completing the course. Requiring
Coast Guard-approved training
providers to submit the data within a 5day period ensures that the course
completion data will be uploaded to the
mariner’s file within the Merchant
Mariner Licensing and Documentation
(MMLD) 1 database promptly, and the
application process will not be delayed.
Commenter 1 also urged the Coast
Guard to limit the data submission
requirement to students who have
passed the course.
The Coast Guard agrees with this
suggestion and notes that, as proposed
in the NPRM, the requirement to submit
course completion data is limited to
‘‘each student who successfully
completes an approved course or
program.’’
Commenter 1 further recommended
that hard-copy certificates issued to
students should be optional and allow
for electronic or portable document
format (PDF) certificates. Another
commenter, hereafter ‘‘Commenter 2’’.
recommended that the Coast Guard no
longer support the issuance of hardcopy course completion certificates.
The Coast Guard does not require
approved training providers to issue
hard copies of certificates to students
who complete the course. Coast Guardapproved training providers, however,
may continue to issue certificates as
they have historically done for students
who complete the course or program.
That is, Coast Guard-approved training
providers can issue the certificates to
students via email, PDF, or hard copy.
Coast Guard-approved training
providers should continue to issue
course completion certificates to
students so they can submit them with
their application for an MMC, in order
to validate the certificates with the
course completion data submitted
electronically by the training provider.
Commenter 1 recommended that the
submission of the course completion
data should allow for comma-separated
values (CSV) files for easy upload, and
also allow for direct system entry.
The existing Homeport system
currently supports this file type. It is a
role-based environment that brings
together Coast Guard personnel,
members of the maritime community,
and other designated individuals,
allowing them to share information, and
for records to be submitted by either
1 https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhsuscgpia015-merchant-mariner-licensing-anddocumentation-system (last accessed January 18,
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single entry via webform or by multiple
entries at once using a CSV file.
Commenter 1 recommended a 2-year
phased in approach, where a 2-year
period should be given to Coast Guardapproved training providers to
implement these new requirements. The
commenter also suggested that the
phase-in periods should be based on
course approval or expiration dates.
The Coast Guard agrees with this
recommendation and has edited the
preamble and regulatory text consistent
with this recommendation.
The Coast Guard, however, declines
to adopt the recommendation that the
phase-in period should be based on
course approval or expiration dates.
Although course approvals are valid for
5 years, not all courses or programs are
approved for the same 5-year calendar
period. The Coast Guard’s intention is to
bring all training course providers into
compliance at the same time. Coast
Guard-approved training providers will
have until 2 years after the effective date
of this rule to come into compliance
with the new requirements.
Commenter 1 also stated that the
Coast Guard needs a faster, more userfriendly system for uploading course
completion data. The Coast Guard
agrees, and has long-term plans for
developing a more secure, agile, and
user-friendly system in the future. For
now, providers comply with the
requirements of this rule by submitting
data through Homeport.
Commenter 2 urged the Coast Guard
to revise the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) to eliminate any use
of gendered pronouns from the
proposed text. In addition, this
commenter provided a list of sections
within parts 30, 31, 32, and 35 where
‘‘his or her’’ remains in use.
The Coast Guard agrees with the
recommendation to eliminate the use of
gendered pronouns from the proposed
text and has made edits accordingly.
The Coast Guard appreciates the
information listing additional instance
where ‘‘his or her’’ remains in use and
will evaluate whether to amend these
parts when we draft our annual
technical amendments.
Commenter 2 also suggested that
Coast Guard-approved training
providers should include a mariner’s
social security number (SSN) on their
course completion certificate.
The Coast Guard does not accept this
recommendation. Mariners provide
their SSNs as required on the
Application for Merchant Mariner
Credential (Form CG–719B), and they
are issued a mariner reference number
(MRN) after they apply for their original
MMC. The MRN is used by the Coast
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Guard to identify the mariner in all
future credentialing transactions, and all
records are matched to the MRN rather
than the SSN.
Commenter 2 believes that the
proposed language in 46 CFR 10.403,
paragraph (a)(7), could be revised to
make it clear that Coast Guard-approved
training providers must submit the
information listed in subparagraphs (i)
through (iv).
The Coast Guard agrees with the
comment and has made editorial
changes to the text to make that clear.
Commenter 2 also suggested that the
Coast Guard update 46 CFR 10.402(b)(8)
by requiring the same information listed
in 46 CFR 10.403(a)(7)(i) through (iv) be
included on the sample course
completion certificates that Coast
Guard-approved training providers
submit to the Coast Guard for approval
of a specific course or program.
As the NPRM did not discuss changes
course and proposal approval
requirements, these changes are outside
the scope of this rulemaking.
IV. Discussion of the Rule
This rule amends 46 CFR 10.403 to
require Coast Guard-approved training
providers to submit course completion
data electronically to the National
Maritime Center (NMC) for each student
who successfully completes a Coast
Guard-approved course or program.
Under this rule this data must be
submitted electronically within 5
business days of the completion of any
Coast Guard-approved course or
program. Coast Guard-approved training
providers will submit this data through
Homeport to comply with this
requirement until the Coast Guard
announces the availability of a new
method of compliance.2
Mariners submitting course
completion data to the Coast Guard as
part of their MMC application, and
Coast Guard-approved training
providers submitting course completion
data electronically to the Coast Guard,
must attest, under criminal penalty, that
the records are accurate to the best of
their knowledge and that no false
entries or statements were made. See 18
U.S.C. 1001. The NMC will use this
information to confirm that the
applicant has completed the training
required for the requested MMC
endorsement. Requiring all Coast Guardapproved training providers to submit
this data electronically improves the
efficiency of the credentialing process
and allows for the validation of course
2 Homeport is the Coast Guard’s enterprise
internet portal for the maritime community and can
be accessed at https://homeport.uscg.mil/.
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completion data ensuring the mariner
meets the requirements for issuance of
an endorsement. Under the process
utilized prior to implementation of this
rule, when a mariner submits an
application, NMC personnel evaluate
what is submitted and input the
information into the mariner’s training
record within the MMLD database. If the
course has not been electronically
submitted by the training provider, then
the evaluator has to enter the course
completion information into the MMLD
database manually. Under the process as
implemented by this rule, NMC
evaluators can use the data submitted
electronically by training providers to
verify quickly that the information
submitted by the training provider is
identical to the information submitted
by the mariner with their application.
Providing 5 business days to submit
course completion data ensures that a
mariner’s application will not be
delayed due to the NMC waiting for
training providers to submit the course
completion data. By reducing delays in
issuing an MMC, this final rule can help
avoid loss of employment for a mariner,
which supports NMC’s mission to issue
credentials to fully qualified mariners in
the most effective and efficient manner
possible.
Although the Coast Guard will
electronically receive course completion
data under this final rule, Coast Guardapproved training providers should
continue to issue course completion
certificates to their students, as mariners
will still be responsible for including
their course completion certificates as
supporting documentation with their
MMC application package (46 CFR
10.209(d)). This allows Coast Guard
evaluators to validate the information
submitted by the mariner with their
MMC application against information
submitted electronically by the training
provider.
Under this final rule, training
providers are required to submit the
name of the training provider, the
training provider’s Coast Guard-issued
provider code, the title of the Coast
Guard-approved course or program, the
Coast Guard-issued course code, the
dates the training provider held the
course, and the name of the approved
instructor. This information allows the
Coast Guard to validate that the course
is one that has been approved by the
Coast Guard and conducted by an
approved instructor, and to verify the
dates the course was held. The
electronic submission also requires the
student’s full name as it appears on
their MMC or other valid Governmentissued identification, and their Coast
Guard-issued MRN, or their date of birth
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and place of birth if they do not have
an MRN.
The Coast Guard is currently in the
process of developing a replacement for
the MMLD database with a more secure,
agile, and user-friendly system that
provides better service to the maritime
industry. Since the new system has yet
to be developed, the best way for
training providers to comply with the
requirements is to electronically submit
course completion data through
Homeport. The Coast Guard realizes that
Homeport does not have all the data
fields listed that are required for this
rule. Until Homeport or other means of
electronic submission is updated,
training providers will need to input
only data currently required in
Homeport for submittal of course
completion. Some of the data required
by this rule to be submitted
electronically, including course
instructor name and date of birth (if a
mariner currently does not have a
reference number) cannot currently be
inputted into Homeport. In the event a
new system is developed and becomes
fully operational, it will be announced
through publication of a Federal
Register notice.
The Coast Guard understands that
immediate compliance upon
publication of the final rule may not be
feasible for many training providers
submitting mariner course completion
data. For that reason, we have amended
46 CFR 10.403 from what we proposed
in the NPRM so that the requirements in
paragraph (a)(7) need not be met until
November 25, 2026. This gives training
providers 2 years from this rule’s
effective date to come into compliance
with the new requirements. To be
prepared for enforcement, training
providers should request accounts for
Homeport at least 90 days prior to the
enforcement date of this rule. Guidance
for requesting accounts to Homeport can
be found on the NMC’s website at
www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/NMC/pdfs/
training/how_to_obtain_a_homeport_
account.pdf?.
This rule also amends 46 CFR parts
10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 30, 35, and 39 to
ensure the titles of certain officer and
rating endorsements are gender neutral.
In this initiative, the Coast Guard is
amending the following endorsement
titles as described in table 1:
TABLE 1—NOMENCLATURE CHANGES
TO 46 CFR PARTS 10, 11 12, 13,
15, 16, 30, 35, AND 39
Prior to this rule
Apprentice mate
(steersman).
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As amended by this rule
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels.
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TABLE 1—NOMENCLATURE CHANGES
TO 46 CFR PARTS 10, 11 12, 13,
15, 16, 30, 35, AND 39—Continued
Prior to this rule
As amended by this rule
Crewman ........................
Fireman ...........................
Hospital corpsman ..........
Lifeboatman ....................
Crewmember.
Boiler Technician.
Medical Technician.
Lifeboat Operator, Lifeboat Operator-Limited.
Pump Technician.
Seafarer, Able SeafarerUnlimited, Able Seafarer-Limited, Able
Seafarer-Special, Able
Seafarer-Offshore
Supply Vessel, Able
Seafarer-Sail, Able
Seafarer-Fishing Industry.
Tank Vessel-PIC, Tank
Barge-PIC, Restricted
Tank Vessel-PIC, Restricted Tank BargePIC. Tank Vessel-Assistant, Tank VesselEngineer.
Pumpman .......................
Seaman ..........................
Tankerman ......................
Upon the effective date of this rule,
the Coast Guard will issue
endorsements using the endorsement
titles as implemented by this rule.
Mariners do not have to apply to have
the endorsement titles changed on their
MMCs. The endorsement titles will be
updated at the next credential
transaction when an application is
submitted to the Coast Guard.
With this final rule, the Coast Guard
is changing the title of the Able Seaman
endorsement to Able Seafarer. To
differentiate in 46 CFR 10.231(c)(6)(ii)
between the already established
International Convention on Standards
of Training, Certification, and
Watchkeeping, 1978, as amended
(STCW) endorsements of Able SeafarerDeck and Able Seafarer-Engine and the
Able Seafarer endorsement, the
endorsement will be referred to as
national Able Seafarer.
In some provisions of 46 CFR part 12,
the legacy titles of endorsements will
not be changed to the new endorsement
titles. Specifically, §§ 12.501(b)(2)
12.607(b), 12.613(c), and 12.615(c)
reference endorsements that would have
been held before 2017 with the legacy
name.
Finally, the Coast Guard is removing
the expired grandfathering provisions in
46 CFR 13.603(e), 13.605(e), 13.607(e),
13.609(b), and 13.611(b). These
provisions provided a method for
mariners who held valid national
tankerman endorsements issued before
March 24, 2014, to qualify for original
STCW tanker cargo operations
endorsements. Any national tankerman
endorsements issued before March 24,
2014, would have expired as of March
23, 2019; therefore, the grandfathering
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provisions have expired. Mariners who
wish to obtain original STCW tanker
cargo endorsements must meet the
requirements of the applicable section.
In addition to these changes, the Coast
Guard is making a number of technical
amendments to improve the clarity of
the regulations. These changes include
capitalizing certain terminology, making
additional changes to gendered
language, and edits for clarity. Because
of these changes, our regulatory text in
this final rule is significantly longer
than the text in the NPRM. We have
added redlines illustrating the changes
to parts 13 and 15, and subpart B of part
16 to the docket where indicated under
the ADDRESSES portion of the preamble.
V. Regulatory Analyses
We developed this rule after
considering numerous statutes and
Executive orders related to rulemaking.
Below we summarize our analyses
based on these statutes or Executive
orders.
A. Regulatory Planning and Review
Executive Orders 12866 (Regulatory
Planning and Review) as amended by
Executive Order 14094 (Modernizing
Regulatory Review), and 13563
(Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review) direct agencies to assess the
costs and benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying costs and benefits, reducing
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costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting
flexibility.
Executive Order 13610 (Identifying
and Reducing Regulatory Burdens)
promotes the goals of Executive Order
13563. Executive Order 13610 aims to
modernize the regulatory systems and to
reduce unjustified regulatory burdens
and costs on the public.
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) has not designated this final rule
a significant regulatory action under
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, as
amended by Executive Order 14094.
Accordingly, OMB has not reviewed
this rule.
The changes from the NPRM, as
published in the Federal Register on
May 5, 2023, to this final rule are
detailed in table 2.
TABLE 2—CHANGES FROM THE NPRM TO THE FINAL RULE
Description
NPRM
Final rule
Wage data for training providers and
Coast Guard personnel.
Wages were calculated for 2020 ..........
Cost savings for automatic verification
of mariner course completion data.
The use of Homeport allows for
verification of course completion information submitted by mariners and
course completion information submitted by training providers. This was
not included as a cost savings.
Cost estimate was derived from the
years 2010–2020.
Period of analysis ..................................
Phase-in period ......................................
The rule was to become effective following publication in the Federal
Register.
Resulting change in regulatory analysis
Wages are calculated for 2022, with
new data sources for Federal employee wages.
Identification of improved efficiency
means that verification is quantified.
Figures have been updated with more
recent data from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) and the OMB.
Cost savings is now included in the
rule and has produced a net savings
to the Federal Government.
This period was updated to more recent years (2013–2022).
The period of analysis shifted to 2013–
2022, using the most recently available data under a 10-year window of
time.
The reporting requirements in 46 CFR
10.403(a)(7) need not be complied
with until 2 years after the rule is
published in the Federal Register.
This phase-in period is accounted for
in the cost analysis.
After responding to public comments,
the rule now includes a 2-year
phase-in period during which training
providers can prepare by establishing Homeport accounts and familiarizing themselves with the new requirements.
Table 3 shows the summary of the
estimated impacts of this final rule. A
regulatory analysis follows.
TABLE 3—SUMMARY OF THE IMPACTS OF THE FINAL RULE
Category
Summary
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Affected Population .............................................
Cost to Industry over 10 Years (2022 dollars,
7% discount rate).
Cost to Government over 10 Years (2022 dollars, 7% discount rate).
Unquantified Benefits ..........................................
Affected Population
As discussed in Section II. Basis and
Purpose, and Regulatory History, the
NMC must determine that a mariner
meets the requirements for an
endorsement on their MMC prior to
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Approximately 327 Coast Guard-approved training providers.
$933,588.
A cost savings of $142,393.
The final rule will improve efficiency and accuracy during the MMC evaluation process by the
NMC and help ensure that mariner credentials are not issued to mariners who have not met
the required qualifications.
issuance of that endorsement. Currently,
the NMC makes this determination by
reviewing course completion certificates
submitted with an MMC application. As
discussed previously, the NMC’s current
course completion verification process
is cumbersome and time-consuming.
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This final rule seeks to address this
issue by mandating that training
providers electronically submit their
course completion data to the NMC,
which Coast Guard personnel will
match to the mariner’s MMLD profile.
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Starting in 2010, the NMC launched a
pilot program to collect course
completion records via Homeport. Table
4 provides a 10-year historic overview
of Coast Guard-approved training
providers, the annual count of training
providers submitting records via
Homeport, and the number of records
the NMC processed each year.
TABLE 4—NUMBER OF APPROVED TRAINING PROVIDERS AND COURSE COMPLETION RECORDS SUBMITTED TO THE NMC,
2013–2022
Student course completion submissions
Training
providers
using
Homeport
Approved
training
providers
Year
2013 .....................................................................................
2014 .....................................................................................
2015 .....................................................................................
2016 .....................................................................................
2017 .....................................................................................
2018 .....................................................................................
2019 .....................................................................................
2020 .....................................................................................
2021 .....................................................................................
2022 .....................................................................................
Average * ..............................................................................
330
329
340
343
338
340
322
318
322
289
327
36
43
43
44
49
41
33
26
24
28
........................
Via mariner
applications
49,577
57,119
51,890
57,207
47,074
45,812
49,435
39,866
46,194
48,395
49,257
Via Homeport
12,110
13,051
19,491
20,248
25,125
21,031
12,834
8,208
9,049
13,456
15,460
Total
(Homeport
plus mariner
application
submissions)
61,687
70,170
71,381
77,455
72,199
66,843
62,269
48,074
55,243
61,851
64,717
* Averages rounded to the nearest whole number. Averages for ‘‘Training Providers using Homeport’’ are not calculated, as this rule will require
all training providers to use Homeport.
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instructor availability, and other factors.
There were 2,515 approved courses
offered in 2022.
Figure 1 shows the distribution of the
number of Coast Guard-approved
training providers and the number of
courses they have Coast Guard approval
for in a given year. According to NMC
data, there are 93 training providers that
offer only 1 course and 154 training
providers (47 percent of all training
providers) that offer up to 3 courses (see
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many times a training provider offers
each of their approved courses; for
example, it is possible that a training
provider with only 1 Coast Guardapproved course offers that course
multiple times in a year. The analysis
for this final rule focuses on the number
of course completion records submitted,
rather than the number of courses
offered, in order to best account for the
frequency in course offerings.
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The affected population for this final
rule includes training providers
approved by the NMC who offer training
courses for MMC endorsements. From
2013 to 2022, the NMC reports that the
number of Coast Guard-approved
training providers ranged from a low of
289 to a high of 343, for an average of
327. The number of Coast Guardapproved courses offered by training
providers can vary greatly each year,
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Cost to Industry
The cost to industry for this rule is
comprised of two separate components:
the cost to training providers for the
time spent registering for a Homeport
account, and the recurring cost to
training providers for submitting course
completion records. To find the total
cost to industry, these costs are
calculated individually and then
combined under a 10-year timeline.
We find the initial cost of the rule by
multiplying the number of training
providers who must register for a
Homeport account by the time it takes
to register the account by the hourly
wages of those who will register.
According to an NMC subject matter
expert (SME) familiar with Homeport, it
takes a training provider approximately
20 minutes to establish a Homeport
account. Given that Homeport accounts
will be mandatory for the entire affected
population, the cost of the rule is
estimated to include all 327 training
providers, even those who have already
registered a Homeport account. These
training providers must all be registered
by the end of the 2-year phase-in period.
According to data from the NMC,
there are currently 32 training providers
who have registered accounts in
Homeport, which means an additional
295 must be registered by the end of the
2-year phase-in period. For this
analysis, we assume that half the
remaining providers will register during
the first year of the implementation
period and half will register during the
second year. That is, 147 training
providers will register in the first year
(along with the 32 training providers
already registered), and the remaining
148 training providers will register in
the second year.
After the training providers have all
established their Homeport accounts,
we expect any new training providers
will register as they are approved by the
NMC. We can anticipate these future
training providers by examining the
fluctuations in training providers from
2013 to 2022. Instances in which the
population of training providers
declined can be ignored (there is no cost
to training providers for leaving the
field), and the anticipated yearly
number of new training providers can
be found by finding the 10-year historic
average for years when the count of
training providers increased. As
calculated from table 4, there have been
18 new Homeport accounts created over
the 10-year period of the analysis.
Rounding to the nearest whole number,
the 10-year average for new training
providers is two (2) training providers
per year.
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When calculating hourly wages, the
Coast Guard must account not only for
the hourly wages of personnel, but also
for the additional costs the employer
must pay to employ that individual,
such as payroll taxes, Social Security,
and insurance. These additional costs,
when added to wages, are considered
the ‘‘total compensation’’ of that job. To
find the total compensation of training
providers, the Coast Guard researched
the wages and total compensation for
the education industry as a whole, as
provided by the BLS, and divided the
total cost of employment by wages in
order to find their ratio. This number is
considered the ‘‘load factor’’ that, when
multiplied by wages, produces the total
cost of employing a training provider.
The loaded mean hourly wage rate of
submitters is approximately $51.06 for
2022, derived from an unloaded mean
hourly wage rate of $33.59 3 for Training
and Development Specialists and a load
factor of 1.52.4
Multiplying these factors with the
wages of personnel who will be
responsible for registering the account,
we find that the cost to industry for
registering Homeport accounts over 10
years will be total of $5,838, as detailed
in table 5.
TABLE 5—THE COST TO TRAINING PROVIDERS TO ESTABLISH A HOMEPORT ACCOUNT
[2022 Dollars]
Number of
training
providers
Year
Time to
complete
(hours)
Hourly
loaded
wage
Total cost
1 .......................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................
3 .......................................................................................................................................
4 .......................................................................................................................................
5 .......................................................................................................................................
6 .......................................................................................................................................
7 .......................................................................................................................................
8 .......................................................................................................................................
9 .......................................................................................................................................
10 .....................................................................................................................................
179
148
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
$51.06
51.06
51.06
51.06
51.06
51.06
51.06
51.06
51.06
51.06
$3,047
2,519
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
Total ..........................................................................................................................
....................
....................
....................
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Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
The other cost to industry for the rule
is for training providers to submit
course completion data through
Homeport. This is calculated on a 10year timeline. Training providers can
decide between two methods for
uploading course completion data into
Homeport: they can upload with a direct
entry system through a Hyper Text
Markup Language (HTML) form, or they
can use a CSV file, which can upload
multiple records at once.
As discussed in table 4, the NMC
provided the 10-year historical data for
the number of student course
completion records that training
providers submitted. From 2013 to
2022, there were approximately 327
training providers responsible for
generating an average of 64,717 course
completion records per year. We found
3 The 2022 mean hourly wage rate of $33.59 is for
Training and Development Specialists. https://
www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes131151.htm (last
accessed January 18, 2024).
4 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs For
Employee Compensation—March 2022. ‘‘Table 2,
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for
civilian workers by occupational and industry
group.’’ https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/
ecec_06162022.pdf (last accessed January 18, 2024).
We calculated the load factor by dividing total
compensation for education services ($57.27) by
wages and salaries for education services ($37.69).
(57.27/37.69 = a load factor of 1.52).
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the cost to training providers to submit
the record electronically to the NMC by
multiplying the average annual number
of course completion records submitted
by the time it takes to submit records
and then by the hourly wages of those
who will submit records.
To estimate the time cost for
submitting records electronically, we
surveyed training providers currently
using Homeport. Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520),
we are limited in how many training
providers we could solicit for
information. We contacted eight
providers and received four complete
responses back, three of which
quantified the time required to submit
data through Homeport. The two key
questions asked as part of the survey
were:
• Excluding time already spent on
issuance of conventional paper course
completion certificates, what is the
minimum additional amount of time
you estimate it takes to enter data into
Homeport for each course?
• What is the maximum additional
amount of time you estimate it takes to
enter data into Homeport for each
course?
Using the survey responses, we
estimate a range for the time to submit
each student course completion record
to be approximately 0.0114 hours (0.68
minutes) on the lower end, and 0.0688
hours (4.13 minutes) on the higher end,
for an average of .04 hours (2.4 minutes)
per submission. We will use the average
submission time for our subsequent cost
calculations.
Based on the 10-year average
calculated from table 4, we estimate that
training providers will submit 64,717
course completion records
electronically annually. Multiplying the
average number of annual records by the
average time to upload a record and
then by the loaded wage for a training
provider (64,717 records × 0.04 hrs. ×
$51.06) gives us an annual total cost to
training providers of approximately
$132,178. Dividing the annual total
costs by the number of training
providers gives us an annual pertraining provider cost of uploading
course completion records of
approximately $404 ($132,178/327).
We estimate the 10-year total costs to
training providers by combining the
Homeport account creation costs and
the recurring course completion record
submission costs. Table 6 presents the
undiscounted total costs of this rule as
well as the 3 percent and 7 percent
discounted costs. The annualized total
costs to training providers, discounted
at 3 percent and 7 percent, are estimated
to be $132,829 and $132,922,
respectively.
TABLE 6—TOTAL COSTS TO TRAINING PROVIDERS
[2022 Dollars]
Course
completion
record
submission
Homeport
account
creation
Year
Total cost
3% discount
7% discount
1 ................................................................................................................................................
2 ................................................................................................................................................
3 ................................................................................................................................................
4 ................................................................................................................................................
5 ................................................................................................................................................
6 ................................................................................................................................................
7 ................................................................................................................................................
8 ................................................................................................................................................
9 ................................................................................................................................................
10 ..............................................................................................................................................
$3,047
2,519
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
$132,178
132,178
132,178
132,178
132,178
132,178
132,178
132,178
132,178
132,178
$135,225
134,697
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
$131,286
126,965
120,993
117,469
114,047
110,726
107,500
104,369
101,330
98,378
$126,378
117,650
107,924
100,864
94,265
88,098
82,335
76,949
71,915
67,210
Totals .................................................................................................................................
5,838
1,321,780
1,327,618
1,133,063
933,588
Annualized .........................................................................................................................
....................
....................
....................
132,829
132,922
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Cost to the Federal Government
The cost to the Federal Government
for this final rule is comprised of the
cost for Coast Guard personnel to verify
new training provider accounts created
on Homeport, the cost for Coast Guard
personnel to manually match course
completion data to mariner accounts
when personally identifiable
information is not available, and the
cost savings from NMC evaluators not
having to manually enter mariner course
completion data directly into MMLD.
The total cost to the Federal
Government is found by combining
these costs and cost savings within a 10year period.
In order for a training provider to be
able to electronically submit course
completion data through Homeport,
they must first establish a user account
by registering on the site. User accounts
must be verified by Coast Guard
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personnel at the NMC before they are
ready for use. According to an NMC
SME familiar with Homeport, it takes a
General Schedule (GS)–07 civilian
employee approximately 20 minutes to
verify a Homeport user account. The
estimate for the number of training
providers over a 10-year period are
taken from table 5.
The cost of verifying training provider
accounts on Homeport is found by
multiplying the wages of Coast Guard
personnel who verify new Homeport
accounts by the amount of time they
spend performing that task.
We calculated wages for civilian
Federal employees by taking the wages
for a Federal employee in their locality,
with their grade, at step 5 (which is
considered an average). As of January
2022 in the national capital region, this
is $27.50 per hour for GS–07
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employees.5 To account for the total
cost of the position, wages are
multiplied by a load factor, which is
found by taking the total compensation
for Federal employees ($64.80) and
dividing by average wages for Federal
employees ($38.30).6 The calculation
creates a load factor of 1.69, and, when
multiplied by the hourly wage, the total
5 General Schedule pay scale for Federal
employees. https://www.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/
pdf/2022/DCB_h.pdf (last accessed January 18,
2024).
6 Congressional Budget Office, Comparing the
Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector
Employees, 2011 to 2015 (April 2017),
www.cbo.gov/publication/52637 (last accessed
January 18, 2024).
‘‘Federal and Private-Sector Total Compensation,
by Workers’ Educational Attainment’’: Federal
Government, All Levels of Education. Page 16.
‘‘Federal and Private-Sector Wages, by Workers’
Educational Attainment.’’ Federal Government, All
Levels of Education. Page 11.
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wages for a GS–07 employee becomes
$46.48 per hour.
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The 10-year cost of Homeport account
verification is $5,314, as detailed in
table 7.
TABLE 7—COST TO GOVERNMENT OF VERIFYING HOMEPORT USER ACCOUNTS
[2022 Dollars]
Number of
training
providers
Year
Time to
verify new
homeport
account—
hours
(20 min.)
Hourly
GS–07
wages
Total cost
1 .......................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................
3 .......................................................................................................................................
4 .......................................................................................................................................
5 .......................................................................................................................................
6 .......................................................................................................................................
7 .......................................................................................................................................
8 .......................................................................................................................................
9 .......................................................................................................................................
10 .....................................................................................................................................
179
148
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
.33
$46.48
46.48
46.48
46.48
46.48
46.48
46.48
46.48
46.48
46.48
$2,773
2,293
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
Total ..........................................................................................................................
....................
....................
....................
$5,314
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The second part of the cost to
Government is found by multiplying the
wages of Coast Guard personnel who
will manually match the course
completion information with existing
mariner records by the time they spend
performing that task. This is considered
a recurring cost for the Coast Guard and
is calculated over a 10-year period.
The course completion data that the
training provider submits through
Homeport is added to a database known
as Mariner Training and Assessment
Data (MTAD) and is automatically
matched to the mariner’s profile in the
MMLD using the individual’s MRN. If a
mariner does not have an MRN, the
course data appears in the MMLD as an
unmatched entry because it does not
match to an existing MRN. This
situation prompts manual review by
personnel at NMC.
However, records may also not match
due to a misspelling or other errors in
data entry. If neither an SSN nor an
MRN are provided, the certificate would
remain unmatched to a mariner’s record
in the MMLD until it can be matched
manually. The need for manual review
to match records in the MMLD
represents a cost to the Coast Guard.
For the period 2012 to 2022, 15,460 of
the 64,717 course completion records
submitted required manual matching.
Using these data, Coast Guard estimates
that approximately 24 percent (15,460 ÷
64,717) of records must be manually
matched. According to a Coast Guard
SME from the NMC, manually matching
records in the MMLD requires 3 hours
per week at the GS–7 level and 0.5
hours per week at the GS–13 level, for
the current 24 percent of course
completion records entered into the
MMLD. This number will be projected
at an additional 76 percent to account
for the remaining Coast Guard-approved
training providers who will begin
submitting course completion data to
the NMC under this rule. The projected
total cost to the Coast Guard is 12.5
hours per week at the GS–7 level:
((3/24) × 100 = 12.5 hours per week,7
rounded; 12.5 × 52 weeks per year = 650
hours per year),
The projected total cost to the Coast
Guard is 2.1 hours per week at the GS–
13 level:
((.5/24) × 100 = 2.1 hours per week,
rounded; 2.1 × 52 week per year = 109
hours per year).
There is a total annual burden of 759
hours—650 hours for a GS–7 and 109
hours for a GS–13. Total wages for GS–
07 employees are $46.48 per hour, and
total wages for GS–13 are $98.04 per
hour. :
(GS–07 Step 5: 27.50 × 1.69 = 46.48 per
hour)
(GS–13 Step 5: 58.01 × 1.69 = 98.04 per
hour)
To find the cost of the final rule to the
Federal Government over a 10-year
period, we first multiply the wages of
personnel by the hours they work
verifying course completion data in a
given year. GS–07 personnel work for
650 hours at the rate of $46.48 per hour,
totaling to $30,212. GS–13 personnel
work for 109 hours at the rate of $98.04
per hour, totaling to $10,686. Combining
these figures, the final rule will cost the
Federal Government $40,898 annually.
If we divide this amount by the total
759 hours of verification, we find the
weighted average wage of manually
matching mariner records is $53.88 per
hour. The first 2 years are adjusted for
the phase-in period, as calculated in
table 5:
(Year 1: 179/327 = .55, and 759 × 55%
= 417)
(Year 2: 148/327 = .45, and 759 × 45%
= 342)
The details of this cost, and the
discounted cost at 3 percent and 7
percent, are provided in table 8.
7 The current figure of 3 hours only accounts for
24% of the record matching that will occur due to
the rule. To find how much time is needed, we
divide the time already being used (3 hours) by the
percentage of the job that is already being
completed (24) to find the required hours as a single
percentage of the total job. Then we multiply by 100
to find the total time required for the job, which
gives us 12.5 hours per week.
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TABLE 8—ESTIMATED COSTS OF MATCHING RECORDS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
[2022 Dollars]
Weighted
average
wage
Total time
(hours)
Year
Total
annual
3% discount
7% discount
1 ...........................................................................................
2 ...........................................................................................
3 ...........................................................................................
4 ...........................................................................................
5 ...........................................................................................
6 ...........................................................................................
7 ...........................................................................................
8 ...........................................................................................
9 ...........................................................................................
10 .........................................................................................
417
342
759
759
759
759
759
759
759
759
53.88
53.88
53.88
53.88
53.88
53.88
53.88
53.88
53.88
53.88
22,468
18,427
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
21,814
17,369
37,425
36,335
35,276
34,249
33,251
32,283
31,343
30,430
$20,998
16,095
33,382
31,199
29,158
27,250
25,467
23,801
22,244
20,789
Total ..............................................................................
....................
....................
368,055
309,774
250,383
Annualized ....................................................................
....................
....................
....................
36,315
35,649
Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
The cost for matching records in the
MMLD is $368,055 over a period of 10
years. The total cost, discounted at 7
percent, is $250,383 over a 10-year
period.
This final cost factor of the rule to the
Federal Government will be cost savings
from automating the process for
inputting mariner course completion
data in MMLD as part of the evaluation
of an MMC application. Course
completion data submitted
electronically by training providers will
be matched to the MRN in MTAD and
ultimately recorded in the mariner’s
training profile in MMLD, rather than
evaluators manually inputting the
course completion information directly
into the MMLD.
An NMC SME estimated that
electronic submission will save the
Coast Guard 1 minute per record when
submitted through Homeport, resulting
in cost savings for the Federal
Government. There are 64,717 records
submitted annually, resulting in a
savings of 64,717 minutes per year, or
1,079 hours. The manual entry of
mariner course completion data is
completed through a pool of 32 Coast
Guard evaluators at NMC, 13 of whom
are GS–07 employees and 19 of whom
are GS–09. Manual entry of mariner
course completion data is divided
evenly among the pool, meaning the
evaluators all spend an equal amount of
time on entering course completion
data, so that GS–07 employees perform
41 percent of the manual entry, and GS–
09 employees perform 59 percent of the
manual entry. The loaded wages for
these personnel are $46.48 for GS–07s
and $56.85 for GS–09s.8
The total cost savings for this rule is
derived by multiplying the amount of
time saved by the wages of Coast Guard
personnel who had previously done the
manual entry of mariner course
completion data. This calculation must
account for different wages of the
personnel based on their GS step, and
the percentage of the manual entry
performed by the individuals. The total
cost savings is $56,586 per year, or
$565,860 over a 10-year period, as
outlined in table 9.
TABLE 9—ANNUAL COST SAVINGS OF ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNMENT
[2022 Dollars]
Time manually entering course completion data
Evaluators
Percentage
of time by
GS step
manually
entering
course
completion
data
(%)
A
1,079 hrs. ...................................................................................
Wages
Total cost savings
B
A*B
C
A*B*C
41
59
442
637
46.48/hr.
56.85/hr.
20,544
36,041
....................
1,079
....................
56,586
GS–07
GS–09
Total ....................................................................................
Total hours
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Net Cost to the Federal Government
The net cost of this final rule to the
Federal Government is found by adding
all three cost factors: the cost of
verifying new Homeport accounts, the
cost of manually matching submitted
records to a mariner’s profile in MMLD,
and the cost savings that result from
eliminating the need to manually enter
8 See methodology outlined above for calculated
loaded wages for Federal employees.
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mariner course completion data. These
combined factors result in an overall
cost savings for the Federal Government
of $192,491 over 10 years, and a total of
$142,393 over 10 years when
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discounted at 7 percent. The results are
outlined in table 10.
TABLE 10—TOTAL COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
[2022 Dollars]
Year
Verifying
homeport
accounts
Matching
records
Cost savings
from elimination of manual entry of
course
completion
data
A
B
C
Total
(A + B)¥C
3%
Discount
7%
Discount
1 ....................................................................................................................
2 ....................................................................................................................
3 ....................................................................................................................
4 ....................................................................................................................
5 ....................................................................................................................
6 ....................................................................................................................
7 ....................................................................................................................
8 ....................................................................................................................
9 ....................................................................................................................
10 ..................................................................................................................
$2,773
2,293
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
$22,468
18,427
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
40,895
$56,586
56,586
56,586
56,586
56,586
56,586
56,586
56,586
56,586
56,586
($32,910)
(34,301)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
($31,951)
(32,332)
(14,331)
(13,914)
(13,508)
(13,115)
(12,733)
(12,362)
(12,002)
(11,653)
($30,757)
(29,960)
(12,783)
(11,947)
(11,165)
(10,435)
(9,752)
(9,114)
(8,518)
(7,961)
Total .......................................................................................................
5,314
368,055
565,860
(192,491)
(167,901)
(142,393)
Annualized .............................................................................................
....................
....................
........................
....................
(19,683)
(20,273)
Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
Net Total Cost of the Final Rule
and subtracting the cost savings to the
Federal Government. Table 11 shows
The net cost of the final rule is found
by taking the cost to training providers
the net cost of the final rule combining
the results from table 6 and table 10.
TABLE 11—NET COSTS OF THE FINAL RULE:
[2022 Dollars]
Cost to
training
providers
Year
Cost to
govt.
Total net
cost
3% discount
7% discount
1 ................................................................................................................................................
2 ................................................................................................................................................
3 ................................................................................................................................................
4 ................................................................................................................................................
5 ................................................................................................................................................
6 ................................................................................................................................................
7 ................................................................................................................................................
8 ................................................................................................................................................
9 ................................................................................................................................................
10 ..............................................................................................................................................
$135,225
134,697
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
132,212
($32,910)
(34,301)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
(15,660)
$102,315
100,396
116,552
116,552
116,552
116,552
116,552
116,552
116,552
116,552
$99,335
94,633
106,662
103,555
100,539
97,610
94,767
92,007
89,327
86,726
$95,621
87,690
95,141
88,917
83,100
77,664
72,583
67,834
63,397
59,249
Total ...................................................................................................................................
Annualized .........................................................................................................................
1,327,618
....................
(192,491)
....................
1,135,127
....................
965,161
113,146
791,196
112,648
Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
The estimated total cost of the final
rule over a 10-year period is
approximately $1.135 million. The
annualized total cost of the final rule,
when discounted at 3 and 7 percent, is
$113,146 and $112,648, respectively.
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Benefits
The benefit of the rule will be to
improve efficiency and accuracy during
the evaluation of MMC applications by
streamlining the process for verifying
mariner course completions and
eliminating the need for manual entry of
course information in MMLD. Currently,
mariner course completion data can be
verified by having Coast Guard
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personnel call the training provider to
confirm that the mariner’s reported
course completion information matches
the records of the provider, and then
reconcile any discrepancies. Under this
final rule, both the mariner and the
training provider will submit their
course completion data to the Coast
Guard: the mariner submits course
completion data with their application
for an MMC, and the training provider
submits course completion data through
Homeport. NMC evaluators then verify
that the data submitted by the mariner
matches the data submitted by the
training providers. If any discrepancies
are found, an investigation may be
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initiated to determine the nature of the
discrepancy and whether the mariner
has met the requirements to be issued
the credential.
Alternatives Considered
1. No action. We rejected this
alternative because the Coast Guard has
a responsibility to improve the
credentialing process for training
providers and mariners, and to
minimize operating costs wherever
possible. These responsibilities will be
better served under this final rule than
under the current process.
2. Coast Guard-provided serial
numbers for training certificates. Under
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this alternative, the Coast Guard would
provide training providers with a list of
serial numbers to use on the course
completion certificates they issue to
students. We rejected this alternative
because, to implement it, the Coast
Guard would need to develop an
electronic system to track certificate
serial numbers. Prior attempts at adding
new capabilities to the MMLD have
been unsuccessful. Implementing this
alternative would require additional
human resources to develop and
manage a secondary system to track
certificate numbers and increase
application evaluation times due to the
need to access multiple databases to
verify data. None of these requirements
are feasible in the immediate near term.
B. Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act,
5 U.S.C. 601–612, we have considered
whether this final rule will have
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises
small businesses, not-for-profit
organizations that are independently
owned and operated and are not
dominant in their fields, and
governmental jurisdictions with
populations of less than 50,000.
The impact of this final rule on each
training provider varies by how many
Coast Guard-approved courses a training
provider offers in any given year, and
how many student records a training
provider submits to the Coast Guard.
Larger training providers that offer
many courses, and thus manage more
student records, have a larger burden
from the final rule, but they also have
larger revenues. Conversely, smaller
training providers that manage fewer
student records have a smaller burden
under this final rule but may have less
revenue to mitigate the burden. To
assess the potential burden on small
entities, we took a random sample of the
total population of Coast Guard-
approved training providers and
multiplied the cost per course by the
number of courses each training
provider offered in a year.
Of the 327 training providers
impacted by this final rule, we took a
random sample of 173 companies
(training providers) to achieve a 95percent confidence interval. We found
147 of the companies in the random
sample that had known revenues or
employee information. Of these, 100
had both measures, while 47 had only
known employee information. The
sample represented 59 different North
American Industry Classification
System codes, including schools,
professional training centers, and
specific trades reflecting the range of
courses required to qualify for an MMC
and associated endorsements.
Out of the sample of 173 companies
(training providers), we found 166 small
entities overall that could potentially be
affected by this final rule.9 Among the
sample of 173 companies, we found that
74 are small entities based on a revenue
size standard, and 11 are small entities
based on an employee size standard.
There was insufficient information to
determine the size of 81 companies, so
we assumed that they are also small
entities. Overall, we found 166 small
entities that could potentially be
affected by this final rule. Table 12
presents the number of small entities
based on employee size standard,
revenue size standard, or other
information.
TABLE 12—NUMBER OF SMALL
ENTITIES—Continued
Category
Number
Total small entities ........
Number of entities in sample
166
173
The annual impact of this final rule
on each entity will be proportional to
the number of courses offered. Here, we
use the number of courses rather than
the number of students, because the
number of Coast Guard-approved
courses is known, but the number of
students per training provider is not. To
estimate the impact, we multiply the
number of Coast Guard-approved
courses offered by the estimated time
burden per course in hours, and then
multiply by the loaded hourly wage rate
of the submitters.
According to an SME at the NMC, we
estimate training provider class sizes to
be 20 students per course. We can
estimate the per-course time burden by
multiplying the class size by the time it
takes to submit a student course
completion record. Using the survey
response range for the time to submit
each student’s course completion record
of 0.0114 hours (0.68 minutes) on the
lower end, and 0.0688 hours (4.13
minutes) on the higher end, we estimate
an hourly range per course to be
between 0.228 and 1.376 hours, for an
average of .802 hours.
If a training provider offered two
Coast Guard-approved courses, for
example, their burden would be
TABLE 12—NUMBER OF SMALL
approximately $81.90 (2 courses × .802
ENTITIES
hours × $51.06). For a rule to create an
impact of more than 1 percent of
Category
Number
revenues, an entity would need to have
Small entities by revenue
annual revenues less than or equal to
standard ............................
74 $8,190 ((2 × .802 × 51.06) × 100).
Small entities by employee
The mode of courses offered by small
standard ............................
11
entities
is one: most small entities only
Entities assumed to be small
with insufficient information
81 offer one course. The mean of courses
offered by small entities is 9.22.
TABLE 13—NUMBER OF COURSES AND COST OF RULE BY SMALL ENTITIES
Number of
small
entities
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2
3
4
5
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the July 2022 SBA Small Business Size Standards,
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of small
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Cost of rule
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TABLE 13—NUMBER OF COURSES AND COST OF RULE BY SMALL ENTITIES—Continued
Number of
small
entities
Number of courses
10 .............................................................................................................................................................
11 .............................................................................................................................................................
12 .............................................................................................................................................................
13 .............................................................................................................................................................
14 .............................................................................................................................................................
16 .............................................................................................................................................................
18 .............................................................................................................................................................
19 .............................................................................................................................................................
20 .............................................................................................................................................................
>20 * .........................................................................................................................................................
Percentage
of small
entities
Cost of rule
4
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
10
410
450
491
532
573
655
737
778
819
1,359
6
2
5
1
2
1
2
1
3
16
Note: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
* Estimates for the ‘‘over 20 courses’’ category uses a mean of 32 courses, derived from a sample of ten small entities after removing six large
outliers.
Table 14 shows the number of small
entities with a greater than 1 percent
impact on their annual revenues as the
percentage of the total population of
small entities that we found through our
analysis. Of the 166 small entities for
which we found revenue data from a
survey provided to a random sample of
mariner training providers, over the 10year period of analysis, on the lower
end, one small entity experienced an
impact of greater than 1 percent of its
total annual revenues, and on the higher
end, five small entities experienced an
impact of greater than 1 percent of its
total annual revenues. Therefore, an
average of three small entities are
expected to experience an impact of
greater than 1 percent of its total annual
revenues, which is not a substantial
number of small entities out of a total
population of 327 training providers
that offer at least 1 course.
TABLE 14—ESTIMATED INITIAL AND ANNUAL IMPACT OF THE FINAL RULE ON SMALL ENTITIES
Lower
estimate
Category
Number of small entities where impact is greater than 1% of revenues ................................................
Percentage of small entities where impact is greater than 1% of revenues ..........................................
Table 15 shows the number of small
entities affected by the final rule as a
1
0.60%
Higher
estimate
5
3.01%
Average
estimate
3
1.8%
percentage of the small entities’ total
annual revenues.
TABLE 15—ESTIMATED INITIAL AND ANNUAL PERCENTAGE REVENUE IMPACT OF THE FINAL RULE ON SMALL ENTITIES
Lower
estimate
Category
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Impact
Impact
Impact
Impact
Impact
Higher
estimate
Average
estimate
<1% of revenues ..........................................................................................................................
1 to 2% of revenues ....................................................................................................................
2 to 3% of revenues ....................................................................................................................
3 to 4% of revenues ....................................................................................................................
greater than 4% of revenues .......................................................................................................
91
0
1
0
0
87
2
1
1
1
89
1
1
.5
.5
Total ..................................................................................................................................................
92
92
92
Hence, for small entities that will
receive an impact on their revenues of
1 percent or more, we find that 1
percent of the small entities will be
impacted using the lower estimate, 5
percent of small entities will be
impacted using the higher estimate, and
3 percent of small entities will be
impacted on average (low estimate: 1 ÷
92 = .01, or 1%; high estimate: 5 ÷ 92
= .05, or 5%; average estimate: 3 ÷ 92
= .03, or 3%).
Therefore, the Coast Guard certifies
under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this final rule
will not have a significant economic
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impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
C. Assistance for Small Entities
Under section 213(a) of the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, Public Law 104–
121, we offer to assist small entities in
understanding this rule so that they can
better evaluate its effects on them and
participate in the rulemaking. The Coast
Guard will not retaliate against small
entities that question or complain about
this rule or any policy or action of the
Coast Guard.
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Small businesses may send comments
on the actions of Federal employees
who enforce, or otherwise determine
compliance with, Federal regulations to
the Small Business and Agriculture
Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman
and the Regional Small Business
Regulatory Fairness Boards. The
Ombudsman evaluates these actions
annually and rates each agency’s
responsiveness to small business. If you
wish to comment on actions by
employees of the Coast Guard, call 1–
888–REG–FAIR (1–888–734–3247).
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D. Collection of Information
This rule calls for a revision to a
collection of information under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3501–3520. As defined in 5 CFR
1320.3(c), ‘‘collection of information’’
comprises reporting, recordkeeping,
monitoring, posting, labeling, and other
similar actions. The title and
description of the information
collections, a description of those who
must collect the information, and an
estimate of the total annual burden
follow. The estimate covers the time for
reviewing instructions, searching
existing sources of data, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the
collection.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
requires the Coast Guard to consider the
impact of paperwork and other
information collection burdens imposed
on the public. According to the 1995
amendments to the Paperwork
Reduction Act, an agency may not
collect or sponsor the collection of
information, nor may it impose an
information collection requirement,
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
This action contains amendments to
the existing information collection
requirements previously approved
under OMB Control Number 1625–0028.
This information collection request
(ICR) governs all the information
collected for training provider
approvals, including information
required to evaluate and approve the
initial course, review of these materials
by the NMC, and ongoing recordkeeping
requirements for each student taking a
course. This final rule increases the
hour burden of recordkeeping for each
Coast Guard-approved course but does
not increase the number of responses
(number of Coast Guard-approved
courses).
The hour burden of the ICR represents
the total annual burden per Coast
Guard-approved course, assuming that
each Coast Guard-approved course is
offered 12 times per year with 20
students in each class. The current hour
burden is 40 hours for each Coast
Guard-approved course, or 0.1667 hours
for each student record. Since the
regulatory analysis for this rule used a
range for the estimated burden, we use
the higher end of the range to provide
a conservative estimate of the increase
in recordkeeping burden. This rule
increases the hour burden per student
record by 0.0688, from 0.1667 to 0.2355
hours. This creates a total increase of
about 16.51 hours per course, from
40.01 hours per course (0.1667 × 20
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students × 12 courses) to about 56.52
hours for each course (0.2355 × 20
students × 12 courses).
The title and description of the
information collection, a description of
those who must collect the information,
and an estimate of the total annual
burden, follow. The estimates cover the
time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing sources of data,
gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing
the collection. The current OMBapproved number of responses is 2,757.
Title: Course Approval and Records
for Merchant Mariner Training Schools.
OMB Control Number: 1625–0028.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: This ICR governs all of the
information collected for training
providers, including approvals
(information required to evaluate and
approve the course and any information
regarding the STCW Quality Standard
System (QSS) manual) and ongoing
recordkeeping requirements.
Need for Information: Title 46 of the
CFR, section 10.402, specifies the
information that must be submitted for
the Coast Guard to evaluate and approve
each course. The Coast Guard is
obligated under the STCW Convention
to validate the training completed by
mariners and to ensure that the
approved training is monitored under a
QSS.
Proposed Use of Information:
Personnel from NMC review the
submitted information to ensure
training courses and programs meet
minimum standards for Coast Guard
approval. The recordkeeping
requirements help the Coast Guard
monitor the performance of schools
with Coast Guard-approved courses.
Description of the Respondents:
Training providers approved to provide
maritime courses or programs.
Number of Respondents: The OMBapproved number of respondents for
this collection of information remains at
326.
Frequency of Response: Training
providers submit student records every
year based on the courses offered and
the number of students completing
those courses.
Burden of Response: The total burden
per response is 56.52 hours per course,
which will increase from the previously
approved number of 40.01 hours per
course.
Estimate of Annual Hour Burden: The
final rule increases the estimated annual
burden by 51,429 hours (16.51 hours per
course multiplied by 3,115 total
courses). This will increase the burden
from 146,109 hours to 197,538 hours.
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As required by 44 U.S.C. 3507(d), we
will submit a copy of this final rule to
OMB for its review of the collection of
information.
You are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number from OMB. OMB has not yet
completed its review of this collection.
Before the Coast Guard may enforce new
collection of information requirements
introduced by this rule, OMB will need
to approve the Coast Guard’s request to
collect this information. We will
publish a Federal Register notice once
OMB takes action on our request.
E. Federalism
A rule has implications for federalism
under Executive Order 13132
(Federalism) if it has a substantial direct
effect on States, on the relationship
between the National Government and
the States, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities among the
various levels of Government. We have
analyzed this final rule under Executive
Order 13132 and have determined that
it is consistent with the fundamental
federalism principles and preemption
requirements described in Executive
Order 13132. Our analysis follows.
It is well settled that States may not
regulate in categories reserved for
regulation by the Coast Guard. It is also
well settled that all of the categories
covered in 46 U.S.C. 7101 and 7301
(personnel qualifications of officers and
ratings serving on board merchant
vessels) and any other category in which
Congress intended the Coast Guard to be
the sole source of a vessel’s obligations,
are within the field foreclosed from
regulation by the States. See the
Supreme Court’s decision in United
States v. Locke, 529 U.S. 89, 120 S.Ct.
1135 (2000), which found that the States
are foreclosed from regulating tanker
vessels. See also Ray v. Atlantic
Richfield Co., 435 U.S. 151, 157, 98
S.Ct., 988 (1978), which found that State
regulation is preempted where ‘‘the
scheme of federal regulation may be so
pervasive as to make reasonable the
inference that Congress left no room for
the States to supplement it [or where]
the Act of Congress may touch a field in
which the federal interest is so
dominant that the federal system will be
assumed to preclude enforcement of
state laws on the same subject.’’
(Citations omitted). Because this final
rule involves the credentialing of
merchant mariner officers and ratings
under 46 U.S.C. 7101 and 7301
respectively, it relates to personnel
qualifications for vessels subject to a
pervasive scheme of Federal regulation
and is therefore foreclosed from
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regulation by the States. Because the
States may not regulate within these
categories, this final rule is consistent
with the fundamental federalism
principles and preemption requirements
in Executive Order 13132.
While it is well settled that States may
not regulate in categories in which
Congress intended the Coast Guard to be
the sole source of a vessel’s obligations,
the Coast Guard recognizes the key role
that State and local governments may
have in making regulatory
determinations. Additionally, for rules
with federalism implications and
preemptive effect, Executive Order
13132 specifically directs agencies to
consult with State and local
governments during the rulemaking
process. If you believe this rule will
have implications for federalism under
Executive Order 13132, please call or
email the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this preamble.
F. Unfunded Mandates
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, requires
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their discretionary regulatory actions. In
particular, the Act addresses actions
that may result in the expenditure by a
State, local, or Tribal Government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of
$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or
more in any one year. Although this rule
will not result in such expenditure, we
do discuss the effects of this rule
elsewhere in this preamble.
G. Taking of Private Property
This rule will not cause a taking of
private property or otherwise have
taking implications under Executive
Order 12630 (Governmental Actions and
Interference with Constitutionally
Protected Property Rights).
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H. Civil Justice Reform
This rule meets applicable standards
in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive
Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform) to
minimize litigation, eliminate
ambiguity, and reduce burden.
I. Protection of Children
We have analyzed this rule under
Executive Order 13045 (Protection of
Children from Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks). This rule is not
an economically significant rule and
will not create an environmental risk to
health or risk to safety that might
disproportionately affect children.
J. Indian Tribal Governments
This rule does not have Tribal
implications under Executive Order
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13175 (Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments),
because it will not have a substantial
direct effect on one or more Indian
Tribes, on the relationship between the
Federal Government and Indian Tribes,
or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal
Government and Indian Tribes.
K. Energy Effects
We have analyzed this rule under
Executive Order 13211 (Actions
Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use). We have
determined that it is not a ‘‘significant
energy action’’ under that order because
it is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’
under Executive Order 12866 and is not
likely to have a significant adverse effect
on the supply, distribution, or use of
energy.
of Appendix A, table 1 of DHS
Instruction Manual 023–01–001–01,
Rev. 1. Paragraph L54 pertains to
regulations that are editorial or
procedural. Paragraph L56 pertains to
regulations concerning training,
qualifying, licensing, and disciplining
maritime personnel.
This final rule involves establishing a
new procedure for issuing MMCs to
mariners who have met the regulatory
requirements for the individual
endorsements as described in 46 CFR
parts 11 and 12. Under this new
procedure, Coast Guard-approved
training providers will be required to
electronically submit student course
completion data to the Coast Guard
within 5 business days of a course
ending. The NMC will use this
information to validate mariner course
completion certificates submitted as
part of an application for an MMC.
L. Technical Standards
The National Technology Transfer
and Advancement Act, codified as a
note to 15 U.S.C. 272, directs agencies
to use voluntary consensus standards in
their regulatory activities unless the
agency provides Congress, through
OMB, with an explanation of why using
these standards would be inconsistent
with applicable law or otherwise
impractical. Voluntary consensus
standards are technical standards (That
is, specifications of materials,
performance, design, or operation; test
methods; sampling procedures; and
related management systems practices)
that are developed or adopted by
voluntary consensus standards bodies.
This rule does not use technical
standards. Therefore, we did not
consider the use of voluntary consensus
standards.
List of Subjects
M. Environment
We have analyzed this final rule
under DHS Management Directive 023–
01, Rev. 1, associated implementing
instructions, and Environmental
Planning COMDTINST 5090.1 (series),
which guide the Coast Guard in
complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and have made a
determination that this action is one of
a category of actions that do not
individually or cumulatively have a
significant effect on the human
environment. A Record of
Environmental Consideration
supporting this determination is
available in the docket. For instructions
on locating the docket, see the
ADDRESSES section of this preamble.
This final rule will be categorically
excluded under paragraphs L54 and L56
46 CFR Part 15
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46 CFR Part 10
Incorporation by reference, Penalties,
Personally identifiable information,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Seafarers.
46 CFR Part 11
Incorporation by reference, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Schools, Seafarers.
46 CFR Part 12
Incorporation by reference, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Schools, Seafarers.
46 CFR Part 13
Incorporation by reference, Cargo
vessels, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Seafarers.
Incorporation by reference, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements,
Seafarers, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 16
Drug testing, Marine safety, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Safety,
Transportation.
46 CFR Part 30
Cargo vessels, Foreign relations,
Hazardous materials transportation,
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Seafarers.
46 CFR Part 35
Cargo vessels, Incorporation by
reference, Marine safety, Navigation
(water), Occupational safety and health,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Seafarers.
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46 CFR Part 39
Cargo vessels, Fire prevention,
Hazardous materials transportation,
Marine safety, Occupational safety and
health, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Coast Guard amends 46
CFR parts 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 30, 35,
and 39 as follows:
PART 10—MERCHANT MARINER
CREDENTIAL
1. The authority citation for part 10 is
revised to read as follows:
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Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701;
46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 2104, 2110; 46 U.S.C.
chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. chapter 73; 46 U.S.C.
chapter 75; 46 U.S.C. 7701, 8903, 8904, and
70105; Executive Order 10173; DHS
Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.
PART 10—[Amended]
2. In part 10, remove the term in the
left column wherever it appears and add
in its place the term in the right
column::
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Remove
Add
Certificate of registry ......
certificate of registry .......
merchant mariner credential.
merchant mariner credentials.
Merchant mariner’s document.
merchant mariner’s document.
Certificate of Registry.
Certificate of Registry.
Merchant Mariner Credential.
Merchant Mariner Credentials.
Merchant Mariner’s Document.
Merchant Mariner’s Document.
3. Amend § 10.101 by revising
paragraph (b) to read as follows:
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§ 10.101
Purpose.
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(b) A means of determining that an
applicant is competent to serve under
the authority of their Merchant Mariner
Credential (MMC);
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■ 4. Amend § 10.103 by revising
paragraph (a) and the introductory text
of paragraph (b) to read as follows:
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Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by
reference into this part with the
approval of the Director of the Federal
Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
CFR part 51. All approved incorporation
by reference material (IBR) is available
for inspection at the Coast Guard and
the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). Contact Coast
Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner
Credentialing (CG–MMC), U.S. Coast
Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20593–7509; phone: 202–372–1492;
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website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/
merchant_mariner_credential/. For
information on the availability of this
material at NARA, visit
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@
nara.gov. The material may be obtained
from:
(b) International Maritime
Organization (IMO), 4 Albert
Embankment, London SE1 7SR,
England; phone +44 (0)20 7735 7611;
website: www.imo.org.
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■ 5. Amend § 10.107 by revising
paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 10.107
Definitions in subchapter B.
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(b) As used in this subchapter, the
following terms apply only to merchant
marine personnel credentialing and the
manning of vessels subject to the
manning provisions in the navigation
and shipping laws of the United States:
Able Seafarer-Deck means a rating
qualified in accordance with the
provisions of Regulation II/5 of the
STCW Convention.
Able Seafarer-Engine means a rating
qualified in accordance with the
provisions of Regulation III/5 of the
STCW Convention.
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels
means a credentialed mariner in
training to perform bridge watchkeeping
duties onboard a towing vessel, who
must be under the direct supervision
and in the continuous presence of a
Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels.
Approved means approved by the
Coast Guard.
Approved training means training that
is approved by the Coast Guard or meets
the requirements of § 10.408.
Articulated tug barge or ATB means
any tug-barge combination which,
through the use of an articulated or
‘‘hinged’’ connection system between
the tug and barge, allows independent
movement in the critical area of fore and
aft pitch.
Assistance towing means towing a
disabled vessel for consideration.
Assistant Engineer, for national
endorsements, means a qualified officer
in the engine department other than the
Chief Engineer.
Authorized official includes, but is
not limited to, a Federal, State or local
law enforcement officer.
Ballast Control Operator or BCO
means an officer restricted to service on
mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs)
whose duties involve the operation of
the complex ballast system found on
many MODUs. When assigned to a
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equivalent to a Mate on a conventional
vessel.
Barge means a non-self-propelled
vessel as defined in 46 U.S.C. 102.
Barge Supervisor or BS means an
officer restricted to service on MODUs
whose duties involve support to the
Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) in
marine-related matters including, but
not limited to, maintaining watertight
integrity, inspecting and maintaining
mooring and towing components, and
maintaining emergency and other
marine-related equipment. A Barge
Supervisor, when assigned to a MODU,
is equivalent to a Mate on a
conventional vessel.
Boatswain means the leading seafarer
and immediate supervisor of deck crew
who supervises the maintenance of deck
gear.
Boundary line marks the dividing
point between internal and offshore
waters for the purposes of several U.S.
statutes and, with exceptions, generally
follows the trend of the seaward,
highwater shorelines. See part 7 of this
chapter.
Cargo engineer means a person
holding an officer endorsement on a
dangerous-liquid tankship or a
liquefied-gas tankship whose primary
responsibility is maintaining the cargo
system and cargo-handling equipment.
Ceremonial license means a document
that reflects a mariner’s existing
national officer endorsement and is
suitable for framing, but is not valid for
use as a Merchant Mariner Credential
(MMC).
Chemical tanker means a tank vessel
that is certificated to carry or carries
chemicals in bulk as cargo or cargo
residue. For the purposes of qualifying
for an STCW endorsement for advanced
chemical tanker cargo operations, this
includes tank barges.
Chief Engineer means the senior
engineer responsible for the mechanical
propulsion and the operation and
maintenance of the mechanical and
electrical installations of the vessel.
Chief Mate means the deck officer
next in rank to the Master and upon
whom the command of the vessel will
fall in the event of incapacity of the
Master.
Coast Guard-accepted means—
(1) That the Coast Guard has officially
acknowledged in writing that the
material or process at issue meets the
applicable requirements;
(2) That the Coast Guard has issued an
official policy statement listing or
describing the material or process as
meeting the applicable requirements; or
(3) That an entity acting on behalf of
the Coast Guard under a Memorandum
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of Agreement has determined that the
material or process meets the applicable
requirements.
Coast Guard-accepted QSS
organization means an entity that has
been approved by the Coast Guard to
accept and monitor training on behalf of
the Coast Guard.
Coastwise seagoing vessel means a
vessel that is authorized by its
Certificate of Inspection to proceed
beyond the Boundary Line established
in part 7 of this chapter.
Coastwise voyage is a domestic
voyage and means a voyage in which a
vessel proceeds—
(1) From one port or place in the
United States to another port or place in
the United States;
(2) From a port or place in a United
States possession to another port or
place in the same possession, and
passes outside the line dividing inland
waters from the high seas; or
(3) From a port or place in the United
States or its possessions and passes
outside the line dividing inland waters
from the high seas and navigates on the
high seas, and then returns to the same
port or place.
Communicable disease means any
disease capable of being transmitted
from one person to another directly, by
contact with excreta or other discharges
from the body; or indirectly, via
substances or inanimate objects
contaminated with excreta or other
discharges from an infected person.
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12113, the
Department of Health and Human
Services periodically publishes in the
Federal Register a list of infectious and
communicable diseases that are
transmissible through the food supply,
and that list provides examples of
communicable diseases for purposes of
§ 10.304.
Conviction means that the applicant
for a Merchant Mariner Credential has
been found guilty, by judgment or plea
by a court of record of the United States,
the District of Columbia, any State,
territory, or possession of the United
States, a foreign country, or any military
court, of a criminal felony or
misdemeanor or of an offense described
in section 205 of the National Driver
Register Act of 1982, as amended (49
U.S.C. 30304). If an applicant pleads
guilty or no contest, is granted deferred
adjudication, or is required by the court
to attend classes, make contributions of
time or money, receive treatment,
submit to any manner of probation or
supervision, or forgo appeal of a trial
court’s conviction, then the Coast Guard
will consider the applicant to have
received a conviction. A later
expungement of the conviction will not
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negate a conviction unless the Coast
Guard is satisfied that the expungement
is based upon a showing that the court’s
earlier conviction was in error.
Credential means any or all of the
following:
(1) Merchant Mariner’s Document
(MMD).
(2) Merchant Mariner’s License.
(3) STCW endorsement.
(4) Certificate of Registry (COR).
(5) Merchant Mariner Credential
(MMC).
Criminal record review means the
process or action taken by the Coast
Guard to determine whether an
applicant for, or holder of, a credential
is a safe and suitable person to be issued
such a credential or to be employed on
a vessel under the authority of such a
credential.
Dangerous drug means a narcotic
drug, a controlled substance, or a
controlled-substance analogue (as
defined in section 102 of the
Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control
Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 802)).
Dangerous liquid or DL means a
liquid listed in 46 CFR 153.40 of this
chapter that is not a liquefied gas as
defined in this part. Liquid cargoes in
bulk listed in table 2 to part 153 of this
chapter are not dangerous-liquid cargoes
when carried by non-oceangoing barges.
Day means, for the purpose of
complying with the service
requirements of this subchapter, 8 hours
of watchstanding or day-working not to
include overtime. On vessels authorized
by 46 U.S.C. 8104 and § 15.705 of this
subchapter, to operate a two-watch
system, a 12-hour working day may be
creditable as 11⁄2 days of service. On
vessels of less than 100 GRT, a day is
considered as 8 hours unless the Coast
Guard determines that the vessel’s
operating schedule makes this criteria
inappropriate; in no case will this
period be less than 4 hours. When
computing service on MODUs for any
endorsement, a day of MODU service
must be a minimum of 4 hours, and no
additional credit is received for periods
served over 8 hours. For cadet service
on a training ship furnished by the
Maritime Administration under 46 CFR
310.4, a day may be creditable as 11⁄2
days of service.
Deck crew (excluding individuals
serving under their officer endorsement)
means, as used in 46 U.S.C. 8702, only
the following members of the deck
department: Able Seafarers, Boatswains,
and Ordinary Seafarers.
Deck department means the
department aboard a ship responsible
for navigation, cargo, command, and
control functions.
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Designated areas means those areas
within pilotage waters for which FirstClass Pilot endorsements are issued
under part 11, subpart G, of this chapter,
by the Officer in Charge, Marine
Inspection (OCMI). The areas for which
First-Class Pilot endorsements are
issued within a particular Marine
Inspection Zone and the specific
requirements to obtain them may be
obtained from the OCMI concerned.
Designated Duty Engineer or DDE
means a qualified engineer, who may be
the sole engineer on vessels with a
periodically unmanned engine room.
Designated Examiner or DE means a
person who has been trained or
instructed in techniques of training or
assessment on towing vessels and is
otherwise qualified to evaluate whether
an applicant has achieved the level of
proficiency required to hold a towing
vessel endorsement on an MMC. This
person must be approved by the Coast
Guard.
Designated Medical Examiner means
a licensed physician, licensed
physician’s assistant, or licensed nurse
practitioner who has been trained and
approved to conduct medical and
physical examinations of merchant
mariners on behalf of the U.S. Coast
Guard and may be delegated limited
authority to grant waivers and approve
physical/medical suitability for service.
Directly supervised/direct supervision
(only when referring to issues related to
tank vessel endorsements) means being
in the direct line of sight of the personin-charge or maintaining direct, twoway communications by a convenient,
reliable means, such as a predetermined
working frequency over a handheld
radio.
Disabled vessel means a vessel that
needs assistance, whether docked,
moored, anchored, aground, adrift, or
underway. This does not mean a barge
or any other vessel not regularly
operated under its own power.
Document of Continuity means a
document issued by the Coast Guard to
seafarers who are unwilling or
otherwise unable to meet the
requirements of § 10.227, for the sole
purpose of maintaining an individual’s
eligibility for renewal of an
endorsement.
Domestic voyage means a voyage from
one United States port to another United
States port, without entering waters
under the jurisdiction of another
country unless the United States has
entered into a treaty or an agreement
with that country respecting mutual
recognition of national mariner
qualifications. This includes a voyage to
nowhere that returns to the originating
port.
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Drug test means a chemical test of an
individual’s urine for evidence of
dangerous drug use.
Dual-mode integrated tug barge
means an integrated tug barge (ITB)
involving an articulated (flexible)
coupling system where the towing unit
rolls and heaves (articulates) about a
horizontal pivot point. Dual mode units
resemble a conventional tug and are
capable of towing in other
configurations (astern or alongside).
Electro-technical Officer or ETO
means an officer qualified in accordance
with the provisions of Regulation III/6
of the STCW Convention.
Electro-technical Rating or ETR
means a rating qualified in accordance
with the provisions of Regulation III/7
of the STCW Convention.
Employment assigned to means the
total period of time a person is assigned
to work on MODUs, including time
spent ashore as part of normal crew
rotation.
Endorsement is a statement of a
mariner’s qualifications and, for the
purposes of this chapter, includes only
those endorsements listed in § 10.109.
Engine department means the
department aboard a ship responsible
for the main propulsion and auxiliary
systems, and other mechanical,
electrical, hydraulic, and refrigeration
systems, including deck machinery and
cargo-handling equipment.
Entry-level mariner means a mariner
holding no rating other than Ordinary
Seafarer, Wiper, Steward’s Department,
or Steward’s Department Food Handler
(F.H.).
Evaluation means processing an
application, from the point of receipt to
approval or denial of the application,
including review of all documents and
records submitted with an application
as well as those obtained from public
records and databases.
Fails a chemical test for dangerous
drugs means that the result of a
chemical test conducted under 49 CFR
part 40 was reported as ‘‘positive’’ by a
Medical Review Officer because the
chemical test indicated the presence of
a dangerous drug at a level equal to or
exceeding the levels established in 49
CFR part 40.
First Assistant Engineer means the
engineer officer next in rank to the Chief
Engineer and upon whom the
responsibility for the mechanical
propulsion and the operation and
maintenance of the mechanical and
electrical installations of the vessel will
fall in the event of the incapacity of the
Chief Engineer.
Great Lakes, for the purpose of
calculating service requirements for an
endorsement, means the Great Lakes
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and their connecting and tributary
waters, including the Calumet River as
far as the Thomas J. O’Brien Lock and
Controlling Works (between miles 326
and 327), the Chicago River as far as the
east side of the Ashland Avenue Bridge
(between miles 321 and 322), and the
Saint Lawrence River as far east as the
lower exit of Saint Lambert Lock. For
purposes of requiring MMCs with rating
endorsements, the connecting and
tributary waters are not part of the Great
Lakes.
Gross register tons or GRT means the
gross ton measurement of the vessel
under 46 U.S.C. chapter 145, Regulatory
Measurement.
Gross tonnage or GT means the gross
tonnage measurement of the vessel
under 46 U.S.C. chapter 143,
Convention Measurement.
Harbor assist means the use of a
towing vessel during maneuvers to
dock, undock, moor, or unmoor a vessel,
or to escort a vessel with limited
maneuverability.
High-Speed Craft Type Rating (HSC)
means an endorsement for specific duty
on a particular type and model of highspeed craft (compliant with the HighSpeed Craft Code).
Horsepower or HP means, for the
purpose of this subchapter, the total
maximum continuous shaft horsepower
of the entire vessel’s main propulsion
machinery as determined by the
manufacturer. This term is used when
describing a vessel’s propulsion power
and also when placing limitations on an
engineer officer license or endorsement.
One horsepower equals 0.75 kW.
ILO means the International Labour
Organization.
IMO means the International Maritime
Organization.
Increase in scope means additional
authority added to an existing
credential, such as adding a new route
or increasing the authorized horsepower
or tonnage.
Inland waters means the navigable
waters of the United States shoreward of
the Boundary Lines as described in part
7 of this chapter, excluding the Great
Lakes, and, for towing vessels,
excluding the Western Rivers.
Integrated tug barge or ITB means any
tug barge combination which, through
the use of special design features or a
specially designed connection system,
has increased seakeeping capabilities
relative to a tug and barge in the
conventional pushing mode. An ITB can
be divided into either a dual-mode ITB
or a push-mode ITB. The definitions for
those categories can be found elsewhere
in this section.
Invalid credential means an MMC,
MMD, License, STCW endorsement, or
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Certificate of Registry that has been
suspended or revoked, has expired, has
been tampered with, has not been
signed, or has been superseded in
accordance with § 10.205.
ISM means the International Safety
Management Code.
Kilowatt or kW means 11⁄3
horsepower. This term is used when
describing a vessel’s propulsion power
and also when placing limitations on an
engineer officer license or endorsement.
Large passenger vessel, for the
purposes of subpart H of part 12, and
part 15 (both of this subchapter), means
a vessel of more than 70,000 gross tons,
as measured under 46 U.S.C. 14302 and
documented under the laws of the
United States, with capacity for at least
2,000 passengers and a coastwise
endorsement under 46 U.S.C. chapter
121.
Lifeboat Operator means a mariner
who is qualified to take charge of, lower,
and operate survival craft and related
survival equipment on a vessel.
Lifeboat Operator-Limited means a
mariner who is qualified to take charge
of, lower, and operate liferafts, rescue
boats, and other survival equipment on
vessels where lifeboats are not installed.
Liquefied gas or LG means a cargo that
has a vapor pressure of 172 kPa (25 psia)
or more at 37.8 °C (100 °F).
Liquefied gas tanker means a tank
vessel that is certificated to carry or
carries liquefied gases in bulk as cargo
or cargo residue. For the purposes of
qualifying for an STCW endorsement for
advanced liquefied gas tanker cargo
operations, this includes tank barges.
Liquid cargo in bulk means a liquid or
liquefied gas listed in § 153.40 of this
chapter and carried as a liquid cargo or
liquid-cargo residue in integral, fixed, or
portable tanks, except a liquid cargo
carried in a portable tank actually
loaded and discharged from a vessel
with the contents intact.
Management level means the level of
responsibility associated with—
(1) Serving as Master, Chief Mate,
Chief Engineer Officer, or Second
Engineer Officer onboard a seagoing
ship; and
(2) Ensuring that all functions within
the designated area of responsibility are
properly performed.
Marine chemist means a person
certificated by the National Fire
Protection Association as a marine
chemist.
Master means the officer having
command of a vessel.
Mate means a qualified officer in the
deck department other than the Master.
Medical Certificate means a certificate
issued by the Coast Guard under subpart
C of this part 10, that serves as proof
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that the seafarer meets the medical and
physical standards for merchant
mariners.
Merchant Mariner Credential or MMC
means a credential issued by the Coast
Guard under this part 10. It combines
the individual Merchant Mariner’s
Document, License, and Certificate of
Registry enumerated in 46 U.S.C.
subtitle II part E as well as the STCW
endorsement into a single credential
that serves as the mariner’s qualification
document, certificate of identification,
and certificate of service.
MMC application means the
application for the MMC, as well as the
application for any endorsement on an
MMC.
Mobile offshore drilling unit or MODU
means a vessel capable of engaging in
drilling operations for the exploration
for or exploitation of subsea resources.
MODU designs include the following:
(1) Bottom bearing units, which
include—
(i) Self-elevating (or jack-up) units
with moveable, bottom bearing legs
capable of raising the hull above the
surface of the sea; and
(ii) Submersible units of ship-shape,
barge-type, or novel hull design, other
than a self-elevating unit, intended for
operating while bottom bearing.
(2) Surface units with a ship-shape or
barge-type displacement hull of single
or multiple hull construction intended
for operating in a floating condition,
including semi-submersibles and drill
ships.
Month means 30 days, for the purpose
of complying with the service
requirements of this subchapter.
National Driver Register or NDR
means the nationwide repository of
information on drivers maintained by
the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration under 49 U.S.C. chapter
303.
National officer endorsement means
an annotation on an MMC that allows a
mariner to serve in the capacities listed
in § 10.109(a). The officer endorsement
serves as the License and/or Certificate
of Registry pursuant to 46 U.S.C.
subtitle II part E.
National rating endorsement means
an annotation on an MMC that allows a
mariner to serve in those capacities set
out in § 10.109(b) and (c). The rating
endorsement serves as the Merchant
Mariner’s Document pursuant to 46
U.S.C. subtitle II part E.
NDR-listed convictions means a
conviction of any of the following motor
vehicle-related offenses or comparable
offenses:
(1) Operating a motor vehicle while
under the influence of, or impaired by,
alcohol or a controlled substance; or
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(2) A traffic violation arising in
connection with a fatal traffic accident,
reckless driving, or racing on the
highways.
Near-coastal means ocean waters not
more than 200 miles offshore from the
United States and its possessions,
except for MMCs endorsed as Operator
of Uninspected Passenger Vessel
(OUPV) for which near-coastal is
limited to waters not more than 100
miles offshore from the United States
and its possessions. This also includes
those near-coastal waters identified by
another Administration when the
United States has entered into a treaty
or an agreement with that country
respecting the recognition of the U.S.
near-coastal endorsement.
Non-resident alien, for the purposes
of subchapter H of part 12, and part 15,
means an individual who is not a
citizen or alien lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent residence,
but who is employable in the United
States under the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.),
including an alien crewmember
described in section 101(a)(15)(D)(i) of
that Act who meets the requirements of
46 U.S.C. 8103(k)(3)(A).
Oceans means the waters seaward of
the Boundary Lines as described in part
7 of this chapter. For the purposes of
establishing sea service credit, the
waters of the Inside Passage between
Puget Sound and Cape Spencer, Alaska,
and the inland waters of another
country are not considered oceans.
Officer endorsement means an
annotation on an MMC that allows a
mariner to serve in the capacities listed
in § 10.109.
Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection,
or OCMI means, for the purposes of this
subchapter, the commanding officer of
the National Maritime Center, or any
person designated as such by the
Commandant, in accordance with
§ 1.01–5(b).
Officer in Charge of an Engineering
Watch in a manned engineroom
(OICEW) or Designated Duty Engineer
(DDE) in a periodically unmanned
engineroom means an engineering
officer qualified at the operational level.
Officer in Charge of a Navigational
Watch (OICNW) means a deck officer
qualified at the operational level.
Offshore Installation Manager or OIM
means an officer restricted to service on
MODUs. An assigned Offshore
Installation Manager is equivalent to a
Master on a conventional vessel and is
the person designated by the owner or
operator to be in complete and ultimate
command of the unit.
Oil tanker means a tank vessel that is
certificated to carry or carries oil in bulk
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as cargo or cargo residue. For the
purposes of qualifying for an STCW
endorsement for Advanced Oil Tanker
Cargo Operations, this includes tank
barges.
On location means that a mobile
offshore drilling unit is bottom bearing
or moored with anchors placed in the
drilling configuration.
Operate, operating, or operation (as
applied to the manning requirements of
vessels carrying passengers) refers to a
vessel any time passengers are
embarked whether the vessel is
underway, at anchor, made fast to shore,
or aground.
Operational level means the level of
responsibility associated with—
(1) Serving as Officer in Charge of a
Navigational or Engineering Watch, or
as Designated Duty Engineer for
periodically unmanned machinery
spaces, or as Radio Operator onboard a
seagoing ship; and
(2) Maintaining direct control over the
performance of all functions within the
designated area of responsibility in
accordance with proper procedures and
under the direction of an individual
serving in the management level for that
area of responsibility.
Orally assisted examination means an
examination as described in part 11,
subpart I, of this subchapter
administered orally and documented by
a Coast Guard examiner.
Overriding operational condition
means circumstances in which essential
shipboard work cannot be delayed due
to safety or environmental reasons, or
could not have reasonably been
anticipated at the commencement of the
voyage.
Participation, when used with regard
to the service on transfers required for
tank vessel endorsements by §§ 13.120,
13.203, or 13.303 of this subchapter,
means either actual participation in the
transfers or close observation of how the
transfers are conducted and supervised.
Passes a chemical test for dangerous
drugs means that the result of a
chemical test conducted according to 49
CFR part 40 is reported as ‘‘negative’’ by
a Medical Review Officer according to
that part.
Periodically unattended engine room
means a space containing main
propulsion and associated machinery
and all sources of main electrical supply
which is not at all times manned under
all operating conditions, including
maneuvering.
PIC means a Person in Charge.
Pilot of Towing Vessels means a
qualified officer of a towing vessel
operated only on inland routes.
Pilotage waters means the navigable
waters of the United States, including
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all inland waters and offshore waters to
a distance of 3 nautical miles from the
baseline from which the Territorial Sea
is measured.
Practical demonstration means the
performance of an activity under the
direct observation of a Designated
Examiner or Qualified Assessor for the
purpose of establishing that the
performer is sufficiently proficient in a
practical skill to meet a specified
standard of competence or other
objective criterion.
Propulsion power means the total
maximum continuous-rated output
power of the main propulsion
machinery of a vessel determined by the
manufacturer, in either kilowatts or
horsepower, which appears on the
ship’s Certificate of Registry or other
official document and excludes
thrusters and other auxiliary machinery.
Public vessel means a vessel that—
(1) Is owned, or demise chartered, and
operated by the United States
Government or a government of a
foreign country; and
(2) Is not engaged in commercial
service.
Push-mode ITBs means those ITBs
that involve a rigid coupling system
and, when not coupled to the barge, are
incapable of conducting towing in any
other configuration (such as astern or
alongside) because, by themselves, they
have very limited seakeeping capability.
The propelling unit moves as one with
the barge unit.
Qualified Assessor or QA means a
person who is qualified to evaluate, for
STCW endorsements, whether an
applicant has demonstrated the
necessary level of competence in the
task for which the assessment is being
made. This person must be individually
approved by the Coast Guard.
Qualified Instructor means a person
who has been trained in instructional
techniques and is otherwise qualified to
provide required training to candidates
for an MMC endorsement. A faculty
member employed at a State maritime
academy or the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy operated under 46 CFR part
310 and instructing a course on
merchant marine officer or rating
knowledge, understanding, or
proficiency requirements is qualified to
serve as a Qualified Instructor in their
area of specialization without
individual evaluation by the Coast
Guard.
Qualified rating means various
categories of Able Seafarer, Qualified
Member of the Engine Department, or
tank vessel endorsements issued on
MMCs.
Quality Standard System or QSS
means a set of policies, procedures,
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processes, and data required to establish
and fulfill the organization’s objectives.
Raise of grade means an increase in
the level of authority and responsibility
associated with an officer or rating
endorsement, such as from Mate to
Master or Second Assistant Engineer to
First Assistant Engineer.
Rating endorsement is an annotation
on an MMC that allows a mariner to
serve in those capacities set out in
§ 10.109.
Regional examination center or REC
means a field office of the National
Maritime Center that receives and
screens credential applications,
conducts approved course oversight,
and administers Coast Guard
examinations as required by this
subchapter.
Rest means a period of time during
which the person concerned is off duty,
is not performing work (which includes
administrative tasks such as chart
correction or preparation of port-entry
documents), and is allowed to sleep
without interruption.
Restricted tank vessel endorsement
means a valid tank vessel endorsement
on an MMC restricting its holder as the
Coast Guard deems appropriate. For
instance, the endorsement may restrict
the holder to one or a combination of
the following: A specific cargo or
cargoes; a specific vessel or vessels; a
specific facility or facilities; a specific
employer or employers; a specific
activity or activities (such as loading or
unloading in a cargo transfer); or a
particular area of water.
Rivers means a river, canal, or other
similar body of water designated as such
by the Coast Guard.
Safe and suitable person means a
person whose prior record, including
but not limited to criminal record and/
or NDR record, provides no information
indicating that their character and
habits of life would support the belief
that permitting such a person to serve
under the MMC and/or endorsement
sought would clearly be a threat to the
safety and security of life or property,
detrimental to good discipline, or
adverse to the interests of the United
States. See §§ 10.211 and 10.213 for the
regulations associated with this
definition.
Seagoing service means service
onboard a ship/vessel relevant to the
issue of a credential or other
qualification.
Seagoing vessel means a ship that
operates beyond the boundary line
specified in part 7 of this chapter.
Second Engineer Officer means an
engineer officer next in rank to the Chief
Engineer Officer and upon whom the
responsibility for the mechanical
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propulsion and the operation and
maintenance of the mechanical and
electrical installations of the ship will
fall in the event of the incapacity of the
Chief Engineer Officer.
Self-propelled has the same meaning
as the terms ‘‘propelled by machinery’’
and ‘‘mechanically propelled.’’ This
term includes vessels fitted with both
sails and mechanical propulsion.
Senior company official means the
president, vice president, vice president
for personnel, personnel director, or
similarly titled or responsible
individual, or another employee
designated in writing by one of these
individuals for the purpose of certifying
employment.
Service (as used when computing the
required service for endorsements)
means the time period, in days, a person
is assigned to work. On MODUs, this
excludes time spent ashore as part of
crew rotation.
Ship means a vessel using any mode
of propulsion, including sail and
auxiliary sail.
Simulated transfer means a transfer
practiced in a course meeting the
requirements of § 13.121 of this
subchapter that uses simulation to meet
part of the service on transfers required
for tank vessel endorsements by
§§ 13.203 or 13.303 of this subchapter.
Staff officer means a person who
holds an MMC with an officer
endorsement listed in § 10.109(a)(36)
through (43).
Standard of competence means the
level of proficiency to be achieved for
the proper performance of duties
onboard vessels according to national
and international criteria.
Steward’s department means the
department that includes entertainment
personnel and all service personnel,
including wait staff, housekeeping staff,
and galley workers, as defined in the
vessel security plan approved by the
Secretary under 46 U.S.C. 70103(c).
These personnel may also be referred to
as members of the hotel department on
a large passenger vessel.
STCW means the International
Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers, 1978, as amended
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 10.103).
STCW Code means the Seafarers’
Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping Code (incorporated by
reference, see § 10.103).
STCW endorsement means an
annotation on an MMC that allows a
mariner to serve in those capacities
under § 10.109(d). The STCW
endorsement serves as evidence that a
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mariner has met the requirements of the
STCW Convention.
Support level means the level of
responsibility associated with
performing assigned tasks, duties, or
responsibilities onboard a seagoing ship
under the direction of an individual
serving in the operational or
management level.
Tank barge means a non-selfpropelled tank vessel.
Tank vessel means a vessel that is
constructed or adapted to carry, or that
carries, oil or hazardous material in bulk
as cargo or cargo residue, and that—
(1) Is a vessel of the United States;
(2) Operates on the navigable waters
of the United States; or
(3) Transfers oil or hazardous material
in a port or place subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States.
Tank Barge-PIC means a person
holding a valid ‘‘Tank Barge-PIC’’
endorsement on their MMC. See part 13,
subpart C, of this subchapter.
Tank Vessel-Assistant means a person
holding a valid ‘‘Tank Vessel-Assistant’’
endorsement on their MMC. See part 13,
subpart D, of this subchapter.
Tank Vessel-Engineer means a person
holding a valid ‘‘Tank Vessel-Engineer’’
endorsement on their MMC. See part 13,
subpart E, of this subchapter.
Tank Vessel-PIC means a person
holding a valid ‘‘Tank Vessel-PIC’’
endorsement on their MMC. See part 13,
subpart B, of this subchapter.
Tankship means any self-propelled
tank vessel constructed or adapted
primarily to carry oil or hazardous
material in bulk as cargo or as cargo
residue.
Training program means a
combination of training, practical
assessment, and service which provides
an individual with all or part of the
necessary knowledge, understanding,
and proficiency required for a specific
qualification.
Transfer means any movement of fuel,
dangerous liquid, or liquefied gas as
cargo in bulk or as cargo residue to or
from a vessel by means of pumping,
gravitation, or displacement.
Transportation Worker Identification
Credential or TWIC means an
identification credential issued by the
Transportation Security Administration
under 49 CFR part 1572.
Underway means that a vessel is not
at anchor, made fast to the shore, or
aground. When referring to a mobile
offshore drilling unit (MODU),
underway means that the MODU is not
in an on-location or laid-up status and
includes that period of time when the
MODU is deploying or recovering its
mooring system.
Undocumented vessel means a vessel
not required to have a certificate of
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documentation issued under the laws of
the United States.
Unlimited means an annotation on an
MMC authorizing service on vessels of
any tonnage or any propulsion power.
Vessel personnel with designated
security duties means a person,
excluding the designated security officer
(e.g., Company Security Officer (CSO),
as defined in 33 CFR chapter I,
subchapter H, and Vessel Security
Officer (VSO)), having specific security
duties and responsibilities in
accordance with the ship security plan.
Vessel Security Officer (VSO) means a
person onboard the vessel accountable
to the Master and designated by the
Company as responsible for security of
the vessel, including implementation
and maintenance of the Vessel’s
Security Plan, and for liaison with the
Facility Security Officer and the vessel’s
Company Security Officer.
Western Rivers means—
(1) The Mississippi River;
(2) The Mississippi River’s tributaries,
South Pass, and Southwest Pass, to the
navigational demarcation lines dividing
the high seas from harbors, rivers, and
other inland waters of the United States;
(3) The Port Allen-Morgan City
Alternate Route;
(4) That part of the Atchafalaya River
above its junction with the Port AllenMorgan City Alternate Route including
the Old River and the Red River; and
(5) Those waters specified in 33 CFR
89.25.
Year means 360 days for the purpose
of complying with the service
requirements of this subchapter.
■ 6. Revise § 10.109 to read as follows:
§ 10.109
Classification of endorsements.
(a) National officer endorsements. The
following national officer endorsements
are established in part 11 of this
subchapter. The endorsements indicate
that an individual holding a valid MMC
with this endorsement is qualified to
serve in that capacity and the
endorsement has been issued under the
requirements contained in part 11 of
this subchapter:
(1) Master.
(2) Chief Mate.
(3) Second Mate.
(4) Third Mate.
(5) Mate.
(6) Master of Towing Vessels.
(7) Master of Towing Vessels-Limited.
(8) Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels.
(9) Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels.
(10) Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels-Limited.
(11) Assistance Towing.
(12) Offshore Installation Manager
(OIM).
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(13) Barge Supervisor (BS).
(14) Ballast Control Operator (BCO).
(15) Operator of Uninspected
Passenger Vessels (OUPV).
(16) Master of Uninspected Fishing
Industry Vessels.
(17) Mate of Uninspected Fishing
Industry Vessels.
(18) Master-OSV.
(19) Chief Mate-OSV.
(20) Mate-OSV.
(21) Chief Engineer.
(22) Chief Engineer-Limited.
(23) First Assistant Engineer.
(24) Second Assistant Engineer.
(25) Third Assistant Engineer.
(26) Assistant Engineer-Limited.
(27) Designated Duty Engineer (DDE).
(28) Chief Engineer-OSV.
(29) Assistant Engineer-OSV.
(30) Chief Engineer-MODU.
(31) Assistant Engineer-MODU.
(32) Chief Engineer Uninspected
Fishing Industry Vessels.
(33) Assistant Engineer Uninspected
Fishing Industry Vessels.
(34) Radio Officer.
(35) First-Class Pilot.
(36) Chief Purser.
(37) Purser.
(38) Senior Assistant Purser.
(39) Junior Assistant Purser.
(40) Medical Doctor.
(41) Professional Nurse.
(42) Marine Physician Assistant.
(43) Medical Technician.
(44) High-Speed Craft Type Rating
(HSC).
(45) Radar Observer.
(b) National rating endorsements. The
following national rating endorsements
are established in part 12 of this
subchapter. The endorsements indicate
that an individual holding a valid MMC
with this endorsement is qualified to
serve in that capacity and the
endorsement has been issued under the
requirements contained in part 12 of
this subchapter:
(1) Able Seafarer:
(i) Unlimited;
(ii) Limited;
(iii) Special;
(iv) Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV);
(v) Sail; and
(vi) Fishing Industry.
(2) Ordinary Seafarer.
(3) Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED), including the
following specialty endorsements:
(i) Oiler;
(ii) Boiler Technician;
(iii) Junior Engineer;
(iv) Pump Technician/Machinist; and
(v) Electrician/Refrigerating Engineer.
(4) Lifeboat Operator.
(5) Lifeboat Operator-Limited.
(6) Wiper.
(7) Steward’s Department.
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(8) Steward’s Department Food
Handler (F.H.)
(9) Cadet (Deck or Engine).
(10) Student Observer.
(11) Apprentice Engineer.
(12) Apprentice Mate.
(c) Tank Vessel Endorsements. The
following ratings are established in part
13 of this subchapter. The national
endorsements indicate that an
individual holding a valid MMC with
this endorsement is qualified to serve in
that capacity and the endorsement has
been issued under the requirements
contained in part 13 of this subchapter:
(1) Tank Vessel-PIC.
(2) Tank Barge-PIC.
(3) Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC.
(4) Restricted Tank Barge-PIC.
(5) Tank Vessel-Assistant.
(6) Tank Vessel-Engineer.
(d) STCW endorsements. The
following STCW endorsements are
issued according to the STCW
Convention, the STCW Code, and parts
11, 12, and 13 of this subchapter. The
endorsements indicate that an
individual holding a valid MMC with
this endorsement is qualified to serve in
that capacity and the endorsement has
been issued under the requirements
contained in parts 11, 12 or 13 of this
subchapter as well as the STCW
Convention and STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 10.103):
(1) Master.
(2) Chief Mate.
(3) Officer in Charge of a Navigational
Watch (OICNW).
(4) Chief Engineer Officer.
(5) Second Engineer Officer.
(6) Officer In Charge of an Engineering
Watch in a manned engineroom or
Designated Duty Engineer in a
periodically unmanned engineroom
(OICEW).
(7) Electro-technical Officer (ETO).
(8) Rating Forming Part of a
Navigational Watch (RFPNW).
(9) Able Seafarer-Deck.
(10) Rating Forming Part of an
Engineering Watch in a manned
engineroom or designated to perform
duties in a periodically unmanned
engineroom (RFPEW).
(11) Able Seafarer-Engine.
(12) Electro-technical Rating (ETR).
(13) Basic Training (BT).
(14) Advanced Firefighting.
(15) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats (PSC).
(16) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats-Limited (PSC-Limited).
(17) Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats.
(18) Person in Charge of Medical Care.
(19) Medical First-aid Provider.
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(20) GMDSS At-sea Maintainer.
(21) GMDSS Operator.
(22) Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo
Operation.
(23) Advanced Chemical Tanker
Cargo Operation.
(24) Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker
Cargo Operation.
(25) Basic Oil and Chemical Tanker
Cargo Operation.
(26) Basic Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo
Operation.
(27) Vessel Security Officer (VSO).
(28) Vessel Personnel with Designated
Security Duties.
(29) Security Awareness.
(30) High-Speed Craft Type Rating
(HSC).
■ 7. Amend § 10.201 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 10.201 General characteristics of the
Merchant Mariner Credential.
(a) A Merchant Mariner Credential
(MMC) is a credential combining the
elements of the Merchant Mariner’s
Document (MMD), Merchant Mariner’s
License (License), and Certificate of
Registry (COR) enumerated in 46 U.S.C.
subtitle II part E, as well as the STCW
endorsement issued pursuant to the
STCW Convention and STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 10.103). MMDs, licenses, STCW
endorsements, and CORs are no longer
issued as separate documents, and all
qualifications formerly entered on those
separate documents appear in the form
of an endorsement(s) on an MMC.
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section heading and paragraph (g) to
read as follows:
§ 10.205 Validity of a Merchant Mariner
Credential.
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license, MMD, COR, or STCW
endorsement and receive their first
MMC, the Coast Guard may also renew
all other credentials for which the
mariner is qualified.
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■ 9. Amend § 10.209 by revising
paragraphs (a), (d)(2) and (6), (g), and (i)
to read as follows:
§ 10.209
General application procedures.
(a) The applicant for an MMC,
whether for an original, renewal,
duplicate, raise of grade, or a new
endorsement on a previously issued
MMC, must establish that they satisfy
all the requirements for the MMC and
endorsement(s) sought before the Coast
Guard will issue the MMC. This section
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applicants. Additional requirements for
duplicates, renewals, new
endorsements, and raises of grade
appear later in this part.
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(2) The applicant’s continuous
discharge book, certificate of
identification, MMD, MMC, License,
STCW endorsement, Certificate of
Registry (COR), or, if it has not expired,
a photocopy of the credential, including
the back and all attachments;
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(6) For an endorsement as a Medical
Doctor or Professional Nurse as required
in § 11.807 of this subchapter, evidence
that the applicant holds a currently
valid, appropriate license as physician,
surgeon, or registered nurse, issued
under the authority of a state or territory
of the United States, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, or the District of
Columbia. Any MMC issued will retain
any limitation associated with the
medical license;
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mariner must return any previously
issued and unexpired MMC, License,
MMD, COR, or STCW endorsement to
the Coast Guard, unless the new MMC
is being issued to replace a lost or stolen
credential.
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(i) A mariner may obtain a ceremonial
license when applying for their
credential or Document of Continuity.
■ 10. Amend § 10.221 by revising
paragraph (a)(1) to read as follows:
§ 10.221
Citizenship.
(a)(1) MMCs with officer
Endorsements. Only individuals with
valid U.S. citizenship may apply for
officer endorsements, except
individuals applying for endorsements
as Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels (OUPV) authorizing service on
undocumented vessels in accordance
with § 11.201(d) of this subchapter.
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paragraphs (c)(3)(iii) and (c)(5) to read
as follows:
§ 10.223 Modification or removal of
limitations or scope.
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(3) * * *
(iii) The mandatory requirements for
tank vessel endorsements are contained
in part 13 of this subchapter.
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License, STCW endorsement, or COR
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held by the applicant. If one or more of
these credentials are still valid at the
time of application, a photocopy, front
and back of all pages, and all
attachments, will satisfy this
requirement. If the applicant submits a
photocopy, upon the issuance of the
new MMC, the applicant must surrender
the old, original credential to the Coast
Guard. If requested in writing at the
time of submission, the old MMD,
MMC, License, COR, or STCW
endorsement may be returned to the
applicant after cancellation.
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paragraphs (b)(3)(iii) and (c) to read as
follows:
§ 10.225 Requirements for original
Merchant Mariner Credentials.
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(3) * * *
(iii) The mandatory requirements for
tank vessel endorsements are contained
in part 13 of this subchapter.
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(c) Oath. Every person who receives
an original MMC must first take an oath,
before an official authorized to give
such an oath, that they will faithfully
and honestly, according to their best
skill and judgment, without
concealment or reservation, perform all
the duties required by law and obey all
lawful orders of superior officers. An
oath may be administered by any Coast
Guard-designated individual or any
person legally permitted to administer
oaths in the jurisdiction where the
person taking the oath resides. An oath
administered at a location other than the
Coast Guard must be verified in writing
by the administering official and
submitted to the same Regional
Examination Center (REC) where the
applicant applied for their MMC. This
oath remains binding for any
subsequently issued MMC and
endorsements added to the MMC,
unless specifically renounced in
writing.
■ 13. Amend § 10.227 by revising
paragraphs (d)(4), (e), (g)(2)(ii), and (i) to
read as follows:
§ 10.227
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(4) Any uncanceled MMD, MMC,
License, STCW endorsement, Certificate
of Registry (COR), or Document of
Continuity held by the applicant. If one
or more of these credentials are still
valid at the time of application, a
photocopy—front, back, and all
attachments—will satisfy this
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(e) Renewal requirements. Except as
provided in paragraph (e)(8) of this
section and § 13.120 of this subchapter,
the applicant must meet the following
professional requirements for renewal:
(1) The applicant must either—
(i) Present evidence of at least 1 year
of sea service during the past 5 years;
(ii) Pass a comprehensive, open-book
exercise covering the general subject
matter contained in appropriate sections
of subpart B of this part;
(iii) Complete an approved refresher
training course;
(iv) Provide evidence of employment
as a Qualified Instructor or in a position
closely related to the operation,
construction, or repair of vessels (either
deck or engineer as appropriate) for at
least 3 years during the past 5 years. An
applicant for a deck license or officer
endorsement with this type of
employment must also demonstrate
knowledge on an applicable Rules of the
Road open-book exercise; or
(v) Provide evidence of being a
Qualified Instructor who has taught a
Coast Guard-approved or -accepted
course relevant to the endorsement or
credential being applied for, at least
twice within the past 5 years, therefore
meeting the standards needed to receive
a course completion certificate for that
course.
(2) The qualification requirements for
renewal of Radar Observer endorsement
as contained in § 11.480 of this
subchapter.
(3) Additional qualification
requirements for renewal of an officer
endorsement as First-Class Pilot as
contained in § 11.713 of this subchapter.
(4) An applicant for renewal of a
Radio Officer endorsement must, in
addition to meeting the requirements of
this section, present a copy of a
currently valid License as first- or
second-class radiotelegraph operator
issued by the Federal Communications
Commission.
(5) An applicant for renewal of an
endorsement as Medical Doctor or
Professional Nurse must, in addition to
meeting the requirements of this
section, present evidence that they hold
a currently valid, appropriate license as
physician, surgeon, or registered nurse
issued under the authority of a State or
territory of the United States, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the
District of Columbia. Any such renewal
will retain the limitations placed upon
the medical License by the issuing body.
There are no professional requirements
for renewal of an endorsement as
Marine Physician Assistant or Medical
Technician.
(6) An applicant for renewal of an
endorsement as Master or Mate (Pilot) of
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Towing Vessels, in addition to the other
requirements in this paragraph, must
also submit satisfactory evidence of—
(i) Having completed a practical
demonstration of maneuvering and
handling a towing vessel to the
satisfaction of a Designated Examiner; or
(ii) Ongoing participation in training
and drills during the validity of the
License or MMC being renewed.
(7) An applicant seeking to renew a
tank vessel endorsement must meet the
additional requirements listed in
§ 13.120 of this subchapter.
(8) There are no professional
requirements for renewal for the
following endorsements:
(i) Staff officers (all types).
(ii) Ordinary Seafarer.
(iii) Wiper.
(iv) Steward’s Department.
(v) Steward’s Department Food
Handler (F.H.).
(vi) Cadet.
(vii) Student Observer.
(viii) Apprentice Engineer.
(ix) Apprentice Mate (issued under
part 12 of this subchapter).
(x) Person in Charge of Medical Care.
(xi) Medical First-aid Provider.
(xii) GMDSS At-sea Maintainer.
(xiii) GMDSS Operator.
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(ii) An application including a signed
statement from the applicant attesting to
an awareness of the limited purpose of
the Document of Continuity, their
inability to serve, and the requirements
to obtain an MMC.
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(i) Re-issuance of expired credentials.
(1) If an applicant applies for reissuance of an endorsement as deck
officer, engineer officer, or qualified
rating more than 12 months after its
expiration, instead of the requirements
of paragraph (e) of this section, the
applicant must demonstrate continued
professional knowledge by completing a
course approved for this purpose, or by
passing the complete examination for
original issue of the endorsement. The
examination may be oral-assisted if the
expired credential was awarded based
on the results of an oral exam. The fees
set forth in § 10.219 apply to these
examinations. In the case of an expired
Radio Officer endorsement, the
endorsement may be issued upon
presentation of a valid first- or secondclass radiotelegraph operator license
issued by the Federal Communications
Commission.
(2) An endorsement for Chief Purser,
Purser, Senior Assistant Purser, Junior
Assistant Purser, Medical Technician,
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Marine Physician Assistant, Medical
Doctor, or Professional Nurse that has
been expired for more than 12 months
must be renewed in the same way as a
current endorsement of that type. There
are no additional requirements for reissuing endorsements for Chief Purser,
Purser, Senior Assistant Purser, Junior
Assistant Purser, Medical Technician,
Marine Physician Assistant, Medical
Doctor, or Professional Nurse that have
been expired for more than 12 months.
(3) Applicants applying for reissuance of an endorsement as Master or
Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels more
than 12 months after expiration of the
previous endorsement must complete
the practical demonstration of
maneuvering and handling a towing
vessel required under (e)(6)(i) of this
section.
(4) Applicants applying for reissuance of an endorsement as any tank
vessel rating more than 12 months after
expiration of the previous endorsement
must meet the requirements in § 13.117
of this subchapter.
■ 14. Amend § 10.231 by revising
paragraphs (c)(3)(iii), (c)(6)(ii), and
(d)(2) to read as follows:
§ 10.231 Requirements for raises of grade
or new endorsements.
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(c) * * *
(3) * * *
(iii) The mandatory requirements for
tank vessel endorsements are contained
in part 13 of this subchapter.
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(6) * * *
(ii) The first endorsement as National
Able Seafarer, Lifeboat Operator,
Lifeboat Operator-Limited, Qualified
Member of the Engine Department
(QMED), or a tank vessel endorsement.
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(d) * * *
(2) An applicant remains eligible for
a raise of grade while on probation as
a result of action under part 5 of this
chapter. A raise of grade issued to a
person on probation will be subject to
the same probationary conditions
imposed against their other credentials.
The offense for which they were placed
on probation will be considered on the
merits of the case in determining fitness
to hold the endorsement applied for. No
applicant will be examined for a raise of
grade during any period when a
suspension without probation or a
revocation imposed under part 5 of this
chapter is effective against their
credential or while an appeal from these
actions is pending.
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15. Amend § 10.232 by revising
paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2)(iv) and (vii),
(a)(6), (d)(1) and (6), and (g)
introductory text to read as follows:
■
§ 10.232
Sea service.
(a) * * *
(1) Sea service may be documented in
various forms such as certificates of
discharge, pilotage service and billing
forms, and service letters or other
official documents from marine
companies signed by the owner,
operator, Master, or Chief Engineer of
the vessel. The Coast Guard must be
satisfied as to the authenticity and
acceptability of all evidence of
experience or training presented.
(2) * * *
(iv) The amount and nature (e.g.,
Chief mate, Assistant Engineer, etc.) of
the applicant’s experience.
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(vii) For those seeking to renew a
Radar Observer endorsement, whether
the vessel is equipped with radar and if
the mariner served in a position that
routinely uses radar for navigation and
collision avoidance purposes.
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*
*
(6) An applicant who has been acting
as a Pilot may submit a letter from a
pilot’s association attesting to the
applicant’s sea service. For those Pilots
seeking to renew a Radar Observer
endorsement, the association’s letter
should indicate that the vessels piloted
were equipped with radar, and that
radar was used by the Pilot for
navigation and collision avoidance
purposes. Pilots not part of an
association may submit other relevant
records indicating service, such as
billing forms. For a raise-of-grade, Pilots
must comply with the requirements of
paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
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(d) * * *
(1) Sea service as a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States will
be accepted as required experience for
an original, raise of grade, renewal, or
increase in scope of all endorsements. In
most cases, military sea service will
have been performed upon ocean
waters; however, inland service, as may
be the case on smaller vessels, will be
credited in the same manner as
conventional evaluations. The applicant
must submit an official transcript of sea
service or history of assignments as
verification of the service claimed when
the application is submitted. A DD–214
is not acceptable evidence of sea
service. The applicant must also provide
the Coast Guard with other necessary
information as to tonnage, routes,
propulsion power, percentage of time
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underway, and assigned duties upon the
vessels on which he or she served. Such
service will be evaluated by the Coast
Guard for a determination of its
equivalence to sea service acquired on
merchant vessels and the appropriate
grade, class, and limit of endorsement
for which the applicant is eligible.
Normally, 60 percent of the total time
onboard is considered equivalent
underway service; however, the periods
of operation of each vessel may be
evaluated separately. In order to be
eligible for a Master or Chief Engineer
unlimited endorsement, the applicant
must have acquired military service in
the capacity of commanding officer or
engineer officer, respectively.
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*
(6) Service gained in a civilian
capacity as commanding officer, Master,
Mate, engineer, or Pilot, etc., of any
vessel owned and operated by the
United States, in any service in which
a License or officer endorsement as
Master, Mate, engineer, or Pilot was not
required at the time of such service, will
be evaluated by the Coast Guard for a
determination of equivalence.
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*
(g) Closely related service. The Coast
Guard may accept evidence of
employment in a position closely
related to the operation, construction, or
repair of vessels (either deck or engineer
as appropriate) as meeting the sea
service requirements for renewal under
§ 10.227(e)(1)(iv). Service as port
engineer, port captain, shipyard
superintendent, Qualified Instructor, or
similar related service may be creditable
for service for raise of grade of an
engineer or deck officer endorsement;
however, it may not be used for
obtaining an original management-level
endorsement. The service is creditable
as follows:
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■ 16. Amend § 10.233 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
§ 10.233 Obligations of the holder of a
Merchant Mariner Credential.
(a) The holder of a credential may not
voluntarily part with it or place it
beyond their personal control by
pledging or depositing it with any other
person, except as required by regulation
or as necessary to safeguard the
credential. If the holder violates this
section, the Coast Guard may pursue
suspension or revocation of the License,
MMD, COR, or MMC under the
provisions of part 5 of this chapter.
(b) Whenever a mariner loses a
credential, they must immediately
report the loss to the Coast Guard. The
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the facts incident to its loss.
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■ 17. Amend § 10.235 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (c), (d),
and (g) through (i) to read as follows:
§ 10.235 Suspension or revocation of
Merchant Mariner Credentials.
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(c) An applicant who has had a TWIC,
credential, or endorsement revoked, and
who is applying for a subsequent MMC
or endorsement, must state in their
application the date of revocation, the
serial number of the document revoked,
and the type of document or
endorsement revoked.
(d) A person whose credential or
endorsement has been revoked or
suspended without probation may not
be issued a replacement credential or
endorsement without approval of the
Commandant. If a mariner has multiple
endorsements and one or more, but not
all, of those endorsements are
suspended or revoked, they will be
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issued, without payment of a fee, a
replacement MMC reflecting those
endorsements for which the mariner
remains qualified.
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(g) An applicant for renewal or return
of a credential with endorsement as
Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels
whose most recent credential has been
suspended or revoked by an
administrative law judge for
incompetence must complete the
practical demonstration required under
§ 10.227(e)(6)(i).
(h) If the Coast Guard is advised by
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) that a mariner has
either been denied a TWIC or their
TWIC has been revoked, the Coast
Guard may initiate suspension and
revocation action against the mariner’s
MMC, License, MMD, and COR under
46 U.S.C. 7702 and 7703. During the
subsequent suspension and revocation
proceeding, the TSA decision to deny
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TWIC will not be subject to review, and
the mariner’s failure to hold a TWIC
will be treated by the Coast Guard as
proof that the mariner is not eligible for
an MMC, License, MMD or COR.
(i) A mariner who has either been
denied issuance of a TWIC or whose
TWIC has been revoked for a reason,
other than administrative reasons (e.g.,
being lost or stolen, not functioning, or
having a misspelling) will be deemed
ineligible for an MMC, License, MMD or
COR.
■ 18. Revise § 10.239 to read as follows:
§ 10.239 Quick reference table for MMC
requirements.
Table 1 to § 10.239 provides a guide
to the requirements for officer
endorsements. Provisions in the
reference section are controlling.
Note 1 to § 10.239: For tank vessel
endorsements, see table 1 to § 13.129.
Note 2 to § 10.239: All references within
table 1 to this section are within this
subchapter.
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§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions. .....
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions. .....
N/A ...........................
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions. .....
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions
here and in
§ 11.201(l).
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions. .....
Minimum age
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§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions. .....
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions. .....
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions. .....
Offshore
Supply
Vessels
(OSV).
MODU licenses.
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions. .....
Pilot .............
Towing Vessels.
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions. .....
Electro-technical Officer.
National Des- § 11.201(e) ...............
ignated
Note: exceptions. .....
Duty Engineer (DDE).
STCW Engineering Officer endorsements.
Officer on a
passenger
ship when
on an
international
voyage.
Engineers
(original).
Operator of
Uninspected Passenger
Vessels
(OUPV).
STCW deck
officer endorsements.
Master,
Mates.
Endorsement
category
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U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d). ..............
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1)
§ 11.201(d).
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1)
§ 11.201(d).
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1)
§ 11.201(d).
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d). ..............
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d). ..............
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1)
§ 11.201(d).
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1)
§ 11.201(d).
N/A ...........................
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d). ..............
§ 10.221(a)(1) ...........
§ 11.201(d). ..............
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1)
§ 11.201(d).
Citizenship
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a); § 11.709
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
10.302(a) ..................
N/A ...........................
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
Medical and physical
exam
OIM: § 11.470 ...........
B.S.: § 11.472 ...........
BCO: § 11.474 ..........
ChEng: § 11.542 ......
Asst. Eng: § 11.544 ..
Master § 11.493 .......
Chief Mate § 11.495
Mate § 11.497 ..........
C/E § 11.553 ............
Engineer § 11.555 ....
part 11—subpart D ..
§ 11.703; § 11.705 ....
§ 11.335(a)(1) ...........
note exception in
§ 11.335(b) &
§ 11.33 5(c).
11.524(b) ..................
part 11—subpart C ..
part 11—subpart E ...
N/A ...........................
part 11—subpart C ..
§ 11.467(c); (d); (e);
(f); (g).
part 11—subpart D ..
Experience
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A ...........................
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
Recommendations
and character check
§ 11.201(h): ..............
note exceptions ........
§ 11.201(h) ...............
§ 11.201(h)(1)(ii) .......
§ 11.201(h)(2)(ii) .......
Note: exceptions ......
N/A ...........................
§ 11.335(a)(3)(ii) .......
§ 11.201(h)(1)(iv) ......
§ 11.303 ....................
Renewal: § 11.303(b)
and (c).
§ 11.201(h) ...............
N/A ...........................
§ 11.303 ....................
Renewal: § 11.303(b)
and (c).
N/A ...........................
§ 11.201(h) ...............
Firefighting
§ 11.201(j); ...............
Master § 11.493 .......
Chief Mate § 11.495
Mate § 11.497 ..........
C/E § 11.553;
§ 11.903.
Eng § 11.555;
§ 11.903.
§ 11.201(j); § 11.903;
§ 11.920.
§ 11.201(j); § 11.903;
§ 11.910.
§ 11.707; § 11.903;
§ 11.910.
N/A ...........................
§ 11.903 ....................
N/A ...........................
§ 11.201(j); 11.903;
§ 11.950.
Note: § 11.903(b) .....
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§§ 11.201(j); 11.903;
§ 11.910.
§ 11.201(j); § 11.903;
§ 11.910.
Note: § 11.903(b) .....
Professional exam
N/A ...........................
Master § 11.493 .......
Chief Mate § 11.495
Mate § 11.497 ..........
C/E § 11.553 ............
Engineer ...................
§ 11.555 ....................
§ 11.464; § 11.465 ....
§ 11.705 ....................
§ 11.335(a)(2), (3) ....
note exception in
§ 11.335(b) & (c).
Chief § 11.325;
§ 11.331.
2nd engineer officer;
§ 11.327; § 11.333.
OICEW/DDE
§ 11.329.
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
Master § 11.305;
.311; .315; .317.
Chief Mate § 11.307;
.313.
OICNW § 11.309;
11.319; 11.321.
§ 11.1105(a)(1); (2) ..
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
Demonstration of
professional ability
TABLE 1 TO § 10.239—QUICK REFERENCE TABLE FOR MMC REQUIREMENTS
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e).
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e).
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e)
§ 11.705(e), § 11.713
..................................
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e)
original § 11.201
(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e)
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e)
§ 11.1105(c) .............
original § 11.201
(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e)
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e)
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e)
Recency of service
§ 11.201(i).
§ 11.201(i).
§ 11.201(i).
§ 11.201(i).
§ 11.335(a)(3)(i).
§ 11.201(i).
§ 11.201(i).
§ 11.201(i).
N/A.
§ 11.201(i).
§ 11.201(i):
Note exceptions.
§ 11.201(i)
Note: exceptions.
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N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
Lifeboat Operator.
Lifeboat Operator-Limited.
§ 12.611(a)(1) ...........
§ 12.609(a)(1) ...........
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
§ 12.803; § 12.809 ....
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
§ 12.607(a)(1) ...........
Entry level
ratings.
Ratings
Forming
Part of an
Engineering Watch
(RFPEW).
Electro-technical Rating.
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
§ 12.605(a)(1) ...........
Ratings
Forming
Part of a
Navigational
Watch
(RFPNW).
Qualified
Members
of Engine
Department
(QMED).
Able Seafarer-Engine.
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d). ..............
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d). ..............
§ 12.501(c)(1) ...........
§ 12.603(a)(1) ...........
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions ......
§ 12.401(c)(1) ...........
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions ......
Able Seafarer-Deck.
Staff officer
renewals.
Able Seafarer.
Staff officer ..
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions ......
Officer renewals.
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d) ...............
N/A ...........................
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d) ...............
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions ......
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d) ...............
N/A ...........................
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions ......
Radio Officer
U.S., § 10.221(a)(1) ..
§ 11.201(d) ...............
GMDSS Operator.
Officer raises
of grade.
§ 11.201(e) ...............
Note: exceptions ......
Uninspected
Fishing Industry Vessels.
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§ 10.302(a) ...............
N/A; note exception
in § 12.811(a)(2).
Note: Food Handler
(F.H.) requirements in table
§ 10.302(a).
(xiii) § 10.302(a) (xiv)
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 12.409(b)(1) ...........
§ 12.407(b)(1) ...........
N/A ...........................
§ 12.611(a)(2) ...........
§ 12.609(a)(2) ...........
§ 12.607(a)(3) ...........
§ 12.503 ....................
§ 12.605(a)(2) ...........
§ 12.603(a)(3) ...........
§ 12.403 ....................
§ 10.302(a),
§ 12.401(c)(2).
§ 10.302(a) ...............
N/A ...........................
§ 11.807 ....................
§ 10.227(d) and (e) ..
Note: exceptions ......
§ 10.231(c); part 11,
subparts D and E.
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
Deck: § 11.462(c);
(d);.
Engine: § 11.530(c);
(d); (e).
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
N/A ...........................
§ 10.302(a) ...............
§ 10.302(a) ...............
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 11.201(h) ...............
Note: exceptions ......
§ 12.409(b)(2); (4) ....
§ 12.407(b)(2); (4) ....
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 12.505 ....................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 12.401(c)(5) ...........
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 10.231(d); § 11.903;
§ 11.910; § 11.920;
§ 11.950.
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 11.201(j); § 11.903;
§ 11.910.
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e).
§ 12.409(b)(2); (3) ....
§ 12.407(b)(2); (3) ....
N/A ...........................
§ 12.611(a)(3);
§ 12.611(b).
§ 12.609(a)(3) ...........
§ 12.607(a)(2); (4)
§ 12.607(b); (c).
N/A ...........................
§ 12.605(a)(3) ...........
§ 12.603(a)(2)
§ 12.603(a)(4)
§ 12.603(a)(5).
§ 12.401(c)(6)
§ 12.405.
N/A ...........................
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
N/A ...........................
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
N/A ...........................
3 months in past 3
years, § 11.201
(c)(2).
Towing officers,
1 year in past 5,
§ 10.227(d) and (e).
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative. ......
§ 11.807 .................... N/A ...........................
part 11, subparts D
and E.
11.604 ......................
§ 11.603 ....................
N/A ...........................
N/A.
N/A.
N/A.
§ 12.602(a).
§ 12.602(a).
§ 12.602(a).
N/A.
§ 12.602(a).
§ 12.602(a).
N/A.
N/A.
§ 11.201(i).
N/A.
N/A.
N/A.
§ 11.201(i).
§ 11.201(i).
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Ratings serving on passenger
ships on
international
voyages.
GMDSS atSea Maintainer.
Medical Firstaid Provider.
Person in
Charge of
Medical
Care.
Vessel Personnel with
Designated
Security
Duties.
Security
Awareness.
High Speed
Craft.
Proficiency in
Survival
Craft and
Rescue
Boats
other than
Fast Rescue Boats.
Proficiency in
Survival
Craft and
Rescue
Boats
other than
Lifeboats
and Fast
Rescue
Boats-Limited.
Assistance
Towing endorsement.
Radar Observer endorsement.
Vessel Security Officer
(VSO).
Proficiency in
Fast Rescue Boats.
Endorsement
category
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(1)
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S. § 10.221(a)(1) ...
§ 11.337(a) ...............
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 12.627(a)(1) ...........
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
§ 12.803 ....................
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
§ 12.803 ....................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 12.625(a)(1) ...........
N/A ...........................
§ 12.623(a) ...............
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
U.S. or alien admitted for permanent
residence,
§ 10.221(a)(2).
Citizenship
N/A ...........................
§ 12.627(a)(2) ...........
§ 12.625(a)(2) ...........
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 10.302(a) ...............
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
Medical and physical
exam
N/A ...........................
§ 12.627(a)(1) ...........
§ 12.625(a)(1) ...........
§ 12.621(b) ...............
§ 12.619(b) ...............
N/A ...........................
§ 11.821(b)(1)
§ 11.821(c).
§ 11.337(a) ...............
N/A ...........................
§ 11.482 ....................
§ 12.615(a)(2) ...........
§ 12.613(a)(2) ...........
N/A ...........................
Experience
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A: Note exceptions
in § 11.201(g) for
original national or
STCW endorsements.
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
Recommendations
and character check
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
Firefighting
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 11.482 ....................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
Professional exam
§ 12.905(a); (b) .........
§ 12.627(a)(1) ...........
§ 12.625(a)(1) ...........
§ 12.621(a)(1); (2) ....
§ 12.619(a)(1); (2) ....
§ 12.623(b) ...............
§ 11.821(b)(2) ...........
§ 11.337(a) ...............
§ 11.480(d); (h) .........
§ 11.482 ....................
§ 12.615(a)(3) ...........
§ 12.613(a)(3) ...........
§ 12.617(a)(2); (3);
(4).
Demonstration of
professional ability
TABLE 1 TO § 10.239—QUICK REFERENCE TABLE FOR MMC REQUIREMENTS—Continued
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
§ 12.615(a)(1) ...........
§ 12.613(a)(1) ...........
§ 12.617(a)(1) ...........
Minimum age
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Renewal § 12.905(d)
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
N/A ...........................
Renewal: § 11.821(e)
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
renewal § 10.227(e).
N/A ...........................
original
§ 11.201(c)(2).
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative. ......
Renewal:
§ 12.615(b)(2).
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal
§ 12.617(b)(2).
Renewal only, 1 year
in past 5,
§ 10.227(e) and (f).
Note: alternative .......
Renewal:
§ 12.613(b)(2).
Recency of service
N/A.
N/A.
N/A.
§ 12.621(a)(1).
§ 12.619(a)(1).
N/A.
N/A.
§ 11.201(i).
N/A.
N/A.
§ 12.602(a).
§ 12.602(a).
§ 12.602(a).
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19. Revise § 10.302 paragraph (b) and
table 1 to § 10.302(a) to read as follows:
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§ 10.302 Medical and physical
requirements.
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*
(b) Any required test, exam, or
demonstration must have been
performed, witnessed, or reviewed by a
Licensed Medical Doctor, Licensed
Physician Assistant, Licensed Nurse
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Practitioner, or a Designated Medical
Examiner. All licensed medical
practitioners must hold a valid license
issued in the United States.
TABLE 1 TO § 10.302(a)—MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MARINER ENDORSEMENTS
1
2
3
4
5
Credential
Vision test
Hearing test
General
medical exam
Demonstration
of physical
ability
(1) Deck officer, including Pilot ........................................................................
(2) Engineering officer .....................................................................................
(3) Radio Officer ..............................................................................................
(4) OIM, BS, or BCO .......................................................................................
(5) Able Seafarer .............................................................................................
(6) QMED .........................................................................................................
(7) Able Seafarer-Deck ....................................................................................
(8) RFPNW ......................................................................................................
(9) Able Seafarer-Engine .................................................................................
(10) RFPEW ....................................................................................................
(11) ETR ..........................................................................................................
(12) Tank vessel endorsement ........................................................................
(13) Lifeboat Operator and PSC .....................................................................
(14) Lifeboat Operator-Limited and PSC-Limited ............................................
(15) Fast Rescue Boat ....................................................................................
(16) Food Handler serving on vessels to which STCW does not apply .........
(17) Food Handler serving on vessels to which STCW applies .....................
(18) Ratings, including entry level, serving on vessels to which STCW applies, other than those listed above .............................................................
(19) Ratings, including entry level, serving on vessels to which STCW does
not apply, other than those listed above .....................................................
(20) VSO ..........................................................................................................
§ 10.305(a)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(a)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(a)
§ 10.305(a)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(b)
§ 10.305(b)
........................
........................
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
§ 10.306
........................
........................
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(a)
§ 10.304(b)
§ 10.304(b)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304(c)
........................
§ 10.304(c)
........................
........................
........................
§ 10.304(c)
........................
§ 10.305(a)
........................
§ 10.306
........................
§ 10.304(a)
........................
§ 10.304(c)
§ 10.304
[Amended]
20. Amend § 10.304 in paragraph (b)
by removing the word ‘‘handlers’’ and,
in its place, adding the word
‘‘Handlers.’’
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21. Amend § 10.305 by revising the
heading to paragraph (b) and paragraphs
(c) through (e) to read as follows:
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§ 10.305
Vision requirements.
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*
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*
(b) Engineering, Radio Officer, tank
vessel endorsement, and MODU
standard.
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*
(c) Vision waiver. Any applicant
whose uncorrected vision does not meet
the 20/200 standard and is correctable
to listed standards above may be granted
a medical waiver in accordance with
§ 10.303. If a vision waiver is granted, a
limitation will be placed on the medical
certificate indicating the mariner may
not serve under the authority of the
endorsement unless corrective lenses
are worn and spare lenses are carried
onboard a vessel. Waivers are not
normally granted to an applicant whose
corrected vision in the better eye is not
at least 20/40 for deck officers or 20/50
for engineer officers.
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(d) Vision operational limitation. If
corrective lenses are required in order to
meet the vision standards above, a
mariner may not serve under the
authority of the endorsement unless
corrective lenses are worn and spare
lenses are carried onboard a vessel. This
operational limitation will be placed on
their medical certificate.
(e) Loss of vision. A mariner having
lost vision in one eye must wait 6
months from the date of the vision loss
before submitting any application, and
must provide a statement of
demonstrated ability on their medical
examination.
■ 22. Revise § 10.403 to read as follows:
§ 10.403
General Standards.
(a) Each school with an approved
course must—
(1) Have a well-maintained facility
that accommodates the students in a
safe and comfortable environment
conducive to learning;
(2) Have the necessary equipment,
including simulators where appropriate,
sufficient for the number of students to
be accommodated, and support the
objectives of the course;
(3) Administer training entirely in the
English language unless specifically
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approved to be presented in another
language;
(4) Administer written examinations
to each student appropriate for the
course material and the knowledge
requirements of the position or
endorsement for which the student is
being trained. For a course approved to
substitute for a Coast Guardadministered examination, the courses
must be of such a degree of difficulty
that a student who successfully
completes them would most likely pass,
on the first attempt, an examination
prepared by the Coast Guard;
(5) Require each student to
successfully demonstrate practical skills
appropriate for the course material and
equal to the level of endorsement for
which the course is approved; and
(6) Keep physical or electronic copies
of the following records for at least 5
years after the end of each student’s
completion or disenrollment from a
course or program:
(i) A copy of each student’s
examination scores;
(ii) A copy of each examination or, in
the case of a practical test, a report of
such test;
(iii) A record of each student’s
classroom attendance, which includes
their full name, Coast Guard-issued
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Mariner Reference Number, or date of
birth and place of birth if they do not
have a Mariner Reference Number;
(iv) A copy of each student’s course
completion certificate or program
completion certificate, as appropriate;
(v) A summary of changes or
modification to the last course
submittal;
(vi) A list of all locations at which the
training course was presented and the
number of times it was presented at
each location;
(vii) The name(s) of the instructor(s)
who taught the course, which does not
include lab assistants or other nonteaching assistants;
(viii) The number of students who
began the training;
(ix) The number of students who
successfully completed the training;
(x) The number of students who were
required to retest;
(xi) The number of students who were
required to retake the entire course and
(xii) The number of students who
were required to retake a portion of the
course.
(7) By November 25, 2026, for each
student who successfully completes an
approved course or program, in a
manner specified by the Coast Guard,
the school must electronically submit to
the Coast Guard, within 5 business days
of completion, the information listed in
paragraphs (7)(i) through (v). By
submitting records electronically to the
Coast Guard, the submitter attests that
they are accurate to the best of their
knowledge and no false entries or
statements were made under penalty of
18 U.S.C. 1001.
(i) The name of the school and Coast
Guard-issued course provider code;
(ii) The title of the approved course or
program, the Coast Guard-issued course
code, and the dates the course was held;
(iii) The name of the Coast Guardapproved instructor who conducted the
course;
(iv) The name of the student as it
appears on their MMC or valid
government-issued identification, along
with their Coast Guard-issued Mariner
Reference Number or date of birth and
place of birth if they do not have a
Mariner Reference Number; and
(v) The unique course certificate
identification code associated with the
course or program completion certificate
issued to the student for the course.
(8) Not significantly change its
approved curriculum without approval
from the NMC as specified in
§ 10.402(e);
(9) Conduct an internal audit midway
through the term of the course’s
approval and maintain the results of the
audit for a period of not less than 5
years. The audit will evaluate whether—
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(i) Records are being maintained
according to these regulations;
(ii) The course is being presented in
accordance with the approval letter; and
(iii) Surveys from students indicate
that the course is meeting their needs;
and
(10) At any time, allow the Coast
Guard to—
(i) Inspect its facilities, equipment,
and records, including scholastic
records;
(ii) Conduct interviews and surveys of
students to aid in course evaluation and
improvement;
(iii) Assign personnel to observe or
participate in the course of instruction;
and
(iv) Supervise or administer the
required examinations or practical
demonstrations, including the
substitution of an applicable Coast
Guard examination in a course
approved to substitute for a Coast
Guard-administered examination.
(b) [Reserved]
■ 23. Amend § 10.404 by revising
paragraphs (b)(1)(iv) through (vii) and
paragraph (c) to read as follows:
§ 10.404 Substitution of training for
required service, use of training-record
books (TRBs), and use of towing officer
assessment records (TOARs).
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*
*
*
*
(b) * * *
(1) * * *
(iv) A place for a Qualified Instructor
to indicate by their initials that the
applicant has received training in the
proper performance of the task or skill.
(v) A place for a Qualified Assessor
(QA) to indicate by their initials that the
applicant has successfully completed a
practical demonstration and has proved
competent in the task or skill under the
criteria, when assessment of
competence is to be documented in the
record books.
(vi) The printed name of each
Qualified Instructor, including any
MMC endorsements held, and the
instructor’s signature.
(vii) The printed name of each
Qualified Assessor, when any
assessment of competence is recorded,
including any MMC endorsement,
License, or document held by the
assessor, and the assessor’s signature
confirming that their initials certify that
they have witnessed the practical
demonstration of a particular task or
skill by the applicant.
*
*
*
*
*
(c) Use of towing officer assessment
records (TOARs). Each applicant for an
endorsement as Master or Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels, and each Master or
Mate of self-propelled vessels of 200
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GRT or more, seeking an endorsement
for towing vessels, must complete a
TOAR approved by the Coast Guard that
contains at least the following:
(1) Identification of the applicant,
including their full name, and reference
number;
(2) Objectives of the training and
assessment;
(3) Tasks to perform or skills to
demonstrate;
(4) Criteria to use in determining that
the tasks or skills have been performed
properly;
(5) A means for a Designated
Examiner (DE) to attest that the
applicant has successfully completed a
practical demonstration and has proved
proficient in the task or skill under the
criteria; and
(6) Identification of each DE by their
full name and reference number, job
title, ship name and official number,
and serial number of the MMC, License,
or document held, and printed name
and signature confirming that their
initials certify that they have witnessed
the practical demonstration of a
particular task or skill by the applicant.
■ 24. Amend § 10.405 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (b) introductory text,
and (d) to read as follows:
§ 10.405 Qualification as Qualified
Assessor and Designated Examiner.
(a) To become a Qualified Assessor
(QA), an applicant must have
documentary evidence to establish—
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*
*
*
*
(b) To become a Designated Examiner
(DE) for towing officer assessment
records (TOARs), an applicant must
have documentary evidence to
establish—
*
*
*
*
*
(d) In order to renew their
qualifications, each QA and DE must
have either experience, training, or
evidence of instruction in effective
assessment within the past 5 years.
PART 11—REQUIREMENTS FOR
OFFICER ENDORSEMENTS
25. The authority citation for part 11
is revised to read as follows:
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Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701;
46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, and 2110; 46 U.S.C.
chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701, 8903,
8904, and 70105; Executive Order 10173;
DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No.
01.4. Section 11.107 is also issued under the
authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.
PART 11—[Amended]
26. In part 11, remove the term in the
left column wherever it appears and add
in its place the term in the right column:
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Add
fireman ......................
hospital corpsman .....
seaman .....................
Boiler Technician.
Medical Technician.
seafarer.
27. Amend § 11.101 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows:
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§ 11.101
Purpose of regulations.
(a) The purpose of this part is to
provide—
(1) A means of determining the
qualifications an applicant must possess
to be eligible for an officer endorsement
as a staff officer, deck officer, engineer
officer, Pilot, or Radio Officer on
merchant vessels, or for an endorsement
to operate uninspected passenger
vessels; and
(2) A means of determining that an
applicant is competent to serve as a
Master, Chief Mate, Officer in Charge of
a Navigational Watch, Chief Engineer
Officer, Second Engineer Officer (First
Assistant Engineer), Officer in Charge of
an Engineering Watch, Designated Duty
Engineer, or Global Maritime Distress
and Safety System (GMDSS) Radio
Operator, in accordance with the
provisions of the International
Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers, 1978, as amended (the STCW
Convention or STCW), and other laws,
and to receive the appropriate
endorsement as required by STCW.
(b) With few exceptions, these
regulations do not specify or restrict
officer endorsements to particular types
of service such as tankships, freight
vessels, or passenger vessels. However,
each officer credentialed under this part
must become familiar with the relevant
characteristics of a vessel prior to
assuming their duties as required in the
provisions of § 15.405 of this
subchapter.
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*
*
*
*
■ 28. Amend § 11.102 by revising
paragraph (a) and the introductory text
of paragraph (b) to read as follows:
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§ 11.102
Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by
reference into this part with the
approval of the Director of the Federal
Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
CFR part 51. All approved incorporation
by reference material (IBR) is available
for inspection at the Coast Guard and
the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). Contact Coast
Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner
Credentialing (CG–MMC), U.S. Coast
Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20593–7509; phone: 202–372–1492;
website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/
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merchant_mariner_credential/. For
information on the availability of this
material at NARA, visit
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@
nara.gov. The material may be obtained
from:
(b) International Maritime
Organization (IMO), 4 Albert
Embankment, London SE1 7SR,
England; phone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611;
website: www.imo.org.
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■ 29. Amend § 11.201 by revising
paragraphs (a), (e), (g), (h)(2) through (4),
(i)(1) introductory text, (j)(3), and (k) to
read as follows:
§ 11.201 General requirements for national
and STCW officer endorsements.
(a) General. In addition to the
requirements of part 10 of this
subchapter, the applicant for an officer
endorsement, whether original, renewal,
duplicate, or raise of grade, must
establish to the satisfaction of the Coast
Guard that they possess all the
qualifications necessary (including but
not limited to age, experience, character,
physical health, citizenship, approved
training, professional competence, and a
test for dangerous drugs) before the
Coast Guard will issue the applicant a
Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC).
An applicant for any STCW
endorsement must hold the appropriate
national endorsement unless otherwise
specified.
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(e) Age. Except as specified in this
paragraph, no officer endorsement may
be issued to a person who has not
attained the age of 21 years. The
required evidence of age may be
established using any of the items
submitted to establish citizenship set
out in 49 CFR 1572.17.
(1) An endorsement may be granted to
an applicant who has reached the age of
19 years as—
(i) Master of near-coastal, Great Lakes
and inland, or river vessels of 25–200
GRT;
(ii) Third Mate;
(iii) Third Assistant Engineer;
(iv) Mate of vessels of between 200
GRT and 1,600 GRT;
(v) Ballast Control Operator (BCO);
(vi) Assistant Engineer-MODU;
(vii) Assistant Engineer of Fishing
Industry Vessels;
(viii) Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels;
(ix) Radio Officer;
(x) Assistant Engineer-Limited; or
(xi) Designated Duty Engineer of
vessels of less than 4,000 HP/3,000 kW.
(2) An endorsement may be granted to
an applicant who has reached the age of
18 years as—
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(i) Limited Master of near-coastal
vessels of less than 100 GRT;
(ii) Limited Master of Great Lakes and
inland vessels of less than 100 GRT;
(iii) Mate of Great Lakes and inland
vessels of 25–200 GRT;
(iv) Mate of near-coastal vessels of 25–
200 GRT;
(v) Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels (OUPV);
(vi) Designated Duty Engineer (DDE)
of vessels of less than 1,000 HP/750 kW;
(vii) Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels;
(viii) Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch (OICNW);
(ix) Officer in Charge of an
Engineering Watch (OICEW); or
(x) Electro-technical Officer (ETO).
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(g) Character check. (1) An individual
may apply for an original officer
endorsement, or officer or STCW
endorsement of a different type, while
on probation as a result of
administrative action under part 5 of
this chapter. The offense for which the
applicant was placed on probation will
be considered in determining their
fitness to hold the endorsement applied
for. An officer or STCW endorsement
issued to an applicant on probation will
be subject to the same probationary
conditions as were imposed against the
applicant’s other credential. An
applicant may not take an examination
for an officer or STCW endorsement
during any period of time when a
suspension without probation or a
revocation is effective against the
applicant’s currently held License,
Merchant Mariner Document (MMD), or
MMC, or while an appeal from these
actions is pending.
(2) If information about the
applicant’s habits of life and character is
brought to the attention of the Coast
Guard after an original License,
Certificate of Registry, or officer
endorsement has been issued, and if
such information reasonably supports
the conclusion that the applicant cannot
be entrusted with the duties and
responsibilities of the License,
Certificate of Registry, or officer
endorsement issued, or indicates that
the application for the License,
Certificate of Registry, or officer
endorsement was false or incomplete,
the Coast Guard may notify the holder
in writing that the License, Certificate of
Registry, or officer endorsement is
considered null and void, direct the
holder to return the credential to the
Coast Guard, and advise the holder that,
upon return of the credential, the appeal
procedures of § 10.237 of this
subchapter apply.
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(h) * * *
(2) The following categories must
meet the requirements for Basic and
Advanced Firefighting in Regulations
VI/1 and VI/3 of the STCW Convention
and Tables A–VI/1–2 and A–VI/3 of the
STCW Code (both incorporated by
reference, see § 11.102):
(i) National officer endorsements as
Master or Mate on seagoing vessels of
200 GRT or more;
(ii) All national officer endorsements
for Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels, except Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels, on oceans;
(iii) All national officer endorsements
for MODUs;
(iv) All national officer endorsements
for engineers;
(v) All national officer endorsements
for OSVs; and
(vi) All STCW officer endorsements
except GMDSS Radio Operator.
(3) The following categories must
meet the requirements for basic
firefighting in Regulation VI/1 of the
STCW Convention and Table A–VI/1–2
of the STCW Code:
(i) Officer endorsement as Master on
vessels of less than 500 GT in ocean
service; and
(ii) All officer endorsements for
Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels, except Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels, in all services except
oceans.
(4) Applicants for a raise of grade of
an officer endorsement who have not
previously met the requirements of
paragraph (h) of this section must do so.
(i) * * *
(1) Evidence of continued competency
in STCW Basic Training in accordance
with § 11.302 or a certificate indicating
completion not more than 1 year from
the date of application of—
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(3) An examination is not required for
a staff officer or Radio Officer
endorsement.
(k) Radar Observer. Applicants for an
endorsement as Radar Observer must
present a certificate of completion from
a Radar Observer course as required by
§ 11.480.
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■ 30. Amend § 11.211 by revising
paragraphs (c)(1), (e), and (f) to read as
follows:
§ 11.211 Creditable service and
equivalents for national and STCW officer
endorsements.
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(1) MODU service is creditable for
raise of grade of an officer endorsement.
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Evidence of 1 year of service on MODUs
as Mate or equivalent while holding an
officer endorsement or license as Third
Mate, or as Engineering Officer of the
Watch or equivalent while holding an
officer endorsement or license as Third
Assistant Engineer, is acceptable for a
raise of grade to Second Mate or Second
Assistant Engineer, respectively.
However, any subsequent raises of grade
of unlimited, non-restricted officer
licenses or endorsements must include
a minimum of 6 months of service on
conventional vessels.
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(e) Service on towing vessels. Service
as Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels, when the aggregate tonnage of
the tug and barges is 1,600 GRT/3,000
GT or more, is creditable, using the
aggregate tonnage, on a two-for-one
basis (2 days experience equals 1 day of
creditable service) for up to 50 percent
of the total service on vessels of 1,600
GRT/3,000 GT or more required for an
unlimited officer endorsement. The
remaining required service on vessels of
more than 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT must be
obtained on conventional vessels. This
service must be documented as
specified in § 10.232(a) of this
subchapter.
(f) Cadet experience. Individuals
obtaining sea service as part of an
approved training curriculum pursuant
to either § 11.407(a)(2) or § 11.516(a)(3)
must do so in the capacity of CadetDeck or Cadet-Engine, as appropriate,
notwithstanding any other rating
endorsements the individual may hold
or any other capacity in which the
individual may have served.
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31. Amend § 11.301 by revising
paragraph (a)(1)(i), paragraph (d)
introductory text, and paragraphs (g)(1)
and (2) to read as follows:
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§ 11.301 Requirements for STCW officer
endorsements.
(a) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) In-service experience:
Documentation of successful
completion of assessments, approved or
accepted by the Coast Guard, and signed
by a Qualified Assessor (QA)—deck or
engineering—as appropriate.
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(d) Management-level endorsement.
Applicants holding national officer
endorsements as Master, Chief Mate,
Chief Engineer, or First Assistant
Engineer, and who seek to add an STCW
endorsement at the management level,
must provide evidence of meeting the
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STCW requirements found in this
subpart, including—
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(1) Masters, Mates, or engineers
endorsed for service on small passenger
vessels that are subject to subchapter T
or K of this chapter and that operate
beyond the boundary line.
(2) Masters, Mates, or engineers
endorsed for service on seagoing vessels
of less than 200 GRT, other than
passenger vessels subject to subchapter
H of this chapter.
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§ 11.302
[Amended]
32. Amend § 11.302 by:
a. In the section heading, by removing
the word ‘‘training’’ and adding in its
place the word ‘‘Training’’; and
■ b. In paragraph (a) introductory text,
by removing the words ‘‘basic training’’,
and adding in their place the words
‘‘Basic Training’’.
■ 33. Amend § 11.304 by revising
paragraphs (a)(2), (3), and (5) to read as
follows:
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§ 11.304
STCW deck officer endorsements.
(a) * * *
(2) Chief Mate on vessels of 3,000 GT
or more (management level).
(3) Officer in Charge of a Navigational
Watch (OICNW) of vessels of 500 GT or
more (operational level).
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(5) Chief Mate of vessels of 500 GT or
more and less than 3,000 GT
(management level).
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■ 34. Amend § 11.305 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a)
introductory text and (a)(1), paragraph
(b) introductory text, and paragraphs (d)
and (e) to read as follows:
§ 11.305 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Master of vessels of
3,000 GT or more (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Master, an applicant
must—
(1) Provide evidence of 36 months of
service as OICNW on vessels operating
in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or
Great Lakes. This period may be
reduced to not less than 24 months if
the applicant served as Chief Mate for
not less than 12 months. Service on
inland waters that are navigable waters
of the United States may be substituted
for up to 50 percent of the total required
service. Experience gained in the engine
department on vessels may be creditable
for up to 3 months of the service
requirements;
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(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Master of vessels of
3,000 GT or more to be valid on or after
January 1, 2017, each candidate must
provide evidence of successful
completion of approved training in the
following:
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(d) Seafarers holding an STCW
endorsement as Master of vessels of 500
GT or more and less than 3,000 GT, in
accordance with § 11.311, are eligible to
apply for the endorsement as Master of
vessels of 3,000 GT or more upon
completion of 6 months of sea service,
under the authority of the endorsement,
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and must complete any items in
paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this
section not previously satisfied.
(e) Seafarers with one of the following
national officer endorsements are
eligible to apply for this endorsement
upon completion of the requirements in
table 1 to this paragraph:
TABLE 1 TO § 11.305(e)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS MASTER OF VESSELS OF 3,000 GT OR MORE
Entry path from national
endorsements
Sea service under authority of
the
endorsement 1
Competence—STCW
Table A–II/2 2
Master ocean or near-coastal, unlimited tonnage ....
Master OSV ..............................................................
None .......................................
None .......................................
Yes .........................................
Yes .........................................
1 This
Training
required by this section 3
Yes.
Yes.
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
3 Complete
35. Amend § 11.307 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (b) introductory text,
and (d), and table 1 to § 11.307(e) to
read as follows:
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§ 11.307 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Chief Mate of
vessels of 3,000 GT or more (management
level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Chief Mate, an
applicant must—
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(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Chief Mate of vessels of
3,000 GT or more to be valid on or after
January 1, 2017, each candidate must
provide evidence of successful
completion of approved training in the
following:
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(d) Seafarers holding an STCW
endorsement as Chief Mate of vessels of
500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT,
in accordance with § 11.313, are eligible
to apply for the endorsement as Chief
Mate of vessels of 3,000 GT or more
upon completion of 6 months of sea
service, under the authority of the
endorsement, and must complete any
items in paragraphs (a)(2) and (3) of this
section not previously satisfied.
(e) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 11.307(e)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS CHIEF MATE OF VESSELS OF 3,000 GT OR MORE
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service under
authority of the
endorsement 1
Chief Mate ocean or near-coastal, unlimited tonnage ...........................
Master ocean or near-coastal, less than 500 GRT ...............................
Chief Mate OSV .....................................................................................
Master of Towing Vessels ocean or near-coastal .................................
None ..................................
12 months ..........................
None ..................................
12 months ..........................
1 This
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Competence—STCW
Table A–II/2 2
Training
required by
this
section 3
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
3 Complete
36. Amend § 11.309 by revising the
section heading, paragraph (a), and table
1 to § 11.309(e) to read as follows:
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§ 11.309 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Officer in Charge of
a Navigational Watch of vessels of 500 GT
or more (operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch (OICNW), an
applicant must—
(1) Provide evidence of seagoing
service as follows:
(i) Thirty-six months of seagoing
service in the deck department on
vessels operating in oceans, near-coastal
waters, and/or Great Lakes. Service on
inland waters, bays, or sounds that are
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navigable waters of the United States
may be substituted for up to 50 percent
of the total required service; or
(ii) Twelve months of seagoing service
as part of an approved training program,
which includes onboard training that
meets the requirements of Section A–II/
1 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see § 11.102);
(2) Provide evidence of having
performed, during the required seagoing
service, bridge watchkeeping duties
under the supervision of an officer
holding the STCW endorsement as
Master, Chief Mate, Second Mate, or
OICNW, for a period of not less than 6
months;
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(3) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–II/1 of the STCW Code; and
(4) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Radar Observer.
(iii) Search and rescue.
(iv) Basic and Advanced Firefighting
in accordance with § 11.303.
(v) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSCLimited).
(vi) Visual signaling.
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(vii) Bridge resource management
(BRM).
(viii) Terrestrial and celestial
navigation, and electronic navigation
systems.
(ix) Watchkeeping, including
International Regulations for Preventing
Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) and IMO
standard marine communication
phrases (SMCP).
(x) Cargo handling and stowage.
(xi) Ship handling.
(xii) Stability and ship construction.
(xiii) Meteorology.
(xiv) ARPA, if serving on a vessel
with this equipment.
(xv) GMDSS, if serving on a vessel
with this equipment.
(xvi) ECDIS, if serving on a vessel
with this equipment.
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TABLE 1 TO § 11.309(e)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS OICNW OF VESSELS OF 500 GT OR MORE
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service under authority
of the endorsement 1
Mate ocean or near-coastal, unlimited tonnage .....................................
Master ocean or near-coastal, less than 500 GRT ................................
Mate ocean or near-coastal, less than 1,600 GRT ................................
Mate ocean or near-coastal, less than 500 GRT ...................................
Mate OSV ...............................................................................................
Mate of Towing Vessels ocean or near-coastal .....................................
None ...................................
6 months .............................
None ...................................
12 months ...........................
12 months1 .........................
6 months .............................
1 This
Competence—
STCW Table A–II/1 2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
Training
required by
this
section 3
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
any items in paragraph (a)(4) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
3 Complete
37. Amend § 11.311 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(1), and (b)
introductory text, and table 1 to
§ 11.311(d) to read as follows:
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§ 11.311 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Master of vessels of
500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT
(management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Master, an applicant
must—
(1) Provide evidence of 36 months of
service as OICNW on vessels operating
in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or
Great Lakes. However, this period may
be reduced to not less than 24 months
if the applicant served as Chief Mate for
not less than 12 months. Service on
inland waters, bays, or sounds that are
navigable waters of the United States
may be substituted for up to 50 percent
of the total required service. Experience
gained in the engine department on
vessels may be creditable for up to 3
months of the service requirements;
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(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Master of vessels of 500
GT or more and less than 3,000 GT to
be valid on or after January 1, 2017,
each candidate must provide evidence
of successful completion of approved
training in the following:
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(d) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 11.311(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS MASTER OF VESSELS OF 500 GT OR MORE AND LESS THAN 3,000
GT
Sea service under authority
of the endorsement 1
Entry path from national endorsements
Master
Master
Master
Master
oceans or near-coastal, less than 1,600 GRT ..........................
OSV ...........................................................................................
oceans or near-coastal, less than 500 GRT .............................
of Towing Vessels oceans or near-coastal ...............................
None ..................................
None ..................................
12 months ..........................
12 months ..........................
Competence—STCW Table
A–II/2 2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
Training
required by
this
section 3
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
1 This
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
3 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
38. Amend § 11.313 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text and (b) introductory
text, and table 1 to § 11.313(d) to read
as follows:
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§ 11.313 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Chief Mate of
vessels of 500 GT or more and less than
3,000 GT (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Chief Mate, an
applicant must—
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(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Chief Mate of vessels of
500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT
to be valid on or after January 1, 2017,
each candidate must provide evidence
of successful completion of approved
training in the following:
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3,000 GT
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service under authority
of the endorsement 1
Competence—STCW Table
A–II/2 2
Chief Mate OSV .....................................................................................
Master oceans or near-coastal, less than 500 GRT .............................
Master of Towing Vessels oceans or near-coastal ...............................
None ..................................
6 months ............................
6 months ............................
Yes ........................................
Yes ........................................
Yes ........................................
Training
required by
this
section 3
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
1 This
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
3 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
39. Amend § 11.315 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(1), and (b)
introductory text, and table 1 to
§ 11.315(d) to read as follows:
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§ 11.315 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Master of vessels of
less than 500 GT (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Master, an applicant
must—
(1) Provide evidence of 36 months of
seagoing service as OICNW on vessels
operating in oceans, near-coastal waters,
and/or Great Lakes; however, this
period may be reduced to not less than
24 months if not less than 12 months of
such seagoing service has been served as
Chief Mate. Service on inland waters,
bays, or sounds that are navigable
waters of the United States may be
substituted for up to 50 percent of the
total required service. Experience
gained in the engine department may be
creditable for up to 3 months of the
service requirements;
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(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Master of vessels of less
than 500 GT to be valid on or after
January 1, 2017, each candidate must
provide evidence of successful
completion of approved training in the
following:
*
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(d) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 11.315(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS MASTER OF VESSELS OF LESS THAN 500 GT
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service under authority
of the endorsement 1
Competence—STCW Table
A–II/2 2
Master oceans or near-coastal, less than 500 GRT .............................
Master of Towing Vessels oceans or near-coastal ...............................
Master oceans or near-coastal, less than 200 GRT .............................
None ..................................
None ..................................
12 months ..........................
Yes ........................................
Yes ........................................
Yes ........................................
1 This
Training
required by
this
section 3
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
3 Complete
40. Amend § 11.317 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b)
introductory text, and table 1 to
§ 11.317(d) to read as follows:
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§ 11.317 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Master of vessels of
less than 500 GT limited to near-coastal
waters (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Master, an applicant
must—
(1) Provide evidence of 12 months of
service as OICNW, on vessels operating
in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or
Great Lakes. Service on inland waters,
bays, or sounds that are navigable
waters of the United States may be
substituted for up to 50 percent of the
total required service. Experience
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gained in the engine department on
vessels may be creditable for up to 1
month of the service requirements;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–II/3 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Basic and Advanced Firefighting
in accordance with § 11.303.
(iii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSCLimited).
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(vi) Radar Observer, if serving on a
vessel with this equipment.
(iv) Leadership and managerial skills.
(v) ECDIS, if serving on a vessel with
this equipment.
(vi) Radar Observer, if serving on a
vessel with this equipment.
(vii) ARPA, if serving on a vessel with
this equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Master of vessels of less
than 500 GT limited to near-coastal
waters to be valid on or after January 1,
2017, each candidate must provide
evidence of successful completion of
approved training in the following:
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*
(d) * * *
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TABLE 1 TO § 11.317(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS MASTER OF VESSELS OF LESS THAN 500 GT LIMITED TO NEARCOASTAL WATERS
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service under authority
of the
endorsement 1
Mate oceans or near-coastal, less than 500 GRT ................................
Mate of Towing Vessels oceans or near-coastal ..................................
Master oceans or near-coastal, less than 200 GRT .............................
Mate oceans or near-coastal, less than 200 GRT ................................
None ..................................
None ..................................
6 months ............................
12 months ..........................
1 This
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Competence—STCW
Table A–II/3 2
Training
required by
this
section 3
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
3 Complete
41. Amend § 11.319 by revising the
section heading, paragraph (a), and table
1 to § 11.317(d) to read as follows:
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§ 11.319 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Officer in Charge of
a Navigational Watch of vessels of less than
500 GT (operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch (OICNW), an
applicant must—
(1) Provide evidence of seagoing
service as follows:
(i) Provide evidence of 36 months of
service in the deck department on
vessels operating in oceans, near-coastal
waters, and/or Great Lakes. Service on
inland waters, bays, or sounds that are
navigable waters of the United States
may be substituted for up to 50 percent
of the required service. Experience
gained in the engine department may be
creditable for up to 3 months of the
service requirements; or
(ii) Provide evidence of not less than
12 months of seagoing service as part of
an approved training program that
includes onboard training that meets the
requirements of Section A–II/1 of the
STCW Code (incorporated by reference,
see § 11.102).
(2) Provide evidence of having
performed during the required seagoing
service, bridge watchkeeping duties,
under the supervision of an officer
holding the STCW endorsement as
Master, Chief Mate, or OICNW, for a
period of not less than 6 months. The
Coast Guard will accept service on
vessels as Boatswain, Able Seafarer, or
quartermaster while holding the
appropriate deck watchkeeping rating
endorsement, which may be accepted
on a two-for-one basis to a maximum
allowable substitution of 3 months (6
months of experience equals 3 months
of creditable service);
(3) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–II/1 of the STCW Code; and
(4) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Radar Observer, if serving on a
vessel with this equipment.
(iii) Watchkeeping, including
COLREGS and IMO standard marine
communication phrases (SMCP).
(iv) Basic and Advanced Firefighting
in accordance with § 11.303.
(v) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSCLimited).
(vi) Visual signaling.
(vii) Bridge resource management;
(viii) ARPA, if serving on a vessel
with this equipment.
(ix) GMDSS, if serving on a vessel
with this equipment.
(x) ECDIS, if serving on a vessel with
this equipment.
*
*
*
*
*
(d) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 11.319(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS OFFICER IN CHARGE OF A NAVIGATIONAL WATCH (OICNW) OF
VESSELS OF LESS THAN 500 GT
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service under authority
of the
endorsement 1
Mate oceans or near-coastal, less than 500 GRT ................................
Mate of Towing Vessels oceans or near-coastal ..................................
Master oceans or near-coastal, less than 200 GRT .............................
Mate oceans or near-coastal, less than 200 GRT ................................
None ..................................
None ..................................
6 months ............................
12 months ..........................
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Competence—STCW
Table A–II/1 2
Training
required by
this
section 3
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
1 This
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
3 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(4) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
42. Amend § 11.321 by revising the
section heading, paragraph (a), and table
1 to § 11.321(d) to read as follows:
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§ 11.321 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Officer in Charge of
a Navigational Watch of vessels of less than
500 GT limited to near-coastal waters
(operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch (OICNW), an
applicant must—
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(1) Provide evidence of seagoing
service as follows:
(i) Twenty-four months of seagoing
service in the deck department on
vessels operating in oceans, near-coastal
waters, and/or Great Lakes. Service on
inland waters, bays, or sounds that are
navigable waters of the United States
may be substituted for up to 50 percent
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of the total required service. Experience
gained in the engine department may be
creditable for up to 3 months of the
service requirements; or
(ii) Successful completion of an
approved training program that includes
seagoing service as required by the
Coast Guard; or
(iii) Successful completion of
approved training for this section and
obtain 12 months of seagoing service;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–II/3 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Basic and Advanced Firefighting
in accordance with § 11.303.
(iii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than
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Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSCLimited).
(iv) Bridge resource management;
(v) ECDIS, if serving on a vessel with
this equipment.
(vi) Radar Observer, if serving on a
vessel with this equipment.
(vii) ARPA, if serving on a vessel with
this equipment.
*
*
*
*
*
(d) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 11.321(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS OICNW OF VESSELS OF LESS THAN 500 GT LIMITED TO NEARCOASTAL WATERS
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service under authority
of the
endorsement 1
Mate oceans or near-coastal less than 500 GRT .................................
Mate of Towing Vessels oceans or near-coastal ..................................
Master oceans or near-coastal, less than 200 GRT .............................
Mate oceans or near-coastal, less than 200 GRT ................................
None ..................................
None ..................................
None ..................................
6 months ............................
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Competence—STCW
Table A–II/3 2
Training
required by
this
section 3
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
1 This
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
3 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
43. Amend § 11.323 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (d) to read as follows:
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§ 11.323 STCW engineer officer
endorsements.
(a) Specific requirements for all
STCW engineer officer endorsements
are detailed in the applicable sections in
this part.
(1) Chief Engineer Officer on vessels
powered by main propulsion machinery
of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power
or more (management level).
(2) Second Engineer Officer on vessels
powered by main propulsion machinery
of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power
or more (management level).
(3) Officer in Charge of an Engineering
Watch (OICEW) in a manned
engineroom, or as a Designated Duty
Engineer in a periodically unmanned
engineroom, on vessels powered by
main propulsion machinery of 750 kW/
1,000 HP propulsion power or more
(operational level).
(4) Chief Engineer Officer on vessels
powered by main propulsion machinery
of between 750 kW/1,000 HP and 3,000
kW/4,000 HP propulsion power
(management level).
(5) Second Engineer Officer on vessels
powered by main propulsion machinery
of 750 kW/1,000 HP to 3,000 kW/4,000
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HP propulsion power (management
level).
(6) Electro-technical Officer on vessels
powered by main propulsion machinery
of 750 kW/1,000 HP or more
(operational level).
*
*
*
*
*
(d) An officer endorsement issued in
the grade of Chief Engineer-Limited or
Assistant Engineer-Limited allows the
holder to serve within any propulsion
power limitations on vessels of
unlimited tonnage on inland waters, on
vessels of less than 3,000 GT in Great
Lakes service, and on the vessels
specified in § 15.105(f) and (g) of this
subchapter.
■ 44. Amend § 11.325 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b)
introductory text, and table 1 to
§ 11.325(d) to read as follows:
§ 11.325 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Chief Engineer
Officer on vessels powered by main
propulsion machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power or more (management
level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer,
an applicant must—
(1) Provide evidence of not less than
36 months of service as OICEW on ships
powered by main propulsion machinery
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of 750 kW/1,000 HP propulsion power
or more. This period may be reduced to
not less than 24 months if the applicant
has served for not less than 12 months
as Second Engineer Officer on ships
powered by propulsion machinery of
3,000 kW/4,000 HP or more;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–III/2 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following areas:
(i) Engineroom Resource Management
(ERM) if not completed at the
operational level.
(ii) Leadership and managerial skills.
(iii) Management of electrical and
electronic control equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer
on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power or more to be valid on
or after January 1, 2017, each candidate
must provide evidence of successful
completion of approved training in the
following:
*
*
*
*
*
(d) * * *
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TABLE 1 TO § 11.325(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS CHIEF ENGINEER OFFICER ON VESSELS POWERED BY MAIN
PROPULSION MACHINERY OF 3,000 kW/4,000 HP PROPULSION POWER OR MORE
Competence—
STCW Table A–III/2 2
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service 1
Chief Engineer ........................................................................................
Chief Engineer-Limited ...........................................................................
Chief Engineer-MODU ............................................................................
Chief Engineer-OSV ...............................................................................
Designated Duty Engineer, any horsepower 5 ........................................
None ...................................
12 months ...........................
12 months/24 months4 .......
None ...................................
24 months as DDE .............
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
Training
required by
this
section 3
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
1 This
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
4 Depending on the type of sea service used to obtain Chief Engineer-MODU (refer to § 11.542)
5 STCW certificate should be limited to vessels less than 500 GRT.
2 Complete
3 Complete
45. Amend § 11.327 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b)
introductory text, and table 1 to
§ 11.327(d) to read as follows:
■
§ 11.327 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Second Engineer
Officer on vessels powered by main
propulsion machinery of 3,000kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power or more (management
level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Second Engineer
Officer, an applicant must—
(1) Provide evidence of not less than
12 months of service as OICEW on
vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 750kW/1,000 HP or more;
or 12 months of sea service as a Chief
Engineer on vessels powered by
propulsion machinery of vessels
between 750kW/1,000 HP and 3,000
kW/4,000 HP;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–III/2 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following areas:
(i) Engineroom Resource Management
(ERM) if not completed at the
operational level.
(ii) Leadership and managerial skills.
(iii) Management of electrical and
electronic control equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Second Engineer Officer
on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power or more to be valid on
or after January 1, 2017, each candidate
must provide evidence of successful
completion of approved training in the
following:
*
*
*
*
*
(d) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 11.327(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS SECOND ENGINEER OFFICER ON VESSELS POWERED BY MAIN
PROPULSION MACHINERY OF 3,000 kW/4,000 HP PROPULSION POWER OR MORE
Competence—STCW Table
A–III/2 2
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service 1
First Assistant Engineer .........................................................................
Second Assistant Engineer ....................................................................
Third Assistant Engineer ........................................................................
Assistant Engineer-Limited ....................................................................
Chief Engineer-MODU ...........................................................................
Chief Engineer-OSV ...............................................................................
Designated Duty Engineer-Unlimited 4 ...................................................
None ..................................
None ..................................
12 months ..........................
12 months ..........................
12 months ..........................
None ..................................
12 months as DDE ............
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
Training
required
by this
section 3
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
1 This
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
4 STCW certificate should be limited to vessels less than 500 GRT.
2 Complete
3 Complete
46. Amend § 11.329 by revising the
section heading, paragraph (a), and table
1 to § 11.329(e) to read as follows:
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§ 11.329 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Officer in Charge of
an Engineering Watch in a manned
engineroom or Designated Duty Engineer in
a periodically unmanned engineroom on
vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP propulsion
power or more (operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Officer in Charge of an
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Engineering Watch (OICEW), an
applicant must—
(1) Provide evidence of seagoing
service as follows:
(i) Thirty-six months of seagoing
service in the engine department; or
(ii) Successful completion of an
approved training program, which
includes a combination of workshop
skill training and seagoing service of not
less than 12 months, and that meets the
requirements of Section A–III/1 of the
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STCW Code (incorporated by reference,
see § 11.102);
(2) Provide evidence of having
performed during the required seagoing
service, engineroom watchkeeping
duties, under the supervision of an
officer holding the STCW endorsement
as Chief Engineer Officer or as a
qualified engineer officer, for a period of
not less than 6 months;
(3) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–III/1 of the STCW Code; and
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(4) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Basic and Advanced Firefighting
in accordance with § 11.303.
(iii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats.
(iv) Engineroom Resource
Management (ERM).
(v) Engineering terminology and
shipboard operations.
(vi) Auxiliary machinery.
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(vii) Gas turbine plants, as applicable.
(viii) Steam plants, as applicable.
(ix) Motor plants, as applicable.
(x) Electrical machinery and basic
electronics.
(xi) Control systems.
*
*
*
*
*
(e) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 11.329(e)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS OICEW IN A MANNED ENGINEROOM OR DESIGNATED DUTY ENGINEER IN A PERIODICALLY UNMANNED ENGINEROOM ON VESSELS POWERED BY MAIN PROPULSION MACHINERY OF
750 kW/1,000 HP PROPULSION POWER OR MORE [OPERATIONAL LEVEL]
Competence—
STCW Table A–
III/1 **
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service *
Second Assistant Engineer any horsepower ..........................................
Third Assistant Engineer any horsepower ..............................................
Assistant Engineer-Limited .....................................................................
Designated Duty Engineer-Unlimited, less than 500 GRT .....................
Assistant Engineer-MODU ......................................................................
Assistant Engineer-OSV .........................................................................
Designated Duty Engineer, 3,000 kW/4,000 HP 1 ..................................
Designated Duty Engineer, 750 kW/1,000 HP 1 .....................................
None ...................................
None ...................................
None ...................................
None ...................................
None ...................................
None ...................................
12 months ...........................
24 months ...........................
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
Training
required by
this
section ***
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
* This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
** Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
*** Complete any items in paragraph (a)(4) of this section not previously satisfied.
1 STCW certificate should be limited to vessels less than 500 GRT.
47. Amend § 11.331 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a), (b)
introductory text, and (c), and table 1 to
§ 11.331(e) to read as follows:
■
§ 11.331 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Chief Engineer
Officer on vessels powered by main
propulsion machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP
or more and less than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer,
an applicant must—
(1) Provide evidence of meeting the
requirements for certification as OICEW,
and have not less than 24 months of
service on seagoing vessels powered by
main propulsion machinery of not less
than 750 kW/1,000 HP, of which not
less than 12 months must be served
while qualified to serve as Second
Engineer Officer. Experience gained in
the deck department may be creditable
for up to 2 months of the total service
requirements;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–III/3 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following areas:
(i) Engineroom Resource Management
(ERM) if not completed at the
operational level.
(ii) Leadership and managerial skills.
(iii) Management of electrical and
electronic control equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer
on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or more
and less than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power to be valid on or after
January 1, 2017, each candidate must
provide evidence of successful
completion of approved training in the
following:
*
*
*
*
*
(c) An engineer officer qualified to
serve as Second Engineer Officer on
vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP or
more, may serve as Chief Engineer
Officer on vessels powered by main
propulsion machinery of 750 kW/1,000
HP or more and less than 3,000 kW/
4,000 HP provided the certificate is so
endorsed.
*
*
*
*
*
(e) * * *
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TABLE 1 TO § 11.331(e)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS CHIEF ENGINEER OFFICER ON VESSELS POWERED BY MAIN
PROPULSION MACHINERY OF 750 kW/1,000 HP OR MORE AND LESS THAN 3,000 kW/4,000 HP PROPULSION POWER
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service 1
Chief Engineer .......................................................................................
First Assistant Engineer .........................................................................
Chief Engineer-Limited ...........................................................................
Chief Engineer-OSV ...............................................................................
Chief Engineer-MODU ...........................................................................
Designated Duty Engineer, 3,000 kW/4,000 HP 4 .................................
Designated Duty Engineer, 750 kW/1,000 HP 4 ....................................
None ..................................
None ..................................
None ..................................
None ..................................
12 months ..........................
12 months ..........................
24 months ..........................
1 This
Competence—STCW Table
A–III/3 2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
........................................
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
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Training
required
by this
section 3
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
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3 Complete
4 STCW
any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
certificate should be limited to vessels less than 500 GRT.
48. Amend § 11.333 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b)
introductory text, and table 1 to
§ 11.333(d) to read as follows:
■
§ 11.333 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Second Engineer
Officer on vessels powered by main
propulsion machinery of 750kW/1,000 HP or
more and less than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Second Engineer
Officer, an applicant must—
(1) Provide evidence of meeting the
requirements for certification as OICEW,
as well as serving for not less than 12
months as Assistant Engineer Officer or
engineer officer on vessels powered by
main propulsion machinery of not less
than 750 kW/1,000 HP. Experience
gained in the deck department may be
creditable for up to 1 month of the total
service requirements;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–III/3 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following areas:
(i) Engineroom Resource Management
(ERM) if not completed at the
operational level.
(ii) Leadership and managerial skills.
(iii) Management of electrical and
electronic control equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW
endorsement as Second Engineer Officer
on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or more
and less than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power to be valid on or after
January 1, 2017, each candidate must
provide evidence of successful
completion of approved training in the
following:
*
*
*
*
*
(d) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 11.333(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS SECOND ENGINEER OFFICER ON VESSELS POWERED BY MAIN
PROPULSION MACHINERY OF 750 kW/1,000 HP OR MORE AND LESS THAN 3,000 kW/4,000 HP PROPULSION POWER
Competence—STCW Table
A–III/3 2
Entry path from national endorsements
Sea service 1
First Assistant Engineer .........................................................................
Second Assistant Engineer ....................................................................
Third Assistant Engineer ........................................................................
Assistant Engineer-Limited ....................................................................
Assistant Engineer-OSV ........................................................................
Assistant Engineer-MODU .....................................................................
None ..................................
None ..................................
12 months ..........................
None ..................................
None ..................................
12 months ..........................
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Training
required
by this
section 3
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
1 This
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
3 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
2 Complete
49. Amend § 11.335 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(c) to read as follows:
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§ 11.335 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as an Electro-technical
Officer on vessels powered by main
propulsion machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP
or more (operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as an Electro-technical
Officer (ETO), an applicant must—
(1) Provide evidence of 36 months
combined workshop skills training and
approved seagoing service of which not
less than 30 months must be seagoing
service in the engine department of
vessels. Experience gained in the deck
department may be creditable for up to
3 months of the service requirements; or
completion of an approved training
program, that includes a combination of
workshop skill training and seagoing
service of not less than 12 months, and
which meets the requirements of
Section A–III/6 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 11.102);
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(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Section A–III/6 of the STCW Code;
(3) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Basic and Advanced Firefighting
in accordance with § 11.303.
(iii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSCLimited); and
(4) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
professional training in the following
subject areas:
(i) Onboard computer networking and
security.
(ii) Radio electronics.
(iii) Integrated navigation equipment.
(iv) Ship propulsion and auxiliary
machinery.
(v) Instrumentation and control
systems.
(vi) High-voltage power systems.
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(c) An applicant who holds an STCW
endorsement as OICEW, Second
Engineer Officer, or Chief Engineer
Officer will be allowed to receive the
ETO endorsement upon completion of
the requirements in Section A–III/6 of
the STCW Code.
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■ 50. Amend § 11.337 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.337 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Vessel Security
Officer.
(a) The applicant for an endorsement
as Vessel Security Officer (VSO) must
present satisfactory documentary
evidence in accordance with the
requirements in 33 CFR 104.215.
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■ 51. Amend § 11.401 by revising
paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) to read as
follows:
§ 11.401 Ocean and near-coastal national
officer endorsements.
(a) Subject to the provisions of
§§ 11.464(e) and 11.465(b), any License
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or MMC endorsement for service as
Master or Mate on ocean waters
qualifies the mariner to serve in the
same grade on any waters, except
towing vessels upon western rivers
subject to the limitations of the
endorsement.
(b) Subject to the provisions of
§§ 11.464(e) and 11.465(b), any License
or MMC endorsement issued for service
as Master or Mate on near-coastal waters
qualifies the mariner to serve in the
same grade on Great Lakes and inland
waters, except towing vessels upon
western rivers subject to the limitations
of the endorsement.
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(d) A Master or Mate on vessels of 200
GRT or more, and a Master or Mate on
vessels under 200 GRT, may be
endorsed for Sail or Auxiliary Sail as
appropriate. The applicant must present
the equivalent total service required for
conventional officer endorsements,
including at least 1 year of deck
experience on that specific type of
vessel. For example, for an officer
endorsement as Master of vessels of less
than 1,600 GRT endorsed for auxiliary
sail, the applicant must meet the total
experience requirements for the
conventional officer endorsement,
including time as Mate, and the proper
tonnage experience, including at least 1
year of deck service, on appropriately
sized auxiliary sail vessels. For an
endorsement to serve on vessels of less
than 200 GRT, see the individual
endorsement requirements.
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■ 52. Amend § 11.402 by revising
paragraphs (b) through (d) to read as
follows:
§ 11.402 Tonnage requirements for
national ocean or near-coastal
endorsements for vessels of 1,600 GRT or
more.
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(b) If an applicant for a national
endorsement as Master or Mate of
unlimited tonnage does not have the
service on vessels of 1,600 GRT or more
as required by paragraph (a)(2) of this
section, a tonnage limitation will be
placed on the MMC based on the
applicant’s qualifying experience. The
endorsement will be limited to the
maximum tonnage on which at least 25
percent of the required experience was
obtained, or 150 percent of the
maximum tonnage on which at least 50
percent of the service was obtained,
whichever is higher. However, the
minimum tonnage limitation calculated
according to this paragraph will be
2,000 GRT. Limitations are in multiples
of 1,000 GRT using the next higher
figure when an intermediate tonnage is
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calculated. When the calculated
limitation equals or exceeds 10,000
GRT, the applicant is issued an
unlimited tonnage endorsement.
(c) Tonnage limitations imposed
under paragraph (b) of this section may
be raised or removed in one of the
following manners:
(1) When the applicant provides
evidence of 6 months of service on
vessels of 1,600 GRT or more in the
highest grade endorsed, all tonnage
limitations will be removed.
(2) When the applicant provides
evidence of 6 months of service on
vessels of 1,600 GRT or more in any
capacity as an officer other than the
highest grade for which they are
endorsed, all tonnage limitations for the
grade in which the service is performed
will be removed and the next higher
grade endorsement will be raised to the
tonnage of the vessel on which the
majority of the service was performed.
The total cumulative service before and
after issuance of the limited License or
MMC officer endorsement may be
considered in removing all tonnage
limitations.
(3) When the applicant has 12 months
of service as Able Seafarer on vessels of
1,600 GRT or more while holding a
License or endorsement as Third Mate,
all tonnage limitations on the Third
Mate’s License or MMC officer
endorsement will be removed.
(d) No applicant holding any national
endorsement as Master or Mate of
vessels of less than 1,600 GRT, less than
500 GRT, or less than 25–200 GRT may
use the provisions of paragraph (c) of
this section to increase the tonnages of
their License or endorsement.
■ 53. Amend § 11.404 by revising the
section heading, and paragraphs (a) and
(b) introductory text to read as follows:
§ 11.404 Service requirements for Master
of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Master of ocean or near-coastal selfpropelled vessels of unlimited tonnage
is—
(1) One year of service as Chief Mate
on ocean self-propelled vessels; or
(2) While holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Chief Mate of ocean
self-propelled vessels of unlimited
tonnage, 12 months of service on deck
as follows:
(i) A minimum of 6 months of service
as Chief Mate.
(ii) Service as Second Mate, Third
Mate, or Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch (OICNW) accepted
on a two-for-one basis (12 months as
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OICNW equals 6 months of creditable
service).
(b) An individual holding an
endorsement or License as Master of
Great Lakes and inland, self-propelled
vessels of unlimited tonnage, or Master
of inland, self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage, may obtain an
endorsement as Master of oceans or
near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage by providing
evidence of sea service of not less than
24 months under the authority of the
credential and by completing the
prescribed examination in subpart I of
this part. Service will be credited as
follows:
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■ 54. Amend § 11.405 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.405 Service requirements for Chief
Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Chief Mate of ocean or near-coastal
self-propelled vessels of unlimited
tonnage is 1 year of service as Officer in
Charge of a Navigational Watch
(OICNW) on ocean self-propelled
vessels while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Second Mate.
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■ 55. Amend § 11.406 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(c) to read as follows:
§ 11.406 Service requirements for Second
Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Second Mate of ocean or near-coastal
self-propelled vessels of unlimited
tonnage is—
(1) One year of service as Officer in
Charge of a Navigational Watch
(OICNW) on ocean self-propelled
vessels while holding a License or
endorsement as Third Mate; or
(2) While holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Third Mate of ocean
self-propelled vessels of unlimited
tonnage, 12 months of service on deck
as follows:
(i) A minimum of 6 months service as
officer in charge of a deck watch on
ocean self-propelled vessels.
(ii) Service on ocean self-propelled
vessels as Boatswain, Able Seafarer, or
quartermaster while holding a certificate
or MMC endorsement as Able Seafarer,
which may be accepted on a two-for-one
basis to a maximum allowable
substitution of six months (12 months of
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creditable service).
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(c) If an individual holds an
endorsement or License as Master of
Great Lakes and inland self-propelled
vessels of unlimited tonnage or Master
of inland self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage, they may obtain an
endorsement as Second Mate of ocean
or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage by completing the
prescribed examination in subpart I of
this part.
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■ 56. Amend § 11.407 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a)
through (d) to read as follows:
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§ 11.407 Service requirements for Third
Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service or training
required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Third Mate of ocean or
near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage is—
(1) Three years of service in the deck
department on ocean self-propelled
vessels, with a minimum of 6 months of
bridge watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified
officer. Experience gained in the engine
department on vessels of appropriate
tonnage may be creditable for up to 3
months of the service requirements for
this officer endorsement;
(2) Graduation from—
(i) The U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy (deck curriculum);
(ii) The U.S. Coast Guard Academy
with qualification as an underway
Officer in Charge of a Navigational
Watch (OICNW), underway officer of
the deck, or deck watch officer;
(iii) The U.S. Naval Academy with
qualification as an underway OICNW,
underway officer of the deck or deck
watch officer; or
(iv) The deck class of a maritime
academy approved by and conducted
under rules prescribed by the Maritime
Administrator and listed in part 310 of
this title, including the ocean option
program in the deck class of the Great
Lakes Maritime Academy; or
(3) Satisfactory completion of a
comprehensive Apprentice Mate
training program approved by the Coast
Guard.
(b) Graduation from the deck class of
the Great Lakes Maritime Academy will
qualify the graduate to be examined for
an endorsement as Third Mate of selfpropelled vessels of unlimited tonnage
with a route appropriate to the program
completed.
(c) While holding a license or MMC
endorsement as Master of ocean or near-
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coastal self-propelled vessels of less
than 1,600 GRT, 1 year of service as
Master on vessels of more than 200 GRT
operating on ocean or near-coastal
waters will qualify the applicant for an
endorsement as Third Mate of ocean or
near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage.
(d) An individual holding an
endorsement or License as Mate of Great
Lakes and inland, self-propelled vessels
of unlimited tonnage, or Master of
inland, self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage, may obtain an
endorsement as Third Mate of oceans or
near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage by completing the
prescribed examination in subpart I of
this part.
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■ 57. Amend § 11.410 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (b) introductory text
to read as follows:
§ 11.410 Requirements for deck officer
endorsements for vessels of less than 1,600
GRT.
(a) Endorsements as Master and Mate
of vessels of less than 1,600 GRT are
issued in the following tonnage
categories:
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(b) Experience gained in the engine
department on vessels of appropriate
tonnage may be creditable for up to 90
days of the service requirements for any
Master or Mate endorsement in this
category.
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■ 58. Amend § 11.412 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
§ 11.412 Service requirements for Master
of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of less than 1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Master of ocean or near-coastal selfpropelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT
is—
(1) Four years total service on ocean
or near-coastal waters. Service on Great
Lakes and inland waters may substitute
for up to 2 years of the required service.
Two years of the required service must
have been on vessels of more than 100
GRT. Two years of the required service
must have been as a Master or Mate of
self-propelled vessels, or Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or equivalent
position while holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Master or Mate of
self-propelled vessels, or Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels. One year of
the service as Master or Mate of selfpropelled vessels, or Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or equivalent
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position must have been on vessels of
more than 100 GRT; or
(2) One year of service on vessels of
more than 100 GRT on ocean or nearcoastal waters as a Master or Mate of
self-propelled vessels, or Master or Mate
of Towing Vessels while holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Mate
of ocean self-propelled vessels of less
than 1,600 GRT or as Master or Mate of
Towing Vessels.
(b) An applicant holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Chief Mate of
ocean or near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of 1,600 GRT or more is eligible
for this endorsement without further
examination. An applicant holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Second
Mate of ocean or near-coastal selfpropelled vessels of 1,600 GRT or more
is eligible for this endorsement upon
completion of a limited examination.
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section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.414 Service requirements for Mate of
ocean self-propelled vessels of less than
1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Mate of self-propelled vessels of less
than 1,600 GRT is—
(1) Three years of total service in the
deck department of ocean or nearcoastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary
sail vessels, as follows:
(i) Service on Great Lakes and inland
waters may substitute for up to 18
months of the required service.
(ii) One year of the required service
must have been on vessels of more than
100 GRT.
(iii) One year of the required service
must have been as a Master or Mate of
self-propelled vessels, or Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or equivalent
position while holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Master, Mate, or
Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels. Six months of the required
service as Master or Mate of selfpropelled vessels, or Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or equivalent
position must have been on vessels of
more than 100 GRT; or
(2) Three years of total service in the
deck department on ocean or nearcoastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary
sail vessels of more than 100 GRT. Six
months of the required service must
have been while performing bridge
watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified
officer.
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60. Amend § 11.416 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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§ 11.416 Service requirements for Mate of
near-coastal self-propelled vessels of less
than 1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Mate of near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of less than 1,600 GRT is 2 years
of total service in the deck department
of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled,
sail, or auxiliary sail vessels. Service on
Great Lakes and inland waters may
substitute for up to 1 year of the
required service. One year of the
required service must have been on
vessels of more than 100 GRT. Six
months of the required service must
have been while performing bridge
watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified
officer.
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section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
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§ 11.418 Service requirements for Master
of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of less than 500 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Master of ocean or near-coastal selfpropelled vessels of less than 500 GRT
is—
(1) Three years total of service on
ocean or near-coastal waters. Service on
Great Lakes and inland waters may
substitute for up to 18 months of the
required service. Two years of the
required service must have been as a
Master, Mate, or equivalent position
while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Master, Mate, or
Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels. One year of the required service
as Master, Mate, or equivalent position
must have been on vessels of more than
50 GRT; or
(2) One year of service on vessels of
more than 50 GRT on ocean or nearcoastal waters as a Master or Mate of
self-propelled vessels, or Master or Mate
of Towing Vessels while holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Mate
of ocean self-propelled vessels of less
than 500 GRT.
(b) The holder of a License or MMC
endorsement as Master or Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels authorizing service on
oceans or near-coastal routes is eligible
for an endorsement as Master of ocean
or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
less than 500 GRT after both 1 year of
service as Master or Mate of Towing
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examination.
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■ 62. Amend § 11.420 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.420 Service requirements for Mate of
ocean self-propelled vessels of less than
500 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Mate of ocean self-propelled vessels
of less than 500 GRT is 2 years of total
service in the deck department of ocean
or near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or
auxiliary sail vessels. Service on Great
Lakes and inland waters may substitute
for up to 1 year of the required service.
One year of the required service must
have been as a Master, Mate, or
equivalent position while holding a
License or endorsement as Master, Mate,
or Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels. Six months of the required
service as Master, Mate, or equivalent
position must have been on vessels of
more than 50 GRT.
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section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.421 Service requirements for Mate of
near-coastal self-propelled vessels of less
than 500 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Mate of near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of less than 500 GRT is 2 years
of total service in the deck department
of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled,
sail, or auxiliary sail vessels. Service on
Great Lakes and inland waters may
substitute for up to 1 year of the
required service. One year of the
required service must have been on
vessels of more than 50 GRT. Three
months of the required service must
have been while performing bridge
watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified
officer on vessels of more than 50 GRT.
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§ 11.422 Tonnage limitations and
qualifying requirements for endorsements
as Master or Mate of vessels of less than
200 GRT.
(a) Each national endorsement as
Master or Mate of vessels of less than
200 GRT is issued with a tonnage
limitation based on the applicant’s
qualifying experience. The tonnage
limitation will be issued at the 25, 50,
100, or 200 GRT level. The endorsement
will be limited to the maximum GRT on
which at least 25 percent of the required
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experience was obtained, or 150 percent
of the maximum GRT on which at least
50 percent of the service was obtained,
whichever is higher. Limitations are as
stated above, using the next higher
figure when an intermediate tonnage is
calculated. If more than 75 percent of
the qualifying experience is obtained on
vessels of 5 GRT or less, the MMC will
automatically be limited to vessels of
less than 25 GRT.
(b) The tonnage limitation may be
raised as follows:
(1) For an endorsement as Mate, with
at least 45 days of additional service on
deck of a vessel in the highest tonnage
increment authorized by the officer
endorsement.
(2) For an endorsement as Master,
with at least 90 days of additional
service on deck of a vessel in the highest
tonnage increment authorized by the
Master endorsement.
(3) With additional service, which,
when combined with all previously
accumulated service, will qualify the
applicant for a higher tonnage officer
endorsement under the basic formula
specified in paragraph (a) of this
section.
(4) With 6 months additional service
in the deck department on vessels
within the highest tonnage increment on
the officer’s License or MMC
endorsement. In this case, the tonnage
limitation may be raised one increment.
(c) When the service is obtained on
vessels upon which no personnel need
an officer endorsement or License, the
Coast Guard must be satisfied that the
nature of this required service (i.e., size
of vessel, route, equipment, etc.) is a
reasonable equivalent to the duties
performed on vessels which are
required to engage individuals with
officer endorsements.
(d) Service gained in the engineroom
on vessels of 200 GRT or less may be
creditable for up to 90 days of the deck
service requirements for Mate.
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section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
§ 11.424 Requirements for Master of ocean
self-propelled vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an officer
endorsement as Master of ocean selfpropelled vessels of less than 200 GRT
is—
(1) Three years of total service on
ocean or near-coastal waters. Service on
Great Lakes and inland waters may
substitute for up to 18 months of the
required service. Two years of the
required service must have been as
Master, Mate, or equivalent position
while holding a License or MMC
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endorsement as Master, as Mate, or as
Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels (OUPV); or
(2) Two years of total service as a
Master or Mate of ocean or near-coastal
towing vessels. Completion of an
examination is also required.
(b) In order to obtain an officer
endorsement for sail or auxiliary sail
vessels, the applicant must submit
evidence of 12 months of service on sail
or auxiliary sail vessels. The required 12
months of service may have been
obtained prior to issuance of the
Master’s License or MMC endorsement.
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■ 66. Amend § 11.425 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a), (b),
and (d) to read as follows:
Lakes and inland waters may substitute
for up to 1 year of the required service.
One year of the required service must
have been as a Master, Mate, or
equivalent position while holding a
License or endorsement as Master, Mate,
or Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels (OUPV); or
(2) One year of total service as Master
or Mate of Towing Vessels on ocean or
near-coastal routes. Completion of an
examination is also required.
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■ 68. Amend § 11.427 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a), (b),
and (d) to read as follows:
§ 11.425 Requirements for Mate of ocean
self-propelled vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify for the endorsement as Mate of
near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
less than 200 GRT is—
(1) Twelve months of total service in
the deck department of ocean or nearcoastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary
sail vessels. Service on Great Lakes and
inland waters may substitute for up to
6 months of the required service; or
(2) Three months of service in the
deck department of self-propelled
vessels operating on ocean, near-coastal,
Great Lakes, or inland waters while
holding a License or MMC endorsement
as Master of inland self-propelled, sail,
or auxiliary sail vessels of less than 200
GRT.
(b) The holder of a License or MMC
endorsement as Operator of
Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV)
with a near-coastal route endorsement
may obtain this endorsement by
successfully completing an examination
on rules and regulations for small
passenger vessels.
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(d) A License or MMC endorsement as
Master of near-coastal self-propelled
vessels may be endorsed as Mate of sail
or auxiliary sail vessels upon
presentation of 3 months of service on
sail or auxiliary sail vessels.
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section heading and paragraphs (a), (b),
and (d) to read as follows:
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(a) The minimum service required to
qualify for the endorsement as Mate of
ocean self-propelled vessels of less than
200 GRT is—
(1) Twelve months of total service in
the deck department of ocean or nearcoastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary
sail vessels. Service on Great Lakes and
inland waters may substitute for up to
6 months of the required service; or
(2) Three months of service in the
deck department of self-propelled
vessels operating on ocean, near-coastal,
Great Lakes, or inland waters while
holding a License or MMC endorsement
as Master of inland self-propelled, sail,
or auxiliary sail vessels of less than 200
GRT.
(b) The holder of a License or MMC
endorsement as Operator of
Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV)
with a near-coastal route endorsement
may obtain this endorsement by
successfully completing an examination
on rules and regulations for small
passenger vessels.
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(d) A License or MMC endorsement as
Master of near-coastal self-propelled
vessels may be endorsed as Mate of sail
or auxiliary sail vessels upon
presentation of 3 months of service on
sail or auxiliary sail vessels.
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■ 67. Amend § 11.426 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.426 Requirements for Master of nearcoastal self-propelled vessels of less than
200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify for a Master of near-coastal selfpropelled vessels of less than 200 GRT
is—
(1) Two years total service on ocean
or near-coastal waters. Service on Great
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§ 11.428 Requirements for Master of nearcoastal self-propelled vessels of less than
100 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify for the endorsement as Master of
self-propelled, seagoing vessels of less
than 100 GRT limited to domestic
voyages upon near-coastal waters is 2
years of service in the deck department
of a self-propelled vessel on ocean or
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near-coastal waters. Service on Great
Lakes and inland waters may substitute
for up to 1 year of the required service.
(b) To obtain an endorsement for sail
or auxiliary sail vessels, the applicant
must submit evidence of 12 months of
service on sail or auxiliary-sail vessels.
This required service may have been
obtained before issuance of the License
or MMC.
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(d) All endorsements issued for
Master or Mate of vessels of less than
100 GRT are issued in tonnage
increments based on the applicant’s
qualifying experience in accordance
with the provisions of § 11.422.
70. Amend § 11.429 by revising the
section heading, paragraph (a)
introductory text, and paragraph (c) to
read as follows:
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§ 11.429 Requirements for a Limited
Master of near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) An endorsement as Limited Master
for service on near-coastal waters on
vessels of less than 100 GRT may be
issued to an applicant to be employed
by organizations such as yacht clubs,
marinas, formal camps, and educational
institutions. An endorsement issued
under this section is limited to the
specific activity and the locality of the
yacht club, marina, or camp. To obtain
this restricted endorsement, an
applicant must—
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(c) To obtain an endorsement for sail
or auxiliary sail vessels, the applicant
must submit evidence of 4 months of
service on sail or auxiliary sail vessels.
The required 4 months of service may
have been obtained prior to issuance of
the License or MMC endorsement.
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71. Amend § 11.430 by revising
paragraph (e) to read as follows:
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(e) To obtain a Master or Mate
endorsement with a tonnage limit of 200
GRT or more, whether an original, raise
of grade, or increase in the scope of
authority, the applicant must meet the
training requirements in § 11.201(h) and
(i) and successfully complete Radar
Observer training in § 11.480.
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72. Amend § 11.433 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Master of Great Lakes and inland selfpropelled vessels of unlimited tonnage
is—
(1) One year of service as a Mate or
First-Class Pilot while acting in the
capacity of First Mate of Great Lakes
self-propelled vessels of 1,600 GRT or
more while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Mate inland or FirstClass Pilot of Great Lakes and inland
self-propelled vessels of unlimited
tonnage;
(2) Two years of service as Master of
self-propelled vessels of 1,600 GRT or
more on inland waters, excluding the
Great Lakes; or
(3) One year of service upon Great
Lakes waters while holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Mate or FirstClass Pilot of Great Lakes and inland
self-propelled vessels of 1,600 GRT or
more. A minimum of 6 months of this
service must have been in the capacity
of First Mate. Service as Second Mate is
accepted for the remainder on a two-forone basis to a maximum of 6 months (2
days of service equals 1 day of
creditable service).
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section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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§ 11.435 Requirements for Master of inland
self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Master of self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage on inland waters,
excluding the Great Lakes is—
(1) One year of service as First-Class
Pilot (of other than canal and small
lakes routes) or Mate of Great Lakes or
inland self-propelled vessels of 1,600
GRT or more while holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Mate inland or
First-Class Pilot of Great Lakes and
inland self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage; or
(2) Two years of service performing
bridge watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified
officer while holding a Mate/First-Class
Pilot License or MMC endorsement.
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■ 74. Amend § 11.437 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.437 Requirements for Mate of Great
Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
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as Mate of Great Lakes and inland selfpropelled vessels of unlimited tonnage
is—
(1) Three years of service in the deck
department of self-propelled vessels, at
least 3 months of which must have been
on vessels on inland waters and at least
6 months of which must have been
while performing bridge watchkeeping
duties under the supervision of the
Master or a qualified officer;
(2) Graduation from the deck class of
the Great Lakes Maritime Academy; or
(3) While holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Master of Great Lakes
and inland self-propelled vessels of less
than 1,600 GRT, 1 year of service as
Master on vessels of 200 GRT or more.
A tonnage limitation may be placed on
this License in accordance with
§ 11.431.
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■ 75. Amend § 11.442 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.442 Requirements for Master of Great
Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Master of Great Lakes and inland selfpropelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT
is—
(1) Three years of total service on
vessels. Eighteen months of the required
service must have been on vessels of
100 GRT or more. One year of the
required service must have been as a
Master, Mate, or equivalent position on
vessels of 100 GRT or more while
holding a License or MMC endorsement
as Master, Mate, or Master of Towing
Vessels; or
(2) Six months of service as operator
on vessels of 100 GRT or more while
holding a License or MMC endorsement
as Master of Towing Vessels.
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■ 76. Amend § 11.444 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.444 Requirements for Mate of Great
Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Mate of Great Lakes and inland selfpropelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT
is—
(1) Two years of total service in the
deck department of self-propelled
vessels. One year of the required service
must have been on vessels of 100 GRT
or more. Six months of the required
service must have been while
performing bridge watchkeeping duties
under the supervision of the Master or
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a qualified officer on vessels of 100 GRT
or more;
(2) One year of total service as Master
of self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail
vessels, or Operator of Uninspected
Passenger Vessels (OUPV) of 50 GRT or
more while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Master of self-propelled
vessels of less than 200 GRT or OUPV;
or
(3) Six months of total service as Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels on vessels of
100 GRT or more.
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■ 77. Revise § 11.446 to read as follows:
§ 11.446 Requirements for Master of Great
Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 500 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Master of Great Lakes and inland selfpropelled vessels of less than 500 GRT
is—
(1) Three years of total service on
vessels. One year of the required service
must have been as a Master, Mate, or
equivalent position on vessels of 50
GRT or more while holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Master, Mate, or
OUPV.
(2) [Reserved]
(b) An applicant holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Master of ocean,
near-coastal, or Great Lakes and inland
towing vessels is eligible for this
endorsement after 6 months of service
as Master of Towing Vessels and
completion of a limited examination.
This requires 31⁄2 years of service. Two
years of this service must have been
served while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Master or Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels, or Mate.
■ 78. Revise § 11.448 to read as follows:
§ 11.448 Requirements for Mate of Great
Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 500 GRT.
The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Mate of Great Lakes and inland selfpropelled vessels of less than 500 GRT
is 2 years of total service in the deck
department of self-propelled vessels.
One year of the required service must
have been on vessels of 50 GRT or more.
Three months of the required service
must have been while performing bridge
watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified
officer on vessels of 50 GRT or more.
■ 79. Revise § 11.450 to read as follows:
§ 11.450 Tonnage limitations and
qualifying requirements for endorsements
as Master or Mate of Great Lakes and inland
vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(a) Except as noted in paragraph (d) of
this section, all endorsements issued for
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Master or Mate of vessels of less than
200 GRT are issued in 50 GRT
increments based on the applicant’s
qualifying experience in accordance
with the provisions of § 11.422.
(b) Service gained in the engineroom
on vessels of less than 200 GRT may be
creditable for up to 25 percent of the
deck service requirements for Mate.
(c) When the service is obtained on
vessels upon which personnel with
Licenses or endorsements are not
required, the Coast Guard must be
satisfied that the nature of this required
service (i.e., size of vessel, route,
equipment, etc.) is a reasonable
equivalent to the duties performed on
vessels which are required to engage
individuals with endorsements.
(d) If more than 75 percent of the
qualifying experience is obtained on
vessels of 5 GRT or less, the License will
automatically be limited to vessels of
less than 25 GRT.
■ 80. Revise § 11.452 to read as follows:
§ 11.452 Requirements for Master of Great
Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
or License as Master of Great Lakes and
inland self-propelled vessels of less than
200 GRT is 1 year of service on vessels.
Six months of the required service must
have been as Master, Mate, or equivalent
position while holding a License or
endorsement as Master or Mate of selfpropelled vessels, or Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or OUPV. To
obtain authority to serve on the Great
Lakes, 3 months of the required service
must have been on Great Lakes waters;
otherwise the endorsement will be
limited to the inland waters of the
United States (excluding the Great
Lakes).
(b) To obtain an endorsement for sail
or auxiliary sail vessels, the applicant
must have 6 months of service on sail
or auxiliary sail vessels. This required
service may have been obtained prior to
issuance of the License or MMC
endorsement as Master.
■ 81. Amend § 11.454 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a), (c),
and (d) to read as follows:
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Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Mate of Great Lakes and inland selfpropelled vessels of less than 200 GRT
is 6 months of service in the deck
department of self-propelled vessels. To
obtain authority to serve on the Great
Lakes, 3 months of the required service
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must have been on Great Lakes waters;
otherwise the endorsement will be
limited to the inland waters of the
United States (excluding the Great
Lakes).
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(c) A mariner holding an endorsement
as Master of self-propelled vessels may
be endorsed as Mate of sail or auxiliary
sail vessels upon presentation of 3
months service on sail or auxiliary sail
vessels.
(d) The holder of a License or MMC
endorsement as Operator of Inland
Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV)
may obtain this endorsement by
successfully completing an examination
on rules and regulations for small
passenger vessels. To obtain authority to
serve on the Great Lakes, 3 months of
the required service must have been on
Great Lakes waters; otherwise the
endorsement will be limited to the
inland waters of the United States
(excluding the Great Lakes).
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■ 82. Amend § 11.455 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(c) to read as follows:
§ 11.455 Requirements for Master of Great
Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 100 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Master of Great Lakes and inland selfpropelled vessels of less than 100 GRT
is 1 year of total service in the deck
department of self-propelled, sail, or
auxiliary sail vessels. To obtain
authority to serve on the Great Lakes, 3
months of the required service must
have been on Great Lakes waters;
otherwise the endorsement will be
limited to the inland waters of the
United States (excluding the Great
Lakes).
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(c) All endorsements issued for
Master or Mate of vessels of less than
100 GRT are issued in tonnage
increments based on the applicant’s
qualifying experience in accordance
with the provisions of § 11.422.
■ 83. Amend § 11.456 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a)
introductory text to read as follows:
§ 11.456 Requirements for Limited Master
of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled
vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) An endorsement as Limited Master
for vessels of less than 100 GRT upon
Great Lakes and inland waters may be
issued to an applicant to be employed
by organizations such as formal camps,
educational institutions, yacht clubs,
and marinas with reduced service
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requirements. An endorsement issued
under this paragraph is limited to the
specific activity and the locality of the
camp, yacht club, or marina. To obtain
this restricted endorsement, an
applicant must—
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§ 11.457 Requirements for Master of inland
self-propelled vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement
as Master of inland self-propelled
vessels of less than 100 GRT must
present 1 year of service on any waters.
In order to raise the tonnage limitation
to more than 100 GRT, the examination
topics indicated in subpart I of this part
must be completed in addition to
satisfying the experience requirements
of § 11.452(a).
(b) To obtain an endorsement for sail
or auxiliary sail vessels, the applicant
must submit evidence of 6 months of
service on sail or auxiliary sail vessels.
The required 6 months of service may
have been obtained prior to issuance of
the License or MMC endorsement.
(c) All endorsements issued for
Master or Mate of vessels of less than
100 GRT are issued in tonnage
increments based on the applicant’s
qualifying experience in accordance
with the provisions of § 11.422.
■ 85. Revise § 11.459, to read as follows:
§ 11.459 Requirements for national
endorsement as Master or Mate on rivers.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement
as Master of river self-propelled vessels
of unlimited tonnage must meet the
same service requirements as Master of
inland self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage.
(b) An applicant for an endorsement
as Master or Mate of river self-propelled
vessels, with a limitation of 25 to 1,600
GRT, must meet the same service
requirements as those required by this
subpart for the corresponding tonnage
Great Lakes and inland self-propelled
endorsement. Service on the Great Lakes
is not, however, required.
■ 86. Amend § 11.462 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (b)
through (d) to read as follows:
§ 11.462 Requirements for national
endorsement as Master or Mate of
Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
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(b) Endorsements as Master or Mate of
Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels
are issued for either ocean or nearcoastal routes, depending on the
examination completed. To qualify for
an Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessel
endorsement, the applicant must satisfy
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requirements of § 11.201(h)(1).
(c) An applicant for an endorsement
as Master of Uninspected Fishing
Industry Vessels must have 4 years of
total service on ocean or near-coastal
routes. Service on Great Lakes or inland
waters may substitute for up to 2 years
of the required service. One year of the
required service must have been as
Master, Mate, or equivalent position
while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Master or Mate of selfpropelled vessels, or Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or OUPV.
(1) To qualify for an endorsement for
less than 500 GRT, at least 2 years of the
required service, including the 1 year as
Master, Mate, or equivalent, must have
been on vessels of 50 GRT or more.
(2) To qualify for an endorsement for
less than 1,600 GRT, at least 2 years of
the required service, including the 1
year as Master, Mate, or equivalent,
must have been on vessels of 100 GRT
or more.
(3) To qualify for an endorsement for
more than 1,600 GRT, but not more than
5,000 GRT, the vessel tonnage upon
which the 4 years of required service
was obtained will be used to compute
the tonnage. The endorsement is limited
to the maximum tonnage on which at
least 25 percent of the required service
was obtained or 150 percent of the
maximum tonnage on which at least 50
percent of the service was obtained,
whichever is higher. Limitations are in
multiples of 1,000 GRT, using the next
higher figure when an intermediate
tonnage is calculated. An endorsement
as Master of Uninspected Fishing
Industry Vessels authorizing service on
vessels more than 1,600 GRT also
requires 1 year as Master, Mate, or
equivalent on vessels of 100 GRT or
more.
(4) The tonnage limitation for this
endorsement may be raised using one of
the following methods but cannot
exceed 5,000 GRT. Limitations are in
multiples of 1,000 GRT, using the next
higher figure when an intermediate
tonnage is calculated.
(i) Three months of service as Master
on a vessel results in a limitation in that
capacity equal to the tonnage of that
vessel rounded up to the next multiple
of 1,000 GRT.
(ii) Six months of service as Master on
a vessel results in a limitation in that
capacity equal to 150 percent of the
tonnage of that vessel.
(iii) Six months of service as Master
on vessels more than 1,600 GRT results
in raising the limitation to 5,000 GRT.
(iv) Six months of service as Mate on
vessels more than 1,600 GRT results in
raising the limitation for Master to the
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tonnage on which at least 50 percent of
the service was obtained.
(v) Two years of service as a deckhand
on a vessel while holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Master results in
a limitation on the MMC equal to 150
percent of the tonnage of that vessel up
to 5,000 GRT.
(vi) One year of service as deckhand
on a vessel while holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Master results in
a limitation on the MMC equal to the
tonnage of that vessel.
(d) An applicant for an endorsement
as Mate of Uninspected Fishing Industry
Vessels must have 3 years of total
service on ocean or near-coastal routes.
Service on Great Lakes or inland waters
may substitute for up to 18 months of
the required service.
(1) To qualify for an endorsement of
less than 500 GRT, at least 1 year of the
required service must have been on
vessels of 50 GRT or more.
(2) To qualify for an endorsement of
less than 1,600 GRT, at least 1 year of
the required service must have been on
vessels of 100 GRT or more.
(3) To qualify for an endorsement of
more than 1,600 GRT, but not more than
5,000 GRT, the vessel tonnage upon
which the 3 years of required service
was obtained will be used to compute
the tonnage. The endorsement is limited
to the maximum tonnage on which at
least 25 percent of the required service
was obtained, or 150 percent of the
maximum tonnage on which at least 50
percent of the service was obtained,
whichever is higher. Limitations are in
multiples of 1,000 GRT, using the next
higher figure when an intermediate
tonnage is calculated.
(4) The tonnage limitation on this
endorsement may be raised using one of
the following methods, but cannot
exceed 5,000 GRT. Limitations are in
multiples of 1,000 GRT, using the next
higher figure when an intermediate
tonnage is calculated.
(i) Three months of service as Mate on
a vessel results in a limitation in that
capacity equal to the tonnage of that
vessel rounded up to the next multiple
of 1,000 GRT.
(ii) Six months of service as Mate on
a vessel results in a limitation in that
capacity equal to 150 percent of the
tonnage of that vessel.
(iii) Six months of service as Mate on
vessels more than 1,600 GRT results in
raising the limitation to 5,000 GRT.
(iv) One year of service as deckhand
on vessels more than 1,600 GRT while
holding a License or MMC endorsement
as Mate, results in raising the limitation
on the MMC to 5,000 GRT;
(v) Two years of service as a deckhand
on a vessel while holding a License or
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MMC endorsed as Mate results in a
limitation on the MMC equal to 150
percent of the tonnage of that vessel up
to 5,000 GRT.
(vi) One year of service as deckhand
on a vessel while holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Mate results in a
limitation on the MMC equal to the
tonnage of that vessel.
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■ 87. Amend § 11.463 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a) through
(e), paragraph (g), and Figure 11.463(h)
to read as follows:
§ 11.463 General requirements for national
endorsements as Master, Mate (Pilot), and
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels.
(a) The Coast Guard issues the
following endorsements for towing
vessels:
(1) Master of Towing Vessels.
(2) Master of Towing Vessels-Limited.
(3) Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels.
(4) Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels.
(5) Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels-Limited.
(b) An endorsement as Master of
Towing Vessels means an endorsement
to operate towing vessels not restricted
to local areas designated by OCMIs. This
also applies to a Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels.
(c) For this section, ‘‘Limited’’ means
an endorsement to operate a towing
vessel of less than 200 GRT only within
a local area on the Great Lakes, inland
waters, or Western Rivers designated by
the OCMI.
(d) Mariners who met the training and
service requirements for towing vessels
before May 21, 2001, and have
maintained a valid Coast Guard-issued
credential may obtain a towing
endorsement if they meet the following:
(1) Demonstrate at least 90 days of
towing service before May 21, 2001;
(2) Provide evidence of successfully
completing the Apprentice Mate exam,
its predecessor exam, or a superior
exam’ and
(3) Meet the renewal requirements in
§ 10.227(e)(6)(i) of this subchapter.
(e) Mariners who operated towing
vessels in the offshore oil and mineral
industry prior to October 15, 2010, may
obtain a towing endorsement until
December 24, 2018 as follows:
(1) Mariners who held an officer
endorsement as Operator of
Uninspected Towing Vessels (OUTV) or
Mate or Master of Inspected Selfpropelled Vessels may qualify for a
towing endorsement if they meet the
following:
(i) Provide evidence of at least 90 days
of service on towing vessels in the
offshore oil and mineral industry prior
to October 15, 2010;
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(ii) Provide evidence of successfully
completing the Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels examination, its
predecessor exam, or a superior exam;
and
(iii) Meet the renewal requirements in
§ 10.227(e)(6) of this subchapter.
(2) Mariners who have not held any
of the officer endorsements listed in
paragraph (e)(1) of this section may
qualify for an endorsement as Master of
Towing Vessels if they meet the
following:
(i) Provide evidence of at least 48
months of service on towing vessels in
the offshore oil and mineral industry
prior to October 15, 2010; and
(ii) Successfully complete the
appropriate Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels exam.
(3) Mariners who have not held any
of the officer endorsements listed in
paragraph (e)(1) of this section may
qualify for an endorsement as Mate of
Towing Vessels if they meet the
following:
(i) Provide evidence of at least 36
months of service on towing vessels in
the offshore oil and mineral industry
prior to October 15, 2010; and
(ii) Successfully complete the
appropriate Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels exam.
*
*
*
*
*
(g) Endorsements as Mate (Pilot) or
Master of Towing Vessels may be issued
with a restriction to specific types of
towing vessels and/or towing operations
such as vessels that do not routinely
perform all of the tasks identified in the
Towing Officer Assessment Record
(TOAR).
(h) * * *
88. Revise § 11.464 to read as follows:
§ 11.464 Requirements for national
endorsements as Master of Towing Vessels.
this section, must complete the service
requirements indicated in columns 2
through 5. Applicants may serve on the
subordinate routes listed in column 5
without further endorsement.
■
(a) An applicant for an endorsement
as Master of Towing Vessels with a
route listed in column 1 of table 1 to
Figure 1 to § 11.463(h)—Structure of
Towing Officer Endorsements
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2
3
Total
service 2
TOS 3
(1) OCEANS (O) ..........................................................................................
(2) NEAR–COASTAL (NC) ..........................................................................
(3) GREAT LAKES–INLAND (GL–I) ...........................................................
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1
2
3
4
5
Route endorsed
Total
service 2
TOS 3
on T/V
as Mate
(Pilot)
TOS 3 on
particular
route
Sub-ordinate
route authorized
(4) WESTERN RIVERS (WR) .....................................................................
48
18
3
None.
1 The holder of an endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels may have an endorsement placed on the MMC as Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels for a route superior to the current route on which the holder has no operating experience after passing an examination for that additional
route. After the holder completes 90 days of experience and completes a Towing Officer Assessment Record (TOAR) on that route, the Coast
Guard will add it to the holder’s endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels and remove the endorsement for Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels.
2 Service is in months.
3 TOS is time of service.
(b) A person holding this
endorsement may qualify for an STCW
endorsement, according to §§ 11.307,
11.311, 11.313, and 11.315.
through 5 of table 2 to paragraph (c) of
this section.
(c) To obtain an endorsement as
Master of Towing Vessels-Limited,
applicants must complete the
requirements listed in columns 2
TABLE 2 TO § 11.464(c)—REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL ENDORSEMENT AS MASTER OF TOWING VESSELS-LIMITED
1
2
3
4
5
Route endorsed
Total
service 1
TOS 2
on T/V as
apprentice mate
of towinglimited
TOAR
or an
approved
course
TOS on
particular
route
LIMITED LOCAL AREA (LLA) .................
36
18
Yes
3.
1 Service
2 TOS
is in months.
is time of service.
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(d) Those holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels, may have Master of Towing
Vessels-Limited added to their MMC for
a limited local area within the scope of
their current route.
(e) Before serving as Master of Towing
Vessels on the Western Rivers, mariners
must possess 90 days of observation and
training and their MMC must include an
endorsement for Western Rivers.
(f) Each company must maintain
evidence that every vessel it operates is
under the direction and control of a
mariner with the appropriate
endorsement and experience, including
30 days of observation and training on
the intended route other than Western
Rivers.
(g) Those holding a License or MMC
endorsement as a Master of selfpropelled vessels of more than 200 GRT,
may operate towing vessels within any
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restrictions on their endorsement if
they–
(1) Have a minimum of 30 days of
training and observation on towing
vessels for the route being assessed,
except as noted in paragraph (e) of this
section; and
(2) Either—
(i) Hold a completed Towing Officer
Assessment Record (TOAR) described in
§ 10.404(c) of this subchapter that shows
evidence of assessment of practical
demonstration of skills; or
(ii) Complete an approved training
course.
(h) A License or MMC does not need
to include a towing endorsement if
mariners hold a TOAR or complete an
approved training course.
■ 89. Amend § 11.465 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b),
and paragraphs (d) through (g) to read
as follows:
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§ 11.465 Requirements for national
endorsements as Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels.
(a) To obtain an endorsement as Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels endorsed with
a route listed in column 1 of table 1 to
paragraph (a) of this section, applicants
must complete the service in columns 2
through 5. Mariners holding a License
or MMC endorsement as Master of
Towing Vessels-Limited wishing to raise
of grade to Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels must complete the service in
columns 5 and 6. An endorsement with
a route endorsed in column 1 authorizes
service on the subordinate routes listed
in column 7 without further
endorsement. Time of service
requirements as an Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels may be reduced by an
amount equal to the time specified in
the approval letter for a completed Coast
Guard-approved training program.
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TABLE 1 TO § 11.465(a)—REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL ENDORSEMENT AS MATE (PILOT 1) OF TOWING VESSELS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Route endorsed
Total
service 2
TOS 3 on T/V
as apprentice
mate of towing
vessels4
TOS on particular route
TOAR 5 or an
approved
course
30 days of
observation and
training
while holding master
of towing
vesselslimited and
pass an
examination
Subordinate
route
authorized
(1) OCEANS
(O)
(2) NEAR–
COASTAL
(NC)
(3) GREAT
LAKES–
INLAND
(GL–I)
(4) WESTERN RIVERS (WR)
(1) OCEANS (O) .............................................
30
12
3
YES .............
YES .............
(2) NEAR–COASTAL (NC) .............................
30
12
3
YES .............
YES .............
(3) GREAT LAKES–INLAND (GL–I) ...............
30
12
3
YES .............
YES .............
(4) WESTERN RIVERS (WR) .........................
30
12
3
YES .............
NO (90 days
service required).
1 For all inland routes, as well as Western Rivers, the endorsement as Pilot of Towing Vessels is equivalent to that as Mate of Towing Vessels.
All qualifications and equivalencies are the same.
2 Service is in months unless otherwise indicated.
3 TOS is time of service.
4 Time of service requirements as an Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels may be reduced by an amount equal to the time specified in the approval letter for a completed Coast Guard-approved training program.
5 TOAR is a Towing Officer Assessment Record.
(b) Before serving as Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels on the Western Rivers,
mariners must possess 90 days of
observation and training and have their
MMC include an endorsement for
Western Rivers.
*
*
*
*
*
(d) Those holding a License or MMC
endorsement as a Mate of inspected,
self-propelled vessels of more than 200
GRT or one as First-Class Pilot, may
operate towing vessels within any
restrictions on their credential if they–
(1) Have a minimum of 30 days of
training and observation on towing
vessels for the route being assessed,
except as noted in paragraph (b) of this
section; and
(2) Hold a completed Towing Officer
Assessment Record (TOAR) described in
§ 10.404(c) of this subchapter that shows
evidence of assessment of practical
demonstration of skills.
(e) A License or MMC does not need
to include a towing endorsement if you
hold a TOAR or a course completion
certificate.
(f) Those holding any endorsement as
a Master of self-propelled vessels of any
tonnage that is less than 200 GRT,
except for the Limited Master
endorsements specified in §§ 11.429 and
11.456, may obtain an endorsement as
Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels by
meeting the following requirements:
(1) Providing proof of 36 months of
service as a Master under the authority
of an endorsement described in this
paragraph;
(2) Successfully completing the
appropriate TOAR;
(3) Successfully completing the
appropriate Apprentice Mate exam; and
(4) Having a minimum of 30 days of
training and observation on towing
vessels for the route being assessed,
except as noted in paragraph (b) of this
section.
(g) An approved training course for
Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels must
include formal instruction and practical
demonstration of proficiency either
onboard a towing vessel or at a
shoreside training facility before a
designated examiner, and must cover
the material (dependent upon route)
required by table 2 to § 11.910 for
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels on
ocean and near-coastal routes;
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels on
Great Lakes and inland routes; or
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels on
Western Rivers routes.
*
*
*
*
*
■
90. Revise § 11.466 to read as follows:
§ 11.466 Requirements for national
endorsements as Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels.
(a) As table 1 to § 11.466(a) shows, to
obtain an endorsement as Apprentice
Mate of Towing Vessels listed in
column 1, endorsed with a route listed
in column 2, mariners must complete
the service requirements indicated in
columns 3 through 6.
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1
2
3
4
5
6
Endorsement
Route endorsed
Total
service 1
TOS 2 on
T/V
TOS on
particular
route
Pass
examination 3
(1) APPRENTICE MATE OF TOWING VESSELS ...............
OCEANS (O) .........................
NEAR–COASTAL (NC) .........
12
12
3
3
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Continued
1
2
3
4
5
6
Endorsement
Route endorsed
Total
service 1
TOS 2 on
T/V
TOS on
particular
route
Pass
examination 3
(2) APPRENTICE MATE OF TOWING VESSELS -LIMITED
GREAT LAKES .....................
INLAND (GL–I) ......................
WESTERN RIVERS (WR) ....
NOT APPLICABLE ................
12
12
12
12
3
3
3
3
18
18
18
18
YES.
YES.
YES.
YES.
1 Service
is in months.
is time of service.
3 The examination for Apprentice Mate is specified in subpart I of this part.
2 TOS
(b) Those holding a License or
endorsement as Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels may obtain a restricted
endorsement as Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels-Limited. This
endorsement will go on the mariner’s
MMC after passing an examination for a
route that is not included in the current
endorsements and on which the
mariners have no operating experience.
Upon completion of 3 months of
experience on that route, mariners may
have the restriction removed.
■ 91. Amend § 11.467 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.467 Requirements for a national
endorsement as Operator of Uninspected
Passenger Vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) This section applies to an
applicant for an endorsement as
Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels (OUPV) of less than 100 GRT,
equipped with propulsion machinery of
any type, carrying six or fewer
passengers.
*
*
*
*
*
■ 92. Revise § 11.470 to read as follows:
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§ 11.470 National officer endorsements as
Offshore Installation Manager.
(a) Officer endorsements as Offshore
Installation Manager (OIM) include:
(1) OIM Unrestricted.
(2) OIM Surface Units on Location.
(3) OIM Surface Units Underway.
(4) OIM Bottom Bearing Units on
Location.
(5) OIM Bottom Bearing Units
Underway.
(b) To qualify for an endorsement as
OIM Unrestricted, an applicant must—
(1) Present evidence of one of the
following:
(i) Four years of employment assigned
to MODUs, including at least 1 year of
service as Driller, Assistant Driller,
Toolpusher, Assistant Toolpusher,
Barge Supervisor, Mechanical
Supervisor, Electrician, Crane Operator,
Ballast Control Operator, or equivalent
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supervisory position on MODUs, with a
minimum of 14 days of that supervisory
service on surface units; or
(ii) A degree from a program in
engineering or engineering technology
which is accredited by the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET). The National Maritime Center
will give consideration to accepting
education credentials from programs
having other than ABET accreditation.
An applicant qualifying through a
degree program must also have at least
168 days of service as Driller, Assistant
Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant
Toolpusher, Barge Supervisor,
Mechanical Supervisor, Electrician,
Crane Operator, Ballast Control
Operator, or equivalent supervisory
position on MODUs, with a minimum of
14 days of that supervisory service on
surface units;
(2) Present evidence of training course
completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved stability course approved for
OIM Unrestricted.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved survival suit and survival craft
training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting
training course as required by
§ 11.201(h); and
(3) Provide a recommendation signed
by a senior company official which—
(i) Provides a description of the
applicant’s experience and
qualifications;
(ii) Certifies that the individual has
successfully directed, while under the
supervision of an experienced rig
mover, two rig moves each of surface
units and of bottom bearing units; and
(iii) Certifies that one of the rig moves
required under paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of
this section was completed within 1
year preceding date of application.
(c) An applicant for an endorsement
as OIM Unrestricted who holds an
unlimited license or MMC endorsement
as Master or Chief Mate must satisfy the
requirements in paragraphs (b)(2) and
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(3) of this section and have at least 84
days of service on surface units and at
least 28 days of service on bottom
bearing units.
(d) To qualify for an endorsement as
OIM Surface Units on Location, an
applicant must—
(1) Present evidence of one of the
following:
(i) Four years of employment assigned
to MODUs, including at least 1 year of
service as Driller, Assistant Driller,
Toolpusher, Assistant Toolpusher,
Barge Supervisor, Mechanical
Supervisor, Electrician, Crane Operator,
Ballast Control Operator, or equivalent
supervisory position on MODUs, with a
minimum of 14 days of that supervisory
service on surface units.
(ii) A degree from a program in
engineering or engineering technology
which is accredited by the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET). The National Maritime Center
will give consideration to accepting
education credentials from programs
having other than ABET accreditation.
An applicant qualifying through a
degree program must also have at least
168 days of service as Driller, Assistant
Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant
Toolpusher, Barge Supervisor,
Mechanical Supervisor, Electrician,
Crane Operator, Ballast Control
Operator, or equivalent supervisory
position of MODUs, with a minimum of
14 days of that supervisory service on
surface units; and
(2) Present evidence of training course
completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved stability course approved for a
License or MMC endorsement as OIM
Surface Units.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved survival suit and survival craft
training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting
training course as required by
§ 11.201(h).
(e) An applicant for an endorsement
as OIM Surface Units on Location who
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holds an unlimited License or MMC
endorsement as Master or Chief Mate
must satisfy the requirements of
paragraph (d)(2) of this section and have
at least 84 days of service on surface
units.
(f) To qualify for an endorsement as
OIM Surface Units Underway, an
applicant must—
(1) Provide the following:
(i) Evidence of the experience
described in paragraph (d)(1) of this
section and a recommendation signed
by a senior company official which—
(A) Provides a description of the
applicant’s experience and
qualifications;
(B) Certifies that the individual has
successfully directed, while under the
supervision of an experienced rig
mover, three rig moves of surface units;
and
(C) Certifies that one of the rig moves
required under paragraph (f)(1)(i)(B) of
this section was completed within 1
year preceding date of application; or
(ii) A recommendation signed by a
senior company official which—
(A) Provides a description of the
applicant’s experience and company
qualifications program completed;
(B) Certifies that the applicant has
witnessed ten rig moves either as an
observer in training or as a rig mover
under supervision;
(C) Certifies that the individual has
successfully directed, while under the
supervision of an experienced rig
mover, five rig moves of surface units;
and
(D) Certifies that one of the rig moves
required under paragraph (f)(1)(ii)(C) of
this section was completed within 1
year preceding the date of application;
and
(2) Present evidence of training course
completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved stability course approved for
an OIM Surface Units Endorsement.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved survival suit and survival craft
training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting
training course as required by
§ 11.201(h).
(g) An applicant for endorsement as
OIM Surface Units Underway who
holds an unlimited License or MMC
endorsement as Master or Chief Mate
must satisfy the requirements in
paragraph (f)(2) of this section and
provide a company recommendation
signed by a senior company official
which—
(1) Provides a description of the
applicant’s experience and
qualifications;
(2) Certifies that the individual has
successfully directed, while under the
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supervision of an experienced rig
mover, three rig moves on surface units;
and
(3) Certifies that one of the rig moves
required under paragraph (g)(2) of this
section was completed within 1 year
preceding the date of application.
(h) To qualify for an endorsement as
OIM Bottom Bearing Units on Location,
an applicant must—
(1) Present evidence of one of the
following:
(i) Four years of employment assigned
to MODUs, including at least 1 year of
service as Driller, Assistant Driller,
Toolpusher, Assistant Toolpusher,
Barge Supervisor, Mechanical
Supervisor, Electrician, Crane Operator,
Ballast Control Operator, or equivalent
supervisory position on MODUs.
(ii) A degree from a program in
engineering or engineering technology
that is accredited by ABET. The
National Maritime Center will give
consideration to accepting education
credentials from programs having other
than ABET accreditation. An applicant
qualifying through a degree program
must also have at least 168 days of
service as Driller, Assistant Driller,
Toolpusher, Assistant Toolpusher,
Barge Supervisor, Mechanical
Supervisor, Electrician, Crane Operator,
Ballast Control Operator, or equivalent
supervisory position on MODUs; and
(2) Present evidence of training course
completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved survival suit and survival craft
training course.
(ii) A certificate from a firefighting
training course as required by
§ 11.201(h).
(i) An applicant for an endorsement as
OIM Bottom Bearing Units on Location
who holds an unlimited License or
MMC endorsement as Master or Chief
Mate must satisfy paragraph (h)(2) of
this section and have at least 28 days of
service on bottom bearing units.
(j) To qualify for an endorsement as
OIM Bottom Bearing Units Underway,
an applicant must—
(1) Provide the following:
(i) Evidence of the experience
described in paragraph (h)(1) of this
section with a recommendation signed
by a senior company official which—
(A) Provides a description of the
applicant’s experience and
qualifications;
(B) Certifies that the individual has
successfully directed, while under the
supervision of an experienced rig
mover, three rig moves of bottom
bearing units; and
(C) Certifies that one of the rig moves
required under paragraph (j)(1)(i)(B) of
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this section was completed within 1
year preceding date of application; or
(ii) A recommendation signed by a
senior company official which—
(A) Provides a description of the
applicant’s experience and company
qualifications program completed;
(B) Certifies that the applicant has
witnessed ten rig moves either as an
Observer in training or as a rig mover
under supervision;
(C) Certifies that the individual has
successfully directed, while under the
supervision of an experienced rig
mover, five rig moves of bottom bearing
units; and
(D) Certifies that one of the rig moves
required under paragraph (j)(1)(ii)(C) of
this section was completed within 1
year preceding date of application; and
(2) Present evidence of training course
completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved stability course approved for a
License or MMC endorsement as OIM
Bottom Bearing Units.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved survival suit and survival craft
training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting
training course as required by
§ 11.201(h).
(k) An applicant for endorsement as
OIM Bottom Bearing Units Underway
who holds an unlimited License or
MMC endorsement as Master or Chief
Mate must satisfy the requirements in
paragraph (j)(2) of this section and
provide a company recommendation
signed by a senior company official,
which—
(1) Provides a description of the
applicant’s experience and
qualifications;
(2) Certifies that the individual has
successfully directed, while under the
supervision of an experienced rig
mover, three rig moves of bottom
bearing units; and
(3) Certifies that one of the rig moves
required under paragraph (k)(2) of this
section was completed within 1 year
preceding the date of application.
■ 93. Revise § 11.472 to read as follows:
§ 11.472 National officer endorsements as
Barge Supervisor.
(a) To qualify for an endorsement as
Barge Supervisor (BS), an applicant
must—
(1) Present evidence of one of the
following:
(i) Three years of employment
assigned to MODUs including at least
168 days of service as Driller, Assistant
Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant
Toolpusher, Mechanic, Electrician,
Crane Operator, Subsea Specialist,
Ballast Control Operator (BCO), or
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equivalent supervisory position on
MODUs. At least 84 days of that service
must have been as a BCO, or Barge
Supervisor trainee.
(ii) A degree from a program in
engineering or engineering technology
that is accredited by the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET). The National Maritime Center
will give consideration to accepting
education credentials from programs
having other than ABET accreditation.
An applicant qualifying through a
degree program must also have at least
168 days of service as Driller, Assistant
Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant
Toolpusher, Mechanic, Electrician,
Crane Operator, Subsea Specialist, BCO,
or equivalent supervisory position on
MODUs. At least 84 days of that service
must have been as a BCO, or Barge
Supervisor trainee; and
(2) Present evidence of one of the
following:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved stability course approved for
Barge Supervisor;
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved survival suit and survival craft
training course; or
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting
training course as required by
§ 11.201(h).
(b) An applicant for an endorsement
as Barge Supervisor who holds an
unlimited license or MMC endorsement
as Master or Mate must satisfy the
requirements in paragraph (a)(2) of this
section and have at least 84 days of
service as BCO or Barge Supervisor
trainee.
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§ 11.474 National officer endorsements as
Ballast Control Operator.
(a) To qualify for an endorsement as
Ballast Control Operator (BCO), an
applicant must—
(1) Present evidence of one of the
following:
(i) One year of employment assigned
to MODUs, including at least 28 days of
service as a trainee under the
supervision of an individual holding a
License or MMC endorsement as BCO.
(ii) A degree from a program in
engineering or engineering technology
that is accredited by the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET). The National Maritime Center
will give consideration to accepting
education credentials from programs
having other than ABET accreditation.
An applicant qualifying through a
degree program must also have at least
28 days of service as a trainee under the
supervision of an individual holding a
License or MMC endorsement as BCO;
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(2) Present evidence of training course
completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved stability course approved for
Barge Supervisor or BCO.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guardapproved survival suit and survival craft
training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting
training course as required by
§ 11.201(h).
(b) An applicant for an endorsement
as BCO who holds an unlimited License
or MMC endorsement as Master, Mate,
Chief Engineer, or Assistant Engineer
must satisfy the requirements in
paragraph (a)(2) of this section and have
at least 28 days of service as a trainee
under the supervision of an individual
holding an endorsement as BCO.
■ 95. Revise § 11.480 to read as follows:
§ 11.480
Radar Observer.
(a) This section contains the
requirements that an applicant must
meet to qualify as a Radar Observer.
(b) If an applicant meets the
requirements of this section, one of the
following Radar Observer endorsements
will be added to their MMC:
(1) Radar Observer-Unlimited.
(2) Radar Observer-Inland Waters and
Gulf Intracoastal Waterways (GIWW).
(3) Radar Observer-Rivers.
(c) Radar Observer-Unlimited is valid
on all waters. Radar Observer-Inland
Waters and GIWW is valid only for
those waters other than the Great Lakes
covered by the Inland Navigational
Rules. Radar Observer-Rivers is valid
only on any river, canal, or similar body
of water designated by the OCMI, but
not beyond the boundary line.
(d) Except as provided by paragraphs
(f) or (g) of this section, each applicant
for a Radar Observer endorsement or for
renewal of a Radar Observer
endorsement must complete the
appropriate course approved by the
Coast Guard, receive the appropriate
certificate of training, and present the
certificate or a copy of the certificate to
the Coast Guard in person, by mail, fax,
or other electronic means.
(e) A Radar Observer endorsement
issued under this section is valid until
the expiration of the mariner’s MMC.
(f) A mariner may also renew their
Radar Observer endorsement by
providing evidence of meeting the
requirements in § 10.227(e)(1)(v) of this
subchapter.
(g) The Coast Guard will accept onboard training and experience through
acceptable documentary evidence of 1
year of relevant sea service within the
last 5 years in a position that routinely
uses radar for navigation and collision
avoidance purposes on vessels equipped
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with radar as meeting the refresher or
re-certification requirements of
paragraph (d) of this section. This also
applies to mariners applying for raises
of grade or new endorsements under
§ 10.231 of this subchapter.
(h) An applicant for renewal of an
MMC who does not provide evidence of
meeting the renewal requirements of
paragraph (d), (f), or (g) of this section
will not have a Radar Observer
endorsement placed on their MMC.
■ 96. Revise § 11.482 to read as follows:
§ 11.482
Assistance Towing.
(a) This section contains the
requirements to qualify for an
endorsement authorizing a mariner to
engage in assistance towing. Except as
noted in this paragraph, holders of
MMC officer and OUPV endorsements
must have an Assistance Towing
endorsement to engage in assistance
towing. Holders of endorsements as
Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels
or Master or Mate endorsements
authorizing service on inspected vessels
of 200 GRT or more do not need the
Assistance Towing endorsement.
(b) An applicant for an Assistance
Towing endorsement must pass a
written examination or complete a Coast
Guard-approved course demonstrating
their knowledge of assistance towing
safety, equipment, and procedures.
(c) The holder of a License or MMC
for Master, Mate, or operator endorsed
for Assistance Towing is authorized to
engage in assistance towing on any
vessel within the scope of the License
or MMC.
(d) The period of validity of the
endorsement is the same as the License
or MMC on which it is included, and it
may be renewed with the MMC.
■ 97. Amend § 11.491 by revising
paragraph (a) to read as follows:
§ 11.491 National officer endorsements for
service on offshore supply vessels.
(a) Each officer endorsement for
service on offshore supply vessels
(OSVs) authorizes service on OSVs as
defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(19) and as
interpreted under 46 U.S.C. 14104(b),
subject to any restrictions placed on the
License or MMC.
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section heading and paragraphs (a)
through (d) to read as follows:
§ 11.493
Master-OSV.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Master-OSV of less than 1,600 GRT/
3,000 GT is 24 months of total service
as Mate, Chief Mate, or Master of ocean
or near-coastal and/or Great Lakes on
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self-propelled vessels of more than 100
GRT. Service on inland waters may
substitute for up to 50 percent of the
required service. At least one-half of the
required experience must be served as
Chief Mate.
(b) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for Master-OSV of
1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more is 24
months of total service as Mate, Chief
Mate, or Master of ocean or near-coastal
and/or Great Lakes on self-propelled
vessels of more than 100 GRT. At least
one-half of the required experience must
be served as Chief Mate and be obtained
on vessels of 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or
more.
(c) If an applicant for Master-OSV of
more than 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT does not
have the service on vessels of 1,600
GRT/3,000 GT or more as required by
paragraph (b) of this section, a tonnage
limitation will be placed on the officer
endorsement based on the applicant’s
qualifying experience. The endorsement
will be limited to the maximum tonnage
on which at least 25 percent of the
required experience was obtained, or
150 percent of the maximum tonnage on
which at least 50 percent of the service
was obtained, whichever is higher.
However, the minimum tonnage
limitation calculated according to this
paragraph will be 2,000 GRT.
Limitations are in multiples of 1,000
GRT using the next higher figure when
an intermediate tonnage is calculated. In
no case will the limitation exceed
10,000 GRT/GT for OSVs unless the
applicant meets the full requirements
for an unlimited tonnage endorsement.
(d) A person holding an endorsement
as Master-OSV may qualify for an STCW
endorsement, according to §§ 11.305
and 11.311.
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section heading and paragraphs (a)
through (d) to read as follows:
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Chief Mate-OSV.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Chief Mate-OSV of less than 1,600
GRT/3,000 GT is 12 months of total
service as Mate, Chief Mate, or Master
of ocean or near-coastal and/or Great
Lakes on self-propelled vessels of more
than 100 GRT. Service on inland waters
may substitute for up to 50 percent of
the required service.
(b) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for as Chief MateOSV of 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more is
12 months of total service as Mate, Chief
Mate, or Master of ocean or near-coastal
and/or Great Lakes on self-propelled
vessels of more than 100 GRT. At least
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one-half of the required experience must
be obtained on vessels of 1,600 GRT/
3,000 GT or more.
(c) If an applicant for as Chief MateOSV of 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more
does not have the service on vessels of
1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more as required
by paragraph (b) of this section, a
tonnage limitation will be placed on the
officer endorsement based on the
applicant’s qualifying experience. The
endorsement will be limited to the
maximum tonnage on which at least 25
percent of the required experience was
obtained, or 150 percent of the
maximum tonnage on which at least 50
percent of the service was obtained,
whichever is higher. However, the
minimum tonnage limitation calculated
according to this paragraph will be
2,000 GRT. Limitations are in multiples
of 1,000 GRT using the next higher
figure when an intermediate tonnage is
calculated. In no case will the limitation
exceed 10,000 GRT/GT for OSVs unless
the applicant meets the full
requirements for an unlimited tonnage
endorsement.
(d) A person holding an endorsement
as Chief Mate-OSV may qualify for an
STCW endorsement, according to
§§ 11.307 and 11.313.
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section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
§ 11.497
Mate-OSV.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Mate-OSV is—
(1) Twenty-four months of total
service in the deck department of ocean
or near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or
auxiliary sail vessels. Service on Great
Lakes and inland waters may substitute
for up to 1 year of the required service.
One year of the required service must
have been on vessels of more than 100
GRT; or
(2) One year of total service as part of
an approved or accepted Mate-OSV
training program.
(b) A person holding an endorsement
as Mate-OSV may qualify for an STCW
endorsement, according to § 11.309.
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follows:
§ 11.501 Grades and types of national
engineer endorsements issued.
(a) National engineer endorsements
are issued in the grades of—
(1) Chief Engineer;
(2) First Assistant Engineer;
(3) Second Assistant Engineer;
(4) Third Assistant Engineer;
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(5) Chief Engineer-Limited;
(6) Assistant Engineer-Limited;
(7) Designated Duty Engineer (DDE);
(8) Chief Engineer Uninspected
Fishing Industry Vessels;
(9) Assistant Engineer Uninspected
Fishing Industry Vessels;
(10) Chief Engineer-MODU;
(11) Assistant Engineer-MODU;
(12) Chief Engineer-OSV; and
(13) Assistant Engineer-OSV.
(b) Engineer endorsements issued in
the grades of Chief Engineer-Limited
and Assistant Engineer-Limited of
steam, motor, and/or gas turbinepropelled vessels allow the holder to
serve within any propulsion power
limitations on vessels of unlimited
tonnage on inland waters and of less
than 1,600 GRT in ocean, near-coastal,
or Great Lakes service in the following
manner:
(1) Chief Engineer-Limited may serve
on oceans and near-coastal waters.
(2) Assistant Engineer-Limited may
serve on ocean and near-coastal waters.
(c) Engineer Licenses or MMC
endorsements issued in the grades of
Designated Duty Engineer of steam,
motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels allow the holder to serve within
stated propulsion power limitations on
vessels of less than 500 GRT in the
following manner:
(1) Designated Duty EngineersLimited to vessels of less than 1,000 HP
or 4,000 HP may serve only on nearcoastal or inland waters.
(2) Designated Duty EngineersUnlimited may serve on any waters.
(d) An engineer officer License or
MMC endorsement authorizes service
on steam, motor, or gas turbinepropelled vessels or may authorize all
modes of propulsion.
(e) A person holding an engineer
License or MMC endorsement that is
restricted to near-coastal waters may
serve within the limitations of the
License or MMC upon near-coastal,
Great Lakes, and inland waters.
■ 102. Amend § 11.502 by revising
paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 11.502 General requirements for national
engineer endorsements.
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(b) If an applicant desires to add a
propulsion mode (steam, motor, or gas
turbine) to their endorsement while
holding a License or MMC officer
endorsement in that grade, the following
alternatives are acceptable:
(1) Four months of service as an
observer on vessels of the new
propulsion mode.
(2) Four months of service as an
engineer officer at the operational level
on vessels of the new propulsion mode.
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(3) Six months of service as Oiler,
Boiler Technician/Watertender, or
Junior Engineer on vessels of the new
propulsion mode.
(4) Completion of a Coast Guardapproved training course for this
endorsement.
■ 103. Amend § 11.503 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (c)(3) and (4) to read
as follows:
§ 11.503 Propulsion power limitations for
national endorsements.
(a) Engineer endorsements of all
grades and types may be subject to
propulsion power limitations. Other
than as provided in § 11.524 for the
Designated Duty Engineer (DDE), the
propulsion power limitation placed on
a License or MMC endorsement is based
on the applicant’s qualifying experience
considering the total shaft propulsion
power of each vessel on which the
applicant has served.
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(3) Twelve months of service as Oiler
or Junior Engineer while holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Third
Assistant Engineer or Assistant
Engineer-Limited: Removal of all
propulsion power limitations on Third
Assistant Engineer or Assistant
Engineer-Limited endorsement.
(4) Six months of service as Oiler or
Junior Engineer while holding a License
or MMC endorsement as Second
Assistant Engineer: removal of all
propulsion power limitations on Third
Assistant Engineer endorsement.
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follows:
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§ 11.504 Application of deck service for
national limited engineer endorsements.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for endorsement as
Second Assistant Engineer of steam,
motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels is—
(1) One year of service as an Assistant
Engineer, while holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Third Assistant
Engineer; or
(2) One year of service while holding
a License or MMC endorsement as Third
Assistant Engineer, which includes—
(i) A minimum of 6 months of service
as Third Assistant Engineer; and
(ii) Additional service as a Qualified
Member of the Engine Department
(QMED), calculated on a two-for-one
basis.
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Service gained in the deck department
on vessels of appropriate tonnage may
substitute for up to 25 percent or 6
months, whichever is less, of the service
requirement for an endorsement as
Chief Engineer-Limited, Assistant
Engineer-Limited, or DDE.
■ 105. Amend § 11.510 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.510 Service requirements for national
endorsement as Chief Engineer of steam,
motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels.
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Assistant Engineer. A minimum of 6
months of this service must have been
as First Assistant Engineer, and the
remainder must be as Assistant
Engineer. Service as an Assistant
Engineer other than First Assistant
Engineer is accepted on a two-for-one
basis to a maximum of 6 months (2 days
of service as a Second or Third Assistant
Engineer equals 1 day of creditable
service).
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qualify an applicant for endorsement as
Chief Engineer of steam, motor, and/or
gas turbine-propelled vessels is—
(1) One year of service as First
Assistant Engineer; or
(2) One year of service while holding
a License or MMC endorsement as First
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106. Amend § 11.512 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.512 Service requirements for national
endorsement as First Assistant Engineer of
steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for endorsement as
First Assistant Engineer of steam, motor,
and/or gas turbine-propelled vessels
is—
(1) One year of service as an Assistant
Engineer while holding a License or
MMC with a Second Assistant Engineer
endorsement; or
(2) One year of service as a Chief
Engineer-Limited and completing the
appropriate examination described in
subpart I of this part.
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107. Amend § 11.514 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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§ 11.514 Service requirements for national
endorsement as Second Assistant Engineer
of steam, motor, and/or gas turbinepropelled vessels.
108. Amend § 11.516 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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§ 11.516 Service requirements for national
endorsement as Third Assistant Engineer of
steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for endorsement as
Third Assistant Engineer of steam,
motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels is—
(1) Three years of service in the
engineroom of vessels, 2 years of which
must have been as a Qualified Member
of the Engine Department (QMED) or
equivalent position;
(2) Three years of service as an
apprentice to the machinist trade
engaged in the construction or repair of
marine, locomotive, or stationary
engines, together with 1 year of service
in the engineroom as Oiler, Boiler
Technician/Watertender, or Junior
Engineer;
(3) Graduation from—
(i) The U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy (engineering curriculum);
(ii) The U.S. Coast Guard Academy
and completion of an onboard engineer
officer qualification program required
by the service;
(iii) The U.S. Naval Academy and
completion of an onboard engineer
officer qualification program required
by the service; or
(iv) The engineering class of a
Maritime Academy approved by and
conducted under the rules prescribed by
the Maritime Administrator and listed
in part 310 of this title;
(4) Graduation from the marine
engineering course of a school of
technology accredited by the
Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology, together with 3 months of
service in the engine department of
steam, motor, or gas turbine-propelled
vessels;
(5) Graduation from the mechanical or
electrical engineering course of a school
of technology accredited by the ABET,
together with 6 months of service in the
engine department of steam, motor, or
gas turbine-propelled vessels;
(6) Satisfactory completion of a
comprehensive Apprentice Engineer
training program approved by the Coast
Guard; or
(7) One year of service as Assistant
Engineer-Limited of self-propelled
vessels and completion of the
appropriate examination described in
subpart I of this part.
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section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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§ 11.518 Service requirements for national
endorsement as Chief Engineer-Limited of
steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for endorsement as
Chief Engineer-Limited of steam, motor,
and/or gas turbine-propelled vessels is 5
years of total service in the engineroom
of vessels. Two years of this service
must have been as an engineer officer
while holding an engineer officer
endorsement. Thirty months of the
service must have been as a Qualified
Member of the Engine Department
(QMED) or equivalent position.
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section heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
§ 11.522 Service requirements for national
endorsement as Assistant Engineer-Limited
of steam, motor, and/or gas turbinepropelled vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for endorsement as
Assistant Engineer-Limited of steam,
motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels is 3 years of service in the
engineroom of vessels. Eighteen months
of this service must have been as a
Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED) or equivalent
position.
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section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
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§ 11.524 Service requirements for national
endorsement as Designated Duty Engineer
of steam, motor, and/or gas turbinepropelled vessels.
(a) Designated Duty Engineer (DDE)
endorsements are issued in three levels
of propulsion power limitations
dependent upon the total service of the
applicant and completion of an
appropriate examination. These
endorsements are limited to vessels of
less than 500 GRT on certain waters as
specified in § 11.501.
(b) The service requirements for
endorsements as DDE are—
(1) For DDE of steam, motor, and/or
gas turbine-propelled vessels of
unlimited propulsion power, the
applicant must have 3 years of service
in the engineroom. Eighteen months of
this service must have been as a
Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED) or equivalent
position;
(2) For DDE of steam, motor, and/or
gas turbine-propelled vessels of less
than 4,000 HP/3,000 kW, the applicant
must have 2 years of service in the
engineroom. One year of this service
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must have been as a QMED or
equivalent position; and
(3) For DDE of steam, motor, and/or
gas turbine-propelled vessels of less
than 1,000 HP/750 kW, the applicant
must have 1 year of service in the
engineroom. Six months of this service
must have been as a QMED or
equivalent position.
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section heading and paragraphs (a)
through (d) to read as follows:
§ 11.530 Endorsements as Engineer of
Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
(a) This section applies to
endorsements for Chief and Assistant
Engineer of all vessels, however
propelled, which are documented to
engage in the fishing industry, with the
exception of—
(1) Wooden ships of primitive build;
(2) Unrigged vessels; and
(3) Vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(b) Endorsements as Chief Engineer
and Assistant Engineer of Uninspected
Fishing Industry Vessels are issued for
ocean waters and with propulsion
power limitations in accordance with
the provisions of § 11.503.
(c) For an endorsement as Chief
Engineer, the applicant must have
served 4 years in the engineroom of
vessels. One year of this service must
have been as an Assistant Engineer
Officer or equivalent position.
(d) For an endorsement as Assistant
Engineer, an applicant must have served
3 years in the engineroom of vessels.
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follows:
§ 11.540 Endorsements as engineers of
mobile offshore drilling units.
Endorsements as Chief EngineerMobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU)
or Assistant Engineer-MODU authorize
service on certain self-propelled or nonself-propelled units of unlimited
propulsion power where authorized by
the vessel’s certificate of inspection.
■ 114. Amend § 11.542 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
§ 11.542
MODU.
Endorsement as Chief Engineer-
(a) To qualify for an endorsement as
Chief Engineer-MODU an applicant
must—
(1) Present evidence of one of the
following:
(i) Six years of employment assigned
to MODUs, including 3 years of
employment as Mechanic, Motorman,
Subsea Engineer, Electrician, Barge
Engineer, Toolpusher, Unit
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Superintendent, Crane Operator, or
equivalent. Eighteen months of that
employment must have been assigned to
self-propelled or propulsion assisted
units.
(ii) Two years of employment
assigned to MODUs as an Assistant
Engineer-MODU. Twelve months of that
employment must have been assigned to
self-propelled or propulsion assisted
units; and
(2) Present evidence of completion of
a firefighting training course as required
by § 11.201(h).
(b) If an applicant successfully
completes an examination and
possesses the total required sea service
for an endorsement as Chief EngineerMODU, but does not possess the
required sea service onboard selfpropelled or propulsion assisted units,
the Coast Guard may issue the applicant
an endorsement limited to non-selfpropelled units. The Coast Guard may
remove the limitation upon presentation
of satisfactory evidence of the required
self-propelled sea service and
completion of any additional required
examination.
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section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
§ 11.544 Endorsement as Assistant
Engineer-MODU.
(a) To qualify for an endorsement as
Assistant Engineer-MODU an applicant
must—
(1) Present evidence of one of the
following:
(i) Three years of employment
assigned to MODUs, including 18
months of employment as Mechanic,
Motorman, Subsea Engineer, Electrician,
Barge Engineer, Toolpusher, Unit
Superintendent, Crane Operator, or
equivalent. Nine months of that
employment must have been assigned to
self-propelled or propulsion assisted
unit.
(ii) Three years of employment in the
machinist trade engaged in the
construction or repair of diesel engines
and 1 year of employment assigned to
MODUs in the capacity of Mechanic,
Motorman, Oiler, or equivalent. Nine
months of that employment must have
been assigned to self-propelled or
propulsion assisted units.
(iii) A degree from a program in
marine, mechanical, or electrical
engineering technology that is
accredited by the Accreditation Board
for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
The National Maritime Center will give
consideration to accepting education
credentials from programs having other
than ABET accreditation. An applicant
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qualifying through a degree program
must also have at least 6 months of
employment in any of the capacities
listed in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this
section aboard self-propelled or
propulsion-assisted units; and
(2) Present evidence of completion of
a firefighting training course as required
by § 11.201(h).
(b) If an applicant successfully
completes an examination and
possesses the total required sea service
for an endorsement as an Assistant
Engineer-MODU, but does not possess
the required sea service onboard selfpropelled or propulsion assisted units,
the Coast Guard may issue the applicant
an endorsement limited to non-selfpropelled units. The Coast Guard may
remove the limitation upon presentation
of the satisfactory evidence of the
required self-propelled sea service and
completion of any additional required
examination.
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follows:
§ 11.551 Endorsements for service on
offshore supply vessels.
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(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Chief Engineer-OSV is 4 years of total
service in the engineroom of vessels.
One year of this service must have been
as an engineer officer while holding an
engineer officer endorsement. Two years
of the service must have been as a
Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED) or equivalent
position.
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as Chief Engineer-OSV may qualify for
an STCW endorsement, according to
§§ 11.325, 11.327, and 11.331.
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section heading and paragraphs (a)
through (d) to read as follows:
§ 11.555
Assistant Engineer-OSV.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Assistant Engineer-OSV of unlimited
propulsion power is—
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119. Revise § 11.601 to read as
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Each endorsement for service on
offshore supply vessels (OSVs) as Chief
Engineer-OSV or Engineer-OSV
authorizes service on OSVs as defined
in 46 U.S.C. 2101(19) and as interpreted
under 46 U.S.C. 14104(b), subject to any
restrictions placed on the MMC.
■ 117. Amend § 11.553 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(c) to read as follows:
§ 11.553
(1) Three years of service in the
engineroom. Eighteen months of this
service must have been as a Qualified
Member of the Engine Department
(QMED) or equivalent position; or
(2) One year of total service as part of
an approved or accepted Assistant
Engineer-OSV training program.
(b) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Assistant Engineer-OSV of less than
4,000 HP/3,000 kW, is 2 years of service
in the engineroom. One year of this
service must have been as a QMED or
equivalent position.
(c) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as Assistant Engineer-OSV of less than
1,000 HP/750 kW is 1 year of service in
the engineroom. Six months of this
service must have been as a QMED or
equivalent position.
(d) A person holding an endorsement
as Assistant Engineer-OSV may qualify
for an STCW endorsement, according to
§§ 11.329 and 11.333.
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Applicability.
This subpart provides for
endorsement as Radio Officer for
employment on vessels, and for the
issue of STCW endorsements for those
qualified to serve as Radio Operator on
vessels subject to the provisions on the
Global Maritime Distress and Safety
System (GMDSS) of Chapter IV of
SOLAS (incorporated by reference, see
§ 11.102).
120. Revise § 11.603 to read as
follows:
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§ 11.603 Requirements for Radio Officer
endorsements.
Each applicant for an original
endorsement or renewal of License must
present a current Radiotelegraph
Operator License (T) issued by the
Federal Communications Commission.
The applicant must enter on the
endorsement application form the
number, class, and date of issuance of
their Federal Communications
Commission License.
121. Revise § 11.604 section heading
to read as follows:
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endorsement for Global Maritime Distress
and Safety System (GMDSS) Radio
Operator.
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follows:
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Scope of Pilot endorsements.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement
as First-Class Pilot need not hold any
other officer endorsement issued under
this part.
(b) The issuance of an endorsement as
First-Class Pilot to an individual
qualifies that individual to serve as Pilot
over the routes specified on the
endorsement, subject to any limitations
imposed under paragraph (c) of this
section.
(c) The OCMI issuing an endorsement
as First-Class Pilot imposes appropriate
limitations commensurate with the
experience of the applicant, with
respect to class or type of vessel,
tonnage, route, and waters.
(d) A License or MMC endorsement
issued for service as a Master, Mate, or
Operator of Uninspected Towing
Vessels authorizes service as a Pilot
under the provisions of § 15.812 of this
subchapter. Therefore, First-Class Pilot
endorsements will not be issued with
tonnage limitations of 1,600 GRT or less.
■ 123. Revise § 11.703 to read as
follows:
§ 11.703
Service requirements.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify an applicant for an endorsement
as First-Class Pilot is predicated upon
the nature of the waters for which
pilotage is desired.
(1) General routes (routes not
restricted to rivers, canals and small
lakes). The applicant must have at least
36 months of service in the deck
department of self-propelled vessels
navigating on oceans, coastwise, and
Great Lakes, or bays, sounds, and lakes
other than the Great Lakes, as follows:
(i) Eighteen months of the 36 months
of service must be performing bridge
watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified
officer.
(ii) At least 12 months of the 18
months of service required in paragraph
(a)(1)(i) of this section must be on
vessels operating on the class of waters
for which pilotage is desired.
(2) River routes. The applicant must
have at least 36 months of service in the
deck department of any vessel including
at least 12 months of service on vessels
operating on the waters of rivers while
the applicant is performing bridge
watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified
officer.
(3) Canal and small lakes routes. The
applicant must have at least 24 months
of service in the deck department of any
vessel including at least 8 months of
service on vessels operating on canals or
small lakes.
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(b) A graduate of the Great Lakes
Maritime Academy in the deck class
meets the service requirements of this
section for an endorsement as FirstClass Pilot on the Great Lakes.
(c) Completion of an approved or
accepted Pilot training course may be
substituted for a portion of the service
requirements of this section in
accordance with § 10.404 of this
subchapter. Additionally, roundtrips
made during this training may apply
toward the route familiarization
requirements of § 11.705. An individual
using substituted service must have at
least 9 months of shipboard service.
(d) An individual holding a License or
MMC endorsement as Master or Mate of
inspected self-propelled vessels of more
than 1,600 GRT meets the service
requirements of this section for an
endorsement as First-Class Pilot.
■ 124. Amend § 11.705 by revising
paragraphs (b) and (c) to read as follows:
§ 11.705 Route familiarization
requirements.
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(b) An applicant holding no other
deck officer endorsement seeking an
endorsement as First-Class Pilot must
furnish evidence of having completed a
minimum number of roundtrips, while
serving as quartermaster, wheelsman,
Able Seafarer, Apprentice Pilot, or in an
equivalent capacity, standing regular
watches at the wheel or in the pilot
house as part of routine duties, over the
route sought. Evidence of having
completed a minimum number of
roundtrips while serving as an observer,
properly certified by the Master and/or
Pilot of the vessel, is also acceptable.
The range of roundtrips for an
endorsement is a minimum of 12
roundtrips and a maximum of 20
roundtrips. An applicant may have
additional routes added to the FirstClass Pilot endorsement by meeting the
requirements in paragraph (c) of this
section.
(c) An applicant who currently holds
a deck officer License or MMC
endorsement seeking an endorsement as
First-Class Pilot for a particular route
must furnish evidence of having
completed the number of roundtrips
over the route, specified by the OCMI,
within the range limitations of this
paragraph, for the particular grade of
existing License or MMC endorsement
held. The range of roundtrips for an
endorsement is a minimum of eight
roundtrips and a maximum of 15
roundtrips.
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follows:
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Examination requirements.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement
as First-Class Pilot, except as noted in
paragraph (b) of this section, is required
to pass the examination described in
subpart I of this part.
(b) An applicant for an extension of
route, or an applicant holding a License
or MMC endorsement as Master or Mate
authorized to serve on vessels of more
than 1,600 GRT seeking an endorsement
as First-Class Pilot, is required to pass
those portions of the examination
described in subpart I of this part that
concern the specific route for which
endorsement is sought.
■ 126. Amend § 11.709 by revising
paragraph (b) introductory text and
paragraphs (c) and (d) to read as follows:
§ 11.709 Annual physical examination
requirements.
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(b) Every person holding an MMC
endorsement as First-Class Pilot, or a
Master or Mate serving as a Pilot under
§ 15.812 of this subchapter, must have a
thorough physical examination each
year. This annual physical examination
must be completed by the first day of
the month following the anniversary of
the individual’s most recently
completed Coast Guard-required
physical examination. Each annual
physical examination must meet the
requirements specified in part 10,
subpart C, of this subchapter and be
recorded on the form CG–719K.
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(c) An individual’s First-Class Pilot
endorsement becomes invalid on the
first day of the month following the
anniversary of the individual’s most
recently completed Coast Guardrequired physical examination, if the
person does not meet the physical
examination requirement as provided in
paragraph (b) of this section. The
individual may not operate under the
authority of that endorsement until a
physical examination has been
satisfactorily completed.
(d) A Master or Mate may not serve
as a Pilot on a vessel 1,600 GRT or more
under § 15.812 of this subchapter if the
person does not meet the physical
examination requirements provided in
paragraph (b) of this section.
■ 127. Amend § 11.711 by revising
paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) to read as
follows:
§ 11.711
Tonnage requirements.
(a) In order to obtain a First-Class
Pilot endorsement authorizing service
on vessels of unlimited tonnage over a
particular route, the applicant must
have sufficient experience on vessels of
more than 1,600 GRT.
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applicant is considered to have
sufficient experience if the applicant
has 18 months of experience as Master,
Mate, quartermaster, wheelsman, Able
Seafarer, Apprentice Pilot, or in an
equivalent capacity, standing regular
watches at the wheel or in the
pilothouse as part of routine duties, on
vessels of 1,600 GRT or more, and twothirds of the minimum number of
roundtrips required for the route have
been on vessels of 1,600 GRT or more.
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experience with respect to tonnage on
towing vessels, the combined gross
tonnage of the towing vessels and the
vessels towed will be considered.
However, the Coast Guard may require
that all or a portion of the required
number of roundtrips be obtained on
self-propelled vessels of 1,600 GRT or
more, when the Coast Guard determines
that due to the nature of the waters and
the overall experience of the applicant,
self-propelled vessel experience is
necessary to obtain a First-Class Pilot
endorsement that is not restricted to tug
and barge combinations.
■ 128. Revise § 11.713 to read as
follows:
§ 11.713 Requirements for maintaining
current knowledge of waters to be
navigated.
(a) If a First-Class Pilot has not served
over a particular route within the past
60 months, that person’s License or
MMC endorsement is invalid for that
route, and remains invalid until the
individual has made one refamiliarization round trip over that
route, except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this section. Whether this
requirement is satisfied or not has no
effect on the renewal of other Licenses
or MMC endorsements. Roundtrips
made within the 90-day period
preceding renewal will be valid for the
duration of the renewed License or
MMC endorsement.
(b) For certain long or extended
routes, the OCMI may, at their
discretion, allow the re-familiarization
requirement to be satisfied by reviewing
appropriate navigation charts, coast
pilots tide and current tables, local
Notice to Mariners, and any other
materials that would provide the Pilot
with current knowledge of the route.
Persons using this method of refamiliarization must certify, when
applying for renewal of their License or
MMC endorsement, the material they
have reviewed and the dates on which
this was accomplished. Review within
the 90-day period preceding renewal is
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MMC endorsement.
■ 129. Amend § 11.807 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (d) to read as follows:
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registry.
(a) The applicant for a certificate of
registry as staff officer must submit
evidence of experience as follows:
(1) Chief Purser. Two years of service
aboard vessels performing duties
relating to work in the Purser’s office.
(2) Purser. One year of service aboard
vessels performing duties relating to
work in the Purser’s office.
(3) Senior Assistant Purser. Six
months of service aboard vessels
performing duties relating to work in
the Purser’s office.
(4) Junior Assistant Purser. Previous
experience not required.
(5) Medical Doctor. A valid License as
physician or surgeon issued under the
authority of a state or territory of the
United States, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.
(6) Professional Nurse. A valid
License as a registered nurse issued
under authority of a state or territory of
the United States, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.
(7) Marine Physician Assistant.
Successful completion of an accredited
course of instruction for a physician’s
assistant or nurse practitioner program.
(8) Medical Technician. A rating of at
least hospital corpsman or health
services technician, first class, in the
U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, or an
equivalent rating in the U.S. Army (not
less than Staff Sergeant, Medical
Department, U.S.A.), or in the U.S. Air
Force (not less than Technical Sergeant,
Medical Department, U.S.A.F.), and a
period of satisfactory service of at least
1 month in a military hospital..
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endorsement, other than Medical Doctor
or Professional Nurse, presents evidence
of other qualifications that, in the
opinion of the Coast Guard, is
equivalent to the experience
requirements of this section and is
consistent with the duties of a staff
officer, the Coast Guard may issue the
MMC.
■ 130. Amend § 11.821 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a)
through (c) to read as follows:
§ 11.821
High-Speed Craft Type-Rating.
(a) This section is only applicable to
those persons who will be serving or
have served upon those vessels built
and operated in accordance with the
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(b) To qualify for a High-Speed Craft
Type-Rating endorsement (TRE) for
operating vessels to which the HSC
Code applies, an applicant must—
(1) Hold a valid officer endorsement
for vessels of commensurate grade,
tonnage, route, and/or horsepower; and
(2) Present evidence of successful
completion of a Coast Guard-approved
Type Rating training program.
(c) A separate TRE will be issued for
each type and class of high-speed craft.
The original route will be as specified
in the approved type rating program.
Additional routes may be added to an
existing TRE by completing at least 12
roundtrips over each route under the
supervision of a type-rated Master on
the class of high speed craft the TRE
will be valid for. Six of the trips must
be made during the hours of darkness or
a ‘‘daylight only’’ restriction will be
imposed.
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paragraph (b)(1) to read as follows:
§ 11.901
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(1) Restricted routes for reduced
service officer endorsements (Master or
Mate of vessels of less than 200 GRT,
OUPV, or Master or Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels).
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paragraphs (a) and (c) to read as follows:
§ 11.903 Officer endorsements requiring
examinations.
(a) The following officer
endorsements require examinations for
issuance:
(1) Chief Mate of ocean or near-coastal
self-propelled vessels of unlimited
tonnage (examined at the management
level).
(2) Third Mate of ocean or nearcoastal self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage (examined at the
operational level).
(3) Master of ocean or near-coastal
self-propelled vessels of less than 1,600
GRT.
(4) Mate of ocean or near-coastal selfpropelled vessels of less than 1,600
GRT.
(5) Master of near-coastal vessels less
than 200 GRT.
(6) Mate of near-coastal vessels less
than 200 GRT.
(7) Master of near-coastal vessels less
than 100 GRT.
(8) Mate of near-coastal vessels less
than 100 GRT.
(9) Master of Great Lakes and inland
vessels of unlimited tonnage.
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(10) Mate of Great Lakes and inland
vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(11) Master of inland vessels of
unlimited tonnage.
(12) Master of river vessels of
unlimited tonnage.
(13) Master of Great Lakes and inland/
river vessels less than 500 GRT or less
than 1,600 GRT.
(14) Mate of Great Lakes and inland/
river vessels less than 500 GRT or less
than 1,600 GRT.
(15) Master of Great Lakes and inland/
river vessels less than 200 GRT.
(16) Mate of Great Lakes and inland/
river vessels less than 200 GRT.
(17) Master of Great Lakes and inland.
(18) First-Class Pilot.
(19) Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels.
(20) Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels-Limited.
(21) Offshore Installation Manager.
(22) Barge Supervisor.
(23) Ballast Control Operator (BCO).
(24) Operator of Uninspected
Passenger Vessels (OUPV).
(25) Master of Uninspected Fishing
Industry Vessels.
(26) Mate of Uninspected Fishing
Industry Vessels.
(27) Master-OSV.
(28) Chief Mate-OSV.
(29) Mate-OSV.
(30) First Assistant Engineer limited
or unlimited propulsion power.
(31) Third Assistant Engineer limited
or unlimited propulsion power.
(32) Chief Engineer-Limited steam/
motor vessels.
(33) Assistant Engineer-Limited
steam/motor vessels.
(34) Designated Duty Engineer steam/
motor vessels.
(35) Chief Engineer Uninspected
Fishing Industry Vessels.
(36) Assistant Engineer Uninspected
Fishing Industry Vessels.
(37) Chief Engineer-MODU.
(38) Assistant Engineer-MODU.
(39) Chief Engineer-OSV.
(40) Assistant Engineer-OSV.
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endorsements do not require
examinations:
(1) Master of oceans or near-coastal
vessels of unlimited tonnage when
upgrading from MMC officer
endorsements, or a License as Chief
Mate of oceans or near-coastal vessels of
unlimited tonnage, provided the
applicant has already been examined at
the management level.
(2) Master of oceans or near-coastal
vessels of unlimited tonnage when
adding an endorsement as Offshore
Installation Manager (OIM).
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(3) Master of oceans or near-coastal
self-propelled vessels of less than 200
GRT, when upgrading from Mate of
near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
less than 200 GRT. Master of oceans
self-propelled vessels of less than 200
GRT will, however, require an
examination in celestial navigation.
(4) Second Mate of oceans or nearcoastal vessels when upgrading from
Third Mate of oceans or near-coastal
vessels, provided the applicant has
already been examined at the
operational level.
(5) Master of Great Lakes and inland
vessels, or river vessels of less than 200
GRT when upgrading from Mate of less
than 200 GRT on the same route.
(6) Chief Engineer-Unlimited,
provided the applicant has already been
examined at the management level.
(7) Chief Engineer-Limited to service
on steam, motor, or gas turbinepropelled vessels of less than 10,000
HP/7,500 kW on near-coastal routes,
provided the applicant has already been
examined at the management level.
(8) Chief Engineer-Limited to service
on steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-
propelled vessels of less than 4,000 HP/
3,000 kW on near-coastal routes,
provided the applicant has already been
examined at the management level.
(9) Second Assistant Engineer when
upgrading from Third Assistant
Engineer, provided the applicant has
already been examined at the
operational level.
■ 133. Amend § 11.910 by revising table
1 to § 11.910 to read as follows:
§ 11.910 Subjects for deck officer
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Deck Officer Endorsements
1. Master/Chief Mate, oceans/near-coastal, unlimited tonnage.
2. Master, oceans/near-coastal, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
3. Second Mate/Third Mate, oceans/near-coastal, unlimited tonnage, and Mate less than 500 GRT and less than 1600 GRT, oceans/near-coastal.
4. Master, oceans/near-coastal, and Mate, near-coastal, less than 200 GRT (includes Master, near-coastal, less than 100 GRT).
5. Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels, near-coastal.
6. Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels, Great Lakes/inland.
7. Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, ocean (domestic trade) and near-coastal routes.
8. Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, Great Lakes, and inland routes.
9. Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, Western Rivers.
10. Master, Great Lakes/inland, or Master, inland, unlimited tonnage.
11. Mate, Great Lakes/inland, unlimited tonnage.
12. Master, Great Lakes/inland, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
13. Mate, Great Lakes/inland, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
14. Master or Mate, Great Lakes/inland, less than 200 GRT (includes Master, Great Lakes/inland, less than 100 GRT).
15. Master, rivers, unlimited tonnage.
16. Master, rivers, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
17. Mate, rivers, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
18. Master or Mate, rivers, less than 200 GRT (includes Master, rivers, less than 100 GRT).
19. Master of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels, oceans/near-coastal.
20. Mate of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels, oceans/near-coastal.
21. First-Class Pilot.
22. Master-OSV.
23. Chief Mate-OSV.
24. Mate-OSV.
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1 to § 11.950 to read as follows:
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1. First Assistant Engineer-Unlimited.
2. Third Assistant Engineer-Unlimited.
3. Chief Engineer-Limited.
4. Assistant Engineer-Limited.
5. Designated Duty Engineer-Unlimited.
6. Designated Duty Engineer 4,000 HP.
7. Designated Duty Engineer 1,000 HP.
8. Chief Engineer-Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
9. Assistant Engineer-Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
10. Chief Engineer-MODU.
11. Assistant Engineer-MODU.
12. Chief Engineer-OSV Unlimited.
13. Assistant Engineer-OSV Unlimited.
14. Chief Engineer-OSV 4,000 HP.
15. Assistant Engineer-OSV 4,000 HP.
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paragraph (b) to read as follows:
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(b) Specific regulations on the use of
non-U.S. credentialed officers and
mariners with officer endorsements
(except those of Master) are found in
§ 15.720 of this subchapter.
■ 136. Amend § 11.1005 by revising
paragraphs (b) and (d)(3) to read as
follows:
§ 11.1005 Employer application
requirements.
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(b) If a ‘‘Certificate attesting
recognition’’ is issued to the applicant,
the employer must maintain a detailed
record of the seafarer’s total service on
all authorized U.S.-flagged vessels, and
must make that information available to
the Coast Guard upon request.
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(3) Valid identification document,
such as a passport or Seafarer’s Identity
Document (SID).
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paragraph (a) introductory text and
paragraphs (a)(1)(iii) and (iv) to read as
follows:
§ 11.1105 General requirements for officer
endorsements.
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(a) To serve on a passenger vessel on
international voyages, Masters, deck
officers, Chief Engineers, and engineer
officers, must—
(1) * * *
(iii) Masters, Chief Engineer Officers,
Chief Mates, Second Engineer Officers,
and any person designated on muster
lists of having responsibility for the
safety of passengers in emergency
situations onboard passenger ships must
have completed approved training in
crisis management and human behavior
as specified in section A–V/2 of the
STCW Code.
(iv) Masters, Chief Engineer Officers,
Chief Mates, Second Engineer Officers,
and every person assigned immediate
responsibility for embarking and
disembarking passengers, loading,
discharging or securing cargo, or closing
hull openings onboard Ro-Ro passenger
ships must have completed approved
training in passenger safety, cargo
safety, and hull integrity as specified in
section A–V/2 of the STCW Code; and
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PART 12—REQUIREMENTS FOR
RATING ENDORSEMENTS
138. The authority citation for part 12
is revised to read as follows:
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Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101,
2103, 2110, Chapter 73, 7503, 7505, 7701,
and 70105; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1,
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139. Amend § 12.103 by revising
paragraph (a) and the introductory text
of paragraph (b) to read as follows:
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§ 12.103
Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by
reference into this part with the
approval of the Director of the Federal
Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
CFR part 51. All approved incorporation
by reference material (IBR) is available
for inspection at the Coast Guard and
the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). Contact Coast
Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner
Credentialing (CG–MMC), U.S. Coast
Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20593–7509; phone: 202–372–1492;
website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/
merchant_mariner_credential/. For
information on the availability of this
material at NARA, visit
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@
nara.gov. The material may be obtained
from:
(b) International Maritime
Organization (IMO), 4 Albert
Embankment, London SE1 7SR,
England; phone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611;
website: www.imo.org.
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§ 12.201
[Amended]
140. Amend § 12.201 paragraph (a)(2)
by removing the text ‘‘food handler’s’’
and adding, in its place, the text ‘‘Food
Handler’s’’.
■ 141. Revise § 12.401 to read as
follows:
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§ 12.401 General requirements for Able
Seafarer endorsements.
(a) General. An Able Seafarer is any
person below officer and above
Ordinary Seafarer who holds a
Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC)
endorsed as Able Seafarer by the Coast
Guard.
(b) Categories. The following
categories of Able Seafarer
endorsements are established:
(1) Able Seafarer-Unlimited.
(2) Able Seafarer-Limited.
(3) Able Seafarer-Special.
(4) Able Seafarer-OSV.
(5) Able Seafarer-Sail.
(6) Able Seafarer-Fishing Industry.
(c) Requirements for certification. To
qualify for an endorsement as Able
Seafarer, an applicant must—
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) Pass the prescribed physical and
medical examination requirements
specified in 46 CFR, part 10, subpart C;
(3) Present evidence of having passed
a chemical test for dangerous drugs or
of qualifying for an exemption from
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testing as described in § 16.220 of this
subchapter;
(4) Meet the sea service or training
requirements set forth in this part;
(5) Pass an examination for Able
Seafarer;
(6) Qualify for an endorsement as
Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat OperatorLimited; and
(7) Speak and understand the English
language as would be required in
performing the general duties of Able
Seafarer and during an emergency
aboard ship.
(d) Additional requirements. (1) The
holder of an MMC or MMD endorsed for
the rating of Able Seafarer may serve in
any rating in the deck department
without obtaining an additional
endorsement, provided—
(i) That the holder possesses the
appropriate Able Seafarer endorsement
for the service of the vessel; and
(ii) That the holder possesses the
appropriate STCW endorsement when
serving as an Able Seafarer-Deck or
Ratings Forming Part of the Navigational
Watch (RFPNW) on a seagoing ship.
(2) Any MMC endorsed as Able
Seafarer will also be endorsed as
Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat OperatorLimited, as appropriate.
(3) The Able Seafarer endorsement
will clearly describe the type of rating
that it represents (see paragraph (a) of
this section).
■ 142. Revise § 12.403 to read as
follows:
§ 12.403 Service or training requirements
for Able Seafarer endorsements.
(a) The minimum service required to
qualify for the various categories of
endorsement as Able Seafarer is as
follows:
(1) Able Seafarer-Unlimited. Three
years of service on deck on vessels
operating on oceans or on the Great
Lakes.
(2) Able Seafarer-Limited. Eighteen
months of service on deck on vessels of
100 GRT or more which operate in a
service not exclusively confined to the
rivers and smaller inland lakes of the
United States.
(3) Able Seafarer-Special. Twelve
months of service on deck on vessels
operating on oceans or the navigable
waters of the United States, including
the Great Lakes.
(4) Able Seafarer-OSV. Six months of
service on deck on vessels operating on
oceans or on the navigable waters of the
United States, including the Great
Lakes.
(5) Able Seafarer-Sail. Six months of
service on deck on sailing school
vessels, oceanographic research vessels
powered primarily by sail, or equivalent
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sailing vessels operating on oceans or on
the navigable waters of the United
States, including the Great Lakes.
(6) Able Seafarer-Fishing Industry. Six
months of service on deck, not as a
processor, onboard vessels operating on
oceans or on the navigable waters of the
United States, including the Great
Lakes.
(b) Approved training programs may
be substituted for the required periods
of service on deck as follows:
(1) A graduate of a school ship may
be qualified for a rating endorsement as
Able Seafarer, without further service,
upon satisfactory completion of the
program of instruction. For this
purpose, ‘‘school ship’’ is interpreted to
mean an institution that offers a
complete approved program of
instruction, including a period of at-sea
training, in the skills appropriate to the
rating of Able Seafarer.
(2) Training programs, other than
those classified as a school ship, may be
substituted for up to one-third of the
required service on deck. The Coast
Guard will determine the service/
training ratio for each program and may
allow a maximum of 3 days of deck
service credit for each day of
instruction.
■ 143. Amend § 12.405 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b)(2) to read as follows:
§ 12.405 Examination and demonstration
of ability for Able Seafarer endorsements.
(a) Before an applicant is issued an
endorsement as an Able Seafarer, he or
she must prove, to the satisfaction of the
Coast Guard, by oral or other means of
examination, or by actual demonstration
in a Coast Guard-approved course, their
knowledge of seamanship and the
ability to carry out effectively all the
duties that may be required of an Able
Seafarer, including those of a Lifeboat
Operator or Lifeboat Operator-Limited.
(b) * * *
(2) The applicant’s knowledge of
commands in handling the wheel by
obeying orders passed to them as
helmsman, and knowledge of the use of
the engine room telegraph.
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follows:
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§ 12.407 General requirements for Lifeboat
Operator endorsements.
(a) General. Every person fulfilling the
manning requirements as Lifeboat
Operator on any United States vessel
must hold an endorsement as Lifeboat
Operator. No endorsement as Lifeboat
Operator is required of any person
employed on any unrigged vessel,
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barge navigating waters other than rivers
and/or canals.
(b) Requirements for certification. (1)
To qualify for an endorsement as
Lifeboat Operator, an applicant must—
(i) Be at least 18 years of age;
(ii) Pass the prescribed physical and
medical examination requirements
specified in 46 CFR, part 10, subpart C;
and
(iii) Present evidence of having passed
a chemical test for dangerous drugs or
as having qualified for an exemption for
testing described in § 16.220 of this
subchapter.
(2) To be eligible for an endorsement
as Lifeboat Operator, an applicant must
meet one of the following sea service
requirements:
(i) At least 6 months of sea service in
any department of vessels and the
successful completion of an approved
course.
(ii) At least 12 months of sea service
in any department of vessels on ocean,
coastwise, inland, and Great Lakes
routes.
(3) Before an applicant is issued an
endorsement as a Lifeboat Operator,
they must prove, to the satisfaction of
the Coast Guard, by oral or other means
of examination, and by actual practical
demonstration of abilities, their
knowledge of seamanship and the
ability to carry out effectively all the
duties that may be required of a Lifeboat
Operator. This requirement may be met
by completion of an approved course in
paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section,
provided the course includes actual
practical demonstration of abilities.
(4) The practical demonstration must
consist of a demonstration of the
applicant’s ability to—
(i) Take charge of a survival craft or
rescue boat during and after launch;
(ii) Operate a survival craft engine;
(iii) Demonstrate the ability to row by
actually pulling an oar in the boat;
(iv) Manage a survival craft and
survivors after abandoning ship;
(v) Safely recover survival craft and
rescue boats; and
(vi) Use locating and communication
devices.
(5) The examination, whether
administered orally or by other means,
must be conducted only in the English
language and must consist of questions
regarding—
(i) Lifeboats and liferafts, the names of
their essential parts, and a description
of the required equipment;
(ii) The clearing away, swinging out,
and lowering of lifeboats and liferafts,
the handling of lifeboats under oars and
sails, including questions relative to the
proper handling of a boat in a heavy sea;
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(iii) The operation and functions of
commonly used types of davits.
(6) An applicant, to be eligible for an
endorsement as Lifeboat Operator, must
be able to speak and understand the
English language as would be required
in the rating of Lifeboat Operator and in
an emergency aboard ship.
■ 145. Revise § 12.409 to read as
follows:
§ 12.409 General requirements for Lifeboat
Operator-Limited endorsements.
(a) General. Every person fulfilling the
manning requirements for Lifeboat
Operator on any United States vessel
fitted with liferafts, but not fitted with
lifeboats, must hold an endorsement as
Lifeboat Operator or as Lifeboat
Operator-Limited. No endorsement as
Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat OperatorLimited is required of any person
employed on any unrigged vessel,
except on a seagoing barge and on a tank
barge navigating waters other than rivers
and/or canals.
(b) Requirements for certification. (1)
To qualify for an endorsement as
Lifeboat Operator-Limited, an applicant
must—
(i) Be at least 18 years of age;
(ii) Pass the prescribed physical and
medical examination requirements
specified in 46 CFR part 10, subpart C;
and
(iii) Present evidence of having passed
a chemical test for dangerous drugs or
of having qualified for an exemption for
testing, as described in § 16.220 of this
subchapter.
(2) An applicant, to be eligible for an
endorsement as Lifeboat OperatorLimited, must meet one of the following
sea service requirements:
(i) At least 12 months of sea service
in any department of vessels on ocean,
coastwise, inland, and Great Lakes
routes.
(ii) At least 6 months of sea service in
any department of vessels, and
successful completion of an approved
course.
(3) Before an applicant is issued an
endorsement as a Lifeboat OperatorLimited, they must prove, to the
satisfaction of the Coast Guard, by oral
or other means of examination, and by
actual practical demonstration of
abilities, their knowledge of seamanship
and ability to carry out effectively all
the duties that may be required of a
Lifeboat Operator-Limited.
(4) The practical demonstration must
consist of a demonstration of the
applicant’s ability to—
(i) Take charge of a rescue boat,
liferaft, or other lifesaving apparatus
during and after launch;
(ii) Operate a rescue boat engine;
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(iii) Manage a survival craft and
survivors after abandoning ship;
(iv) Safely recover rescue boats; and
(v) Use locating and communication
devices.
(5) The examination, whether
administered orally or by other means,
must be conducted only in the English
language and must consist of questions
regarding—
(i) Liferafts, rescue boats, and other
survival craft except lifeboats, the
names of their essential parts, and a
description and use of the required
equipment;
(ii) The clearing away, launching, and
handling of rescue craft, except
lifeboats; and
(iii) The operation and functions of
commonly used launching devices for
rescue boats and survival craft other
than lifeboats.
(6) An applicant, to be eligible for an
endorsement as Lifeboat OperatorLimited, must be able to speak and
understand the English language as
would be required in the rating of
Lifeboat Operator-Limited and in an
emergency aboard ship.
■ 146. Amend § 12.501 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) to read as follows:
§ 12.501 General requirements for a
Qualified Member of the Engine
Department.
(a) General. A Qualified Member of
the Engine Department (QMED) is any
person below officer and above the
rating of Coal Passer or Wiper, who
holds an MMC or MMD endorsed as
QMED by the Coast Guard.
(b) Categories. (1) Each QMED rating
must be endorsed separately, unless the
applicant qualifies for all QMED ratings,
in which case the endorsement will read
‘‘QMED—any rating.’’ The ratings are—
(i) Boiler Technician/Watertender;
(ii) Oiler;
(iii) Junior Engineer;
(iv) Electrician/Refrigerating Engineer;
and
(v) Pump Technician/Machinist.
(2) The Coast Guard will no longer
issue original endorsements for Deck
Engineer, Deck/Engine Mechanic, or
Engineman, or individual endorsements
for Refrigerating Engineer, Machinist,
Electrician, and Pump Technician.
However, a mariner who holds any of
these endorsements may continue to
renew them as long as they are
otherwise qualified.
(3) If the holder of an endorsement as
Pump Technician only or Machinist
only seeks the combined endorsement
of Pump Technician/Machinist, the
mariner must pass the examination
described in table 1 to § 12.505(c).
(4) If the holder of an endorsement as
Electrician only or Refrigerating
Engineer only seeks the combined
endorsement of Electrician/Refrigerating
Engineer, the mariner must pass the
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examination described in table 1 to
§ 12.505(c).
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paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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§ 12.503
Service or training requirements.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement
as Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED) must provide the
Coast Guard with proof of qualification
based on 6 months of service in a rating
at least equal to that of Wiper or Coal
Passer.
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148. Amend § 12.505 by revising
paragraph (a) and table 1 to § 12.505(c)
to read as follows:
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§ 12.505
Examination requirements.
(a) Before an applicant is issued an
endorsement as QMED in the rating of
Oiler, Boiler Technician/Watertender,
Junior Engineer, Pump Technician/
Machinist, or Electrician/Refrigerating
Engineer, they must prove, to the
satisfaction of the Coast Guard, by oral
or other means of examination, their
knowledge of the subjects listed in
paragraph (c) of this section.
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(c) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 12.505(c)—EXAMINATION SUBJECTS FOR QMED RATINGS
Pump
technician/
machinist
Boiler
technician/
watertender
Oiler
Electrician/
refrigerating
engineer
Junior
engineer
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X
X
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General subjects:
Auxiliary machinery .......................................................
Basic safety procedures ...............................................
Bearings ........................................................................
Care of equipment and machine parts .........................
Deck machinery ............................................................
Drawings and tables .....................................................
Heat exchangers ...........................................................
Hydraulic principles .......................................................
Instrumentation principles .............................................
Lubrication principles ....................................................
Maintenance procedures ..............................................
Measuring instruments .................................................
Pipes, fittings, and valves .............................................
Pollution prevention ......................................................
Properties of fuel ..........................................................
Pumps, fans, and blowers ............................................
Refrigeration principles .................................................
Remote control equipment ...........................................
Use of hand/power tools ...............................................
Watch duties .................................................................
Electrical subjects:
A/C circuits ....................................................................
Batteries ........................................................................
Calculations ..................................................................
Communication devices ................................................
D/C circuits ...................................................................
Distribution systems ......................................................
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Pump
technician/
machinist
Boiler
technician/
watertender
Oiler
Electrician/
refrigerating
engineer
Junior
engineer
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Subjects
Electronic principles ......................................................
Generation equipment ..................................................
Maintenance .................................................................
Measuring devices ........................................................
Motor controllers ...........................................................
Motors ...........................................................................
Safety ............................................................................
Troubleshooting ............................................................
Safety and environmental protection subjects:
Communications ...........................................................
Damage control ............................................................
Elementary first aid .......................................................
Emergency equipment ..................................................
Environmental awareness ............................................
Fire prevention ..............................................................
Firefighting equipment ..................................................
Firefighting principles ....................................................
General safety ..............................................................
Hazardous materials .....................................................
Shipboard equipment and systems subjects:
Air conditioning .............................................................
Ballast ...........................................................................
Bilge ..............................................................................
Compressed air ............................................................
Desalination ..................................................................
Fuel oil storage/transfer ................................................
Fuel treatment ...............................................................
Heating/ventilation ........................................................
Lubrication ....................................................................
Potable water ................................................................
Refrigeration .................................................................
Sanitary/sewage ...........................................................
Steering .........................................................................
Steam propulsion subjects:
Auxiliary turbines ..........................................................
Boiler fundamentals ......................................................
Combustion principles ..................................................
Condensate systems ....................................................
Drive systems ...............................................................
Feedwater systems .......................................................
Fuel service systems ....................................................
Maintenance .................................................................
Safety ............................................................................
Steam fundamentals .....................................................
Turbine fundamentals ...................................................
Motor propulsion subjects:
Air-charge systems .......................................................
Cooling water systems .................................................
Diesel engine principles ................................................
Drive systems ...............................................................
Fuel service systems ....................................................
Intake/exhaust ...............................................................
Lubrication systems ......................................................
Starting systems ...........................................................
Waste heat/auxiliary boiler ...........................................
149. Amend § 12.601 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (b)(1)(i) to read as
follows:
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§ 12.601 General requirements for STCW
rating endorsements.
(a) General. An applicant for any
STCW endorsement must hold the
appropriate national endorsement,
unless otherwise specified. The Coast
Guard will issue an STCW endorsement
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to qualified applicants for any of the
following ratings or qualifications:
(1) Able Seafarer-Deck.
(2) Ratings Forming Part of a
Navigational Watch (RFPNW).
(3) Able Seafarer-Engine.
(4) Ratings Forming Part of an
Engineering Watch in a manned
engineroom or designated to perform
duties in a periodically unmanned
engineroom (RFPEW).
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(5) Electro-technical Rating on vessels
powered by main propulsion machinery
of 750 kW/1,000 HP or more.
(6) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats, other than Fast Rescue
Boats (PSC).
(7) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats, other than lifeboats and
Fast Rescue Boats (PSC-Limited).
(8) Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats.
(9) Medical First-aid Provider.
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(10) Person in Charge of Medical Care.
(11) GMDSS At-sea Maintainer.
(12) Vessel Personnel with Designated
Security Duties.
(13) Security Awareness.
(b) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) In-service experience:
Documentation of successful
completion of assessments, approved or
accepted by the Coast Guard, and signed
by a Qualified Assessor, deck or
engineering, as appropriate.
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■ 150. Amend § 12.602 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a)
introductory text and (b) introductory
text to read as follows:
§ 12.602
Basic Training.
(a) Applicants seeking an STCW
rating endorsement must provide
evidence, with their application, of
meeting the standard of competence for
Basic Training (BT) as described below:
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(b) Every 5 years, seafarers qualified
in accordance with § 12.601(a) must
provide evidence of maintaining the
standard of competence for Basic
Training (BT).
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■ 151. Amend § 12.603 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b),
and table 1 to § 12.603(d) to read as
follows:
§ 12.603 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Able Seafarer-Deck.
(a) To qualify for this endorsement as
Able Seafarer-Deck, an applicant must—
(1) Be not less than 18 years of age;
(2) Meet the requirements for
certification as Ratings Forming Part of
a Navigational Watch (RFPNW);
(3) While qualified as an RFPNW,
have seagoing service in the deck
department of—
(i) Not less than 18 months; or
(ii) Not less than 12 months and have
completed approved training;
(4) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Table A–II/5 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 12.103); and
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(5) Provide evidence of having
satisfactorily completed approved
training in—
(i) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats (PSC); or
(ii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats, other than lifeboats or
Fast Rescue Boats-Limited (PSCLimited), as appropriate.
(b) Seafarers holding a rating
endorsement as Able Seafarer before
January 1, 2017, will be eligible for this
endorsement upon showing evidence
of—
(1) Holding an endorsement as an
RFPNW; and
(2) Having satisfactorily completed
approved training in—
(i) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats, other than Fast Rescue
Boats (PSC); or
(ii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats, other than lifeboats or
Fast Rescue Boats (PSC-Limited), as
appropriate.
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(d) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 12.603(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS ABLE SEAFARER-DECK
Sea
service under authority of the
endorsement 1
Competence—
STCW Table A–
II/4 2
Competence—
STCW Table A–
II/5 3
Training required
by this section 4
None ..............................................
None ..............................................
6 months 5 .....................................
12 months 6 ...................................
12 months 6 ...................................
12 months 6 ...................................
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
Entry path from
national endorsements
Able
Able
Able
Able
Able
Able
Seafarer-Unlimited ........................................................................
Seafarer-Limited ............................................................................
Seafarer-Special ...........................................................................
Seafarer-OSV ................................................................................
Seafarer-Sail .................................................................................
Seafarer-Fishing Industry ..............................................................
1 This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer already holding an RFPNW endorsement in order to meet the requirements of this
section.
2 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
3 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(4) of this section not previously satisfied.
4 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(5) of this section not previously satisfied.
5 The service may be reduced to 3 months if training has been completed as part of an approved training program meeting the requirements of paragraph (a)(4) of
this section.
6 The service may be reduced to 6 months if training has been completed as part of an approved training program meeting the requirements of (a)(4) of this
section.
■ 152. Amend § 12.605 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text and (a)(2)(i), and table
1 to § 12.605(c) to read as follows:
under the supervision of the Master,
Mate, or qualified STCW deck rating; or
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*
*
(c) * * *
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§ 12.605 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Ratings Forming
Part of a Navigational Watch
TABLE 1 TO § 12.605(c)—STCW
ENDORSEMENT AS RFPNW
(a) To qualify for endorsement as
Ratings Forming Part of a Navigational
Watch (RFPNW) on a seagoing vessel of
500 GT or more, an applicant must—
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*
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*
*
(2) * * *
(i) Six months of seagoing service,
which includes training and experience
associated with navigational
watchkeeping functions and involves
the performance of duties carried out
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Entry path from
national
endorsements
Able SeafarerUnlimited.
Able SeafarerLimited.
Able SeafarerSpecial.
Able SeafarerOSV.
Able SeafarerSail.
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Sea service
under
authority of the
endorsement 1
Competence—
STCW Table
A–II/4 2
None .................
Y
None .................
Y
None .................
Y
None .................
Y
None .................
Y
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TABLE 1 TO § 12.605(c)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS RFPNW—Continued
Entry path from
national
endorsements
Sea service
under
authority of the
endorsement 1
Competence—
STCW Table
A–II/4 2
Able SeafarerFishing Industry.
Ordinary Seafarer.
None .................
Y
6 mo.3 ...............
Y
1 This column provides the minimum additional
service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
2 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this
section not previously satisfied.
3 The service may be reduced to 2 months if training has been completed as part of an approved training program meeting the requirements of paragraph
(a)(2)(ii) of this section.
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153. Amend § 12.607 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(2), and (b), and
table 1 to § 12.607(d) to read as follows:
§ 12.611 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Electro-technical
Rating on vessels powered by main
propulsion machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP
or more.
§ 12.607 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as rating as Able
Seafarer-Engine.
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as an Electro-technical
Rating (ETR), an applicant must—
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*
*
*
(2) * * *
(i) Twelve months of seagoing service,
that includes training and experience
associated with engine room
watchkeeping functions and involves
the performance of duties carried out
under the supervision of an engineer
officer, Electro-technical Officer, or a
qualified STCW engine rating;
*
*
*
*
*
(b) An applicant who holds an STCW
endorsement as Able Seafarer-Engine
and a national rating endorsement as
Electrician, Electrician/Refrigerating
Engineer, or Junior Engineer will be
issued the ETR endorsement upon
completion of the requirements in
Section A–III/7 of the STCW Code and
evidence of completion of the training
required in paragraph (a)(4) of this
section.
(c) * * *
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as an Able SeafarerEngine, an applicant must—
*
*
*
*
*
(2) Meet the requirements for
certification as a Ratings Forming Part of
an Engineering Watch (RFPEW);
*
*
*
*
*
(b) Seafarers holding a rating
endorsement as QMED, Junior Engineer,
Electrician or Electrician/Refrigerating
Engineer, Pump Technician or Pump
Technician/Machinist, Refrigerating
Engineer, or Machinist before January 1,
2017, will be eligible for this
endorsement upon showing evidence of
holding an endorsement as an RFPEW.
*
*
*
*
*
(d) * * *
TABLE 1 TO § 12.607(d)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS ABLE SEAFARER-ENGINE
Domestic QMED
endorsement
Engineman ................
Deck Engine Mechanic.
Electrician ..................
Refrigerating Engineer.
Pump Technician ......
Machinist ...................
Additional sea service
for AS–E
None.
None.
Entry path from
national
endorsements
6 months.1
6 months.1
6 months.1
6 months.1
1 Service may be reduced to 3 months if
training has been completed as part of an approved training program.
154. Amend § 12.609 by revising the
section heading and paragraph (a)
introductory text to read as follows:
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(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Ratings Forming Part of
an Engineering Watch (RFPEW) in a
manned engineroom or to qualify to be
designated to perform duties in a
periodically unmanned engineroom, an
applicant must—
*
*
*
*
*
155. Amend § 12.611 by revising the
section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(2)(i), and (b), and
table 1 to § 12.611(c) to read as follows:
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Electrician/Refrigerating Engineer.
Junior Engineer ..
Sea
service
under
authority
of the
endorsement 1
Competence—
STCW Table
A–III/7 2
None ....
Y
None ....
Y
1 This
column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order
to meet the requirements of this section.
2 Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of
this section not previously satisfied.
156. Amend § 12.613 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(c) to read as follows:
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§ 12.609 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Rating Forming Part
of an Engineering Watch.
■
TABLE 1 TO § 12.611(c)—STCW ENDORSEMENT AS ELECTRO-TECHNICAL
RATING
§ 12.613 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement in Proficiency in
Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Fast Rescue Boats.
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement in Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast
Rescue Boats (PSC), the applicant must–
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) Meet the requirements for a
Lifeboat Operator endorsement in
§ 12.407 and Table A–VI/2–1 of the
STCW Code (incorporated by reference,
see § 12.103); and
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(3) Complete Basic Training (BT),
found in § 12.602.
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*
*
*
(c) Seafarers holding an MMD or
MMC endorsement as Lifeboat Operator
before January 1, 2017 will be eligible
for this endorsement upon showing
evidence of sea service of not less than
12 months within the last 60 months.
The sea service must be completed prior
to January 1, 2017.
■ 157. Amend § 12.615 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(c) to read as follows:
§ 12.615 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement in Proficiency in
Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats-Limited
(PSC-Limited).
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement in Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats-Limited
(PSC-Limited), the applicant must—
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) Meet the requirements for a
Lifeboat Operator-Limited endorsement
in § 12.409 and Table A–VI/2–1 of the
STCW Code (incorporated by reference,
see § 12.103); and
(3) Complete Basic Training (BT),
found in § 12.601(c).
*
*
*
*
*
(c) Seafarers holding an MMD or
MMC endorsement as Lifeboat OperatorLimited before January 1, 2017, will be
eligible for this endorsement upon
showing evidence of sea service of not
less than 12 months within the last 60
months. The sea service must be
completed prior to January 1, 2017.
■ 158. Amend § 12.617 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b)(2)(i) to read as follows:
§ 12.617 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement in Proficiency in Fast
Rescue Boats.
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement in Proficiency in Fast
Rescue Boats, an applicant must—
(1) Be not less than 18 years of age;
(2) Hold an endorsement in
Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue
Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats
(PSC) or in Proficiency in Survival Craft
and Rescue Boats other than lifeboats
and Fast Rescue Boats–Limited (PSC–
Limited) under this subpart;
(3) Provide evidence of successful
completion of a Coast Guard-approved
or -accepted course; and
(4) Provide evidence of meeting the
standard of competence specified in
Table A–VI/2–2 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 12.103).
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(i) Taking charge of a Fast Rescue Boat
during and after launch, including—
(A) Controlling safe launching,
operating of the engine, and recovering
a Fast Rescue Boat;
(B) Handling a Fast Rescue Boat in
prevailing weather and sea conditions;
(C) Using communication and
signaling equipment between the Fast
Rescue Boat and a helicopter and a ship;
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*
■ 159. Amend § 12.619 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a)
introductory text and (b) introductory
text to read as follows:
§ 12.625 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Vessel Personnel
with Designated Security Duties.
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(a) An applicant for an STCW
endorsement as Vessel Personnel with
Designated Security Duties must—
*
*
*
*
*
(b) Until March 24, 2014, seafarers
will be able to apply for an endorsement
as Vessel Personnel with Designated
Security Duties by—
*
*
*
*
*
■ 163. Amend § 12.627 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a)
introductory text and (b) introductory
text to read as follows:
§ 12.705 Endorsements for persons
enrolled in a Maritime Administrationapproved training program.
§ 12.619 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Medical First-aid
Provider.
§ 12.627 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Security
Awareness.
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Medical First-aid
Provider, an applicant must—
*
*
*
*
*
(b) An applicant holding one of the
following credentials is qualified for an
endorsement as Medical First-aid
Provider:
*
*
*
*
*
■ 160. Amend § 12.621 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a)
introductory text and (b) introductory
text to read as follows:
§ 12.621 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Person in Charge of
Medical Care.
(a) To qualify for an STCW
endorsement as Person in Charge of
Medical Care, an applicant must—
*
*
*
*
*
(b) An applicant holding any of the
following credentials is qualified for an
endorsement as Person in Charge of
Medical Care:
*
*
*
*
*
■ 161. Amend § 12.623 by revising the
section heading, introductory text, and
paragraphs (b)(2) and (c) to read as
follows:
§ 12.623 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement as Global Maritime
Distress and Safety System At-sea
Maintainer.
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To qualify for an STCW endorsement
as Global Maritime Distress and Safety
System (GMDSS) At-sea Maintainer, an
applicant must—
*
*
*
*
*
(b) * * *
(2) Passing an approved GMDSS Atsea Maintainer course; and
(c) Hold a valid Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
certificate as GMDSS At-sea Maintainer.
■ 162. Amend § 12.625 by revising the
section heading and paragraphs (a) and
(b) introductory text to read as follows:
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(a) An applicant for an endorsement
for Security Awareness must—
*
*
*
*
*
(b) Until March 24, 2014, seafarers
will be able to apply for an endorsement
in Security Awareness by—
*
*
*
*
*
■ 164. Revise § 12.701 to read as
follows:
§ 12.701 Credentials required for entrylevel and miscellaneous ratings.
Every person employed or engaged on
a vessel subject to 46 U.S.C. 8701 must
produce an MMC or MMD with the
appropriate endorsement to the Master
or Person in Charge (PIC), if appropriate,
before signing shipping articles.
■ 165. Revise § 12.703 to read as
follows:
§ 12.703 General requirements for entrylevel ratings.
(a) Rating endorsements will be
issued without professional
examination to applicants in capacities
other than Able Seafarer, Lifeboat
Operator, Lifeboat Operator-Limited,
tank vessel endorsement, or QMED,
including—
(1) Ordinary Seafarer;
(2) Wiper;
(3) Steward’s Department; and
(4) Steward’s Department (F.H.).
(b) Holders of MMCs or MMDs
endorsed as Ordinary Seafarer may
serve in any unqualified rating in the
deck or steward’s department, except as
a Food Handler (F.H.).
(c) Holders of MMCs or MMDs
endorsed as Wiper may serve in any
unqualified rating in the engine or
steward’s department, except as a Food
Handler.
(d) Only MMCs or MMDs endorsed as
Steward’s Department (F.H.) will
authorize the holder’s service in any
capacity in the steward’s department,
including Food Handler.
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166. Revise § 12.705 to read as
follows:
MMCs issued to individuals obtaining
sea service as part of an approved
training curriculum while enrolled at
either the United States Merchant
Marine Academy or a deck or
engineering class of a Maritime
Academy approved by and conducted
under the rules prescribed by the
Maritime Administrator and listed in 46
CFR part 310 will include an
endorsement of Cadet-Deck or CadetEngine, as appropriate, and Lifeboat
Operator. Individuals obtaining sea
service as part of such an approved
training curriculum must do so in the
capacity of Cadet-Deck or Cadet-Engine,
as appropriate, notwithstanding any
other rating endorsements the
individual may hold or any other
capacity in which the individual may
have previously served.
167. Revise § 12.709 to read as
follows:
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§ 12.709
Apprentice Engineers.
(a) Persons enrolled in an engineer
training program approved by the Coast
Guard, and who present a letter or other
documentary evidence that they are
enrolled, may be issued an MMC
endorsed as Apprentice Engineer and
may be signed on ships as such. The
endorsement as Apprentice Engineer
may be in addition to other
endorsements; however, this
endorsement does not authorize the
holder to replace any of the regular
required crew.
(b) Persons holding the endorsement
as Apprentice Engineer are deemed to
be seafarers.
168. Revise § 12.711 to read as
follows:
■
§ 12.711
Apprentice Mate.
(a) A person enrolled in a Mate
training program approved by the Coast
Guard, and who presents a letter or
other documentary evidence that they
are enrolled, may be issued an MMC
rating endorsement as Apprentice Mate
and may be signed on a vessel in this
capacity. The rating endorsement as
Apprentice Mate may be in addition to
other endorsements; however, this
endorsement does not authorize the
holder to replace any of the regular
required crew.
(b) Persons holding the endorsement
as Apprentice Mate are deemed to be
seafarers.
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169. Amend § 12.805 by revising
paragraphs (b) through (d) to read as
follows:
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§ 12.805
Employer requirements.
*
*
*
*
*
(b) If an MMC is issued to the
applicant, the report and information
required in paragraph (a)(2) of this
section must be securely kept by the
employer on the U.S.-flagged large
passenger vessel on which the applicant
is employed. The report and
information must remain on the last
U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel on
which the applicant was employed until
such time as the MMC is returned to the
Coast Guard in accordance with
paragraph (d) of this section.
(c) If an MMC or a Transportation
Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
is issued to the applicant, each MMC
and TWIC must be securely kept by the
employer on the U.S.-flagged large
passenger vessel on which the applicant
is employed. The employer must
maintain a detailed record of the
seafarer’s total service on all authorized
U.S.-flagged large passenger vessels, and
must make that information available to
the Coast Guard upon request, to
demonstrate that the limitations of
§ 12.811(c) have not been exceeded.
(d) In the event that the seafarer’s
MMC and/or TWIC expires, the
seafarer’s visa status terminates, the
seafarer serves onboard the U.S.-flagged
large passenger vessel(s) for 36 months
in the aggregate as a nonimmigrant
crewmember, the employer terminates
employment of the seafarer, or if the
seafarer otherwise ceases working with
the employer, the employer must return
the MMC to the Coast Guard and/or the
TWIC to the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) within 10 days of
the event.
*
*
*
*
*
■ 170. Amend § 12.809 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows:
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§ 12.809
Citizenship and identity.
(a) Instead of the requirements of
§ 10.221 of this subchapter, a nonresident alien may apply for a Coast
Guard-issued MMC, endorsed and valid
only for service in the steward’s
department of a U.S.-flagged large
passenger vessel, as defined in 46 U.S.C.
8103(k)(5)(B), if they are employable in
the United States under the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101, et
seq.), including an alien crewmember
described in section 101 (a)(15)(D)(i) of
that Act.
(b) To meet the citizenship and
identity requirements of this subpart, an
applicant must present an unexpired
passport issued by the government of
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the country of which the applicant is a
citizen or subject, and either a valid U.S.
C–1/D Crewmember Visa or another
valid U.S. visa or authority deemed
acceptable by the Coast Guard.
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*
*
■ 171. Revise § 12.811 to read as
follows:
§ 12.811
Restrictions.
(a) An MMC issued to a non-resident
alien under this subpart authorizes
service only in the steward’s department
of the U.S.-flagged large passenger
vessel(s), that is/are under the same
common ownership and control as the
foreign-flagged passenger vessel(s) on
which the non-resident alien served to
meet the requirements of § 12.807(a).
(1) The MMC will be endorsed for
service in the steward’s department, in
accordance with § 12.703.
(2) The MMC may also be endorsed
for service as a Food Handler if the
applicant meets the requirements of
§ 12.703.
(3) No other rating or endorsement is
authorized, except Lifeboat Operator or
Lifeboat Operator-Limited, in which
case all applicable requirements of this
subchapter and the STCW Convention
and STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see § 12.103) must be met.
(b) The following restrictions must be
printed on the MMC, or be listed in an
accompanying Coast Guard letter, or
both:
(1) The name and official number of
all U.S.-flagged vessels on which the
non-resident alien may serve. Service is
not authorized on any other U.S.-flagged
vessel.
(2) Upon issuance, the MMC must
remain in the custody of the employer
at all times.
(3) Upon termination of employment,
the MMC must be returned to the Coast
Guard within 10 days, in accordance
with § 12.805.
(4) A non-resident alien issued an
MMC under this subpart may not
perform watchstanding, engine room
duty watch, or vessel navigation
functions.
(5) A non-resident alien issued an
MMC under this subpart may perform
emergency-related duties, provided that
(i) The emergency-related duties do
not require any other rating or
endorsement, except Lifeboat Operator
or Lifeboat Operator-Limited as
specified in paragraph (a)(3) of this
section;
(ii) The non-resident alien has
completed Familiarization and Basic
Training (BT), as required in § 15.1105
of this subchapter;
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(iii) If the non-resident alien serves as
a Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat
Operator-Limited, they have the
necessary Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat
Operator-Limited endorsement; and
(iv) The non-resident alien has
completed the training for crewmembers
on passenger ships performing duties
involving safety or care for passengers,
as required in § 15.1103 of this
subchapter.
(c) A non-resident alien may only
serve for an aggregate period of 36
months of actual service on all
authorized U.S.-flagged large passenger
vessels combined under the provisions
of this subpart.
(d) Once this 36-month limitation is
reached, the MMC becomes invalid and
must be returned to the Coast Guard
under § 12.805(d), and the non-resident
alien is no longer authorized to serve in
a position requiring an MMC on any
U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel.
(e) An individual who successfully
adjusts their immigration status to
become either an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to the
United States, or a citizen of the United
States, may apply for an MMC, subject
to the requirements of § 10.221 of this
subchapter, without any restrictions or
limitations imposed by this subpart.
■ 172. Revise and republish part 13,
consisting of §§ 13.101 through 13.611,
to read as follows:
PART 13—CERTIFICATION OF TANK
VESSEL PERSONNEL
Subpart A—General
§ 13.101 Purpose.
§ 13.103 Incorporation by reference.
§ 13.105 Paperwork approval.
§ 13.106 Requirement to hold an MMC.
§ 13.107 Tank vessel endorsements:
General.
§ 13.109 Tank vessel endorsements:
Authorized cargoes.
§ 13.111 Restricted tank vessel
endorsements.
§ 13.113 [Reserved]
§ 13.115 Chemical testing requirements.
§ 13.117 Re-issuance of expired tank vessel
endorsements.
§ 13.119 Expiration of endorsements.
§ 13.120 Renewal of tank vessel
endorsements.
§ 13.121 Courses for tank vessel
endorsements.
§ 13.123 Recency of service or experience
for original tank vessel endorsements.
§ 13.125 Physical and medical
requirements.
§ 13.127 Service: General.
§ 13.129 Quick-reference table for tank
vessel endorsements.
Subpart B—Requirements for Tank VesselPIC Endorsement
§ 13.201 Original application for Tank
Vessel-PIC endorsement.
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§ 13.203 Service requirements.
§ 13.205 Proof of service for Tank VesselPIC endorsement.
Subpart C—Requirements for Tank BargePIC Endorsement
§ 13.301 Original application for Tank
Barge-PIC endorsement.
§ 13.303 Service requirements.
§ 13.305 Proof of service for Tank BargePIC.
Subpart D Requirements for Tank VesselAssistant Wndorsement.
§ 13.401 Original application for Tank
Vessel-Assistant endorsement.
§ 13.403 Service requirements.
§ 13.405 Proof of service for Tank VesselAssistant endorsement.
Subpart E—Requirements for Tank VesselEngineer Wndorsement
§ 13.501 Original application for Tank
Vessel-Engineer endorsement.
§ 13.503 Service requirements.
§ 13.505 Proof of service for Tank VesselEngineer endorsement.
Subpart F—Requirements for STCW Tank
Vessel Endorsements
§ 13.601 General.
§ 13.603 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Advanced Oil
Tanker Cargo Operations.
§ 13.605 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Advanced
Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations.
§ 13.607 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Advanced
Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations.
§ 13.609 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Basic Oil and
Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations.
§ 13.611 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Basic Liquefied
Gas Tanker Cargo Operations.
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 7317, 8105,
8703, 9102; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1,
Revision No. 01.4.
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Purpose.
This part describes the various tank
vessel endorsements issued by the Coast
Guard on a Merchant Mariner
Credential (MMC).
(a) This part prescribes the
requirements for the following
endorsements:
(1) Tank Vessel-PIC.
(2) Tank Barge-PIC .
(3) Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC.
(4) Restricted Tank Barge-PIC .
(5) Tank Vessel-Assistant.
(6) Tank Vessel-Engineer.
(b) This part prescribes the
requirements for the following STCW
endorsements:
(1) Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo
Operation.
(2) Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo
Operation.
(3) Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker
Cargo Operation.
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§ 13.103
Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by
reference into this part with the
approval of the Director of the Federal
Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
CFR part 51. All approved incorporation
by reference material (IBR) is available
for inspection at the Coast Guard and
the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). Contact Coast
Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner
Credentialing (CG–MMC), U.S. Coast
Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20593–7509; phone: 202–372–1492;
website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/
merchant_mariner_credential/. For
information on the availability of this
material at NARA,Error! Hyperlink
reference not valid. visit
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@
nara.gov. The material may be obtained
from:
(b) International Maritime
Organization (IMO), 4 Albert
Embankment, London SE1 7SR,
England; phone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611;
website: www.imo.org.
(1) The Seafarers’ Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping Code, as
amended, 2011 (the STCW Code);
approved for incorporation by reference
in §§ 13.601, 13.603, 13.605, 13.607,
13.609, and 13.611; and
(2) [Reserved]
§ 13.105
Subpart A—General
§ 13.101
(4) Basic Oil and Chemical Tanker
Cargo Operation.
(5) Basic Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo
Operation.
Paperwork approval.
(a) This section lists the control
numbers assigned by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980
[Pub. L. 96–511] for the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements in this part.
(b) OMB has assigned the following
control numbers to the sections
indicated:
(1) OMB 1625–0040—46 CFR 13.113,
13.115, 13.117, 13.201, 13.203, 13.205,
13.301, 13.303, 13.305, 13.401, 13.403,
13.405, 13.501, 13.503, 13.505.
(2) OMB 1625–0028—46 CFR 13.121,
13.207, 13.209, 13.307, 13.309, 13.407,
13.409, 13.507, 13.509.
§ 13.106
Requirement to hold an MMC.
An applicant for any endorsement in
this part must also meet the
requirements for the MMC on which the
endorsement would appear. These
requirements are set out in part 10 of
this subchapter.
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§ 13.107 Tank vessel endorsements:
General.
(a) If an applicant meets the
requirements of subpart B of this part,
the Coast Guard may endorse their
MMC as Tank Vessel-PIC with the
appropriate cargo classification or
classifications. A person holding this
endorsement and meeting the other
requirements of 33 CFR 155.710(a) may
act as a PIC of a transfer of fuel oil, of
a transfer of liquid cargo in bulk, or of
cargo-tank cleaning on any tank vessel.
That person may also act as a Tank
Vessel-Engineer, provided they also
hold an engineer License or engineer
endorsement.
(b) If an applicant meets the
requirements of subpart C of this part,
the Coast Guard may endorse their
MMC as Tank Barge-PIC with the
appropriate cargo classification or
classifications. A person holding this
endorsement and meeting the other
requirements of 33 CFR 155.710(b) may
act as a PIC of a transfer of liquid cargo
in bulk only on a tank barge.
(c) If an applicant meets the
requirements of subpart D of this part,
the Coast Guard may endorse their
MMC as Tank Vessel-Assistant with the
appropriate cargo classification or
classifications. No person holding this
endorsement may act as a PIC of any
transfer of fuel oil, of any transfer of
liquid cargo in bulk, or of cargo-tank
cleaning unless they also hold an
endorsement authorizing service as PIC.
They may, however, without being
directly supervised by the PIC, perform
duties relative to cargo and cargohandling equipment assigned by the PIC
of transfers of fuel oil, of transfers of
liquid cargo in bulk, or of cargo-tank
cleaning. When performing these duties,
they must maintain continuous two-way
voice communications with the PIC.
(d) If an applicant meets the
requirements of subpart E of this part,
the Coast Guard may endorse their
MMC as Tank Vessel-Engineer. No
person holding this endorsement may
act as a PIC or Tank Vessel-Assistant of
any transfer of liquid cargo in bulk, or
of cargo-tank cleaning unless they also
hold an endorsement authorizing such
service. A person holding this
endorsement and acting in this capacity
has the primary responsibility, on their
self-propelled tank vessel carrying
dangerous liquid (DL) or liquefied gas
(LG), for maintaining both the cargo
systems and equipment for transfer of
liquid cargo in bulk. No person licensed
or credentialed under part 11 of this
chapter may serve as a Chief Engineer,
First Assistant Engineer, or Cargo
Engineer aboard an inspected selfpropelled tank vessel when liquid cargo
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in bulk or cargo residue is carried unless
they hold an endorsement as Tank
Vessel-Engineer or equivalent.
(e) If an applicant meets the
requirements of § 13.111, the Coast
Guard may place, on their MMC, an
endorsement as a Tank Vessel-PIC
restricted according to the definitions of
‘‘restricted tank vessel endorsement’’ in
§ 10.107 of this subchapter.
(f) This section does not apply to any
person solely by reason of their
involvement in bunkering or fueling.
§ 13.109 Tank vessel endorsements:
Authorized cargoes.
(a) Each tank vessel endorsement
described in § 13.107 will expressly
limit the holder’s service under it to
transfers involving one or both of the
following cargo classifications:
(1) Dangerous liquid (DL).
(2) Liquefied gas (LG).
(b) No tank vessel endorsement is
necessary to transfer the liquid cargoes
in bulk listed in table 2 of part 153 of
this subchapter when those cargoes are
carried on barges not certified for ocean
service.
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§ 13.111 Restricted tank vessel
endorsements.
(a) An applicant may apply for a tank
vessel endorsement restricted to specific
cargoes, specific vessels, or groups of
vessels (such as uninspected towing
vessels and oil spill response vessels),
specific facilities, and/or specific
employers. The Coast Guard will
evaluate each application and may
modify the applicable requirements for
the endorsement, allowing for special
circumstances and for whichever
restrictions the endorsement will state.
(b) To qualify for a Restricted Tank
Vessel-PIC endorsement, an applicant
must meet §§ 13.201 (excluding
paragraph (c)(4)), 13.203, and 13.205.
(1) Twenty-five percent of the service
described in § 13.203(a) must have
occurred within the past 5 years.
(2) Two of the transfers described in
§ 13.203(b) must have occurred within
the past 5 years.
(c) To qualify for a Restricted Tank
Barge-PIC endorsement, an applicant
must meet §§ 13.301 (excluding
paragraph (c)(4)), 13.303, and 13.305.
(1) Twenty-five percent of the service
described in § 13.303(a) must have
occurred within the past 5 years.
(2) Two of the transfers described in
§ 13.303(b) must have occurred within
the past 5 years.
(d) To qualify for a Restricted Tank
Barge-PIC endorsement restricted to a
tank-cleaning and gas-freeing facility, an
applicant must—
(1) Be at least 18 years old;
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(2) Apply on a form provided by the
Coast Guard;
(3) Present evidence of passing a
physical and medical examination
according to § 13.125;
(4) Present evidence in the form of a
letter, which must be dated within the
5 years prior to the application for the
credential, on company letterhead from
the operator of the facility stating that
OSHA considers the applicant a
‘‘competent person (as designated under
29 CFR 1915.7)’’ for the facility and that
the applicant has the knowledge
necessary to supervise tank-cleaning
and gas-freeing; and
(5) Be capable of speaking and
understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence,
conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo, and of reading and understanding
the English found in the Declaration of
Inspection, vessel response plans, and
Cargo Information Cards.
(e) The Restricted Tank Barge-PIC
endorsement restricted to a tankcleaning and gas-freeing facility is valid
only while the applicant is employed by
the operator of the facility that provided
the letter of service required by
paragraph (d)(4) of this section, and this
and any other appropriate restrictions
will appear in the endorsement.
(f) A restricted Tank Vessel-PIC
endorsement limited to operation on
vessels inside the boundary line is not
valid where STCW certification is
required.
§ 13.113
[Reserved]
§ 13.115
Chemical testing requirements.
Each applicant for an original tank
vessel endorsement must provide
evidence of having passed a chemical
test for dangerous drugs or of qualifying
for an exemption from testing in
§ 16.220 of this subchapter as specified
in § 10.225(b)(5) of this subchapter.
§ 13.117 Re-issuance of expired tank
vessel endorsements.
Whenever an applicant applies for reissuance of any tank vessel endorsement
more than 12 months after expiration of
the previous endorsement, the applicant
must meet the requirements for an
original endorsement.
§ 13.119
Expiration of endorsements.
A tank vessel endorsement is valid for
the duration of the Merchant Mariner
Credential (MMC) on which the
endorsement appears.
§ 13.120 Renewal of tank vessel
endorsements.
An applicant seeking renewal of a
tank vessel endorsement or an STCW
endorsement valid for service on tank
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§ 10.227 of this subchapter, except
§ 10.227(e)(1), for renewing an MMC,
and meet the following additional
requirements:
(a) For endorsements as Tank VesselPIC, Advanced Oil and Chemical Tanker
Cargo Operation; and Advanced
Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations,
present evidence of—
(1) At least 90 days of service during
the preceding 5 years onboard a tank
vessel for which the endorsement is
valid, performing duties appropriate to
the tank vessel endorsement held; and
participation in at least two transfers of
liquid cargo in bulk of the type for
which the endorsement is valid within
the preceding 5 years; or
(2) Completion of an approved course
for Tankship: Dangerous Liquids or
Tankship: Liquefied Gases, appropriate
for the endorsement to be renewed,
within the previous 5 years.
(b) For endorsements as Tank VesselAssistant, Basic Oil and Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operation; and Basic
Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations,
present evidence of—
(1) At least 90 days of service during
the preceding 5 years onboard a tank
vessel for which the endorsement is
valid, performing duties appropriate to
the tank vessel endorsement held; or
(2) Completion of an approved course
for Tankship: Dangerous Liquids or
Tankship: Liquefied Gases, appropriate
for the endorsement to be renewed,
within the previous 5 years.
(c) For endorsements as Tank BargePIC, present evidence of—
(1) Participation in at least two
transfers of liquid cargo in bulk of the
type for which the endorsement is valid,
within the preceding 5 years; or
(2) Completion of a course approved
for this purpose, appropriate for the
endorsement to be renewed, within the
previous 5 years.
(d) For endorsements as Tank VesselEngineer, present evidence of—
(1) At least 90 days of service during
the preceding 5 years onboard a tank
vessel for which the endorsement is
valid, performing duties appropriate to
the tank vessel endorsement held; or
(2) Completion of a course approved
for this purpose, appropriate for the
endorsement to be renewed, within the
previous 5 years.
§ 13.121 Courses for tank vessel
endorsements.
(a) This section prescribes the
requirements, beyond those in §§ 10.302
and 10.304 of this subchapter,
applicable to schools offering courses
required for a tank vessel endorsement
and courses that are a substitute for
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experience with transfers of liquid cargo
in bulk required for the endorsement.
(b) A course that uses simulated
transfers to train students in loading and
discharging tank vessels may replace up
to two loadings and two discharges, one
commencement and one completion of
loading, and one commencement and
one completion of discharge required
for a Tank Vessel-PIC or Tank Barge-PIC
endorsement. The request for approval
of the course must specify those
segments of a transfer that the course
will simulate. The letter from the Coast
Guard approving the course will state
the number and kind of segments that
the course will replace.
(c) The Liquid Cargo course required
for an endorsement as—
(1) Tank Vessel-PIC DL is Tankship:
Dangerous Liquids;
(2) Tank Barge-PIC DL is Tank Barge:
Dangerous Liquids;
(3) Tank Vessel-PIC LG is Tankship:
Liquefied Gases;
(4) Tank barge-PIC LG is Tank Barge:
Liquefied Gases;
(5) Tank Vessel-Assistant DL is
Tankship: Familiarization (Dangerous
Liquids);
(6) Tank Vessel-Assistant LG is
Tankship: Familiarization (Liquefied
Gases);
(7) Tank Vessel-Engineer DL is
Tankship: Dangerous Liquids; and
(8) Tank Vessel-Engineer LG is
Tankship: Liquefied Gases.
(d) The firefighting course required
for an endorsement as—
(1) Tank Barge-PIC is Tank Barge:
Firefighting or Basic Firefighting; and
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basic firefighting.
(e) The Coast Guard will evaluate and
approve the curricula of courses to
ensure adequate coverage of the
required subjects. Training may employ
classroom instruction, demonstrations,
or simulated or actual operations.
(1) The course curricula for Tankship
Familiarization must consist of the
topics identified in table 1 to
§ 13.121(e).
(2) The course curricula for Tank
Vessel-PIC, Tank Barge-PIC, and Tank
Vessel-Engineer endorsements must
consist of the topics identified in table
2 to § 13.121(e).
(3) The course curricula for
firefighting courses must consist of the
topics identified in table 3 to
§ 13.121(e).
TABLE 1 TO § 13.121(e)
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Tankship familiarization topics
Basic knowledge of tankers:
Types of oil and chemical vessels or liquefied gas tanker vessels .................................................................
General arrangement and construction ............................................................................................................
Basic knowledge of cargo operations:
Piping systems and valves ...............................................................................................................................
Cargo pumps and cargo handling equipment ..................................................................................................
Loading and unloading and care in transit .......................................................................................................
Tank cleaning, purging, gas-freeing and inerting .............................................................................................
Basic knowledge of the physical properties of oil and chemicals:
Pressure and temperature, including vapor pressure/temperature relationship ..............................................
Types of electrostatic charge generation .........................................................................................................
chemical symbols .............................................................................................................................................
Basic knowledge of the physical properties of liquefied gases, including:
Properties and characteristics ..........................................................................................................................
Pressure and temperature, including vapor pressure/temperature relationship ..............................................
Types of electrostatic charge generation .........................................................................................................
Chemical symbols ............................................................................................................................................
Knowledge and understanding of tanker safety culture and safety management ..........................................
Basic knowledge of the hazards associated with tanker operations, including:
Health hazards .................................................................................................................................................
Environmental hazards .....................................................................................................................................
Reactivity hazards ............................................................................................................................................
Corrosion hazards ............................................................................................................................................
Explosion and flammability hazards .................................................................................................................
Sources of ignition ............................................................................................................................................
Electrostatic hazards ........................................................................................................................................
Toxicity hazards ................................................................................................................................................
Vapor leaks and clouds ....................................................................................................................................
Extremely low temperatures .............................................................................................................................
Pressure hazards .............................................................................................................................................
Basic knowledge of hazard controls:
Inerting, water padding, drying agents and monitoring techniques .................................................................
Anti-static measures .........................................................................................................................................
Ventilation .........................................................................................................................................................
Segregation ......................................................................................................................................................
Cargo inhibition .................................................................................................................................................
Importance of cargo compatibility ....................................................................................................................
Atmospheric control ..........................................................................................................................................
Gas testing .......................................................................................................................................................
Understanding of information on a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) ........................................................
Function and proper use of gas-measuring instruments and similar equipment ............................................
Proper use of safety equipment and protective devices, including:
Breathing apparatus and tank-evacuating equipment .....................................................................................
Protective clothing and equipment ...................................................................................................................
Resuscitators ....................................................................................................................................................
Rescue and escape equipment ........................................................................................................................
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TABLE 1 TO § 13.121(e)—Continued
Tankship familiarization topics
Basic knowledge of safe working practices and procedures in accordance with legislation and industry guidelines and personal shipboard safety relevant to oil and chemical tankers, including:
Precautions to be taken when entering enclosed spaces ...............................................................................
Precautions to be taken before and during repair and maintenance work .....................................................
Safety measures for hot and cold work ...........................................................................................................
Electrical safety ................................................................................................................................................
Ship/shore safety checklist ...............................................................................................................................
Basic knowledge of first aid with reference to a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) ...................................
Basic knowledge of emergency procedures, including emergency shutdown ................................................
Basic knowledge of the effects of oil and chemical pollution on human and marine life ................................
Basic knowledge of shipboard procedures to prevent pollution ......................................................................
Basic knowledge of measures to be taken in the event of spillage, including the need to:
Report relevant information to the responsible persons ..................................................................................
Assist in implementing shipboard spill-containment procedures .....................................................................
prevent brittle fracture ......................................................................................................................................
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Column 2—Tankship Familiarization (Liquefied Gases).
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General characteristics, compatibility, reaction, firefighting procedures, and
safety precautions for the cargoes of:
Bulk liquids defined as Dangerous Liquids in 46 CFR Part 13 ...............
Bulk liquefied gases & their vapors defined as Liquefied Gases in 46
CFR Part 13 ..........................................................................................
Knowledge and understanding of the physical and chemical properties
of oil and chemical cargoes ..................................................................
Physical phenomena of liquefied gas, including:
Basic concept ...........................................................................................
Compression and expansion ....................................................................
Mechanism of heat transfer ......................................................................
Potential hazards of liquefied gas, including:
Chemical and physical properties ............................................................
Combustion characteristics .......................................................................
Results of gas release to the atmosphere ...............................................
Health hazards (skin contact, inhalation, and ingestion) .........................
Control of flammability range with inert gas .............................................
Thermal stress in structure and piping of vessel .....................................
Cargo systems, including:
Principles of containment systems ...........................................................
Construction, materials, coating, & insulation of cargo tanks ..................
General arrangement of cargo tanks .......................................................
Venting and vapor-control systems ..........................................................
Cargo-handling systems, including:
Piping systems, valves, pumps, and expansion systems ........................
Operating characteristics ..........................................................................
Instrumentation systems, including:
Cargo-level indicators ...............................................................................
Gas-detecting systems .............................................................................
Temperature-monitoring systems, cargo ..................................................
Temperature-monitoring systems, hull .....................................................
Automatic-shutdown systems ...................................................................
Auxiliary systems, including:
Ventilation, inerting ...................................................................................
Valves, including:
Quick-closing ............................................................................................
Remote-control .........................................................................................
Pneumatic .................................................................................................
Excess-flow ...............................................................................................
Safety-relief ...............................................................................................
Pressure-vacuum ......................................................................................
Heating-systems: cofferdams & ballast tanks ..........................................
Operations connected with the loading and discharging of cargo, including:
Lining up the cargo and vapor-control systems .......................................
Pre-transfer inspections and completion of the Declaration of Inspection
Hooking up of cargo hose, loading arms, and grounding-strap ...............
Starting of liquid flow ................................................................................
Calculation of loading rates ......................................................................
Discussion of loading ...............................................................................
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TABLE 2 TO § 13.121(e)—Continued
Tankship and tank barge course topics
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Ballasting and deballasting .......................................................................
Topping off of the cargo tanks .................................................................
Discussion of discharging .........................................................................
Stripping of the cargo tanks .....................................................................
Monitoring of transfers ..............................................................................
Gauging of cargo tanks ............................................................................
Disconnecting of cargo hoses or loading arms ........................................
Cargo-tank-cleaning procedures and precautions ...................................
Slop arrangements ...................................................................................
Ship-to-ship transfers ...............................................................................
Operating procedures and sequence for:
Inerting of cargo tanks and void spaces ..................................................
Cooldown and warmup of cargo tanks .....................................................
Gas-freeing ...............................................................................................
Loaded or ballasted voyages ...................................................................
Testing of cargo-tank atmospheres for oxygen & cargo vapor ................
Stability and stress considerations connected with loading and discharging
of cargo ........................................................................................................
Loadline, draft, and trim ...................................................................................
Disposal of boil-off, including:
System design ..........................................................................................
Safety features .........................................................................................
Stability-letter requirements ......................................................................
Emergency procedures, including notice to appropriate authorities, for:
Fire ............................................................................................................
Collision ....................................................................................................
Grounding .................................................................................................
Equipment failure ......................................................................................
Leaks and spills ........................................................................................
Structural failure .......................................................................................
Emergency discharge of cargo .................................................................
Entering cargo tanks ................................................................................
Emergency shutdown of cargo-handling ..................................................
Emergency systems for closing cargo tanks ............................................
Rules & regulations (international and Federal, for all tank vessels) on conducting operations and preventing pollution ................................................
Pollution prevention, including:
Procedures to prevent air and water pollution .........................................
Measures to take in event of spillage ......................................................
Danger from drift of vapor cloud ..............................................................
Environmental protection equipment, including oil discharge monitoring
equipment .............................................................................................
Terminology for tankships carrying oil and chemicals ....................................
Terminology for tank barges carrying oil and chemicals .................................
Terminology for tankships carrying liquefied gases ........................................
Terminology for tank barges carrying liquefied gases ....................................
Principles & procedures of crude-oil-washing (COW) systems, including:
Purpose ....................................................................................................
Equipment and design ..............................................................................
Operations ................................................................................................
Safety precautions ....................................................................................
Maintenance of plant and equipment .......................................................
Principles & procedures of the inert-gas systems (IGSs), including:
Purpose ....................................................................................................
Equipment and design ..............................................................................
Operations ................................................................................................
Safety precautions ....................................................................................
Maintenance of plant and equipment .......................................................
Principles & procedures of vapor-control systems, including:
Purpose ....................................................................................................
Principles ..................................................................................................
Coast Guard regulations ..........................................................................
Hazards ....................................................................................................
Active system components .......................................................................
Passive system components ....................................................................
Operating procedures, including:
Testing and inspection requirements .......................................................
Pre-transfer procedures ............................................................................
Connecting sequence ...............................................................................
Start-up sequence ....................................................................................
Normal operations ....................................................................................
Loading and unloading plans ...................................................................
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Emergency procedures ....................................................................................
Cargo-hazard-information systems ..................................................................
Safe entry into confined spaces, including:
Testing tank atmospheres for oxygen & hydrocarbon vapors .................
Definition and hazards of confined spaces ..............................................
Cargo tanks and pumprooms ...................................................................
Evaluation and assessment of risks and hazards ....................................
Safety precautions and procedures .........................................................
Enclosed space rescue ............................................................................
Personnel protective equipment (PPE) and clothing ...............................
Maintenance of PPE .................................................................................
Dangers of skin contact ............................................................................
Inhalation of vapors ..................................................................................
Electricity and static electricity—hazards and precautions ......................
Emergency procedures ............................................................................
Federal regulations, national standards & industry guidelines ................
Inspections by marine chemists & competent persons, including hotwork permits & procedures ...................................................................
Vessel response plans:
Purpose, content, and location of information ..........................................
Procedures for notice and mitigation of spills ..........................................
Geographic-specific appendices ..............................................................
Vessel-specific appendices ......................................................................
Emergency-action checklist ......................................................................
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1—Tankship: Dangerous Liquids.
2—Tank Barge: Dangerous Liquids.
3—Tankship: Liquefied Gases.
4—Tank Barge: Liquefied Gases.
TABLE 3 TO § 13.121(e)
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Firefighting course topics
Elements of fire (Fire triangle):
Fuel ...................................................................................................................................................................
Source of ignition ..............................................................................................................................................
Oxygen .............................................................................................................................................................
Ignition sources (general):
Chemical ...........................................................................................................................................................
Biological ..........................................................................................................................................................
Physical ............................................................................................................................................................
Ignition sources applicable to barges ...............................................................................................................
Definitions of flammability and combustibility:
Flammability ......................................................................................................................................................
Ignition point .....................................................................................................................................................
Burning temperature .........................................................................................................................................
Burning speed ..................................................................................................................................................
Thermal value ...................................................................................................................................................
Lower flammable limit .......................................................................................................................................
Upper flammable limit .......................................................................................................................................
Flammable range ..............................................................................................................................................
Inerting ..............................................................................................................................................................
Static electricity .................................................................................................................................................
Flash point ........................................................................................................................................................
Auto-ignition ......................................................................................................................................................
Spread of fire:
By radiation .......................................................................................................................................................
By convection ...................................................................................................................................................
By conduction ...................................................................................................................................................
Reactivity .................................................................................................................................................................
Fire classifications and applicable extinguishing agents .........................................................................................
Main causes of fires:
Oil leakage ........................................................................................................................................................
Smoking ............................................................................................................................................................
Overheating pumps ..........................................................................................................................................
Galley appliances .............................................................................................................................................
Spontaneous ignition ........................................................................................................................................
Hot work ...........................................................................................................................................................
Electrical apparatus ..........................................................................................................................................
Reaction, self-heating, and auto-ignition ..........................................................................................................
Fire prevention:
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Fire hazards of DL and LG ..............................................................................................................................
Fire detection:
Fire- and smoke-detection systems .................................................................................................................
Automatic fire alarms ........................................................................................................................................
Firefighting equipment:
Fire mains, hydrants .........................................................................................................................................
International shore-connection .........................................................................................................................
Smothering-installations, carbon dioxide (CO2), foam * * * .............................................................................
Pressure-water spray system in special-category spaces ...............................................................................
Automatic sprinkler system ..............................................................................................................................
Emergency fire pump, emergency generator ...................................................................................................
Chemical-powder applicants ............................................................................................................................
General outline of required and mobile apparatus ..........................................................................................
Boiler Technician’s outfit, personal equipment ................................................................................................
Breathing apparatus .........................................................................................................................................
Resuscitation apparatus ...................................................................................................................................
Smoke helmet or mask ....................................................................................................................................
Fireproof life-line and harness ..........................................................................................................................
Fire hose, nozzles, connections, and fire axes ................................................................................................
Fire blankets .....................................................................................................................................................
Portable fire extinguishers ................................................................................................................................
Limitations of portable and semiportable extinguishers ...................................................................................
Emergency procedures:
Arrangements:
Escape routes ...................................................................................................................................................
Means of gas-freeing tanks ..............................................................................................................................
Class A, B, and C divisions ..............................................................................................................................
Inert-gas system ...............................................................................................................................................
Ship firefighting organization:
General alarms .................................................................................................................................................
Fire-control plans, muster stations, and duties ................................................................................................
Communications ...............................................................................................................................................
Periodic shipboard drills ...................................................................................................................................
Patrol system ....................................................................................................................................................
Basic firefighting techniques:
Sounding alarm ................................................................................................................................................
Locating and isolating fires ...............................................................................................................................
Stopping leakage of cargo ...............................................................................................................................
Jettisoning .........................................................................................................................................................
Inhibiting ...........................................................................................................................................................
Cooling ..............................................................................................................................................................
Smothering .......................................................................................................................................................
Sizing up situation ............................................................................................................................................
Locating information on cargo ..........................................................................................................................
Extinguishing ....................................................................................................................................................
Extinguishing with portable units ......................................................................................................................
Setting reflash watch ........................................................................................................................................
Using additional personnel ...............................................................................................................................
Firefighting extinguishing-agents:
Water (solid jet, spray, fog, and flooding) ........................................................................................................
Foam (high, medium and low expansion) ........................................................................................................
Carbon dioxide (CO2) .......................................................................................................................................
Aqueous-film-forming foam (AFFF) ..................................................................................................................
Dry chemicals ...................................................................................................................................................
Use of extinguisher on:
Flammable and combustible liquids .................................................................................................................
Manifold-flange fire ...........................................................................................................................................
Drip-pan fire ......................................................................................................................................................
Pump fire ..........................................................................................................................................................
Drills for typical fires on barges ........................................................................................................................
Field exercises:
Extinguish small fires using portable extinguishers:
Electrical ...........................................................................................................................................................
Manifold-flange .................................................................................................................................................
Drip-pan ............................................................................................................................................................
Pump ................................................................................................................................................................
Use self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) .............................................................................................
Extinguish extensive fires with water ...............................................................................................................
Extinguish fires with foam, or chemical ............................................................................................................
Fight fire in smoke-filled enclosed space wearing SCBA ................................................................................
Extinguish fire with water fog in an enclosed space with heavy smoke .........................................................
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Extinguish oil fire with fog applicator and spray nozzles, dry-chemical, or foam applicators .........................
Effect a rescue in a smoke-filled space while wearing breathing apparatus ..................................................
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Column 1—Tank Barge-PIC.
Column 2—Tank Vessel-PIC, Tank Vessel-Engineer, and Tank Vessel-Assistant.
§ 13.123 Recency of service or experience
for original tank vessel endorsements.
An applicant for an original tank
vessel endorsement in subpart B, C, D,
or E of this part must have obtained at
least 25 percent of the qualifying service
and, if the endorsement requires
transfers, at least two of the qualifying
transfers, within 5 years of the date of
application.
§ 13.125 Physical and medical
requirements.
Each applicant for an original tank
vessel endorsement must meet the
physical requirements of part 10,
subpart C, of this subchapter.
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§ 13.127
Service: General.
(a) A service letter must be signed by
the owner, operator, Master, or Chief
Engineer of the vessel and must specify
the following:
(1) The name of the vessel, official
number for the vessel, and date of
service for each vessel.
(2) For endorsements as Tank VesselPIC, Tank Barge-PIC, and Tank VesselAssistant, the classification of cargo (DL,
LG, or, for a restricted endorsement, a
specific product) handled while the
applicant accumulated the service.
(3) The dates, the numbers and kinds
of transfers the applicant has
participated in, the ports or terminals, if
applicable, and the number of transfers
that involved commencement or
completion of loading or discharge.
(4) For endorsements as Tank VesselPIC or Tank Barge-PIC, that the
applicant has demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the signer that they are
fully capable of supervising transfers of
liquid cargo, including—
(i) Pre-transfer inspection;
(ii) Pre-transfer conference and
execution of the Declaration of
Inspection;
(iii) Connection of cargo hoses or
loading-arms;
(iv) Line-up of the cargo system for
loading and discharge;
(v) Start of liquid flow during loading;
(vi) Start of cargo pump and increase
of pressure to normal discharge
pressure;
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(viii) Monitoring;
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(ix) Topping-off of cargo tanks during
loading;
(x) Stripping of cargo tanks;
(xi) Ballasting and deballasting, if
appropriate;
(xii) Disconnection of the cargo hoses
or loading-arms; and
(xiii) Securing of cargo systems.
(5) For endorsements as Tank VesselEngineer, that the applicant has
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
signer that they are fully capable of
supervising transfers of fuel oil,
including—
(i) Pre-transfer inspection;
(ii) Pre-transfer conference and
execution of the Declaration of
Inspection;
(iii) Connection of hoses or loadingarms;
(iv) Line-up of the piping system for
loading and transfer of fuel oil;
(v) Start of liquid flow during loading;
(vi) Calculation of loading rates;
(vii) Monitoring;
(viii) Topping-off of tanks during
loading;
(ix) Disconnection of the hoses or
loading arms; and
(x) Securing of fuel oil systems.
(b) In determining the numbers and
kinds of transfers that the applicant has
participated in under paragraph (a)(3) of
this section, the following rules apply:
(1) A transfer must involve the
loading or discharge from at least one of
the vessel’s cargo tanks to or from a
shore facility or another vessel. A shift
of cargo from one tank to another tank
is not a transfer for this purpose.
(2) Regardless of how long the transfer
lasts beyond 4 hours, it counts as only
one transfer.
(3) A transfer must include both a
commencement and a completion.
(4) Regardless of how many tanks or
products are being loaded or discharged
at the same time, a person may receive
credit for only one transfer, one loading,
and one discharge conducted during
each watch.
(5) Credit for a transfer during a watch
of less than 4 hours accrues only if the
watch includes either the connection
and the commencement of transfer or
the completion of transfer and the
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(6) Credit for a commencement of
loading accrues only if the applicant
participates in the pre-transfer
inspection, the pre-transfer conference
including execution of the Declaration
of Inspection, the connection of hoses or
loading-arms, the line-up of the system
for the loading, the start of liquid flow,
and the calculation of loading-rates,
where applicable.
(7) Credit for a commencement of
discharge accrues only if the applicant
participates in the pre-transfer
inspection, the pre-transfer conference
including execution of the Declaration
of Inspection, the connection of hoses or
loading-arms, the line-up of the cargo
system for the discharge, the start of the
pump or pumps and increase of
pressure to normal pressure for
discharge, and the monitoring of
discharge rates.
(8) Credit for a completion of transfer,
whether loading or discharge, accrues
only if the applicant participates in the
topping-off at the loading port, or in the
stripping of cargo tanks and the
commencement of ballasting, if required
by the vessel’s transfer procedures, at
the discharge port.
(9) Personnel desiring credit for
transfers during off-duty hours may
satisfy requirements of competence
through incremental training periods
that include segments of transfers. The
cumulative number of transfers must
equal the minimum specified in
§§ 13.203(b) or 13.303(b) of this
subchapter.
(c) Service on Articulated Tug Barges
(ATBs). Service on ATBs with an
aggregate tonnage of 1,600 GRT or more
will be creditable on a case-by-case
basis and with prior authorization by
the Coast Guard, provided the ATB
equipment is comparable to tank vessel
equipment. The Coast Guard may issue
blanket authorizations for classes of
ATBs.
§ 13.129 Quick-reference table for tank
vessel endorsements.
Table 1 to § 13.129 provides a guide
to the requirements for various tank
vessel endorsements. Provisions in the
reference sections are controlling.
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Minimum age
Physical required
Service
Recency of
service
Proof of
service
Firefighting
Cargo
training
Tank Vessel-PIC Subpart
B.
Tank Barge-PIC Subpart
C.
Tank Vessel-Assistant
Subpart D.
Tank Vessel-Engineer
Subpart E.
Restricted Tank VesselPIC.
Restricted Tank BargePIC.
Restricted Tank BargePIC, Facility.
18; 13.201(a) .....
Yes; Part 10, subpart C ...
13.203 ........
13.123 ........
13.205 ........
13.201(c)(3)
13.201(c)(4)
13.201(d).
18; 13.301(a) .....
Yes; Part 10, subpart C ...
13.303 ........
13.123 ........
13.305 ........
13.301(c)(3)
13.301(c)(4)
13.301(d).
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Yes; Part 10, subpart C ...
13.401(e)(2)
13.123 ........
13.405 ........
13.401(d) ....
13.401(e)(1)
13.401(f).
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Yes; Part 10, subpart C ...
13.503 ........
13.123 ........
13.505 ........
13.501(c)(3)
13.501(c)(4)
13.501(d).
18; 13.111(b) .....
Yes; Part 10, subpart C ...
13.111(b) ....
13.111(b) ....
13.111(b) ....
13.111(b) ....
No ...............
13.111(b).
18; 13.111(c) .....
Yes; Part 10, subpart C ...
13.111(c) ....
13.111(c) ....
13.111(c) ....
13.111(c) ....
No ...............
13.111(c).
18; 13.111(d)(1)
Yes; Part 10, subpart C ...
13.111(d)(4)
No ...............
13.111(d)(4)
No ...............
No ...............
13.111(d)(5).
Subpart B—Requirements for Tank
Vessel-PIC Endorsement
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§ 13.201 Original application for Tank
Vessel-PIC endorsement.
Each applicant for an original Tank
Vessel-PIC endorsement must—
(a) Be at least 18 years old;
(b) Apply on a form provided by the
Coast Guard;
(c) Present evidence of—
(1) Passing a physical and medical
examination in accordance with
§ 13.125;
(2) Service on tankships in
accordance with § 13.203;
(3) Completion of an approved
firefighting course that provides training
in the subjects listed in table 3 to
§ 13.121(e) completed within 5 years of
the date of application for the
endorsement, unless they have
previously submitted such a certificate
for tank vessel endorsement or officer
endorsement on an MMC; and
(4) Completion of an approved course
for Tankship: Dangerous Liquids or
Tankship: Liquefied Gases appropriate
to the endorsement applied for within
the previous 5 years. A course certificate
used for original issuance or renewal of
an endorsement cannot be used for a
subsequent renewal of the same
endorsement; and
(d) Be capable of speaking and
understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence,
conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo, and be capable of reading and
understanding the English language
found in the Declaration of Inspection,
vessel response plans, and Material
Safety Data Sheet.
§ 13.203
Service requirements.
Each applicant for a Tank Vessel-PIC
endorsement for DL or LG must meet
the requirements of either paragraphs (a)
and (b) or paragraph (c) of this section.
(a) Each applicant must present
evidence of—
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(1) At least 90 days of service as a
deck officer or an engineering officer on
one or more tankships or self-propelled
tank vessels certified to carry DL or LG
appropriate to the endorsement applied
for;
(2) At least 90 days of rating or cadet
service on deck or in the engine
department on one or more tankships or
self-propelled tank vessels certified to
carry DL or LG appropriate to the
endorsement applied for; or
(3) A combination of the service in
paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of this section.
(b) Each applicant must present
evidence of participation, under the
supervision of a Tank Vessel-PIC, in at
least 10 transfers of liquid cargo in bulk
of the classification desired on
tankships or self-propelled tank vessels,
including at least—
(1) Five loadings and five discharges;
(2) Two commencements of loading
and two completions of loading; and
(3) Two commencements of discharge
and two completions of discharge.
(c) Each applicant already holding an
MMC endorsed as Tank Vessel-PIC for
DL and seeking an endorsement for LG,
or the converse, must—
(1) Provide evidence of at least half
the service required by paragraph (a) of
this section; and
(2) Comply with paragraph (b) of this
section, except that they need provide
evidence of only three loadings and
three discharges along with evidence of
compliance with paragraphs (b)(2) and
(3) of this section.
§ 13.205 Proof of service for Tank VesselPIC endorsement.
Proof of service must be provided in
a letter on company letterhead from the
owner, operator, or Master of the vessel
on which the applicant obtained the
service. The letter must contain the
information described in § 13.127(a).
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Subpart C—Requirements for Tank
Barge-PIC Endorsement
§ 13.301 Original application for Tank
Barge-PIC endorsement.
Each applicant for a Tank Barge-PIC
endorsement must—
(a) Be at least 18 years old;
(b) Apply on a form provided by the
Coast Guard;
(c) Present evidence of—
(1) Passing a physical and medical
examination according to § 13.125;
(2) Service on tank vessels in
accordance with § 13.303;
(3) Completion of an approved Tank
Barge: Firefighting course providing
training in the subjects identified in
table 3 to § 13.121(e) completed within
5 years of the date of application for the
endorsement, unless they have
previously submitted such a certificate
for a tank vessel endorsement or officer
endorsement on an MMC; and
(4) Completion of an approved Tank
Barge: Dangerous Liquids or Tank Barge:
Liquefied Gases course appropriate for
the endorsement applied for within the
previous 5 years. A course certificate
used for original issuance or renewal of
an endorsement cannot be used for a
subsequent renewal of the same
endorsement; and
(d) Be capable of speaking, and
understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence,
conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo, and be capable of reading and
understanding the English language
found in the Declaration of Inspection,
vessel response plans, and Material
Safety Data Sheet.
§ 13.303
Service requirements.
Each applicant for a Tank Barge-PIC
endorsement for DL or LG must meet
the requirements of either paragraphs (a)
and (b) or paragraph (c) of this section.
(a) Each applicant must present
evidence of—
(1) At least 60 days of service,
whether by shore-based or by vessel-
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based personnel, on one or more tank
vessels certified to carry DL or LG
appropriate to the endorsement applied
for; or
(2) At least 6 months of closely related
service directly involved with tank
barges appropriate to the endorsement
applied for; and
(b) Participation, under the
supervision of a Tank Vessel-PIC or
Tank Barge-PIC, in at least 10 transfers
of liquid cargo in bulk of the
classification desired on any tank
vessel, including at least—
(1) Five loadings and five discharges;
(2) Two commencements of loading
and two completions of loading; and
(3) Two commencements of discharge
and two completions of discharge.
(c) Each applicant already holding an
MMC endorsed as Tank Barge-PIC for
DL and seeking an endorsement for LG,
or the converse, must—
(1) Provide evidence of at least half
the service required by paragraph (a) of
this section; and
(2) Comply with paragraph (b) of this
section, except that they need provide
evidence of only three loadings and
three discharges along with evidence of
compliance with paragraphs (b)(2) and
(3) of this section.
§ 13.305
PIC.
Proof of service for Tank Barge-
Proof of service must be provided in
a letter on company letterhead from the
owner or operator of a terminal; the
owner or operator of a tank barge; the
owner, operator, or Master of a tank
vessel; or the employer of shore-based
PICs. The letter must contain the
information required by § 13.127(a),
excluding paragraph (a)(4)(vii).
Subpart D—Requirements for Tank
Vessel-Assistant Endorsement
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§ 13.401 Original application for Tank
Vessel-Assistant endorsement.
Each applicant for a Tank VesselAssistant endorsement must—
(a) Be at least 18 years old;
(b) Apply on a form provided by the
Coast Guard;
(c) Present evidence of passing a
physical and medical examination
according to § 13.125;
(d) Present evidence of completion of
an approved firefighting course
providing training in the subjects
identified in table 3 to § 13.121(e)
completed within 5 years of the date of
application for the endorsement, unless
they have previously submitted such a
certificate for a tank vessel endorsement
or officer endorsement on an MMC;
(e) Present evidence of either—
(1) Completion of an approved
Tankship Familiarization course
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providing training in the subjects
identified in table 1 to § 13.121(e)
within the previous 5 years. A course
certificate used for original issuance or
renewal of an endorsement cannot be
used for a subsequent renewal of the
same endorsement; or
(2) At least 90 days of deck service on
tankships or self-propelled tank vessels
certified to carry DL or LG appropriate
to the endorsement applied for and
successfully complete a professional
examination for the topics identified in
table 1 to § 13.121(e); and
(f) Be capable of speaking and
understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence,
conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo.
§ 13.403
Service requirements.
(a) Each applicant already holding an
MMC endorsed as Tank Vessel-Assistant
for DL and seeking one for LG, or the
converse, must—
(1) Provide evidence of at least half
the service required in § 13.401(e)(2)
and successfully complete a
professional examination for the topics
identified in table 1 to § 13.121(e)
appropriate to the endorsement applied
for; or
(2) Complete a course in DL or LG
appropriate to the endorsement applied
for as prescribed in § 13.401(e)(1).
(b) [Reserved]
§ 13.405 Proof of service for Tank VesselAssistant endorsement.
Service must be proved by either—
(a) A letter on company letterhead
from the owner, operator, or Master of
a tankship or self-propelled tank vessel.
The letter must specify—
(1) The name of the vessel(s), the
applicable dates, and the port(s) or
terminal(s);
(2) The classification of cargo (DL or
LG) carried while the applicant
accumulated the service;
(3) The number of days of deck
service the applicant accumulated on
the tankship or self-propelled tank
vessel; and
(4) That the applicant has
demonstrated an understanding of cargo
transfer and a sense of responsibility
that, in the opinion of the signer, will
allow the applicant to safely carry out
duties respecting cargo transfer and
transfer equipment assigned by the PIC
of the transfer without direct
supervision by the PIC; or
(b) Certificates of Discharge from
tankships with the appropriate
classification of cargo (DL, LG, or both);
and a letter on company letterhead from
the owner, operator, or Master of one of
the tankships or self-propelled tank
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vessels stating that they have
demonstrated—
(1) An understanding of cargo
transfers; and
(2) A sense of responsibility that, in
the opinion of the signer, will allow
them to safely carry out duties
respecting cargo and its equipment
assigned by the PIC of the transfer
without direct supervision by the PIC.
Subpart E—Requirements for Tank
Vessel-Engineer Endorsement
§ 13.501 Original application for Tank
Vessel-Engineer endorsement.
Each applicant for a Tank VesselEngineer endorsement must—
(a) Be at least 18 years old;
(b) Apply on a form provided by the
Coast Guard;
(c) Present evidence of—
(1) Passing a physical and medical
examination according to § 13.125;
(2) Service on tankships and selfpropelled tank vessels in accordance
with § 13.503;
(3) Completion of an approved
firefighting course providing training in
the subjects identified in table 3 to
§ 13.121(e) completed within 5 years of
the date of application for the
endorsement, unless they have
previously submitted such a certificate
for a tank vessel endorsement or officer
endorsement on an MMC; and
(4) Completion of an approved
Tankship course in dangerous liquids or
liquefied gases, appropriate for the
endorsement applied for within the
previous 5 years. A course certificate
used for original issuance or renewal of
an endorsement cannot be used for a
subsequent renewal of the same
endorsement; and
(d) Be capable of speaking and
understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence,
conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo or fuel.
§ 13.503
Service requirements.
(a) Each applicant for a Tank VesselEngineer endorsement must present
evidence of at least—
(1) 90 days of service as an
engineering officer on tankships or selfpropelled tank vessels certified to carry
DL or LG appropriate to the
endorsement applied for;
(2) 90 days of rating or cadet service
in the engine department on tankships
or self-propelled tank vessels certified to
carry DL or LG appropriate to the
endorsement applied for; or
(3) A combination of the service in
paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of this section.
(b) Each applicant already holding an
MMC endorsed as Tank Vessel-Engineer
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for DL and seeking an endorsement for
LG, or the converse, must prove at least
half the service required by paragraph
(a) of this section.
§ 13.505 Proof of service for Tank VesselEngineer endorsement.
(a) Service must be proved by a letter
on company letterhead from the owner,
operator, Master, or Chief Engineer of a
tankship or self-propelled tank vessel.
The letter must specify—
(1) The classification of cargo (DL, LG,
or both) carried while the applicant
accumulated the service; and
(2) The number of days of officer,
rating, and cadet service in the engine
department on tankships or selfpropelled tank vessels; or
(b) Service must be proved by
certificates of discharge from tankships
or self-propelled tank vessels with the
appropriate classification of cargo (DL,
LG, or both).
Subpart F—Requirements for STCW
Tank Vessel Endorsements
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§ 13.601
General.
(a) When all tank vessel endorsements
are issued, renewed, or otherwise
modified, the Coast Guard will
determine, upon request, whether the
applicant meets the requirements for an
STCW tank vessel endorsement for
service on seagoing vessels. If the
applicant is qualified, the Coast Guard
will issue the appropriate endorsement.
An applicant for any STCW
endorsement must hold the appropriate
national endorsement unless otherwise
specified.
(b) Applicants for an STCW tank
vessel endorsement must—
(1) Meet the training and service
requirements for the endorsement
sought; and
(2) Meet the appropriate standard of
competence identified in the STCW
Code (incorporated by reference, see
§ 13.103).
(c) The Coast Guard will accept the
following as proof of meeting the
standards of competence:
(1) In-service experience:
Documentation of successful
completion of assessments, approved or
accepted by the Coast Guard, and signed
by a qualified assessor, deck or
engineering, as appropriate.
(2) Training ship experience:
Documentation of successful
completion of an approved training
program involving formal training and
assessment onboard a school ship.
(3) Simulator training: Documentation
of successful completion of training and
assessment from a Coast Guardapproved course involving maritime
simulation.
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(4) Training program: Documentation
of successful completion of an approved
training program involving formal
training and assessments.
(d) The Coast Guard will publish
guidelines that should be used to
document successful demonstrations of
competence. Organizations may develop
alternative assessment documentation
for demonstrations of competence;
however, such documentation must be
approved by the Coast Guard prior to its
use and submittal with an application.
§ 13.603 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Advanced Oil
Tanker Cargo Operations.
(a) Every applicant for an
endorsement in Advanced Oil Tanker
Cargo Operations must—
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Vessel-PIC Dangerous Liquids
(DL);
(2) Meet the standards of competence
identified in Table A–V/1–1–2 of the
STCW Code (incorporated by reference,
see § 13.103); and
(3) Provide evidence of 90 days of sea
service onboard oil tankers. The Coast
Guard will accept service submitted to
qualify for a national endorsement as
required in § 13.203, provided that the
service was on oil tankers.
(b) Applicants may qualify for an
endorsement in Advanced Oil Tanker
Cargo Operations with a limitation to
non-self-propelled vessels. To qualify
for this endorsement, an applicant
must—
(1) Hold a national endorsement as
Tank Barge-PIC DL;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standards of competence identified in
Table A–V/1–1–2 of the STCW Code;
and
(3) Provide evidence of at least 90
days of service, whether shore-based or
vessel-based, on one or more oil tankers.
The Coast Guard will accept service
submitted to qualify for a national
endorsement required in § 13.303,
provided that the service was on oil
tankers.
(c) Applicants may qualify for an
endorsement in Advanced Oil Tanker
Cargo Operations with a limitation to
maintenance and repair of cargo
equipment. To qualify for this
endorsement, an applicant must—
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Vessel-Engineer;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standards of competence identified in
Table A–V/1–1–2 of the STCW Code
applicable to maintenance and repair of
cargo equipment; and
(3) Provide evidence of—
(i) At least 90 days of service as an
engineering officer on oil tankers;
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(ii) At least 90 days of rating or cadet
service on deck or in the engine
department on oil tankers; or
(iii) A combination of the service in
paragraphs (c)(3)(i) and (c)(3)(ii) of this
section.
(d) Applicants holding an
endorsement in Advanced Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operations or Advanced
Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations
may qualify for an endorsement in
Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo Operations
by completing, in a supernumerary
capacity, an approved training program
onboard oil tankers. The program must
be at least 1 month and include at least
three loading and three discharge
operations.
§ 13.605 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Advanced Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operations.
(a) Every applicant for an
endorsement in Advanced Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operations must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Vessel-PIC DL;
(2) Meet the standards of competence
identified in Table A–V/1–1–3 of the
STCW Code (incorporated by reference,
see § 13.103); and
(3) Provide evidence of 90 days of sea
service onboard chemical tankers. The
Coast Guard will accept service
submitted to qualify for a national
endorsement as required in § 13.203,
provided that the service was on
chemical tankers.
(b) Applicants may qualify for an
endorsement in Advanced Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operations with a
limitation to non-self-propelled vessels.
To qualify for this endorsement, an
applicant must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Barge-PIC DL;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standards of competence identified in
Table A–V/1–1–3 of the STCW Code;
and
(3) Provide evidence of at least 90
days of service, whether shore-based or
vessel-based, on chemical tankers. The
Coast Guard will accept service
submitted to qualify for a national
endorsement as required in § 13.303,
provided that the service was on
chemical tankers.
(c) Applicants may qualify for an
endorsement in Advanced Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operations with a
limitation to maintenance and repair of
cargo equipment. To qualify for this
endorsement, an applicant must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Vessel-Engineer;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standards of competence identified in
Table A–V/1–1–3 of the STCW Code
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applicable to maintenance and repair of
cargo equipment; and
(3) Provide evidence of—
(i) At least 90 days of service as an
engineering officer on chemical tankers;
(ii) At least 90 days of rating or cadet
service on deck or in the engine
department on chemical tankers; or
(iii) A combination of the service in
paragraphs (c)(3)(i) and (c)(3)(ii) of this
section.
(d) Applicants holding an
endorsement in Advanced Oil Tanker
Cargo Operations or Advanced
Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations
may qualify for an endorsement in
Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo
Operations by completing, in a
supernumerary capacity, an approved
training program onboard chemical
tankers. The program must be at least 1
month and include at least three loading
and three discharge operations.
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§ 13.607 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Advanced Liquefied
Gas Tanker Cargo Operations.
(a) Every applicant for an
endorsement in Advanced Liquefied
Gas Tanker Cargo Operations must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Vessel-PIC LG;
(2) Meet the standards of competence
identified in Tables A–V/1–2–2 of the
STCW Code (incorporated by reference,
see § 13.103); and
(3) Provide evidence of 90 days of
service on liquefied gas tankers. The
Coast Guard will accept service
submitted to qualify for a national
endorsement as required in § 13.203,
provided that the service was on
liquefied gas tankers.
(b) Applicants may qualify for an
endorsement in Advanced Liquefied
Gas Tanker Cargo Operations with a
limitation to non-self-propelled vessels.
To qualify for this endorsement, an
applicant must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Barge-PIC LG;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standards of competence identified in
Table A–V/1–2–2 of the STCW Code;
and
(3) Provide evidence of at least 90
days of service, whether shore-based or
vessel-based, on liquefied gas tankers.
The Coast Guard will accept service
submitted to qualify for a national
endorsement as required in § 13.303,
provided that the service was on
liquefied gas tankers.
(c) Applicants may qualify for an
endorsement in Advanced Liquefied
Gas Tanker Cargo Operations with a
limitation to maintenance and repair of
cargo equipment. To qualify for this
endorsement, an applicant must:
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(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Vessel-Engineer;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standards of competence identified in
Table A–V/1–2–2 of the STCW Code
applicable to maintenance and repair of
cargo equipment; and
(3) Provide evidence of—
(i) At least 90 days of service as an
engineering officer on liquefied gas
tankers;
(ii) At least 90 days of rating or cadet
service on deck or in the engine
department on liquefied gas tankers; or
(iii) A combination of the service in
paragraphs (c)(3)(i) and (c)(3)(ii) of this
section.
(d) Applicants holding an
endorsement in Advanced Oil Tanker
Cargo Operations or Advanced
Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations may
qualify for an endorsement in Advanced
Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations
by completing, in a supernumerary
capacity, an approved training program
onboard liquefied gas tankers. The
program must be at least 1 month and
include at least three loading and three
discharge operations.
Subpart B–C [Reserved]
§ 13.609 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Basic Oil and
Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations.
§ 15.601 General.
§ 15.605 Credentialed operators for
uninspected passenger vessels.
§ 15.610 Master and Mate (Pilot) of
uninspected towing vessels.
(a) Every applicant for an
endorsement in Basic Oil and Chemical
Tanker Operations must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Vessel-Assistant DL; and
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standards of competence identified in
Table A–V/1–1–1 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 13.103).
(b) [Reserved]
§ 13.611 Requirements to qualify for an
STCW endorsement for Basic Liquefied Gas
Tanker Cargo Operations.
(a) Every applicant for an
endorsement in Basic Liquefied Gas
Tanker Operations must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement
as Tank Vessel-Assistant LG; and
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the
standards of competence identified in
Table A–V/1–2–1 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 13.103).
(b) [Reserved]
■ 173. Revise and republish part 15,
consisting of §§ 15.101 through 15.1113,
to read as follows:
PART 15—MANNING REQUIREMENTS
Subpart A—Purpose and Applicability
§ 15.101 Purpose of regulations.
§ 15.102 Paperwork approval.
§ 15.103 Incorporation by reference.
§ 15.105 General.
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Subpart D—Manning Requirements; All
Vessels
§ 15.401 Employment and service within
restrictions of credential.
§ 15.403 When credentials for ratings are
required.
§ 15.404 Requirements for serving onboard
a vessel.
§ 15.405 Familiarity with vessel
characteristics.
§ 15.410 Credentialed individuals for
assistance towing vessels.
§ 15.415 [Reserved]
Subpart E—Manning Requirements;
Inspected Vessels
§ 15.501 Certificate of inspection.
§ 15.505 Changes in the certificate of
inspection.
§ 15.510 Right of appeal.
§ 15.515 Compliance with certificate of
inspection.
§ 15.520 Mobile offshore drilling units
(MODUs).
§ 15.525 Additional manning requirements
for tank vessels.
§ 15.530 Large passenger vessels.
§ 15.535 Towing vessels.
Subpart F—Manning Requirements;
Uninspected Vessels
Subpart G—Limitations and Qualifying
Factors
§ 15.701 Officers Competency Certificates
Convention, 1936.
§ 15.705 Watches.
§ 15.710 Working hours.
§ 15.715 Automated vessels.
§ 15.720 Use of non-U.S.-credentialed
personnel.
§ 15.725 Sailing short.
§ 15.730 Language requirements.
Subpart H—Computations
§ 15.801 General.
§ 15.805 Master.
§ 15.810 Mates.
§ 15.812 Pilots.
§ 15.815 Radar Observers.
§ 15.816 Automatic radar plotting aids
(ARPA).
§ 15.817 Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System (GMDSS) Radio Operator.
§ 15.818 Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System (GMDSS) At-sea
Maintainer.
§ 15.820 Chief Engineer.
§ 15.825 Engineers.
§ 15.830 Radio Officers.
§ 15.835 Staff officers.
§ 15.840 Able Seafarers.
§ 15.845 Lifeboat Operators.
§ 15.850 Lookouts.
§ 15.855 Cabin watchmen and fire
patrolmen.
§ 15.860 Tank vessel endorsements.
§ 15.865 Qualified member of the engine
department (QMED).
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Subpart I—Equivalents
§ 15.901 Inspected vessels of less than 100
GRT.
§ 15.905 Uninspected passenger vessels.
§ 15.910 Towing vessels.
§ 15.915 Engineer officer endorsements.
Subpart J—Vessels in Foreign Trade
§ 15.1001 General.
§ 15.1010 California.
§ 15.1020 Hawaii.
§ 15.1030 New York and New Jersey.
§ 15.1040 Massachusetts.
§ 15.1050 North Carolina.
Subpart K—Vessels Subject to
Requirements of STCW
§ 15.1101 General.
§ 15.1103 Employment and service within
the restrictions of an STCW endorsement
or of a certificate of training.
§ 15.1105 Familiarization and Basic
Training (BT).
§ 15.1107 Maintenance of merchant
mariners’ records by owner or operator.
§ 15.1109 Watches.
§ 15.1111 Work hours and rest periods.
§ 15.1113 Security personnel.
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 3306,
3703, 8101, 8102, 8103, 8104, 8105, 8301,
8304, 8502, 8503, 8701, 8702, 8901, 8902,
8903, 8904, 8905(b), 8906 and 9102; sec. 617,
Pub. L. 111–281, 124 Stat. 2905; and DHS
Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.
Subpart A—Purpose and Applicability
§ 15.101
Purpose of regulations.
The purpose of this part is to set forth
uniform minimum requirements for the
manning of vessels. In general, they
implement, interpret, or apply the
specific statutory manning requirements
in title 46, U.S.C., implement various
international conventions which affect
merchant marine personnel, and
provide the means for establishing the
complement necessary for safe
operation of vessels.
§ 15.102
Paperwork approval.
(a) This section lists the control
numbers assigned by the Office of
Management and Budget under the
Paper Reduction Act of 1980 (Pub. L.
96–511) for the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements in this part.
(b) The following control numbers
have been assigned to the sections
indicated:
(1) OMB 1625–0079—46 CFR 15.1107.
(2) [Reserved]
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§ 15.103
Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by
reference into this part with the
approval of the Director of the Federal
Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
CFR part 51. All approved incorporation
by reference (IBR) material is available
for inspection at the Coast Guard and
the National Archives and Records
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Administration (NARA). Contact Coast
Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner
Credentialing (CG–MMC), U.S. Coast
Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20593–7509, 202–372–1492; website:
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/
merchant_mariner_credential/. For
information on the availability of this
material at NARA, visit
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@
nara.gov. The material may be obtained
from:
(b) International Maritime
Organization (IMO), 4 Albert
Embankment, London, SE1 7SR
England, phone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611;
website: www.imo.org.
(1) The International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as
amended, 2011 (STCW Convention);
incorporation by reference approved for
§§ 15.403, 15.404, 15.1103, 15.1105, and
15.1109.
(2) The Seafarers’ Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping Code, as
amended, 2011 (STCW Code);
incorporation by reference approved for
§ 15.1109.
(3) The International Convention for
the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS);
incorporation by reference approved for
§§ 15.818 and 15.1103.
§ 15.105
General.
(a) The regulations in this part apply
to all vessels that are subject to the
manning requirements contained in the
navigation and shipping laws of the
United States, including uninspected
vessels (46 U.S.C. 7101–9308).
(b) The navigation and shipping laws
state that a vessel may not be operated
unless certain manning requirements
are met. In addition to establishing a
minimum number of officers and rated
crew to be carried onboard certain
vessels, they establish minimum
qualifications concerning Licenses and
MMC endorsements, citizenship, and
conditions of employment. It is the
responsibility of the owner, charterer,
managing operator, Master, or Person in
Charge or in command of the vessel to
ensure that appropriate personnel are
carried to meet the requirements of the
applicable navigation and shipping laws
and regulations.
(c) Inspected vessels are issued a
Certificate of Inspection (COI) which
indicates the minimum complement of
officers and crew (including Lifeboat
Operators) considered necessary for safe
operation. The COI complements the
statutory requirements but does not
supersede them.
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(d) Uninspected vessels operating on
an international voyage may be issued a
safe manning certificate indicating the
minimum complement of qualified
mariners necessary for safe operation.
(e) The regulations in subpart K of
this part apply to seagoing vessels
subject to the International Convention
on Standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978,
as amended (STCW).
(f) Persons serving on any of the
following vessels, or any owner or
operator of any of these vessels, do not
need to meet the requirements of
subpart K of this part, because the
vessels are exempt from application of
STCW:
(1) Fishing vessels as defined in 46
U.S.C. 2101(12).
(2) Fishing vessels used as fish-tender
vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(14).
(3) Barges as defined in 46 U.S.C. 102,
including non-self-propelled Mobile
Offshore Drilling Units.
(4) Vessels operating exclusively on
the Great Lakes or on the inland waters
of the U.S. in the Straits of Juan de Fuca
or on the Inside Passage between Puget
Sound and Cape Spencer.
(5) Pilot vessels engaged on pilotage
duty.
(g) Owners and operators, and
personnel serving on the following
small vessels engaged exclusively on
domestic, near-coastal voyages are in
compliance with subpart K of this part
and are, therefore, not subject to further
requirements for the purposes of the
STCW Convention:
(1) Small passenger vessels subject to
subchapter T or K of this chapter.
(2) Vessels of less than 200 GRT, other
than passenger vessels subject to
subchapter H of this chapter.
(3) Uninspected passenger vessels
(UPVs) as defined in 46 U.S.C.
2101(42)(B).
(h) Personnel serving on vessels
identified in paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) of
this section may be issued, without
additional proof of qualification, an
appropriate STCW endorsement on their
License or MMC when the Coast Guard
determines that such an endorsement is
necessary to enable the vessel to engage
on a single international voyage of a
non-routine nature. The STCW
endorsement will be expressly limited
to service on the vessel or the class of
vessels and will not establish
qualification for any other purpose.
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Subpart B–C [Reserved]
Subpart D—Manning Requirements;
All Vessels
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§ 15.401 Employment and service within
restrictions of credential.
(a) A person may not employ or
engage an individual, and an individual
may not serve, in a position in which an
individual is required by law or
regulation to hold a Transportation
Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
and/or Merchant Mariner Credential
(MMC), unless the individual holds all
credentials required, as appropriate,
authorizing service in the capacity in
which the individual is engaged or
employed, and the individual serves
within any restrictions placed on the
credential. An individual holding an
active MMC issued by the Coast Guard
must also hold a valid TWIC issued by
the Transportation Security
Administration unless the individual is
exempt under § 10.203(b)(1) of this
subchapter.
(b) A person may not employ or
engage an individual, and an individual
may not serve in a position in which it
is required by law or regulation that the
individual hold an MMC endorsed with
a national endorsement, as well as a
corresponding STCW endorsement for
service outside the boundary line.
(c) A person may not employ or
engage an individual in a position
required to hold an MMC unless that
individual maintains a current medical
certificate. Medical certificates must be
issued and will remain current for the
following periods of time, unless
otherwise noted on the certificate:
(1) Two years for individuals serving
on vessels to which STCW applies
unless the mariner is under the age of
18, in which case the maximum period
of validity will be 1 year.
(2) Five years for all other mariners.
(d) Each individual referred to in
paragraph (a) of this section must hold
an MMC that serves as identification,
with an appropriate endorsement for the
position in which the seafarer serves,
and the MMC, along with a valid
medical certificate, must be presented to
the Master of the vessel at the time of
employment or before signing Articles
of Agreement.
(e) Each individual below the grades
of officer and staff officer employed on
any U.S.-flagged merchant vessel of 100
GRT or more must possess a valid MMC
issued by the Coast Guard, except as
noted below:
(1) Mariners on vessels navigating
exclusively on rivers and lakes, except
the Great Lakes, as defined in § 10.107
of this subchapter.
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(2) Mariners below the rank of officer
employed on any non-self-propelled
vessel, except seagoing barges and
barges to which 46 U.S.C. chapter 37
applies.
(3) Personnel not designated with any
safety or security duties onboard casino
vessels.
(f) Every person employed on a vessel
with dual tonnages (both domestic and
international) must hold a credential
authorizing service appropriate to the
tonnage scheme under which the vessel
is manned and operating.
§ 15.403 When credentials for ratings are
required.
(a) Every seafarer referred to in this
section, when required, must produce a
valid MMC with all applicable rating
endorsements for the position sought, a
valid TWIC unless the mariner is
exempt under § 10.203(b)(2) of this
subchapter, and a valid medical
certificate, to the Master of the vessel at
the time of employment or before
signing Articles of Agreement. Seafarers
who do not possess one of these
credentials may be employed at a
foreign port or place within the
limitations specified in § 15.720.
(b)(1) Every person below the grades
of officer and staff officer employed on
any U.S.-flagged merchant vessel of 100
GRT or more, except those navigating
rivers exclusively and the smaller
inland lakes, must possess a valid MMC,
along with a valid medical certificate,
with all appropriate endorsements for
the positions served.
(2) No endorsements are required of
any person below the rank of officer
employed on any barges except seagoing
barges and barges to which 46 U.S.C.
chapter 37 applies.
(3) No endorsements are required of
any person below the rank of officer
employed on any sail vessel of less than
500 net tons while not carrying
passengers for hire and while not
operating outside the line dividing
inland waters from the high seas. 33
U.S.C. 151.
(c) Each person serving as an Able
Seafarer-Deck or a Rating Forming Part
of a Navigational Watch (RFPNW) on a
seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more must
hold an STCW endorsement certifying
them as qualified to perform the
navigational function at the support
level, in accordance with the STCW
Convention (incorporated by reference,
see § 15.103).
(d) Each person serving as an Able
Seafarer-Engine or an RFPEW on a
seagoing vessel driven by main
propulsion machinery of 1,000 HP/750
kW propulsion power or more must
hold an STCW endorsement certifying
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them as qualified to perform the marineengineering function at the support
level, in accordance with the STCW
Convention.
(e) Notwithstanding any other rule in
this part, no person subject to this part
serving on any of the following vessels
needs an STCW endorsement:
(1) Vessels exempted from the
application of the STCW Convention,
including—
(i) Fishing vessels as defined in 46
U.S.C. 2101(11)(a);
(ii) Fishing vessels used as fish-tender
vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C.
2101(11)(c);
(iii) Barges as defined in 46 U.S.C.
102, including non-self-propelled
mobile offshore-drilling units;
(iv) Vessels operating exclusively on
the Great Lakes; or
(v) Pilot vessels engaged in pilotage
duty.
(2) Vessels not subject to any
obligation under the STCW Convention
due to their special operating conditions
as small vessels engaged in domestic,
near-coastal voyages, including—
(i) Small passenger vessels subject to
subchapter T or K of this chapter;
(ii) Vessels of less than 200 GRT
(other than passenger vessels subject to
subchapter H of this chapter); or
(iii) Uninspected passenger vessels as
defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(42)(B).
§ 15.404 Requirements for serving
onboard a vessel.
(a) Ratings Forming Part of a
Navigational Watch (RFPNW). Each
person serving as an RFPNW on a
seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more,
subject to the STCW Convention
(incorporated by reference, see
§ 15.103), must hold an STCW
endorsement attesting to their
qualifications to perform the
navigational function at the support
level.
(b) Able Seafarer. Each person serving
as a rating as Able Seafarer on a U.S.flagged vessel must hold an MMC
endorsed as Able Seafarer, except that
no credential as Able Seafarer is
required of any person employed on any
tug or towboat on the bays and sounds
connected directly with the seas, or on
any barges except seagoing barges or
tank barges. Each person serving as an
Able Seafarer on a seagoing vessel
subject to the STCW Convention must
also hold an STCW endorsement as
Able Seafarer-Deck.
(c) Ratings Forming Part of an
Engineering Watch (RFPEW). Each
person serving as an RFPEW in a
manned engineroom or designated to
perform duties in a periodically
unmanned engineroom, on a seagoing
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vessel driven by main propulsion
machinery of 1,000 HP/750 kW
propulsion power or more, must hold an
STCW endorsement attesting to their
qualifications to perform the marineengineering function at the support
level.
(d) Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED). (1) The holder of
an MMC endorsed with one or more
QMED ratings may serve in any
unqualified rating in the engine
department without obtaining an
additional endorsement.
(2) A QMED may serve as a qualified
rating in the engine department only in
the specific ratings endorsed on their
MMC.
(3) Persons serving on vessels subject
to the STCW Convention as Junior
Engineer, Pump Technician/Machinist,
or Electrician/Refrigeration Engineer
must also hold an STCW endorsement
as Able Seafarer-Engine.
(e) Lifeboat Operator. Every person
assigned duties as a Lifeboat Operator
must hold a credential attesting to such
proficiency. Persons serving on vessels
subject to the STCW Convention must
also hold an STCW endorsement in
Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue
Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats
(PSC).
(f) Lifeboat Operator-Limited. Every
person assigned duties onboard a vessel
that is not required to carry lifeboats
and is required to employ a Lifeboat
Operator must hold an endorsement as
either Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat
Operator-Limited. Persons serving on
vessels subject to the STCW Convention
must also hold an STCW endorsement
in Proficiency in Survival Craft and
Rescue Boats other than Lifeboats and
Fast Rescue Boats-Limited (PSCLimited).
(g) Fast Rescue Boats. Every person
engaged or employed in a position
requiring Proficiency in Fast Rescue
Boats must hold an endorsement
attesting to such proficiency.
(h) Entry level. Every person
employed in a rating other than Able
Seafarer or QMED on a U.S. flagged
vessel on which MMCs are required
must hold an MMC endorsed as Wiper,
Ordinary Seafarer, Steward’s
Department, or Steward’s Department
Food Handler (F.H.).
(i) Person in Charge of Medical Care.
Every person designated to take charge
of medical care onboard vessels subject
to the STCW Convention must hold an
MMC endorsed as Person in Charge of
Medical Care.
(j) Medical First-aid Provider. Every
person designated to provide medical
first aid onboard vessels subject to the
STCW Convention must hold an MMC
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endorsed as Medical First-aid Provider
or a deck or engineer officer
endorsement.
(k) GMDSS Radio Operator or
Maintainer. Every person responsible
for the operation or shipboard
maintenance of GMDSS radio
equipment onboard vessels subject to
the STCW Convention must hold an
MMC endorsed as GMDSS Radio
Operator or GMDSS Radio Maintainer,
as appropriate.
Each credentialed crewmember must
become familiar with the relevant
characteristics of the vessel appropriate
to their duties and responsibilities prior
to assuming those duties and
responsibilities. As appropriate, these
may include, but are not limited to,
general arrangement of the vessel,
maneuvering characteristics, proper
operation of the installed navigation
equipment, proper operation of
firefighting and lifesaving equipment,
stability and loading characteristics,
emergency duties, and main propulsion
and auxiliary machinery, including
steering gear systems and controls.
§ 15.410 Credentialed individuals for
assistance towing vessels.
Every assistance towing vessel must
be under the direction and control of an
individual holding a License or MMC
authorizing them to engage in assistance
towing under the provisions of § 11.482
of this subchapter.
§ 15.415
Certificate of inspection.
(a) The certificate of inspection (COI)
issued by an Officer in Charge, Marine
Inspection (OCMI), to a vessel required
to be inspected under 46 U.S.C. 3301
specifies the minimum complement of
officers and crew necessary for the safe
operation of the vessel.
(b) The manning requirements for a
particular vessel are determined by the
OCMI after consideration of the
applicable laws, the regulations in this
part, and all other factors involved, such
as: emergency situations, size and type
of vessel, installed equipment, proposed
routes of operation including frequency
of port calls, cargo carried, type of
service in which employed, degree of
automation, use of labor saving devices,
and the organizational structure of the
vessel.
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All requests for changes in manning
as indicated on the COI must be sent
to—
(a) The Officer in Charge, Marine
Inspection (OCMI) who last issued the
COI; or
(b) The OCMI conducting the
inspection, if the request is made in
conjunction with an inspection for
certification.
Right of appeal.
Any person directly affected by a
decision or action taken under this part,
by or on behalf of the Coast Guard, may
appeal in accordance with subpart 1.03
of this chapter.
§ 15.515 Compliance with certificate of
inspection.
(a) Except as provided by § 15.725, no
vessel may be navigated unless it has in
its service and onboard the crew
complement required by the COI.
(b) Any time passengers are embarked
on a passenger vessel, the vessel must
have the crew complement required by
the COI, whether the vessel is
underway, at anchor, made fast to shore,
or aground. However, the Master may
allow reduced crew for limited or
special operating conditions subject to
the approval of the OCMI.
(c) No vessel subject to inspection
under 46 U.S.C. 3301 will be navigated
unless it is under the direction and
control of an individual who holds an
appropriate License or officer
endorsement on their MMC.
§ 15.520 Mobile offshore drilling units
(MODUs).
[Reserved]
Subpart E—Manning Requirements;
Inspected Vessels
§ 15.501
§ 15.505 Changes in the certificate of
inspection.
§ 15.510
§ 15.405 Familiarity with vessel
characteristics.
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(a) The requirements in this section
for MODUs supplement other
requirements in this part.
(b) The OCMI determines the
minimum number of officers and crew
(including Lifeboat Operators) required
for the safe operation of inspected
MODUs. In addition to other factors
listed in this part, the specialized nature
of the MODU is considered in
determining the specific manning
levels.
(c) A License or officer endorsement
on an MMC as Offshore Installation
Manager (OIM), Barge Supervisor (BS),
or Ballast Control Operator (BCO)
authorizes service only on MODUs. A
License or endorsement as OIM is
restricted to the MODU type and mode
of operation specified on the credential.
(d) When underway, a self-propelled
MODU, other than a drillship, must be
under the command of an individual
who holds a License as Master endorsed
as OIM, or an MMC endorsed as Master
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and OIM. When not underway, such a
vessel must be under the command of
an individual holding the appropriate
OIM credential.
(e) A drillship must be under the
command of an individual who holds a
License or MMC officer endorsement as
Master. When a drillship is on location,
or is maintaining its position with a
dynamic positioning system, the
individual in command must hold a
License as Master endorsed as OIM or
an MMC with Master and OIM officer
endorsements.
(f) A non-self-propelled MODU must
be under the command of an individual
who holds a License or MMC officer
endorsement as OIM.
(g) An individual serving as Mate on
a self-propelled surface unit when
underway, other than a drillship, must
hold an appropriate License, or an MMC
endorsed as Mate and BS or BCO. When
not underway, such a vessel may
substitute an individual holding the
appropriate BS or BCO endorsement for
the Mate, if permitted by the cognizant
OCMI.
(h) An individual holding a License or
MMC officer endorsement as BS is
required on a non-self-propelled surface
unit other than a drillship.
(i) An individual holding a License or
MMC officer endorsement as BS may
serve as BCO.
(j) The OCMI issuing the MODU’s COI
may authorize the substitution of Chief
or Assistant Engineer-MODU for Chief
or Assistant Engineer, respectively, on
self-propelled or propulsion-assisted
surface units, except drillships. The
OCMI may also authorize the
substitution of Assistant EngineerMODU for Assistant Engineer on
drillships.
(k) Requirements in this part
concerning Radar Observers do not
apply to non-self-propelled MODUs.
(l) A surface MODU underway or on
location, when afloat and equipped with
a ballast control room, must have that
ballast control room manned by an
individual holding a License or MMC
officer endorsement authorizing service
as BCO.
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§ 15.525 Additional manning requirements
for tank vessels.
Parts 31 and 35 of this subchapter
contain additional manning
requirements applicable to tank vessels.
§ 15.530
Large passenger vessels.
(a) The owner or operator of a U.S.flagged large passenger vessel must
ensure that any non-resident alien
holding a Coast Guard-issued MMC
described in part 12, subpart H of this
subchapter is provided the rights,
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protections, and benefits of the
International Labor Organization’s
Merchant Shipping (Minimum
Standards) Convention of 1976.
(b) On U.S-flagged large passenger
vessels, non-resident aliens holding a
Coast Guard-issued MMC described in
part 12, subpart H of this subchapter—
(1) May only be employed in the
steward’s department on the vessel(s)
specified on the MMC or accompanying
Coast Guard letter under § 12.811 of this
subchapter;
(2) May only be employed for an
aggregate period of 36 months of actual
service on all authorized U.S.-flagged
large passenger vessels combined, under
§ 12.811 of this subchapter;
(3) May not perform watchstanding,
engine room duty watch, or vessel
navigation functions, under § 12.811 of
this subchapter; and
(4) May perform emergency-related
duties only if, under § 12.811 of this
subchapter—
(i) The emergency-related duties do
not require any other rating or
endorsement, except Lifeboat Operator
as specified in § 12.811 of this
subchapter;
(ii) The non-resident alien has
completed familiarization and Basic
Training, as required in § 15.1105;
(iii) The non-resident alien, if serving
as a Lifeboat Operator, has the necessary
Lifeboat Operator’s endorsement; and
(iv) The non-resident alien has
completed the training for crewmembers
on passenger ships performing duties
involving safety or care for passengers,
as required in part 12, subpart I of this
subchapter.
(c) No more than 25 percent of the
total number of ratings on a U.S.-flagged
large passenger vessel may be aliens,
whether admitted to the United States
for permanent residence or authorized
for employment in the United States as
non-resident aliens.
(d) The owner or operator of a U.S.flagged large passenger vessel
employing non-resident aliens holding
Coast Guard-issued MMCs described in
part 12, subpart H of this subchapter
must—
(1) Retain custody of all non-resident
alien MMCs for the duration of
employment, under § 12.811 of this
subchapter; and
(2) Return all non-resident alien
MMCs to the Coast Guard upon
termination of employment, under
§ 12.811 of this subchapter.
(e) The owner or operator of a U.S.flagged large passenger vessel
employing non-resident aliens holding
Coast Guard-issued MMCs described in
part 12, subpart H of this subchapter is
subject to the civil penalty provisions
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specified in 46 U.S.C. 8103(f), for any
violation of this section.
§ 15.535
Towing vessels.
(a) Applicability. Except as provided
in this paragraph (a), the requirements
in this section apply to a towing vessel
subject to subchapter M of this chapter.
Vessels subject to this section must also
meet the requirements in § 15.515(c). A
towing vessel at least 8 meters (26 feet)
in length, measured from end to end
over the deck (excluding sheer), that is
not subject to subchapter M must meet
the requirements in paragraph (b) of this
section if it is—
(1) A seagoing towing vessel of 300
gross tons or more subject to the
provisions of subchapter I of this
chapter;
(2) A vessel inspected under other
subchapters of this chapter that may
perform occasional towing; or
(3) A public vessel as defined in 46
U.S.C. 2101.
(b) Towing vessels 8 meters or more in
length. Every towing vessel of at least 8
meters (26 feet) in length, measured
from end to end over the deck
(excluding sheer), must be under the
direction and control of a person
holding a MMC endorsed as Master or
Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels or as
Master or Mate of vessels of greater than
200 gross register tons, holding a
completed Towing Officer Assessment
Record signed by a designated examiner
indicating that the officer is proficient
in the operation of towing vessels upon
the appropriate route.
(c) Towing Vessels of Any Length on
the Lower Mississippi River. In addition
to the requirements of paragraph (b) of
this section, any towing vessel operating
in the pilotage waters of the Lower
Mississippi River must be under the
control of an officer who holds either a
First-Class Pilot’s endorsement for that
route, or MMC officer endorsement for
the Western Rivers, or who meets the
requirements of either paragraph (c)(1)
or (2) of this section, as applicable.
(1) Moving tank or hazardous material
barges. To operate a towing vessel with
tank barges or a tow of barges carrying
hazardous material regulated under
subchapter N or O of this chapter, the
officer in charge of the towing vessel
must have completed at least 12 round
trips over this route as an observer, with
at least 3 of those trips during hours of
darkness, and must provide evidence to
the Coast Guard upon request that at
least 1 of the 12 round trips occurred
within the last 5 years.
(2) Moving uninspected barges or no
barges. To operate a towing vessel
without barges or a tow of uninspected
barges, the officer in charge of the
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towing vessel must have completed at
least 4 round trips over this route as an
observer, with at least 1 of those trips
during hours of darkness, and must
provide evidence to the Coast Guard
upon request that at least 1 of the 4
round trips occurred within the last 5
years.
Subpart F—Manning Requirements;
Uninspected Vessels
§ 15.601
General.
The following sections of subparts F,
G, and H of this part contain provisions
concerning manning of uninspected
vessels; §§ 15.701, 15.705, 15.710,
15.720, 15.730, 15.801, 15.805, 15.810,
15.820, 15.825, 15.840, 15.850, 15.855,
15.905, 15.910, and 15.915.
§ 15.605 Credentialed operators for
uninspected passenger vessels.
Each uninspected passenger vessel
(UPV) must be under the direction and
control of an individual credentialed by
the Coast Guard, as follows:
(a) Every UPV of 100 GRT or more, as
defined by 46 U.S.C. 2101(53)(A), must
be under the command of an individual
holding a License or MMC endorsed as
Master. When navigated, it must be
under the direction and control of a
credentialed Master, Pilot, or Mate.
(b) Every self-propelled UPV as
defined by 46 U.S.C. 2101(53)(B) must
be under the direction and control of an
individual holding a License or MMC
endorsed as or equivalent to an Operator
of an Uninspected Passenger Vessel
(OUPV).
(c) Personnel serving on UPVs
engaged on international voyages must
meet the requirements of subpart K of
this part.
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§ 15.610 Master and Mate (Pilot) of
uninspected towing vessels.
(a) The requirements in this section
apply to towing vessels, except for—
(1) Towing vessels that are subject to
subchapter M in accordance with
§ 136.105 of this subchapter;
(2) Towing vessels that are seagoing
and 300 gross or more tons subject to
the provisions of subchapter I of this
chapter;
(3) Towing vessels that are inspected
under other subchapters of this chapter
that may perform occasional towing;
and
(4) Towing vessels that are public
vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101.
(b) Except as provided in this
paragraph, every towing vessel of at
least 8 meters (26 feet) in length,
measured from end to end over the deck
(excluding sheer), must be under the
direction and control of a person
holding a License or MMC officer
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endorsement as Master or Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels, or as Master or Mate of
vessels of greater than 200 GRT, holding
either an endorsement on their License
or MMC for towing vessels or a
completed Towing Officer Assessment
Record (TOAR) signed by a designated
examiner indicating that the officer is
proficient in the operation of towing
vessels. This requirement does not
apply to any vessel engaged in
assistance towing.
(c) Any towing vessel operating in the
pilotage waters of the Lower Mississippi
River must be under the control of an
officer meeting the requirements of
paragraph (b) of this section who holds
either a First-Class Pilot’s endorsement
for that route or MMC officer
endorsement for the Western Rivers, or
who meets the requirements of
paragraph (b) of this section and meets
the requirements of either paragraph
(c)(1) or (2) of this section as applicable:
(1) To operate a towing vessel with
tank barges, or a tow of barges carrying
hazardous materials regulated under
subchapters N or O of this chapter, an
officer in charge of the towing vessel
must have completed 12 roundtrips over
this route as an observer, with at least
three of those trips during hours of
darkness, and provide evidence to the
Coast Guard that at least one of the 12
roundtrips was completed within the
last 5 years.
(2) To operate a towing vessel without
barges, or a tow of uninspected barges,
an officer in charge of the towing vessel
must have completed at least four round
trips over this route as an observer, with
at least one of those trips during hours
of darkness, and provide evidence to the
Coast Guard that at least one of the four
roundtrips was within the last 5 years.
Subpart G—Limitations and Qualifying
Factors
§ 15.701 Officers Competency Certificates
Convention, 1936.
(a) This section implements the
Officers Competency Certificates
Convention, 1936 (see 46 U.S.C. 8304),
and applies to each vessel documented
under the laws of the United States
navigating seaward of the Boundary
Lines in part 7 of this chapter, except:
(1) A public vessel;
(2) A wooden vessel of primitive
build, such as a dhow or junk;
(3) A barge; or
(4) A vessel of less than 200 gross
tons.
(b) The Master, Mates and engineers
on any vessel to which this section
applies must hold a License or MMC
officer endorsement to serve in that
capacity issued by the Coast Guard
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under parts 10 and 11 of this
subchapter.
(c) A vessel to which this section
applies, or a foreign flagged vessel to
which the Officers Competency
Certificates Convention applies, may be
detained by a designated official until
that official is satisfied that the vessel is
in compliance with the Convention.
Designated official includes Coast
Guard officers, Coast Guard petty
officers and officers or employees of the
Customs and Border Protection Service.
(d) Whenever a vessel is detained, the
owner, charterer, managing operator,
agent, Master, or individual in charge
may appeal the detention within 5 days
under the provisions of § 2.01–70 of this
chapter.
§ 15.705
Watches.
(a) 46 U.S.C. 8104 applies to the
establishment of watches aboard certain
U.S. vessels. The establishment of
adequate watches is the responsibility of
the vessel’s Master. The Coast Guard
interprets the term ‘‘watch’’ to be the
direct performance of vessel operations,
whether deck or engine, where such
operations would routinely be
controlled and performed in a
scheduled and fixed rotation. The
performance of maintenance or work
necessary to the vessel’s safe operation
on a daily basis does not in itself
constitute the establishment of a watch.
The minimum safe manning levels
specified in a vessel’s COI or other safe
manning document take into
consideration routine maintenance
requirements and ability of the crew to
perform all operational evolutions,
including emergencies, as well as those
functions which may be assigned to
persons in watches.
(b) Subject to exceptions, 46 U.S.C.
8104 requires that when a Master of a
seagoing vessel of more than 100 GRT
establishes watches for the officers,
sailors, and Oilers, ‘‘the personnel shall
be divided, when at sea, into at least
three watches and shall be kept on duty
successively to perform ordinary work
incidental to the operation and
management of the vessel.’’ Solely for
the purposes of this part, the Coast
Guard interprets ‘‘sailors’’ to mean those
members of the deck department other
than officers, whose duties involve the
mechanics of conducting the ship on its
voyage, such as helmsman (wheelsman),
lookout, etc., and which are necessary to
the maintenance of a continuous watch.
The term ‘‘sailors’’ is not interpreted to
include Able Seafarers and Ordinary
Seafarers not performing these duties.
(c)(1) Subject to exceptions, 46 U.S.C.
8104(g) permits the officers and crew
members to be divided into two watches
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when at sea and engaged on a voyage of
less than 600 miles on the following
categories of vessels—
(i) Towing vessel;
(ii) Offshore supply vessel, except as
provided by paragraph (c)(2) of this
section; or
(iii) Barge.
(2) Paragraph (c)(1) of this section
applies to an OSV of at least 6,000 GT
ITC (500 GRT if GT ITC is not assigned),
as defined in § 125.160 of this
subchapter, if the individuals engaged
on the vessel are in compliance with the
work hours and rest period
requirements in § 15.1111.
(d) Subject to exceptions, 46 U.S.C.
8104(h) permits a Master or Mate (Pilot)
operating a towing vessel that is at least
8 meters (26 feet) in length measured
from end to end over the deck
(excluding sheer) to work not more than
12 hours in a consecutive 24-hour
period except in an emergency. The
Coast Guard interprets this, in
conjunction with other provisions of the
law, to permit Masters or Mates (Pilots)
serving as operators of towing vessels
that are not subject to the provisions of
the Officers’ Competency Certificates
Convention, 1936 (see 46 U.S.C. 8304),
to be divided into two watches
regardless of the length of the voyage.
(e) Fish processing vessels are subject
to various provisions of 46 U.S.C. 8104
concerning watches, including—
(1) For fish processing vessels that
entered into service before January 1,
1988, the following watch requirements
apply to the officers and deck crew:
(i) If more than 5,000 GRT—three
watches.
(ii) If more than 1,600 GRT and not
more than 5,000 GRT—two watches.
(iii) If not more than 1,600 GRT—no
watch division specified; or
(2) For fish processing vessels that
entered into service after December 31,
1987, the following watch requirements
apply to the officers and deck crew:
(i) If more than 5,000 GRT—three
watches.
(ii) If not more than 5,000 GRT and
having more than 16 individuals
onboard, primarily employed in the
preparation of fish or fish products—
two watches.
(iii) If not more than 5,000 GRT and
having not more than 16 individuals
onboard, primarily employed in the
preparation of fish or fish products—no
watch division specified.
(f) Properly manned uninspected
passenger vessels of at least 100 GRT—
(1) Which are underway for no more
than 12 hours in any 24-hour period,
and which are adequately moored,
anchored, or otherwise secured in a
harbor of safe refuge for the remainder
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of that 24-hour period, may operate with
one navigational watch;
(2) Which are underway more than 12
hours in any 24-hour period, must
provide a minimum of a two-watch
system;
(3) In no case may the crew of any
watch work more than 12 hours in any
24-hour period, except in an emergency.
§ 15.710
Working hours.
In addition to prescribing watch
requirements, 46 U.S.C. 8104 sets
limitations on the working hours of
credentialed officers and crew members,
prescribes certain rest periods, and
prohibits unnecessary work on Sundays
and certain holidays when the vessel is
in a safe harbor. It is the responsibility
of the Master or Person in Charge to
ensure that these limitations are met.
However, under 46 U.S.C. 8104(f), the
Master or other credentialed officer can
require any part of the crew to work
when, in their judgment, they are
needed for:
(a) Maneuvering, shifting berth,
mooring, unmooring;
(b) Performing work necessary for the
safety of the vessel, or the vessel’s
passengers, crew, or cargo;
(c) Saving of life onboard another
vessel in jeopardy; or,
(d) Performing fire, lifeboat, or other
drills in port or at sea.
§ 15.715
Automated vessels.
(a) Coast Guard acceptance of
automated systems to replace specific
personnel or to reduce overall crew
requirements is predicated upon the
capabilities of the system, the system’s
demonstrated and continuing reliability,
and a planned maintenance program
that ensures continued safe operation of
the vessel.
(b) The OCMI considers the
capabilities of an automated system in
establishing initial manning levels;
however, until the system is proven
reliable, a manning level adequate to
operate in a continuously attended
mode will be specified on a vessel’s
COI. It remains the responsibility of the
vessel’s Master to determine when a
continuous watch is necessary.
§ 15.720 Use of non-U.S.-credentialed
personnel.
(a) United States vessels which need
to replace one or more persons while on
a foreign voyage and outside the
jurisdiction of the United States, in
order to meet manning requirements,
may use non-U.S. credentialed
personnel without a TWIC, except for
the positions of Master and Radio
Officer, until the vessel returns to a port
at which in the most expeditious
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manner replacements who are citizens
of the United States can be obtained.
(b) The citizenship requirements of 46
U.S.C. 8103(a) and (b) and the TWIC
requirement of 46 U.S.C. 70105 are
waived, except for the requirement that
the Master must be a U.S. citizen
holding a TWIC, with respect to the
following vessels:
(1) A U.S.-documented offshore
supply vessel (OSV) (as that term is
defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(19)) that is
operating from a foreign port; and
(2) A U.S.-documented mobile
offshore drilling unit (MODU) (as that
term is defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(15a))
that is operating beyond the water above
the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
(c) The waiver provided in paragraph
(b) of this section does not apply to any
vessel operating in water above the U.S.
Outer Continental Shelf (as that term is
defined in 43 U.S.C. 1331(a)).
(d) The Master must assure that any
replacements of crewmembers by nonU.S. citizens made in accordance with
this section will be with an individual
who holds a credential that required
experience, training, and other
qualifications equivalent to the U.S.
credential required for the position and
that the person possesses or will possess
the training required to communicate to
the extent required by § 15.730.
(e) Non-U.S.-credentialed officers
serving onboard vessels subject to
STCW must hold a ‘‘Certificate attesting
recognition’’ in accordance with part 11,
subpart J of this subchapter. A mariner
may serve for a period not to exceed 3
months onboard the vessel while the
Coast Guard is processing their
application for such a certificate.
§ 15.725
Sailing short.
Whenever a vessel is deprived of the
service of a member of its complement,
and the Master or Person in Charge is
unable to find appropriate credentialed
personnel to man the vessel, the Master
or Person in Charge may proceed on the
voyage, having determined the vessel is
sufficiently manned for the voyage. A
report of sailing short must be filed with
the OCMI having cognizance for
inspection in the area in which the
vessel is operating, or the OCMI within
whose jurisdiction the voyage is
completed. The report must explain the
cause of each deficiency and be
submitted within 12 hours after arrival
at the next port. The actions of the
Master or Person in Charge in such
instances are subject to review and it
must be shown the vacancy was not due
to the consent, fault or collusion of the
Master or other individuals specified in
46 U.S.C. 8101(e). A civil penalty may
be assessed against the Master or Person
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§ 15.730
Language requirements.
(a) The provisions of 46 U.S.C. 8702
relating to language apply generally to
vessels of at least 100 GRT except:
(1) Vessels operating on rivers and
lakes except the Great Lakes;
(2) A manned barge except a seagoing
barge or a barge to which chapter 37 of
46 U.S.C. applies;
(3) A fishing vessel, fish tender vessel,
whaling vessel, or yacht;
(4) A sailing school vessel with
respect to sailing school instructors and
sailing school students;
(5) An oceanographic research vessel
with respect to scientific personnel;
(6) A fish processing vessel which
entered into service before January 1,
1988, and is not more than 1,600 GRT
or which entered into service after
December 31, 1987, and has not more
than 16 individuals onboard primarily
employed in the preparation of fish or
fish products; and
(7) All fish processing vessels with
respect to those personnel primarily
employed in the preparation of fish or
fish products or in a support position
not related to navigation.
(b) 46 U.S.C. 8702(b) requires that
onboard vessels departing U.S. ports 75
percent of the crew in each department
onboard is able to understand any order
spoken by the officers.
(c) The words able to understand any
order spoken by the officers relates to
any order to a member of the crew when
directing the performance of that
person’s duties and orders relating to
emergency situations such as used for
response to a fire or in using lifesaving
equipment. It is not expected that a
member of the deck department
understand terminology normally used
only in the engineroom or vice versa.
(d) Whenever information is
presented to the Coast Guard that a
vessel fails to comply with the specified
language requirements the Coast Guard
investigates the allegation to determine
its validity. In determining if an
allegation is factual, the Coast Guard
may require a demonstration by the
officers and crew that appropriate
orders are understood. The
demonstration will require that orders
be spoken to the individual members of
the crew by the officers in the language
ordinarily and customarily used by the
officers. The orders must be spoken
directly by the officer to the crew
member and not through an interpreter.
Signs, gestures, or signals may not be
used in the test. The Coast Guard
representative will specify the orders to
be given and will include not only daily
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routine but orders involving
emergencies, either of a departmental or
of a general nature. This test will be
conducted, if possible, at a time
reasonably in advance of the vessel’s
departure, to avoid delays.
Subpart H—Computations
§ 15.801
General.
The OCMI will determine the specific
manning levels for vessels required to
have certificates of inspection by part B
of subtitle II of title 46 U.S.C. The
Masters or individuals in command of
all vessels, whether required to be
inspected under 46 U.S.C. 3301 or not,
are responsible for properly manning
vessels in accordance with the
applicable laws, regulations, and
international conventions.
§ 15.805
Master.
(a) There must be an individual
holding an appropriate License as or a
valid MMC with endorsement as Master
in command of each of the following
vessels:
(1) Every self-propelled, seagoing
documented vessel of 200 GRT and
over.
(2) Every self-propelled inspected
vessel;
(3) Every inspected passenger vessel;
(4) Every inspected small passenger
vessel; and
(5) Every towing vessel of at least 8
meters (26 feet) or more in length must
be in command of a Master of Towing
Vessels, or a mariner holding a License
or MMC endorsed as Master of
inspected, self-propelled vessels greater
than 200 GRT holding either—
(i) A completed Towing Officer’s
Assessment Record (TOAR), bearing the
signature of a Designated Examiner and
stating that the Examiner found the
candidate proficient; or
(ii) A License or MMC endorsed for
Master of Towing Vessels.
(6) Every uninspected passenger
vessel of at least 100 GRT.
(7) Every uninspected passenger
vessel engaged on an international
voyage.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the
individual meeting the requirement of
this section must also hold an STCW
endorsement as Master with the
appropriate tonnage for the vessel
which he or she is operating, except as
noted in § 15.105(g) for vessels on
domestic near-coastal voyages.
(c) Every vessel documented under
the laws of the United States, other than
a vessel with only a recreational
endorsement, must be under the
command of a U.S. citizen.
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Mates.
(a) The OCMI determines the
minimum number of Mates required for
the safe operation of inspected vessels.
(b) The minimum number of mariners
holding a License or MMC officer
endorsement as Mate required to be
carried on every inspected, selfpropelled, seagoing and Great Lakes
vessel, and every inspected, seagoing,
passenger vessel must not be less than
the following, except when reductions
are authorized under paragraph (e) of
this section:
(1) Vessels of 1,000 GRT or more
(except MODUs)—three Mates (except
when on a voyage of less than 400 miles
from port of departure to port of final
destination—two Mates).
(2) MODUs of 1,000 GRT or more:
(i) Three Mates when on a voyage of
more than 72 hours.
(ii) Two Mates when on a voyage of
more than 16 but not more than 72
hours.
(iii) One Mate when on a voyage of
not more than 16 hours.
(3) Vessels of 100 GRT or more but
less than 1,000 GRT—two Mates (except
vessels of at least 100 but less than 200
GRT on voyages which do not exceed 24
hours in duration—one Mate).
(4) All vessels of less than 100 GRT—
one Mate (except vessels on voyages not
exceeding 12 hours in duration may, if
the OCMI determines it to be safe, be
operated without Mates).
(5) An offshore supply vessel of 100
GRT (100 GT ITC if GRT is not assigned)
or more, but less than 6,000 GT ITC (500
GRT if GT ITC is not assigned) as
defined in § 125.160 of this
subchapter—one credentialed Mate
(except when on a voyage of at least 600
miles—two credentialed Mates). A
voyage includes the accrued distance
from port of departure to port of arrival
and does not include stops at offshore
points.
(6) An offshore supply vessel of at
least 6,000 GT ITC (500 GRT if GT ITC
is not assigned) as defined in § 125.160
of this chapter—two credentialed Mates
provided that the OSV meets the
requirements in § 15.1111 (except when
on a voyage of more than 600 miles—
three credentialed Mates). A voyage
includes the accrued distance from the
vessel’s port of departure to the vessel’s
port of arrival. Stops at offshore points
or facilities do not constitute separate
voyages; stops at offshore points or
facilities are included in the total
accrued distance between the vessel’s
port of departure and the vessel’s port
of arrival.
(c) An individual in charge of the
navigation or maneuvering of a selfpropelled, uninspected, documented,
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seagoing vessel of 200 GRT or over must
hold an appropriate License or MMC
authorizing service as Mate.
(d) Each Person in Charge of the
navigation or maneuvering of a towing
vessel of at least 8 meters (26 feet) in
length must satisfy the requirements of
§ 15.805(a)(5) or hold a License or MMC
authorizing service as either—
(1) Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels; or
(2) Mate of inspected self-propelled
vessels greater than 200 GRT within any
other restrictions on the officer’s
License or MMC, holding either—
(i) A completed TOAR bearing the
signature from a Designated Examiner
(DE) and stating that the DE found the
candidate proficient; or
(ii) A License or MMC with officer
endorsement for towing vessels.
(e) The OCMI may increase the
minimum number of Mates indicated in
paragraph (b) of this section where they
determine that the vessel’s
characteristics, route, or other operating
conditions create special circumstances
warranting an increase.
(f) The Commandant will consider
reductions to the number of Mates
required by this section when special
circumstances allowing a vessel to be
safely operated can be demonstrated.
(g) On vessels subject to STCW, the
individual meeting the requirement of
this section must also hold an STCW
endorsement as Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch with the
appropriate tonnage for the vessel
which they are operating, except as
noted in § 15.105 (g) for vessels on
domestic near-coastal voyages.
§ 15.812
Pilots.
(a) Except as specified in paragraph (f)
of this section, the following vessels, not
sailing on register, when underway on
the navigable waters of the United
States, must be under the direction and
control of an individual qualified to
serve as Pilot under paragraph (b) or (c)
of this section, as appropriate:
(1) Coastwise seagoing vessels
propelled by machinery and subject to
inspection under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 33,
and coastwise seagoing tank barges
subject to inspection under 46 U.S.C.
Chapter 37.
(2) Vessels that are not authorized by
their COI to proceed beyond the
Boundary Line established in part 7 of
this chapter, are in excess of 1,600 GRT
propelled by machinery, and are subject
to inspection under 46 U.S.C. Chapter
33.
(3) Vessels operating on the Great
Lakes, that are propelled by machinery
and subject to inspection under 46
U.S.C. Chapter 33, or are tank barges
subject to inspection under 46 U.S.C.
Chapter 37.
(b) The following individuals may
serve as a Pilot on a vessel subject to
paragraph (a) of this section, when
underway on the navigable waters of the
United States that are designated areas:
(1) An individual holding a valid
First-Class Pilot’s License or MMC
officer endorsement as First-Class Pilot,
operating within the restrictions of their
credential, may serve as Pilot on any
vessel to which this section applies.
(2) An individual holding a valid
License or MMC officer endorsement as
Master or Mate, employed aboard a
vessel within the restrictions of their
credential, may serve as Pilot on a
vessel of not more than 1,600 GRT
propelled by machinery, described in
paragraphs (a)(1) and (3) of this section,
provided they are—
(i) At least 21 years old;
(ii) Able to show current knowledge
of the waters to be navigated, as
required in § 11.713 of this subchapter;
and
(iii) Able to provide evidence of
completing a minimum of four
roundtrips over the route to be traversed
while in the wheelhouse as
watchstander or observer. At least one
of the roundtrips must be made during
the hours of darkness if the route is to
be traversed during darkness.
(3) An individual holding a valid
License or MMC officer endorsement as
Master, Mate, or operator employed
aboard a vessel within the restrictions of
their credential, may serve as Pilot on a
tank barge or tank barges totaling not
more than 10,000 GRT/GT, described in
paragraphs (a)(1) and (3) of this section,
provided they—
(i) Are at least 21 years old
(ii) Are able to show current
knowledge of the waters to be navigated,
as required in § 11.713 of this
subchapter
(iii) Have a current physical
examination in accordance with the
provisions of § 11.709 of this subchapter
(iv) Have at least 6 months of service
in the deck department on towing
vessels engaged in towing operations;
and
(v) Provide evidence of completing a
minimum of 12 roundtrips over the
route to be traversed, as an observer or
under instruction in the wheelhouse. At
least three of the roundtrips must be
made during the hours of darkness if the
route is to be traversed during darkness
(c) An individual holding a valid
License or MMC officer endorsement as
Master, Mate, or operator, employed
aboard a vessel within the restrictions of
their credential, may serve as a Pilot for
a vessel subject to paragraphs (a)(1) and
(2) of this section, when underway on
the navigable waters of the United
States that are not designated areas of
pilotage waters, provided they—
(1) Are at least 21 years old
(2) Are able to show current
knowledge of the waters to be navigated,
as required in § 11.713 of this
subchapter; and
(3) Have a current physical
examination in accordance with the
provisions of § 11.709 of this subchapter
(d) In any instance in which the
qualifications of a person satisfying the
requirements for pilotage through the
provisions of this subpart are
questioned by the Coast Guard, the
individual must, within a reasonable
time, provide the Coast Guard with
documentation proving compliance
with the applicable portions of
paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section
(e) Federal pilotage requirements
contained in paragraphs (a) through (d)
of this section are summarized in the
following two quick reference tables
(1) Table 1 to § 15.812(e)(1) provides
a guide to the pilotage requirements for
inspected, self-propelled vessels.
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SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS, NOT SAILING ON REGISTER
Designated areas of pilotage
waters (routes for which FirstClass Pilot’s licenses or MMC
officer endorsements are issued)
Inspected self-propelled vessels greater than 1,600
First-Class Pilot ............................................................
GRT, authorized by their COI to proceed beyond
the Boundary Line, or operating on the Great Lakes.
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Non-designated areas of
pilotage waters (between
the 3-mile line and the start
of traditional pilotage routes)
Master or Mate may serve as Pilot if they—
1. Are at least 21 years old;
2. Have an annual physical exam; and
3. Maintain current knowledge of the waters to be
navigated.1
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SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS, NOT SAILING ON REGISTER—Continued
Designated areas of pilotage
waters (routes for which FirstClass Pilot’s licenses or MMC
officer endorsements are issued)
Inspected self-propelled vessels not more than 1,600
First-Class Pilot, or Master or Mate may serve as
GRT, authorized by their COI to proceed beyond
Pilot if they—
the Boundary Line, or operating on the Great Lakes. 1. Are at least 21 years old;
2. Maintain current knowledge of the waters to be
navigated; and 1
3. Have four roundtrips over the route.2
Inspected self-propelled vessels greater than 1,600
First-Class Pilot ............................................................
GRT, not authorized by their COI to proceed beyond the Boundary Line (inland route vessels);
other than vessels operating on the Great Lakes.
Inspected self-propelled vessels not more than 1,600
GRT, not authorized by their COI to proceed beyond the Boundary Line (inland route vessels);
other than vessels operating on the Great Lakes.
No pilotage requirement ..............................................
Non-designated areas of
pilotage waters (between
the 3-mile line and the start
of traditional pilotage routes)
Master or Mate may serve as Pilot if they—
1. Are at least 21 years old; and
2. Maintain current knowledge of the waters to be
navigated.1
Master or Mate may serve as Pilot if they—
1. Are at least 21 years old;
2. Have an annual physical exam; and
3. Maintain current knowledge of the waters to be
navigated.1
No pilotage requirement.
1 One
2 If
roundtrip within the past 60 months.
the route is to be traversed during darkness, one of the four roundtrips must be made during darkness.
(2) Table 2 to § 15.812(e)(2) provides
a guide to the pilotage requirements for
tank barges.
TABLE 2 TO § 15.812(e)(2)—QUICK REFERENCE TABLE FOR FEDERAL PILOTAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S.-INSPECTED
TANK BARGES, NOT SAILING ON REGISTER
Designated areas of pilotage
waters (routes for which FirstClass Pilot’s Licenses or MMC
officer endorsements are issued)
Non-designated areas of
pilotage waters (between
the 3-mile line and the start
of traditional pilotage routes)
Tank Barges greater than 10,000 GRT/GT, authorized
by their COI to proceed beyond the Boundary Line,
or operating on the Great Lakes.
First-Class Pilot ............................................................
Master, Mate, or Master, Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels may serve as Pilot if they:
1. Are at least 21 years old;
2. Have an annual physical exam; 2
3. Maintain current knowledge of the waters to be
navigated; 1 and
4. Have at least 6 months’ service in the deck department on towing vessels engaged in towing operations.
Tank Barges 10,000 GRT/GT or less, authorized by
their COI to proceed beyond the Boundary Line, or
operating on the Great Lakes.
First-Class Pilot, or Master, Mate, or Master, Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels may serve as Pilot if
they:
1. Are at least 21 years old;
2. Have an annual physical exam; 2
3. Maintain current knowledge of the waters to be
navigated; 1
4. Have at least 6 months’ service in the deck department on towing vessels engaged in towing operations; and
5. Have 12 roundtrips over the route.3
No pilotage requirement ..............................................
Tank Barges authorized by their COI for inland routes
only (lakes, bays, and sounds/rivers); other than
vessels operating on the Great Lakes.
No pilotage requirement.
1 One
roundtrip within the past 60 months.
physical exam does not apply to an individual who will serve as a Pilot of a tank barge of less than 1,600 GRT.
the route is to be traversed during darkness, three of the 12 roundtrips must be made during darkness.
2 Annual
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3 If
(f) In Prince William Sound, Alaska,
coastwise seagoing vessels over 1,600
GRT and propelled by machinery and
subject to inspection under 46 U.S.C.
Chapter 37 must—
(1) When operating from 60°49′ north
latitude to the Port of Valdez, be under
the direction and control of an
individual holding a valid License or
MMC endorsed as Pilot who—
(i) Is operating under the authority of
a License or MMC;
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(ii) Holds a License issued by the
State of Alaska; and
(iii) Is not a crewmember of the
vessel; and
(2) Navigate with either two
credentialed deck officers on the bridge
or an individual holding a valid License
or MMC endorsed as Pilot, when
operating south of 60°49′ north latitude
and in the approaches through
Hinchinbrook Entrance and in the area
bounded—
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(i) On the West by a line 1 mile west
of the western boundary of the Traffic
Separation Scheme
(ii) On the East by 146°00′ West
longitude;
(iii) On the North by 60°49′ North
latitude; and
(iv) On the South by that area of
Hinchinbrook Entrance within the
territorial sea bounded by 60°07′ North
latitude and 146°31.5′ West longitude
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Radar Observers.
(a) Each person in the required
complement of deck officers, including
the Master, on inspected vessels of 300
GRT or over which are radar equipped,
must hold an endorsement as Radar
Observer.
(b) Each person who is employed or
serves as Pilot in accordance with
Federal law onboard radar-equipped
vessels of 300 GRT or over must hold an
endorsement as Radar Observer.
(c) Each person having to hold a
License or MMC officer endorsement
under 46 U.S.C. 8904(a) for employment
or service as Master or Mate onboard a
towing vessel of 8 meters (26 feet) or
more in length must, if the vessel is
equipped with radar, hold an
endorsement as Radar Observer.
(d) Until July 22, 2024, a person may
satisfy the requirements in paragraph
(a), (b), or (c) by having immediately
available a valid course completion
certificate from an appropriate Coast
Guard-approved or accepted radar
course that was issued within the
previous 5 years.
§ 15.816
(ARPA).
Automatic radar plotting aids
§ 15.825
Engineers.
Every person employed or engaged to
maintain GMDSS equipment at sea,
when the service of a person so
designated is used to meet the
maintenance requirements of SOLAS
Regulation IV/15 (incorporated by
reference, see § 15.103), must provide
documentary evidence that they are
competent to maintain GMDSS
equipment at sea.
(a) An individual in charge of an
engineering watch on a mechanically
propelled, seagoing, documented vessel
of 200 GRT or more, other than an
individual described in § 15.820, must
hold an appropriately endorsed License
or MMC authorizing service as an
Assistant Engineer.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the
individual meeting the requirement of
this section must also hold an STCW
endorsement as Officer in Charge of an
Engineering Watch with the appropriate
propulsion power for the vessel upon
which they are operating, except as
noted in § 15.105(g) for vessels on
domestic near-coastal voyages.
(c) An offshore supply vessel of at
least 6,000 GT ITC (500 GRT if GT ITC
is not assigned) as defined in § 125.160
of this chapter, for which the Coast
Guard has accepted the use of
automated systems to replace specific
personnel pursuant to subpart 62.50 of
this chapter, must carry at least one
credentialed Assistant Engineer, in
addition to the individual described in
§ 15.820.
(d) The OCMI determines the
minimum number of credentialed
engineers required for the safe operation
of inspected vessels.
§ 15.820
§ 15.830
Every person in the required
complement of deck officers, including
the Master, on seagoing vessels
equipped with automatic radar plotting
aids (ARPA), except those vessels listed
in § 15.105(f) and (g), must hold an
appropriate STCW endorsement valid
for vessels equipped with ARPA.
§ 15.817 Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System (GMDSS) Radio Operator.
Every person in the required
complement of deck officers, including
the Master, on seagoing vessels
equipped with a GMDSS, except those
vessels listed in § 15.105(f) and (g), must
provide evidence of a valid STCW
endorsement as GMDSS Radio Operator.
§ 15.818 Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System (GMDSS) At-sea Maintainer.
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mechanically propelled inspected
vessels:
(1) Seagoing or Great Lakes vessels of
200 GRT and over;
(2) Offshore supply vessels of more
than 200 GRT;
(3) Inland (other than Great Lakes)
vessels of 300 GRT or more, if the OCMI
determines that an individual with a
license or the appropriate MMC officer
endorsement responsible for the vessel’s
mechanical propulsion is necessary.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the
individual meeting the requirement of
this section must also hold an STCW
endorsement as Chief Engineer with the
appropriate propulsion power for the
vessel upon which they are operating,
except as noted in § 15.105(g) for vessels
on domestic near-coastal voyages.
(c) An individual engaged or
employed to perform the duties of Chief
Engineer on a mechanically propelled,
uninspected, seagoing, documented
vessel of 200 GRT or more must hold an
appropriately endorsed License or MMC
authorizing service as a Chief Engineer.
Chief Engineer.
(a) There must be an individual
holding an MMC or License endorsed as
Chief Engineer or other credential
authorizing service as Chief Engineer
employed onboard the following
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Radio Officers.
Radio Officers are required on certain
merchant vessels of the United States.
The determination of when a Radio
Officer is required is based on the
Federal Communications Commission
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13 and 80.
§ 15.835
Staff officers.
Staff officers, when carried, must be
registered as specified in part 11 of this
subchapter.
§ 15.840
Able Seafarers.
(a) With certain exceptions, 46 U.S.C.
8702 applies to all vessels of at least 100
GRT. At least 65 percent of the deck
crew of these vessels, excluding
individuals serving as officers, must be
Able Seafarers. For vessels permitted to
maintain a two-watch system, the
percentage of Able Seafarers may be
reduced to 50 percent.
(b) Able Seafarers are rated as:
Unlimited, Limited, Special, OSV, Sail,
and Fishing Industry, under the
provisions of part 12 of this subchapter.
46 U.S.C. 7312 specifies the categories
of Able Seafarers (i.e., Unlimited,
Limited, etc.) necessary to meet the
requirements of 46 U.S.C. 8702.
(c) On vessels subject to STCW, the
individual meeting the requirement of
this section must also hold an STCW
endorsement as Rating Forming Part of
a Navigational Watch (RFPNW) or Able
Seafarer-Deck (according to § 15.404(a)
and (b)), except as noted in § 15.105 (g)
for vessels on domestic near-coastal
voyages.
(d) It is the responsibility of the
Master or Person in Charge (PIC) to
ensure that the Able Seafarers in the
service of the vessel meet the
requirements of 46 U.S.C. 7312 and
8702.
§ 15.845
Lifeboat Operators.
(a) The number of Lifeboat Operators
required for a vessel is specified in part
199 of this chapter; however, on vessels
not equipped with lifeboats, a Lifeboat
Operator may be replaced by a Lifeboat
Operator-Limited.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the
individual meeting the requirement of
this section must also hold an STCW
endorsement for Proficiency in Survival
Craft, except as noted in § 15.105 (g) for
vessels on domestic near-coastal
voyages.
§ 15.850
Lookouts.
(a) The requirements for the
maintenance of a proper lookout are
specified in Rule 5 of the International
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
Sea, 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1602(c)), and Rule
5 of the Inland Navigational Rules Act
of 1980 (33 CFR part 83). Lookout is a
function to be performed by a member
of a navigational watch.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the
individual meeting the requirement of
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this section must also hold at least an
STCW deck endorsement as Rating
Forming Part of a Navigational Watch
(RFPNW), except as noted in § 15.105(g)
for vessels on domestic near-coastal
voyages.
§ 15.855 Cabin watchmen and fire
patrolmen.
(a) On vessels carrying passengers at
night, the Master or Person in Charge
must ensure that a suitable number of
watchmen are in the vicinity of the
cabins or staterooms and on each deck,
to guard against and give alarm in case
of fire or other danger.
(b) On a fish processing vessel of more
than 100 GRT, there must be a suitable
number of watchmen trained in
firefighting onboard when hot work is
being done, to guard against and give
alarm in case of a fire.
(c) For the watchmen described in
paragraph (a) of this section, the owner
or operator of an uninspected passenger
vessel not more than 300 GRT may
substitute the use of fire detectors, heat
detectors, smoke detectors, and high-
normal operating position is not
continually manned and not navigating
underway, in an alternate location that
must provide the crew, and may at all
times provide the passengers,
immediate warning of a hazardous
condition.
(6) The vessel is underway for no
more than 12 hours in any 24-hour
period, and the Master of the vessel has
chosen to operate with less than a threewatch system in accordance with
§ 15.705.
water alarms with audible- and visualwarning indicators, in addition to other
required safety alarms, only when each
of the following conditions are met:
(1) Fire detectors are located in each
space containing machinery or fuel
tanks per § 181.400(c) of this chapter.
(2) All grills, broilers, and deep-fat
fryers are fitted with a grease extraction
hood per § 181.425 of this chapter.
(3) Heat and/or smoke detectors are
located in each galley, public
accommodation space, enclosed
passageway, berthing space, and all
crew spaces.
(4) High-water alarms are located in
each space with a through hull fitting
below the deepest load waterline, a
machinery space bilge, bilge well, shaft
alley bilge, or other space subject to
flooding from sea water piping within
the space, and a space below the
waterline with non-watertight closure
such as a space with a non-watertight
hatch on the main deck.
(5) Each alarm has an audible- and
visual-alarm indicator located at the
normal operating station and, if the
§ 15.860
Tank vessel endorsements.
(a) The OCMI enters on the COI
issued to each manned tank vessel
subject to the regulations in this chapter
the number of crewmembers required to
hold valid MMCs with the proper tank
vessel endorsement. Table 1 to
§ 15.860(a) of this section provides the
minimum requirements for manned
tank vessels. Table 2 to § 15.860(a) of
this section provides the tank vessel
endorsements required for personnel
aboard tankships.
TABLE 1 TO § 15.860(a)—MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR MANNED TANK VESSELS
Tank vesselPIC
Tank vessels
Tank Vesselassistant
Tank Vesselengineer
Tankship Certified for Voyages Beyond Boundary Line:
Over 5,000 GRT .......................................................................................
5,000 GRT or less ....................................................................................
2
2
3
........................
12
Tankship Not Certified for Voyages Beyond Boundary Line ...........................
Tank Barge ........................................................................................
22
........................
........................
........................
1 If
2 If
3 If
Tank VesselPIC or tank
barge-PIC
2
22
only one engineer is required, then only one Tank Vessel-Engineer is required.
the total crew complement is one or two persons, then only one Tank Vessel-PIC is required.
the total crew complement is one or two persons, then only one Tank Vessel-PIC or Tank Barge-PIC is required.
TABLE 2 TO § 15.860(a)—TANK VESSEL ENDORSEMENTS REQUIRED FOR PERSONNEL ABOARD TANKSHIPS
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[Endorsement for the classification of the bulk liquid cargo or residues carried]
Tankship certified for voyages beyond boundary line
Tank vesselPIC
Master ..............................................................................................................................
Chief Mate .......................................................................................................................
Chief Engineer .................................................................................................................
First Assistant Engineer ...................................................................................................
Cargo Engineer ................................................................................................................
Credentialed officer Acting as PIC of Transfer of Liquid Cargo in Bulk .........................
Credentialed Officer or Crewmember Not Directly Supervised by PIC ..........................
X
X
X
X
X
X
........................
(b) For each tankship of more than
5,000 GRT certified for voyages beyond
the boundary line as described in part
7 of this chapter—
(1) At least two Tank Vessel-PICs or
Restricted Tank Vessel-PICs must be
carried;
(2) At least three Tank VesselAssistants must be carried; and
(3) At least two Tank Vessel-Engineers
must be carried.
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(c) For each tankship of 5,000 GRT or
less certified for voyages beyond the
boundary line, as described in part 7 of
this chapter
(1) At least two Tank Vessel-PICs or
Restricted Tank Vessel-PICs must be
carried; and
(2) At least two Tank Vessel-Engineers
must be carried, unless only one
engineer is required, in which case at
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or
or
or
X
X
X
........
........................
Tank vesselassistant
X
least one Tank Vessel-Engineer must be
carried.
(d) For each tankship not certified for
voyages beyond the boundary line, as
described in part 7 of this chapter, if the
total crew complement is—
(1) One or two, at least one Tank
Vessel-PIC or Restricted Tank VesselPIC must be carried; or
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(2) More than two, at least two Tank
Vessel-PICs or Restricted Tank VesselPICs must be carried.
(e) For each Tank Barge-PIC manned
under § 31.15–5 of this chapter, if the
total crew complement is—
(1) One or two, at least one Tank
Vessel-PIC, restricted Tank Vessel-PIC,
Tank Barge-PIC, or Restricted Tank
Barge-PIC must be carried; or
(2) More than two, at least two Tank
Vessel-PICs, Restricted Tank VesselPICs, Tank Barge-PICs, or Restricted
Tank Barge-PICs must be carried.
(f) The following personnel aboard
each tankship certified for voyages
beyond the boundary line, as described
in part 7 of this chapter, must hold valid
MMCs, endorsed as follows:
(1) The Master and Chief Mate must
each hold a Tank Vessel-PIC or
Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC
endorsement.
(2) The Chief, First Assistant, and
cargo engineers must each hold a Tank
Vessel-Engineer or Tank Vessel-PIC
endorsement.
(3) Each credentialed officer acting as
the PIC of a transfer of liquid cargo in
bulk must hold a Tank Vessel-PIC or
Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC
endorsement.
(4) Each officer or crewmember who
is assigned by the PIC duties and
responsibilities related to the cargo or
cargo-handling equipment during a
transfer of liquid cargo in bulk, but is
not directly supervised by the PIC, must
hold a Tank Vessel-Assistant
endorsement.
(g) The endorsements required by this
section must be for the classification of
the liquid cargo in bulk or of the cargo
residue being carried.
(h) All individuals serving on
tankships certified for voyages beyond
the boundary line, as described in part
7 of this chapter, must hold an
appropriate STCW endorsement, as
follows:
(1) For Tank Vessel-PIC, an STCW
endorsement as Advanced Oil Tanker
Cargo Operations, Advanced Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operations, or Advanced
Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations,
as appropriate.
(2) For Tank Vessel-Assistant, an
STCW endorsement as Basic Oil and
Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations, or
Basic Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo
Operations, as appropriate.
(3) For a Tank Barge-PIC, an STCW
endorsement as Advanced Oil Tanker
Cargo Operations, Advanced Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operations, or Advanced
Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations,
as appropriate, including endorsements
with a limitation for non-self-propelled
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(4) For a Tank Vessel-Engineer, an
STCW endorsement as Advanced Oil
Tanker Cargo Operations, or Advanced
Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations, as
appropriate, including endorsements
with a limitation to maintenance and
repair of cargo equipment.
§ 15.865 Qualified Member of the Engine
Department.
(a) Every person serving under the
authority of a rating endorsement as
Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED) on any United
States vessel requiring QMED must hold
an endorsement as QMED.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW,
certain seafarers meeting the
requirement of this section must also
hold either an STCW endorsement as
Able Seafarer-Engine or Rating Forming
Part of an Engineering Watch (RFPEW)
or designated to perform duties in a
periodically unmanned engineroom
(according to § 15.404(c) and (d)), except
as noted in § 15.105(g) for vessels on
domestic near-coastal voyages.
Subpart I—Equivalents
§ 15.901 Inspected vessels of less than
100 GRT.
(a) An individual holding a License or
MMC endorsed as Mate or Pilot of
inspected, self-propelled vessels of 200
GRT or more is authorized to serve as
Master on inspected vessels of less than
100 GRT within any restrictions on the
individual’s License or MMC, without
further endorsement.
(b) An individual holding a License or
MMC endorsed as Master or Mate of
inspected self-propelled vessels is
authorized to serve as Master or Mate,
respectively, of non-self-propelled
vessels other than sail vessels, within
any restrictions on the individual’s
License or MMC, without further
endorsement.
(c) An individual holding a License or
MMC endorsed as Master or Mate of
inspected sail vessels is authorized to
serve as Master or Mate, respectively, of
other non-self-propelled vessels, within
any restrictions on the individual’s
License or MMC, without further
endorsement.
(d) An individual holding a License or
MMC endorsed as Master or Mate of
inspected auxiliary sail vessels, is
authorized to serve as Master or Mate,
respectively, of self-propelled and nonself-propelled vessels, within any
restrictions on the individual’s License
or MMC, without further endorsement.
§ 15.905
Uninspected passenger vessels.
(a) An individual holding a License or
MMC endorsed as Master or Pilot of an
inspected self-propelled vessel is
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authorized to serve as operator of an
uninspected passenger vessel of less
than 100 GRT within any restrictions,
other than tonnage limitations, on the
individual’s License or MMC.
(b) An individual holding a License or
MMC endorsed as a Master or Pilot of
an inspected self-propelled vessel is
authorized to serve as Master, as
required by 46 CFR 15.805(a)(6), of an
uninspected passenger vessel of 100
GRT or more within any restrictions,
including gross tonnage and route, on
the individual’s License or MMC.
(c) An individual holding a License or
MMC endorsed as Mate of an inspected
self-propelled vessel (other than Great
Lakes, inland, or river vessels of less
than 200 GRT) is authorized to serve as
Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels (OUPV) of less than 100 GRT
within any restrictions, other than
tonnage limitations, on the individual’s
License or MMC.
§ 15.910
Towing vessels.
No person may serve as a Master or
Mate (Pilot) of any towing vessel
without meeting the requirements of
§ 15.805(a)(5) or 15.810(d).
§ 15.915
Engineer officer endorsements.
The following Licenses and MMC
officer endorsements authorize the
holder to serve as noted, within any
restrictions on the License or MMC, and
as provided by § 15.401:
(a) A Designated Duty Engineer (DDE)
License or endorsement authorizes
service as Chief or Assistant Engineer on
vessels of less than 500 GT in the
following manners:
(1) A DDE limited to vessels of less
than 1,000 horsepower or less than
4,000 horsepower may serve only on
near-coastal, Great Lakes, or inland
waters.
(2) A DDE with no horsepower
limitations may serve on any waters.
(3) When serving on a vessel to which
STCW applies, the appropriate STCW
endorsement must also be held.
(b) A Chief Engineer-Limited License
or endorsement authorizes service as
Chief or Assistant Engineer on vessels of
any gross tons on inland waters and of
less than 1,600 GRT on ocean, nearcoastal, or Great Lakes waters.
(c) An Assistant Engineer-Limited
License or endorsement authorizes
service on vessels of any gross tons on
inland waters and of less than 1,600
GRT on ocean, near-coastal, or Great
Lakes waters.
Subpart J—Vessels in Foreign Trade
§ 15.1001
General.
Self-propelled vessels engaged in
foreign commerce are required to use a
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Pilot holding a valid MMC or License
with appropriate endorsement as a FirstClass Pilot when operating in the
navigable waters of the United States
specified in this subpart.
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§ 15.1010
California.
The following offshore marine oil
terminals located within U.S. navigable
waters of the State of California:
(a) Carlsbad, CA. The waters
including the San Diego Gas and
Electric, Encina Power Plant, lying
within an area bounded by a line
beginning at latitude 33°10′06″ N,
longitude 117°21′42″ W, thence
southwesterly to latitude 33°08′54″ N,
longitude 117°24′36″ W, thence
southwesterly to latitude 33°04′30″ N,
longitude 117°21′42″ W, thence
northeasterly to latitude 33°05′36″ N,
longitude 117°18′54″ W, thence
northwesterly along the shoreline to
latitude 33°10′06″ N, longitude
117°21′42″ W.
(b) Huntington Beach, CA. The waters
including the Golden West Refining
Company, Huntington Beach Marine
Terminal, lying within an area bounded
by a line beginning at latitude 33°39′06″
N, longitude 118°00′0″ W, thence
westerly to latitude 33°39′18″ N,
longitude 118°05′12″ W, thence
southeasterly along a line drawn three
nautical miles from the baseline to
latitude 33°35′30″ N, longitude
118°00′00″ W, thence easterly to latitude
33°35′30″ N, longitude 117°52′30″ W,
thence northwesterly along the
shoreline to latitude 33°39′06″ N,
longitude 118°00′00″ W.
(c) El Segundo, CA. The waters
including the Chevron USA, El Segundo
Marine Terminal, lying within an area
bounded by a line beginning at latitude
33°56′18″ N, longitude 118°26′18″ W,
thence westerly to latitude 33°56′18″ N,
longitude 118°30′48″ W, thence
southeasterly along a line drawn three
nautical miles from the baseline to
latitude 33°51′48″ N, longitude
118°27′54″ W, thence easterly to latitude
33°51′48″ N, longitude 118°24′00″ W,
thence northwesterly along the
shoreline to latitude 33°56′18″ N,
longitude 118°26′18″ W.
(d) Oxnard, CA. The waters including
the Southern California Edison
Company, Mandalay Generating Station,
lying within an area bounded by a line
beginning at latitude 34°14′12″ N,
longitude 119°16′00″ W, thence westerly
to latitude 34°14′12″ N, longitude
119°19′36″ W, thence southeasterly
along a line drawn three nautical miles
from the baseline to latitude 34°09′24″
N, longitude 119°17′20″ W, thence
easterly to latitude 34°09′24″ N,
longitude 119°13′24″ W, thence
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northwesterly along the shoreline to
latitude 34°14′24″ N, longitude
119°16′00″ W.
(e) Goleta, CA. The waters including
the ARCO, Ellwood Marine Terminal,
lying within an area bounded by a line
beginning at latitude 34°26′12″ N,
longitude 119°57′00″ W, thence
southerly to latitude 34°22′48″ N,
longitude 119°57′00″ W, thence
southeasterly along a line drawn three
nautical miles from the baseline to
latitude 34°21′06″ N, longitude
119°50′30.5″ W, thence northerly to
latitude 34°24′18″ N, longitude
119°50′30″ W, thence northwesterly
along the shoreline to latitude 34°26′12″
N, longitude 119°57′00″ W.
(f) Gaviota, CA. The waters including
the Texaco Trading and Transportation,
Gaviota Marine Terminal, lying within
an area bounded by a line beginning at
latitude 34°28′06″ N, longitude
120°16′00″ W, thence southerly to
latitude 34°25′06″ N, longitude
120°16′00″ W, thence easterly along a
line drawn three nautical miles from the
baseline to latitude 34°25′24″ N,
longitude 120°08′30″ W, thence
northerly to latitude 34°28′24″ N,
longitude 120°08′30″ W, thence westerly
along the shoreline to latitude 34°28′06″
N, longitude 120°16′00″ W.
(g) Moss Landing, CA. The waters
including the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company Power Plant, lying within an
area bounded by a line beginning at
latitude 36°49′00″ N, longitude
121°47′42″ W, thence westerly to
latitude 36°49′00″ N, longitude
121°51′00″ W, thence southerly to
latitude 36°47′00″ N, longitude
121°51′00″ W thence easterly to latitude
36°47′00″ N, longitude 121°47′54″ W,
thence northerly along the shoreline to
latitude 36°49′00″ N, longitude
121°47′42″ W.
(h) Estero Bay, CA. The waters
including various moorings, including
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
mooring and the two Chevron Oil
Company Terminals lying within an
area bounded by a line beginning at
latitude 36°25′00″ N, longitude
120°52′30″ W, thence westerly to
latitude 36°25′00″ N, longitude
120°56′00″ W, thence southerly to
latitude 36°22′00″ N, longitude
120°56′00″ W, thence easterly to latitude
36°22′00″ N, longitude 120°52′12″ W,
thence northerly along the shoreline to
latitude 36°25′00″ N, longitude
120°52′30″ W.
(i) San Luis Obispo Bay, CA. The
waters including the Unocal
Corporation Avila Terminal and the
approaches thereto, lying in an area
bounded by a line beginning at latitude
35°09′42″ N, longitude 120°46′00″ W,
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thence southerly to latitude 35°07′00″ N,
longitude 120°46′00″ W, thence easterly
to latitude 35°07′00″ N, longitude
120°43′00″ W, thence northerly to
latitude 35°10′24″ N, longitude
120°43′00″ W, thence westerly along the
shoreline to latitude 35°09′42″ N,
longitude 120°46′00″ W.
§ 15.1020
Hawaii.
The following offshore marine oil
terminals located within U.S. navigable
waters of the State of Hawaii: Barbers
Point, Island of Oahu. The waters
including the Hawaiian Independent
Refinery, Inc. and the Chevron moorings
lying within an area bounded by a line
bearing 180 degrees true from Barbers
Point Light to latitude 21°14.8′N,
longitude 158°06.4′W, thence easterly to
latitude 21°14.8′N, longitude
158°03.3′W, thence northeasterly to
latitude 21°15.6′N, longitude
158°01.1′W, thence northwesterly to
latitude 21°18.5′N, longitude
158°02.0′W, thence westerly along the
shoreline to latitude 21°17.8′N,
longitude 158°06.4′W.
§ 15.1030
New York and New Jersey.
The following U.S. navigable waters
located within the States of New York
and New Jersey when the vessel is
making an intra-port transit, to include,
but not limited to, a movement from a
dock to a dock, from a dock to an
anchorage, from an anchorage to a dock,
or from an anchorage to an anchorage,
within the following listed operating
areas:
(a) East River from Execution Rocks to
New York Harbor, Upper Bay;
(b) Hudson River from Yonkers, New
York to New York Harbor, Upper Bay;
(c) Raritan River from Grossman
Dock/Arsenal to New York Harbor,
Lower Bay;
(d) Arthur Kill Channel;
(e) Kill Van Kull Channel;
(f) Newark Bay;
(g) Passaic River from Point No Point
to Newark Bay;
(h) Hackensack River from the turning
basin to Newark Bay; and
(i) New York Harbor, Upper and
Lower Bay.
NOTE TO § 15.1030: ‘‘Intra-port transit’’
as used in this section includes the
movement of a foreign-trade vessel
inbound from sea from the point where
a State-licensed Pilot ceases providing
pilotage to another point within the
identified areas (i.e., a dock or
anchorage). Likewise, intra-port transit
also includes the movement of a foreigntrade vessel outbound to sea from a
point within the identified areas (i.e., a
dock or anchorage) to the point where
a State-licensed Pilot begins providing
pilotage.
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Massachusetts.
The following U.S. navigable waters
located within the State of
Massachusetts when the vessel is in
transit, but not bound to or departing
from a port within the following listed
operating areas:
(a) Cape Cod Bay south of latitude
41°48′54″ N;
(b) The Cape Cod Canal; and
(c) Buzzards Bay east of a line
extending from the southernmost point
of Wilbur Point (latitude 41°34′55″ N
longitude 70°51′15″ W) to the
easternmost point of Pasque Island
(latitude 41°26′55″ N longitude
70°50′30″ W).
§ 15.1050
North Carolina.
(a) The following navigable waters of
the United States within the State of
North Carolina when the vessel is
maneuvering while berthing or
unberthing, is approaching or passing
through a bridge, or is making any intraport transit, which transit may include
but is not limited to movement from a
dock to a dock, from a dock to an
anchorage, from an anchorage to a dock,
or from an anchorage to an anchorage,
within either of the following areas:
(1) The waters of the Cape Fear River
from the boundary line established by
46 CFR 7.60 to Latitude 34°16.5′ N.
(2) The waters of the Northeast Cape
Fear River from its confluence with the
Cape Fear River at Point Peter to
Latitude 34°17′ N.
(b) This subpart does not apply to any
vessel on the waters specified in
paragraph (a) of this section if the laws
of the State of North Carolina require a
State-licensed Pilot on the vessel.
Subpart K—Vessels Subject to
Requirements of STCW
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§ 15.1101
General.
(a) Except as noted in paragraphs
(a)(1) and (2) of this section, the
regulations in this subpart apply to
seagoing vessels as defined in § 10.107
of this subchapter.
(1) The following vessels are exempt
from application of the STCW
Convention:
(i) Fishing vessels as defined in 46
U.S.C. 2101(11)(a).
(ii) Fishing vessels used as fish-tender
vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C.
2101(11)(c).
(iii) Barges as defined in 46 U.S.C.
102, including non-self-propelled
MODUs.
(iv) Vessels operating exclusively on
the Great Lakes or on the inland waters
of the U.S., in the Straits of Juan de
Fuca, or on the Inside Passage between
Puget Sound and Cape Spencer.
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(v) Pilot vessels engaged on pilotage
duty.
(2) The following small vessels
engaged exclusively on domestic, nearcoastal voyages are not subject to any
obligation for the purposes of the STCW
Convention:
(i) Small passenger vessels subject to
subchapter T or K of this chapter.
(ii) Vessels of less than 200 GRT
(other than passenger vessels subject to
subchapter H of this chapter).
(iii) Uninspected passenger vessels as
defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(42)(B).
(b) Masters, Mates, and engineers
serving on vessels identified in
paragraphs (a)(2)(i) and (ii) of this
section may be issued, without
additional proof of qualification, an
appropriate STCW endorsement when
the Coast Guard determines that such a
document is necessary to enable the
vessel to engage on a single
international voyage of a non-routine
nature. The STCW endorsement will be
expressly limited to service on the
vessel or the class of vessels and will
not establish qualification for any other
purpose.
§ 15.1103 Employment and service within
the restrictions of an STCW endorsement or
of a certificate of training.
(a) Onboard a seagoing vessel of 500
GT or more, driven by main propulsion
machinery of 1,000 HP/750 kW
propulsion power or more or on an
international voyage beyond the
boundary line as described in part 7 of
this chapter, no person may employ or
engage any person to serve, and no
person may serve, in a position
requiring a person to hold an STCW
endorsement, including Master, Chief
Mate, Chief Engineer Officer, Second
Engineer Officer, Officer of the
Navigational or Engineering Watch, or
GMDSS Radio Operator, unless the
person serving holds an appropriate,
valid STCW endorsement issued in
accordance with part 11 of this
subchapter.
(b) Onboard a seagoing vessel of 500
GT or more, no person may employ or
engage any person to serve, and no
person may serve, as an RFPNW, except
for training, unless the person serving
holds an appropriate, valid STCW
endorsement issued in accordance with
part 12 of this subchapter.
(c) As of January 1, 2017, onboard a
seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more, no
person may employ or engage any
person to serve, and no person may
serve, as an Able Seafarer-Deck, except
for training, unless the person serving
holds an appropriate, valid STCW
endorsement issued in accordance with
part 12 of this subchapter.
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(d) Onboard a seagoing vessel driven
by main propulsion machinery of 1,000
HP/750 kW propulsion power or more,
no person may employ or engage any
person to serve, and no person may
serve as an RFPEW, nor may any person
be designated to perform duties in a
periodically unmanned engineroom,
except for training or for the
performance of duties of an unskilled
nature, unless the person serving holds
an appropriate, valid STCW
endorsement issued in accordance with
part 12 of this subchapter.
(e) As of January 1, 2017, onboard a
seagoing vessel driven by main
propulsion machinery of 1,000 HP/750
kW propulsion power or more, no
person may employ or engage any
person to serve, and no person may
serve as an Able Seafarer-Engine, except
for training, unless the person serving
holds an appropriate valid STCW
endorsement issued in accordance with
part 12 of this subchapter.
(f) Onboard a passenger ship, as
defined by the Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended
(SOLAS) (incorporated by reference, see
§ 15.103), on an international voyage,
any person serving as Master, Chief
Mate, Mate, Chief Engineer, engineer
officer, or any person holding an MMC
and performing duties relating to safety,
cargo handling, or care for passengers,
must meet the appropriate requirements
of Regulation V/2 of the STCW
Convention (incorporated by reference,
see § 15.103). These individuals must
hold documentary evidence to show
they meet these requirements.
(g) Onboard a seagoing vessel required
to comply with provisions of the
GMDSS in Chapter IV of SOLAS, no
person may employ or engage any
person to serve, and no person may
serve, as the person designated to
maintain GMDSS equipment at sea,
when the service of a person so
designated is used to meet the
maintenance requirements of SOLAS
Regulation IV/15, which allows for
capability of at-sea electronic
maintenance to ensure that radio
equipment is available for radio
communication, unless the person so
serving holds documentary evidence
that they are competent to maintain
GMDSS equipment at sea.
(h) Medical certificate. (1) A person
may not employ or engage an individual
unless that individual maintains a
current medical certificate.
(2) After January 1, 2017, all persons
employed or engaged onboard vessels to
which STCW applies must hold a
medical certificate valid for 2 years
unless the mariner is under the age of
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18, in which case the maximum period
of validity will be 1 year.
(3) If a mariner’s medical certificate
expires during a voyage, it will remain
valid until the next United States port
of call, provided that the period after
expiration does not exceed 90 days.
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§ 15.1105 Familiarization and Basic
Training (BT).
(a) Onboard a seagoing vessel to
which this subpart applies, no person
may assign any person to perform
shipboard duties, and no person may
perform those duties, unless the person
performing them has received—
(1) Training in personal survival
techniques as set out in the standard of
competence under Regulation VI/1 of
the STCW Convention (incorporated by
reference, see § 15.103); or
(2) Sufficient familiarization training
or instruction that they—
(i) Can communicate with other
persons onboard about elementary
safety matters and understand
informational symbols, signs, and alarm
signals concerning safety;
(ii) Know what to do if a person falls
overboard; if fire or smoke is detected;
or if the fire alarm or abandon-ship
alarm sounds;
(iii) Can identify stations for muster
and embarkation, and emergency-escape
routes;
(iv) Can locate and don life jackets;
(v) Can raise the alarm and knows the
use of portable fire extinguishers;
(vi) Can take immediate action upon
encountering an accident or other
medical emergency before seeking
further medical assistance onboard; and
(vii) Can close and open the fire
doors, weather-tight doors, and
watertight doors fitted in the vessel
other than those for hull openings.
(b) Onboard a seagoing vessel to
which this subpart applies, no person
may assign a shipboard duty or
responsibility to any person who is
serving in a position that must be filled
as part of the required crew
complement, and no person may
perform any such duty or responsibility,
unless they are familiar with it and with
all of the vessel’s arrangements,
installations, equipment, procedures,
and characteristics relevant to their
routine and emergency duties or
responsibilities, in accordance with
Regulation I/14 of the STCW
Convention.
(c) Onboard a seagoing vessel to
which this subpart applies, no person
may assign a shipboard duty or
responsibility to any person who is
serving in a position that must be filled
as part of the required crew complement
or who is assigned a responsibility on
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the muster list, and no person may
perform any such duty or responsibility,
unless the person performing it can
produce evidence of having—
(1) Received appropriate approved
Basic Training or instruction as set out
in the standards of competence under
Regulation VI/1 of the STCW
Convention, with respect to personal
survival techniques, fire prevention and
fire-fighting, elementary first aid, and
personal safety and social
responsibilities; and
(2) Maintained the standard of
competence under Regulation VI/1 of
the STCW Convention, with respect to
personal survival techniques, fire
prevention and fire-fighting, elementary
first aid, and personal safety and social
responsibilities, every 5 years.
(d) Fish-processing vessels in
compliance with the provisions of part
28 of this chapter on instructions, drills,
and safety orientation are deemed to be
in compliance with the requirements of
this section on familiarization and Basic
Training.
§ 15.1107 Maintenance of merchant
mariners’ records by owner or operator.
For every credentialed mariner
employed on a U.S.-documented
seagoing vessel, the owner or operator
must ensure that the following
information is maintained and readily
accessible to those in management
positions, including the Master of the
vessel, who are responsible for the
safety of the vessel, compliance with
laws and regulations, and for the
prevention of marine pollution:
(a) Experience and training relevant to
assigned shipboard duties (i.e., record of
training completed, ship-specific
familiarization and of relevant on-thejob experience acquired).
(b) Copies of the mariner’s current
credentials.
§ 15.1109
Watches.
Except those serving on vessels listed
in § 15.105(f) and (g), each Master of a
vessel that operates beyond the
boundary line, as described in part 7 of
this chapter, must ensure observance of
the principles concerning watchkeeping
set out in Regulation VIII/2 of the STCW
Convention and section A–VIII/2 of the
STCW Code (both incorporated by
reference, see § 15.103).
§ 15.1111
Work hours and rest periods.
(a) Every person assigned duty as
Officer in Charge of a Navigational or
Engineering Watch, or duty as Ratings
Forming Part of a Navigational or
Engineering Watch, or designated safety,
prevention of pollution, and security
duties onboard any vessel that operates
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beyond the boundary line, as described
in part 7 of this chapter, must receive—
(1) A minimum of 10 hours of rest in
any 24-hour period; and
(2) 77 hours of rest in any 7-day
period.
(b) The hours of rest required under
paragraph (a) of this section may be
divided into no more than two periods
in any 24-hour period, one of which
must be at least 6 hours in length, and
the interval between consecutive
periods of rest must not exceed 14
hours.
(c) The requirements of paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this section need not be
maintained in the case of an emergency
or drill or in other overriding
operational conditions.
(d) The minimum period of rest
required under paragraph (a) of this
section may not be devoted to
watchkeeping or other duties.
(e) Watchkeeping personnel remain
subject to the work-hour limits in 46
U.S.C. 8104 and to the conditions under
which crewmembers may be required to
work.
(f) The Master must post watch
schedules where they are easily
accessible. They must cover each
affected person under paragraph (a) of
this section, and must take into account
the rest requirements of this section as
well as port rotations and changes in the
vessel’s itinerary.
(g) Records of daily hours of rest must
be maintained onboard the vessel. Each
affected person under paragraph (a) of
this section must receive a copy of the
records pertaining to them, which will
be endorsed by the Master or by a
person authorized by the Master and by
the seafarer.
(h) For every seafarer on call, such as
when a machinery space is unattended,
the seafarer must have an adequate
compensatory rest period if the normal
period of rest is disturbed by call-outs
to work.
(i) The Master of the vessel may
suspend the schedule of hours of rest
and require a seafarer to perform any
hours of work necessary for the
immediate safety of the ship, persons
onboard, or cargo, or for the purpose of
giving assistance to other ships or
persons in distress at sea. As soon as
practicable after the situation has been
restored, the Master must ensure that
any seafarer who has performed work in
a scheduled rest period is provided with
an adequate period of rest.
(j) In exceptional circumstances, the
Master may authorize exceptions from
the hours of rest required under
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section
provided that:
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(1) The hours of rest provided for in
paragraph (a)(1) of this section may be
divided into no more than three periods,
one of which must be at least 6 hours
in length, and neither of the other two
periods are permitted to be less than one
hour in length.
(i) Exceptions to paragraph (a)(1) of
this section must not extend beyond two
24-hour periods in any 7-day period;
and,
(ii) The intervals between consecutive
periods of rest must not exceed 14
hours.
(2) Exceptions to paragraphs (a)(2)
and (b) of this section must not be less
than 70 hours of rest in any 7-day
period.
(3) Exceptions to paragraph (a)(2) of
this section are not allowed for more
than two consecutive weeks, and the
intervals between two periods of
exceptions to paragraph (a)(2) must not
be less than twice the duration of the
longer exception.
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§ 15.1113
Security personnel.
(a) Onboard a seagoing vessel of 500
GT or more to which the International
Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS)
Code applies, all persons performing
duties as Vessel Security Officer (VSO)
must hold a valid endorsement as VSO.
(b) Persons who hold an endorsement
as VSO will be deemed to satisfy the
requirements for vessel personnel with
designated security duties in paragraph
(c) of this section.
(c) After March 24, 2014, onboard a
seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more to
which the ISPS Code applies, all
personnel with designated security
duties must hold a valid endorsement as
vessel personnel with designated
security duties, or a certificate of course
completion or documentary evidence of
onboard training from an appropriate
Coast Guard-accepted or Coast Guardapproved course meeting the
requirements of 33 CFR 104.220.
(d) Persons who hold an endorsement
as vessel personnel with designated
security duties, or a certificate of course
completion or documentary evidence of
onboard training from an appropriate
Coast Guard-accepted or Coast Guardapproved course for vessel personnel
with designated security duties, will be
deemed to satisfy the requirements for
all other vessel personnel in paragraph
(e) of this section.
(e) After March 24, 2014, onboard a
seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more to
which the ISPS Code applies, all other
vessel personnel must hold a valid
endorsement in security awareness, or a
certificate of course completion from an
appropriate Coast Guard-accepted or
Coast Guard-approved course, or
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documentary evidence of onboard
training meeting the requirements of 33
CFR 104.225.
(f) After March 24, 2014, onboard a
seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more to
which the ISPS Code applies, all
contractors, whether part-time, fulltime, temporary, or permanent, must
have knowledge of the requirements in
33 CFR 104.225, through training or
equivalent job experience. Vessel
owners and operators must maintain
records documenting this requirement
and produce those records to the Coast
Guard upon request.
PART 16—CHEMICAL TESTING
174. The authority citation for part 16
is revised to read as follows:
■
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 7101,
7301, and 7701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1,
Revision No. 01.4.
175. Amend § 16.105 by revising the
definitions for the terms ‘‘Credential’’
and ‘‘Marine employer’’ to read as
follows:
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§ 16.105
part.
Definitions of terms used in this
*
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*
*
*
Credential is a term used to refer to
any or all of the following:
(1) Merchant Mariner’s Document
(MMD).
(2) Merchant Mariner’s License.
(3) STCW endorsement.
(4) Certificate of Registry (COR).
(5) Merchant Mariner Credential
(MMC).
*
*
*
*
*
Marine employer means the owner,
managing operator, charterer, agent,
Master, or Person in Charge of a vessel,
other than a recreational vessel.
*
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■ 176. Revise and republish subpart B,
consisting of §§ 16.201 through 16.260,
to read as follows:
Subpart B—Required Chemical Testing
§ 16.201
Application.
(a) Chemical testing of personnel must
be conducted as required by this subpart
and in accordance with the procedures
detailed in 49 CFR part 40.
(b) If an individual fails a chemical
test for dangerous drugs under this part,
the individual will be presumed to be a
user of dangerous drugs.
(c) If an individual holding a
credential fails a chemical test for
dangerous drugs, the individual’s
employer, prospective employer, or
sponsoring organization must report the
test results in writing to the nearest
Coast Guard Officer in Charge, Marine
Inspection (OCMI). The individual must
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be denied employment as a
crewmember or must be removed from
duties which directly affect the safe
operation of the vessel as soon as
practicable and is subject to suspension
and revocation proceedings against their
credential under part 5 of this chapter.
(d) If an individual who does not hold
a credential fails a chemical test for
dangerous drugs, the individual will be
denied employment as a crewmember or
removed from duties that directly affect
the safe operation of the vessel, as soon
as possible.
(e) An individual who has failed a
required chemical test for dangerous
drugs may not be re-employed aboard a
vessel until the requirements of
paragraph (f) of this section and part 5
of this chapter, if applicable, have been
satisfied.
(f) Before an individual who has
failed a required chemical test for
dangerous drugs may return to work
aboard a vessel, the MRO must
determine that the individual is drugfree and the risk of subsequent use of
dangerous drugs by that person is
sufficiently low to justify their return to
work. In addition, the individual must
agree to be subject to increased
unannounced testing—
(1) For a minimum of six (6) tests in
the first year after the individual returns
to work as required in 49 CFR part 40;
and
(2) For any additional period as
determined by the MRO up to a total of
60 months.
§ 16.203 Employer, MRO, and SAP
responsibilities.
(a) Employers. (1) Employers must
ensure that they and their crewmembers
meet the requirements of this part.
(2) Employers are responsible for all
the actions of their officials,
representatives, and agents in carrying
out the requirements of this part.
(3) All agreements and arrangements,
written or unwritten, between and
among employers and service agents
concerning the implementation of DOT
drug testing requirements are deemed,
as a matter of law, to require compliance
with all applicable provisions of this
part and DOT agency drug testing
regulations. Compliance with these
provisions is a material term of all such
agreements and arrangements.
(b) Medical Review Officer (MRO). (1)
Individuals performing MRO functions
must meet the training requirements
and follow the procedures in 49 CFR
part 40.
(2) MROs may report chemical drug
test results to the Coast Guard for
unemployed, self-employed, or
individual mariners.
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(c) Substance Abuse Professional
(SAP). Individuals performing SAP
functions must meet the training
requirements and follow the procedures
in 49 CFR part 40.
§ 16.205 Implementation of chemical
testing programs.
(a) When a vessel owned in the
United States is operating in waters that
are not subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, the testing requirements
of §§ 16.210 and 16.230 do not apply to
a citizen of a foreign country engaged or
employed as Pilot in accordance with
the laws or customs of that foreign
country.
(b) Upon written request of an
employer, Commandant (CG–INV) will
review the employer’s chemical testing
program to determine compliance with
the provisions of this part.
§ 16.210 Pre-employment testing
requirements.
(a) No marine employer may engage
or employ any individual to serve as a
crewmember unless the individual
passes a chemical test for dangerous
drugs for that employer.
(b) An employer may waive a preemployment test required for a job
applicant by paragraph (a) of this
section if the individual provides
satisfactory evidence that they have:
(1) Passed a chemical test for
dangerous drugs, required by this part,
within the previous six months with no
subsequent positive drug tests during
the remainder of the six-month period;
or
(2) During the previous 185 days been
subject to a random testing program
required by § 16.230 for at least 60 days
and did not fail or refuse to participate
in a chemical test for dangerous drugs
required by this part.
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§ 16.220
Periodic testing requirements.
(a) Except as provided by paragraph
(c) of this section and § 10.227(g) of this
subchapter, an applicant must pass a
chemical test for dangerous drugs for—
(1) An original issuance of a License,
Certificate of Registry (COR), MMD, or
Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC);
(2) The first issuance, raise of grade,
or renewal of an officer endorsement on
an MMC;
(3) A raise of grade of a License or
COR;
(4) The first endorsement as an Able
Seafarer, Lifeboat Operator, Qualified
Member of the Engine Department
(QMED), or a tank vessel endorsement;
or
(5) A reissuance of a credential with
a new expiration date. The applicant
must provide the results of the test to
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the Coast Guard Regional Examination
Center (REC) at the time of submitting
an application. The test results must be
completed and dated not more than 185
days before submission of the
application.
(b) Unless excepted under paragraph
(c) of this section, each Pilot required by
this subchapter to receive an annual
physical examination must pass a
chemical test for dangerous drugs as a
part of that examination, and provide
the results to the Coast Guard.
Applicants need not submit additional
copies of their annual chemical test for
dangerous drugs pursuant to paragraph
(a) of this section if the applicant
submitted passing results of a chemical
test for dangerous drugs to the Coast
Guard within 12 months of the date of
application.
(c) An applicant need not submit
evidence of passing a chemical test for
dangerous drugs required by paragraph
(a) or (b) of this section if they provide
satisfactory evidence that they have—
(1) Passed a chemical test for
dangerous drugs required by this part
within the previous 6 months with no
subsequent positive chemical tests
during the remainder of the 6-month
period; or
(2) During the previous 185 days been
subject to a random testing program
required by § 16.230 for at least 60 days
and did not fail or refuse to participate
in a chemical test for dangerous drugs
required by this part.
(d) Except as provided by paragraph
(b) of this section, an applicant is
required to provide the results of only
one chemical test for dangerous drugs
when multiple transactions are covered
by or requested in a single application.
§ 16.230
Random testing requirements.
(a) Marine employers must establish
programs for the chemical testing for
dangerous drugs on a random basis of
crewmembers on inspected vessels who:
(1) Occupy a position, or perform the
duties and functions of a position,
required by the vessel’s Certificate of
Inspection;
(2) Perform the duties and functions
of patrolmen or watchmen required by
this chapter; or,
(3) Are specifically assigned the
duties of warning, mustering,
assembling, assisting, or controlling the
movement of passengers during
emergencies.
(b) Marine employers must establish
programs for the chemical testing for
dangerous drugs on a random basis of
crewmembers on uninspected vessels
who:
(1) Are required by law or regulation
to hold a License issued by the Coast
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Guard in order to perform their duties
on the vessel;
(2) Perform duties and functions
directly related to the safe operation of
the vessel;
(3) Perform the duties and functions
of patrolmen or watchmen required by
this chapter; or,
(4) Are specifically assigned the
duties of warning, mustering,
assembling, assisting, or controlling the
movement of passengers during
emergencies.
(c) The selection of crewmembers for
random drug testing must be made by a
scientifically valid method, such as a
random number table or a computerbased random number generator that is
matched with crewmembers’ Social
Security numbers, payroll identification
numbers, or other comparable
identifying numbers. Under the testing
frequency and selection process used,
each covered crewmember will have an
equal chance of being tested each time
selections are made and an employee’s
chance of selection will continue to
exist throughout their employment. As
an alternative, random selection may be
accomplished by periodically selecting
one or more vessels and testing all
crewmembers covered by this section,
provided that each vessel subject to the
marine employer’s test program remains
equally subject to selection.
(d) Marine employers may form or
otherwise use sponsoring organizations,
or may use contractors, to conduct the
random chemical testing programs
required by this part.
(e) Except as provided in paragraph (f)
of this section, the minimum annual
percentage rate for random drug testing
must be 50 percent of covered
crewmembers.
(f) The annual rate for random drug
testing may be adjusted in accordance
with this paragraph.
(1) The Commandant’s decision to
increase or decrease the minimum
annual percentage rate for random drug
testing is based on the reported random
positive rate for the entire industry. All
information used for this determination
is drawn from the drug MIS reports
required by this part. In order to ensure
reliability of the data, the Commandant
considers the quality and completeness
of the reported data, may obtain
additional information or reports from
marine employers, and may make
appropriate modifications in calculating
the industry random positive rate. Each
year, the Commandant will publish in
the Federal Register the minimum
annual percentage rate for random drug
testing of covered crewmembers. The
new minimum annual percentage rate
for random drug testing will be
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calendar year following publication.
(2) When the minimum annual
percentage rate for random drug testing
is 50 percent, the Commandant may
lower this rate to 25 percent of all
covered crewmembers if the
Commandant determines that the data
received under the reporting
requirements of 46 CFR 16.500 for two
consecutive calendar years indicate that
the positive rate is less than 1.0 percent.
(3) When the minimum annual
percentage rate for random drug testing
is 25 percent, and the data received
under the reporting requirements of 46
CFR 16.500 for any calendar year
indicate that the positive rate is equal to
or greater than 1.0 percent, the
Commandant will increase the
minimum annual percentage rate for
random drug testing to 50 percent of all
covered crewmembers.
(g) Marine employers will randomly
select a sufficient number of covered
crewmembers for testing during each
calendar year to equal an annual rate
not less than the minimum annual
percentage rate for random drug testing
determined by the Commandant. If the
marine employer conducts random drug
testing through a consortium, the
number of crewmembers to be tested
may be calculated for each individual
marine employer or may be based on the
total number of covered crewmembers
covered by the consortium who are
subject to random drug testing at the
same minimum annual percentage rate
under this part or any DOT drug testing
rule.
(h) Each marine employer must
ensure that random drug tests
conducted under this part are
unannounced and that the dates for
administering random tests are spread
reasonably throughout the calendar
year.
(i) If a given covered crewmember is
subject to random drug testing under the
drug testing rules of more than one DOT
agency for the same marine employer,
the crewmember will be subject to
random drug testing at the percentage
rate established for the calendar year by
the DOT agency regulating more than 50
percent of the crewmember’s function.
(j) If a marine employer is required to
conduct random drug testing under the
drug testing rules of more than one DOT
agency, the marine employer may—
(1) Establish separate pools for
random selection, with each pool
containing the covered crewmembers
who are subject to testing at the same
required rate; or
(2) Randomly select such
crewmembers for testing at the highest
percentage rate established for the
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calendar year by any DOT agency to
which the marine employer is subject.
(k) An individual may not be engaged
or employed, including selfemployment, on a vessel in a position
as Master, operator, or Person in Charge
for which a credential is required by law
or regulation unless all crewmembers
covered by this section are subject to the
random testing requirements of this
section.
§ 16.240 Serious marine incident testing
requirements.
The marine employer must ensure
that all persons directly involved in a
serious marine incident are chemically
tested for evidence of dangerous drugs
and alcohol in accordance with the
requirements of subpart 4.06 of this
chapter.
§ 16.250 Reasonable cause testing
requirements.
(a) The marine employer must require
any crewmember engaged or employed
on board a vessel owned in the United
States that is required by law or
regulation to engage, employ or be
operated by an individual holding a
credential issued under this subchapter,
who is reasonably suspected of using a
dangerous drug to be chemically tested
for dangerous drugs.
(b) The marine employer’s decision to
test must be based on a reasonable and
articulable belief that the individual has
used a dangerous drug based on direct
observation of specific,
contemporaneous physical, behavioral,
or performance indicators of probable
use. Where practicable, this belief
should be based on the observation of
the individual by two persons in
supervisory positions.
(c) When the marine employer
requires testing of an individual under
the provisions of this section, the
individual must be informed of that fact
and directed to provide a urine
specimen as soon as practicable. This
fact will be entered in the vessel’s
official logbook, if one is required.
(d) If an individual refuses to provide
a urine specimen when directed to do
so by the employer under the provisions
of this section, this fact will be entered
in the vessel’s official logbook, if one is
required.
§ 16.260
Records.
(a) Employers must maintain records
of chemical tests as provided in 49 CFR
40.333 and must make these records
available to Coast Guard officials upon
request.
(b) The records must be sufficient to:
(1) Satisfy the requirements of
§§ 16.210(b) and 16.220(c).
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(2) Identify the total number of
individuals chemically tested annually
for dangerous drugs in each of the
categories of testing required by this
part including the annual number of
individuals failing chemical tests and
the number and types of drugs for
which individuals tested positive.
PART 30—GENERAL PROVISIONS
177. The authority citation for part 30
is revised to read as follows:
■
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703;
DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No.
01.4.
178. Revise § 30.10–7 to read as
follows:
■
§ 30.10–7
Certificated—TB/ALL.
The term certificated when applied to
tank vessels refers to a vessel covered by
a certificate of inspection issued by the
Coast Guard; when applied to mariners
employed on tank vessels, the term
refers to a certificate of ability issued by
the Coast Guard.
■ 179. Revise § 30.10–71 to read as
follows:
§ 30.10–71
TB/ALL.
Tank vessel endorsements—
The following ratings are established
in part 13 of this chapter. The terms for
the ratings identify persons holding
valid endorsements for service in the
ratings issued under that part:
(a) Tank Vessel-PIC.
(b) Tank Barge-PIC.
(c) Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC.
(d) Restricted Tank Barge-PIC.
(e) Tank Vessel-Assistant.
(f) Tank Vessel-Engineer.
PART 35—OPERATIONS
180. The authority citation for part 35
is revised to read as follows:
■
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C.
3306, 3703, 6101, 70011, 70034; 49 U.S.C.
5103, 5106; Executive Order 12234, 45 FR
58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Executive
Order 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991
Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1,
Revision No. 01.4.
181. Revise § 35.01–3 to read as
follows:
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§ 35.01–3
Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by
reference into this part with the
approval of the Director of the Federal
Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
CFR part 51. All approved incorporation
by reference material (IBR) is available
for inspection at the Coast Guard and
the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). Contact Coast
Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner
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Credentialing (CG–MMC), U.S. Coast
Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20593–7509; phone: 202–372–1492;
website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/
merchant_mariner_credential/. For
information on the availability of this
material at NARA, visit
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@
nara.gov. The material may be obtained
from:
(b) ASTM, International (ASTM), 100
Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken,
PA 19428–2959; phone 610–832–9500;
website: https://www.astm.org/contact.
(1) ASTM F1014–92, Standard
Specification for Flashlights on Vessels,
1992;§ 35.30–20(c).
(2) ASTM Adjunct F1626, Symbols for
Use in Accordance with Regulation II–
2/20 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention,
PCN 12–616260–01, 1996; § 35.10–3.
(3) ASTM D 93–97, Standard Test
Methods for Flash-Point by PenskyMartens Closed Cup Tester, 1997;
§ 35.25–10.
(c) International Maritime
Organization (IMO), Publications
Section, 4 Albert Embankment, London,
SE1 7SR United Kingdom; phone: +44
(0)20 7735 7611; website: www.imo.org.
(1) Resolution A.654(16), Graphical
Symbols for Fire Control Plans, 19
October, 1989; § 35.10–3.
(2) Reserved
■ 182. Revise § 35.01–5 to read as
follows:
§ 35.01–5 Sanitary condition and crew
quarters—T/ALL.
It is the duty of the Master and Chief
Engineer of every tankship to see that
such vessel and crew’s quarters are kept
in a sanitary condition.
■ 183. Revise § 35.01–10 to read as
follows:
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Shipping papers—TB/ALL.
Each loaded tank vessel must have on
board a bill of lading, manifest, or
shipping document giving the name of
the consignee and the location of the
delivery point, the kind, grades, and
approximate quantity of each kind and
grade of cargo, and for whose account
the cargo is being handled. The tank
vessel must not be delayed in order to
secure exact quantities of cargo. Such
manifests or bills of lading may be made
out by the Master, Master of the towing
vessel, owner, or agent of the owner. In
the case of unmanned barges where
shipping papers are not available, an
entry in the logbook of the towing vessel
giving the name of the shipper and
location of shipping point, the name of
the consignee and location of delivery
point, the approximate kind, grade, and
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quantity of cargo in each barge of the
tow, and for whose account the cargo is
being handled, will be considered as
complying with the requirements of this
section.
■ 184. Amend § 35.01–45 by revising
paragraphs (b) through (d) to read as
follows:
§ 35.01–45
ALL.
Open hopper type barges—B/
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*
*
*
(b) All open hopper type barges, while
carrying in bulk any of the cargoes
described in paragraph (a) of this
section, must be operated in
conformance with the provisions in this
section. However, the provisions in this
section are not applicable to such barges
when empty (not necessarily cleaned or
gas-freed).
(c)(1) Except as otherwise provided in
this section, no such open hopper type
barge must be placed as a lead barge in
any tow. Such barges must be placed in
protected positions within the tow so
that the danger from diving or
swamping will be minimized. Where,
due to operating conditions, compliance
with this paragraph is impossible, the
provisions of paragraph (c)(3) of this
section apply. The Person in Charge of
the towing vessels is responsible for
compliance with this paragraph.
(2) No such open hopper type barge
may be moved from a loading facility
unless all void spaces and bilges are
substantially free of water. Periodic
inspections and necessary pumping
must be carried out to ensure the
maintenance of such water-free
conditions, in order to minimize the free
surface effect in both the longitudinal
and transverse directions. Except when
otherwise considered necessary for
inspection or pumping, all hatch covers
and other hull closure devices for void
spaces and hull compartments must be
closed and secured at all times. In the
case of unmanned barges, the Person in
Charge of the towing vessel is deemed
to be in charge of the barge, and all
requirements to be carried out on the
barge will be carried out by or under the
direction of such person.
(3) When an open hopper type barge
is in an exposed position, such that
protection from swamping provided by
adjoining barges cannot be obtained
from location within the two alone, it is
the responsibility of the Person in
Charge of the towing vessel to control
speed so as to ensure protection against
diving and swamping of the barge,
having due regard to its design and
freeboard, and to the operating
conditions.
(d) To show that special operating
requirements apply to a specific open
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hopper type barge, additional placards
or signs must be displayed in at least
four different locations on the barge
when the cargoes described in
paragraph (a) of this section are carried
in any form in the cargo tanks. The
placards or signs must be posted on the
barge approximately amidships on each
side and near the centerline of each end,
facing outboard. Racks, or other suitable
means, for mounting such placards or
signs must be so arranged as to provide
clear visibility and shall be protected
from becoming readily damaged or
obscured. The placards or signs must be
at least equal in dimensions to the DOT
standard tank car ‘‘Dangerous’’ placard
(103⁄4 inches square or larger), and must
display a circle (10 inches in diameter
or larger) with alternating quadrants of
white and red, and so mounted that the
red quadrants are centered on the
vertical axis. The shipper and/or owner
of the barge will be responsible for the
installation of the required placards or
signs, including maintenance of them
while such barge is in temporary storage
with cargo aboard. The Person in Charge
of the towing vessel is responsible for
the continued maintenance of the
placards or signs while such barge is in
transit.
■ 185. Amend § 35.01–50 by revising
paragraph (a) introductory text and
paragraphs (c) through (g) to read as
follows:
§ 35.01–50 Special operating requirements
for tank barges carrying certain dangerous
bulk cargoes—B/ALL.
(a) The requirements of this section
apply to all tank barges carrying those
cargoes listed on table 30.25–1, of this
subchapter, which are defined as:
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*
*
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*
(c) When it is necessary to operate box
or square-end barges as lead barges of
tows, the Person in Charge of the towing
vessel must control the speed to ensure
protection against diving and swamping
of such barges, having due regard to
their design and freeboard, and to the
operating conditions.
(d) All barges, while carrying in bulk
any of the cargoes described in
paragraph (a) of this section, must be
operated in conformance with the
provisions of this section. However, the
provisions of this section are not
applicable to such barges when empty
and gas-freed.
(e) Barges must not be moved from a
loading facility unless all bilges and
void spaces (except those used for
ballasting) are substantially free of
water. Periodic inspections and
necessary pumping must be carried out
to ensure maintenance of such waterfree condition in order to minimize the
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free surface effects, both in the
longitudinal and transverse directions.
Except when otherwise considered
necessary for inspection or pumping, all
hatch covers and other hull closure
devices for void spaces and hull
compartments other than cargo spaces
must be closed and secured at all times.
(f) During the time the cargo tanks
contain dangerous cargoes described in
paragraph (a) of this section in any
amount, in the liquid or gaseous state,
the barge must be under constant
surveillance.
(1) A strict watch of each unmanned
barge in tow must be maintained from
the towing vessel while underway.
(2) A towing vessel engaged in
transporting such unmanned barges
must not leave them unattended. When
a barge is moored, but not gas free, it
must be under the observation of a
watchman who may be a member of the
complement of the towing vessel, or a
terminal employee, or other person.
Such person will be responsible for the
security of the barge and for keeping
unauthorized persons off the barge.
(g) The owner, operator, Master, or
Person in Charge of any barge carrying
dangerous cargoes described in
paragraph (a) of this section must ensure
that, while the barge is being towed, and
during cargo transfer operations, the
persons as required by § 31.15–5 of this
subchapter and § 35.35–1 are provided.
■ 186. Amend § 35.01–55 by revising
paragraph (a) introductory text,
paragraph (b) introductory text, and
paragraph (b)(4) to read as follows:
§ 35.01–55
Pilot boarding operation.
(a) The Master must ensure that pilot
boarding equipment is maintained as
follows:
*
*
*
*
*
(b) The Master must ensure
compliance with the following during
Pilot boarding operations:
*
*
*
*
*
(4) Rigging of the equipment and
embarkation/debarkation of a Pilot must
be supervised in person by a deck
officer.
*
*
*
*
*
■ 187. Revise § 35.01–60 to read as
follows:
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Person excluded.
Masters and Pilots must exclude from
the pilothouse and navigation bridge,
while underway, all persons not
connected with the navigation of the
vessel. However, licensed officers of
vessels, persons regularly engaged in
training, regulating, evaluating, or
learning the profession of Pilot, officials
of the United States Coast Guard, United
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States Navy, United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, United States Army
Corps of Engineers, Maritime
Administration, and National
Transportation Safety Board may be
allowed in the pilothouse or upon the
navigation bridge upon the
responsibility of the Master or Pilot.
■ 188. Revise § 35.05–1 to read as
follows:
§ 35.05–1 Officers and crews of
tankships—T/ALL.
No tankship of the United States may
be navigated unless it has in its service
and on board such complement of
officers and crew, including Lifeboat
Operators and those who hold the
proper tank vessel endorsements where
required by the regulations in this
subchapter, separately stated, as called
for in its certificate of inspection.
■ 189. Amend § 35.05–15 by revising
paragraph (a) and paragraph (b)(1)
introductory text to read as follows:
§ 35.05–15
Tank vessel security—TB/ALL.
(a) Manned tank vessel. At least one
member of the crew of a manned tank
vessel must be on board at all times
except when the vessel is gas free or is
moored at a dock or terminal at which
watchman service is provided.
(b) * * *
(1) The owner, managing operator,
Master, and Person in Charge of a vessel
towing a tank barge that need not be
manned, and each of them is
responsible for monitoring the security
and integrity of the tank barge and for
ensuring adherence to proper safety
precautions. These responsibilities
include, but are not limited to—
*
*
*
*
*
■ 190. Revise § 35.07–1 to read as
follows:
§ 35.07–1
Application—TB/ALL.
Except as specifically noted, the
provisions of this subpart apply to all
tank vessels.
■ 191. Revise § 35.07–5 to read as
follows:
§ 35.07–5
Logbooks and records—TB/ALL.
(a) The Master or Person in Charge of
a vessel that is required by 46 U.S.C.
11301 to have an official logbook must
maintain the logbook on form CG–706.
The official logbook is available free to
Masters of U.S.-flagged vessels from the
Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, as
form CG–706B or CG–706C, depending
on the number of persons employed in
the crew. When the voyage is
completed, the Master or Person in
Charge must file the logbook with the
Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection.
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(b) The Master or Person in Charge of
a vessel that is not required by 46 U.S.C.
11301 to have an official logbook, must
maintain, on board, an unofficial
logbook or record in any form desired
for the purposes of making entries
therein as required by law or regulations
in this subchapter. Such logs or records
are not filed with the Officer in Charge,
Marine Inspection, but must be kept
available for review by a marine
inspector for a period of 1 year after the
date to which the records refer. Separate
records of tests and inspections of
firefighting equipment must be
maintained with the vessel’s logs for the
period of validity of the vessel’s
certificate of inspection.
■ 192. Revise § 35.10–15 to read as
follows:
§ 35.10–15 Emergency lighting and power
systems—T/ALL.
(a) Where fitted, it is the duty of the
Master to see that the emergency
lighting and power systems are tested
and inspected at least once in each week
that the vessel is navigated to be assured
that the system is in proper operating
condition.
(b) Internal combustion engine driven
emergency generators must be tested
under load for at least 2 hours, at least
once in each month that the vessel is
navigated.
(c) Storage batteries for emergency
lighting and power systems must be
tested at least once in each 6-month
period that the vessel is navigated to
demonstrate the ability of the storage
battery to supply the emergency loads
for the period of time specified in table
112.05–5(a) of this subchapter.
(d) The date of the tests required by
this section and the condition and
performance of the apparatus must be
noted in the vessel’s official logbook or
in logs or records considered to take the
place of the official logbook.
■ 193. Revise § 35.20–5 to read as
follows:
§ 35.20–5
Draft of tankships—T/OC.
The Master of every tankship must,
whenever leaving port, enter the
maximum draft of the vessel in the
logbook.
■ 194. Amend § 35.20–7 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (c) to read as follows:
§ 35.20–7 Verification of vessel
compliance with applicable stability
requirements—TB/ALL.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(d) of this section, after loading and
prior to departure and at all other times
necessary to assure the safety of the
vessel, the Master or Person in Charge
must determine that the vessel complies
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requirements in the vessel’s trim and
stability book, stability letter, Certificate
of Inspection, and Load Line Certificate,
as the case may be. The vessel may not
depart until it is in compliance with
these requirements.
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*
*
*
*
(c) If a logbook is required by § 35.07–
5, then the Master or Person in Charge
must enter an attestation statement
verifying that the vessel complies with
the applicable stability requirements at
the times specified in paragraph (a) and
any stability calculations made in
support of the determination must be
retained on board the vessel for the
duration of the voyage.
*
*
*
*
*
■ 195. Revise § 35.20–20 to read as
follows:
§ 35.20–20 Master’s and officer’s
responsibility—TB/ALL.
Nothing in this part exonerates any
Master or officer in command from the
consequences of any neglect to keep a
proper lookout or the neglect of any
precaution which may be required by
the ordinary practice of seafarers or by
the special circumstances of the case.
■ 196. Revise § 35.25–1 to read as
follows:
§ 35.25–1 Examination of boilers and
machinery by engineer—T/ALL.
It is the duty of an engineer when
assuming charge of the boilers to
examine the same forthwith and
thoroughly. If any part thereof is found
in bad condition, the engineer must
immediately report the facts to the
Master, owner, or agent, and to the
nearest Officer in Charge, Marine
Inspection.
■ 197. Revise § 35.25–5 to read as
follows:
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§ 35.25–5 Repairs of boilers and unfired
pressure vessels and reports of repairs or
accidents by Chief Engineer—TB/ALL.
(a) Before making any repairs to
boilers or unfired pressure vessels, the
Chief Engineer must submit a report
covering the nature of the repairs to the
Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, at
or nearest to the port where the repairs
are to be made.
(b) In the event of an accident to a
boiler, unfired pressure vessel, or
machinery tending to render the further
use of the item itself unsafe until repairs
are made, or if by ordinary wear such
items become unsafe, a report must be
made by the Chief Engineer
immediately to the Officer in Charge,
Marine Inspection, or, if at sea,
immediately upon arrival at port.
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198. Revise § 35.25–10 to read as
follows:
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§ 35.25–10
ALL.
Requirements for fuel oil—T/
(a) Oil to be used as fuel to be burned
under boilers on tankships must have a
flashpoint of not less than 140 °F.
(Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Method,
ASTM D 93) (incorporated by reference,
see § 35.01–3).
(b) It is the duty of the Chief Engineer
to make an entry in the log of each
supply of fuel oil received on board,
stating the quantity received, the name
of the vendor, the name of the oil
producer, and the flashpoint (PenskyMartens Closed Cup Method, ASTM
D93) (incorporated by reference, see
§ 35.01–3) for which it is certified by the
producer.
(c) It is the further duty of the Chief
Engineer to draw and seal at the time
the supply is received on board, a halfpint sample of each lot of fuel oil, such
sample to be preserved until that
particular supply of oil is exhausted.
■ 199. Revise § 35.25–15 to read as
follows:
§ 35.25–15
ALL.
Carrying of excess steam—TB/
It is the duty of the Chief Engineer of
any tank vessel to see that a steam
pressure is not carried in excess of that
allowed by the certificate of inspection,
and to see that the safety valves, once
set by the inspector, are in no way
tampered with or made inoperative.
■ 200. Amend § 35.30–5 by revising
paragraphs (a) through (c) to read as
follows:
§ 35.30–5
TB/ALL.
Fires, matches, and smoking—
(a) General. In making the
determinations required under
paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this
section, the senior deck officer on duty,
who must be a licensed officer or hold
the proper tank vessel endorsements,
must exercise skill and experience with
due regard to attendant conditions and
circumstances, including consideration
for location of shoreside facilities,
maintenance of mobility, provision for
fire protection, state or change of winds,
tides, sea, weather conditions, forces of
nature and other circumstances
generally beyond human control.
(b) Boiler fires. Boiler fires are
permitted during cargo transfer
operations if and only if prior to loading
Grades A, B, and C cargoes, the senior
deck officer on duty, who must be a
licensed officer or hold the proper tank
vessel endorsements, must make an
inspection to determine whether, in
their judgment, boiler fires may be
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maintained with reasonable safety
during the loading operation.
(c) Smoking. Smoking is prohibited
on the weather decks of tank vessels
when they are not gas free or are
alongside docks. At other times and
places, the senior deck officer on duty,
who must be a licensed officer or hold
the proper tank vessel endorsements,
must designate when and where the
crew may smoke: Provided, That prior
to loading Grade A, B, or C cargo the
Master or senior deck officer on duty
must make an inspection to determine
if and where, in their judgment,
smoking may be permitted with
reasonable safety during the loading
operation.
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■ 201. Revise § 35.35–1 to read as
follows:
§ 35.35–1
Persons on duty—TB/ALL.
(a) On each tankship required to be
documented under the laws of the
United States, the owner, managing
operator, Master, and Person in Charge
of the vessel, and each of them, must
ensure that—
(1) Enough Tank Vessel-PICs or
Restricted Tank Vessel-PICs and Tank
Vessel-Assistants authorized for the
classification of cargo carried are on
duty to safely transfer liquid cargo in
bulk or safely clean cargo tanks; and
(2) Each transfer of liquid cargo in
bulk and each cleaning of a cargo tank
is supervised by a person qualified to be
the Person in Charge of the transfer or
the cleaning under subpart C of 33 CFR
part 155.
(b) On each United States tank barge
subject to inspection—
(1) The owner, managing operator,
Master, and Person in Charge of the
vessel, and each of them, must ensure
that no transfer of liquid cargo in bulk
or cleaning of a cargo tank takes place
unless under the supervision of a
qualified person designated as the
Person in Charge of the transfer or the
cleaning under subpart C of 33 CFR part
155; and
(2) The person designated as the
Person in Charge of the transfer must
ensure that—
(i) Enough qualified personnel are on
duty to safely transfer liquid cargo in
bulk or safely clean cargo tanks; and
(ii) The approved portable
extinguishers required by table 34.50–
10(a) of this subchapter are aboard and
readily available before any transfer of
liquid cargo in bulk or any operation of
barge machinery or boilers.
(c) On each foreign tankship, the
owner, managing operator, Master, and
Person in Charge of the vessel, and each
of them, must ensure that—
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(1) Enough personnel, qualified for
the classification of cargo carried, are on
duty to safely transfer liquid cargo in
bulk or safely clean cargo tanks; and
(2) Each transfer of liquid cargo in
bulk and each cleaning of a cargo tank
is supervised by a qualified person
designated as a Person in Charge of the
transfer or the cleaning under subpart C
of 33 CFR part 155.
(d) On each foreign tank barge—
(1) The owner, managing operator,
Master, and Person in Charge of the
vessel, and each of them, must ensure
that no transfer of liquid cargo in bulk
or cleaning of a cargo tank takes place
unless under the supervision of a
qualified person designated as the
Person in Charge of the transfer or the
cleaning under subpart C of 33 CFR part
155.
(2) The person designated as the
Person in Charge of the transfer must
ensure that enough qualified personnel
are on duty to safely transfer liquid
cargo in bulk or safely clean cargo tanks.
(e) The Person in Charge of the
transfer of liquid cargo in bulk on the
tank vessel will be responsible for the
safe loading and discharge of the liquid
cargo in bulk.
(f) The Person in Charge of the
transfer of liquid cargo in bulk on each
United States tank vessel, when
lightering to or from a foreign tank
vessel, must ensure that the Person in
Charge on the foreign tank vessel, or
their interpreter, is capable of reading,
speaking, and understanding the
English language well enough to allow
a safe transfer.
■ 202. Revise § 35.35–10 to read as
follows:
§ 35.35–10 Closing of freeing-ports,
scuppers, and sea valves—TB/ALL.
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The Person in Charge of each transfer
of liquid cargo in bulk must ensure that
all freeing-ports and scuppers are
properly plugged during the transfer
except on tank vessels using water for
cooling decks. Although under no
circumstances may sea valves be
secured by locks, the valves must be
closed, and lashed or sealed, to indicate
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that they should not be opened during
the transfer.
■ 203. Amend § 35.35–20 by revising
the introductory text to read as follows:
§ 35.35–20 Inspection before transfer of
cargo—TB/ALL.
Before the transfer of liquid cargo in
bulk, the Person in Charge of the
transfer must inspect the vessel to
ensure the following:
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■ 204. Revise § 35.35–25 to read as
follows:
§ 35.35–25 Approval to start transfer of
cargo—TB/ALL.
When the Person in Charge of the
transfer of liquid cargo in bulk has
ensured that the requirements of
§§ 35.35–20 and 35.35–30 have been
met, they may give approval to start the
transfer.
§ 35.35–30
[Amended]
§ 35.35–35 Duties of Person in Charge of
transfer—TB/ALL.
The Person in Charge of the transfer
of liquid cargo in bulk, fuel oil in bulk,
or bunkers in bulk must control the
transfer as follows:
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■ 207. Revise § 35.35–42 to read as
follows:
§ 35.35–42 Restrictions on vessels
alongside a tank vessel loading or
unloading cargo of Grade A, B, or C—TB/
ALL.
(a) No vessel may come alongside or
remain alongside a tank vessel in way
of its cargo tanks while it is loading or
unloading cargo of Grade A, B, or C
without permission of the Person in
Charge of the transfer on the tank vessel.
(b) No vessel may come alongside or
remain alongside a tank vessel in way
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§ 35.35–55 Transfer of other cargo or
stores on tank vessels—TB/ALL.
(a) No packaged goods, freight, or
ship’s stores may be loaded or unloaded
during the loading or unloading of cargo
of Grade A, B, or C except by permission
of the Person in Charge of the transfer
of liquid cargo in bulk. No explosives
may be loaded, unloaded, or carried as
cargo on any tank vessel containing
cargo of Grade A, B, or C.
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PART 39—VAPOR CONTROL
SYSTEMS
209. The authority citation for part 39
is revised to read as follows:
■
205. Amend § 35.35–30 by removing
the words ‘‘person in charge’’ wherever
they appear in the section and adding,
in their place, the words ‘‘Person in
Charge’’.
■ 206. Amend § 35.35–35 by revising
the section heading and introductory
text to read as follows:
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of its cargo tanks while it is loading or
unloading cargo of Grade A, B, or C
unless the conditions then prevailing
are acceptable to the Persons in Charge
of cargo handling on both vessels.
■ 208. Amend § 35.35–55 by revising
paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7511b(f)(2); 46 U.S.C.
3306, 3703, 3715(b), 70011, 70034; Executive
Order 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980
Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1,
Revision No. 01.4.
210. Amend § 39.5003 by revising
paragraph (c) to read as follows:
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§ 39.5003 Additional requirements for
multi-breasted loading using an inboard
barge vapor collection system—B/CLBR.
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(c) Persons holding an appropriate
tank vessel endorsement trained in and
familiar with multi-breasted loading
operations, must be onboard each barge
during transfer operations. The Tank
Barge-PIC serves as the barge Person in
Charge (PIC). During transfer operations,
the barge PICs must maintain constant
communication with each other as well
as with the facility PIC.
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Dated: October 15, 2024.
W.R. Arguin,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant
Commandant for Prevention Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Parts 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 30, 35, and 39
[Docket No. USCG-2021-0097]
RIN 1625-AC75
Electronic Submission of Mariner Course Completion Data
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is requiring Coast Guard-approved training
providers to electronically submit student course completion data to
the Coast Guard within 5 business days of completion. The National
Maritime Center will use this information to validate mariner course
completion as part of an application for a Merchant Mariner Credential.
In addition, the Coast Guard is replacing gendered titles for certain
officer and rating endorsements in keeping with Coast Guard policy of
using gender-neutral language whenever possible. We expect these
changes to improve the Coast Guard's verification process of mariner
credential applications and to appropriately conform terms that should
be gender neutral.
DATES: This final rule is effective January 17, 2025. Reporting
requirements in 46 CFR 10.403(a)(7) need not be complied with until
November 25, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain material
listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register
as of July 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: To view documents mentioned in this preamble as being
available in the docket, go to www.regulations.gov, type USCG-2021-0097
in the search box and click ``Search.'' Next, in the Document Type
column, select ``Supporting & Related Material.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document,
call or email Mr. Brian T. Eichelberger, Office of Merchant Mariner
Credentialing, Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1450, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents for Preamble
I. Abbreviations
II. Basis and Purpose, and Regulatory History
III. Discussion of Comments and Changes
IV. Discussion of the Rule
V. Regulatory Analyses
A. Regulatory Planning and Review
B. Small Entities
C. Assistance for Small Entities
D. Collection of Information
E. Federalism
F. Unfunded Mandates
G. Taking of Private Property
H. Civil Justice Reform
I. Protection of Children
J. Indian Tribal Governments
K. Energy Effects
L. Technical Standards
M. Environment
I. Abbreviations
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CSV Comma-Separated values
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
GS General Schedule
ICR Information collection request
IT Information technology
MMC Merchant Mariner Credential
MMLD Merchant Mariner Licensing and Documentation
MRN Mariner reference number
MTAD Mariner Training and Assessment Data
NMC National Maritime Center
NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
OMB Office of Management and Budget
PII Personally identifiable information
PDF Portable document format
QSS Quality Standard System
RA Regulatory analysis
SME Subject matter expert
SSN Social security number
STCW International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification, and Watchkeeping, 1978, as amended
Sec. Section
U.S.C. United States Code
II. Basis and Purpose, Background and Regulatory History
The legal basis of this rulemaking is Title 46 of the United States
Code (U.S.C.), Sections 7101(b) and 7301(b), which authorize the
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to
prescribe regulations relating to issuing Merchant Mariner Credentials
(MMCs) with officer and rating endorsements. The Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has delegated the rulemaking
authority under 46 U.S.C. 7101(b) and 7301(b) to the Coast Guard
through 46 U.S.C. 2104 and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No.
01.4, paragraph (II)(92)(e). Additionally, 14 U.S.C. 102(3) grants the
Coast Guard broad authority to issue and enforce regulations to promote
safety of life and property on waters subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States, which includes establishing the experience,
professional qualifications, and processes required for issuing
credentials.
The Coast Guard issues MMCs to mariners who have met the regulatory
requirements for individual endorsement(s), as described in title 46 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), parts 10, 11, 12, and 13.
Professional requirements for an MMC endorsement generally include sea
service, completion of Coast Guard-approved training, and having a met
a standard of competence through practical demonstration and completion
of a written examination. The general standards for Coast Guard-
approved courses and programs are found in 46 CFR 10.403. Coast Guard-
approved training providers are required to maintain physical or
electronic records of all students who took a course for at least 5
years after the completion of the course.
Starting November 25, 2026, this final rule will require Coast
Guard-approved training providers to submit students' course completion
data electronically to the Coast Guard within 5 business days of the
course ending. This action lessens the probability of issuing MMCs to
mariners who have not met the professional requirements for their
endorsements and improves the efficiency of the credentialing process.
In addition, this final rule replaces gendered titles for certain
officer and rating endorsements to align with the Coast Guard's policy
of using gender-neutral language whenever feasible, capitalizes the
endorsements for uniformity, removes some references to an obsolete
Coast Guard document, and makes editorial changes such as replacing
``shall'' with ``must'' and ``his or her'' with ``their''.
The Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on
May 5, 2023 (88 FR 29013), explaining the MMC application process and
proposing these changes--minus the delay in implementing reporting
requirements. In response, we received three comments and subsequently
made changes to the regulatory text based on the comments.
III. Discussion of Comments and Changes
Of the three comments received by the Coast Guard, one commenter
strongly supported the rule, particularly the gender-neutral language
measures. The remaining two commenters had recommendations for the
Coast Guard to consider.
One of the commenters, hereafter ``Commenter 1'', recommended that
the submission period for Coast Guard-approved training providers to
submit students' course completion data to the Coast Guard should be 10
business days instead of the 5-day period that was included in the
proposed rule.
The Coast Guard has elected to retain the 5-day submission period.
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for this decision is that the majority of mariners will take a course
and then apply for an endorsement immediately after completing the
course. Requiring Coast Guard-approved training providers to submit the
data within a 5-day period ensures that the course completion data will
be uploaded to the mariner's file within the Merchant Mariner Licensing
and Documentation (MMLD) \1\ database promptly, and the application
process will not be delayed.
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Commenter 1 also urged the Coast Guard to limit the data submission
requirement to students who have passed the course.
The Coast Guard agrees with this suggestion and notes that, as
proposed in the NPRM, the requirement to submit course completion data
is limited to ``each student who successfully completes an approved
course or program.''
Commenter 1 further recommended that hard-copy certificates issued
to students should be optional and allow for electronic or portable
document format (PDF) certificates. Another commenter, hereafter
``Commenter 2''. recommended that the Coast Guard no longer support the
issuance of hard-copy course completion certificates.
The Coast Guard does not require approved training providers to
issue hard copies of certificates to students who complete the course.
Coast Guard-approved training providers, however, may continue to issue
certificates as they have historically done for students who complete
the course or program. That is, Coast Guard-approved training providers
can issue the certificates to students via email, PDF, or hard copy.
Coast Guard-approved training providers should continue to issue course
completion certificates to students so they can submit them with their
application for an MMC, in order to validate the certificates with the
course completion data submitted electronically by the training
provider.
Commenter 1 recommended that the submission of the course
completion data should allow for comma-separated values (CSV) files for
easy upload, and also allow for direct system entry.
The existing Homeport system currently supports this file type. It
is a role-based environment that brings together Coast Guard personnel,
members of the maritime community, and other designated individuals,
allowing them to share information, and for records to be submitted by
either single entry via webform or by multiple entries at once using a
CSV file.
Commenter 1 recommended a 2-year phased in approach, where a 2-year
period should be given to Coast Guard-approved training providers to
implement these new requirements. The commenter also suggested that the
phase-in periods should be based on course approval or expiration
dates.
The Coast Guard agrees with this recommendation and has edited the
preamble and regulatory text consistent with this recommendation.
The Coast Guard, however, declines to adopt the recommendation that
the phase-in period should be based on course approval or expiration
dates. Although course approvals are valid for 5 years, not all courses
or programs are approved for the same 5-year calendar period. The Coast
Guard's intention is to bring all training course providers into
compliance at the same time. Coast Guard-approved training providers
will have until 2 years after the effective date of this rule to come
into compliance with the new requirements.
Commenter 1 also stated that the Coast Guard needs a faster, more
user-friendly system for uploading course completion data. The Coast
Guard agrees, and has long-term plans for developing a more secure,
agile, and user-friendly system in the future. For now, providers
comply with the requirements of this rule by submitting data through
Homeport.
Commenter 2 urged the Coast Guard to revise the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) to eliminate any use of gendered pronouns from the
proposed text. In addition, this commenter provided a list of sections
within parts 30, 31, 32, and 35 where ``his or her'' remains in use.
The Coast Guard agrees with the recommendation to eliminate the use
of gendered pronouns from the proposed text and has made edits
accordingly. The Coast Guard appreciates the information listing
additional instance where ``his or her'' remains in use and will
evaluate whether to amend these parts when we draft our annual
technical amendments.
Commenter 2 also suggested that Coast Guard-approved training
providers should include a mariner's social security number (SSN) on
their course completion certificate.
The Coast Guard does not accept this recommendation. Mariners
provide their SSNs as required on the Application for Merchant Mariner
Credential (Form CG-719B), and they are issued a mariner reference
number (MRN) after they apply for their original MMC. The MRN is used
by the Coast Guard to identify the mariner in all future credentialing
transactions, and all records are matched to the MRN rather than the
SSN.
Commenter 2 believes that the proposed language in 46 CFR 10.403,
paragraph (a)(7), could be revised to make it clear that Coast Guard-
approved training providers must submit the information listed in
subparagraphs (i) through (iv).
The Coast Guard agrees with the comment and has made editorial
changes to the text to make that clear.
Commenter 2 also suggested that the Coast Guard update 46 CFR
10.402(b)(8) by requiring the same information listed in 46 CFR
10.403(a)(7)(i) through (iv) be included on the sample course
completion certificates that Coast Guard-approved training providers
submit to the Coast Guard for approval of a specific course or program.
As the NPRM did not discuss changes course and proposal approval
requirements, these changes are outside the scope of this rulemaking.
IV. Discussion of the Rule
This rule amends 46 CFR 10.403 to require Coast Guard-approved
training providers to submit course completion data electronically to
the National Maritime Center (NMC) for each student who successfully
completes a Coast Guard-approved course or program. Under this rule
this data must be submitted electronically within 5 business days of
the completion of any Coast Guard-approved course or program. Coast
Guard-approved training providers will submit this data through
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Mariners submitting course completion data to the Coast Guard as
part of their MMC application, and Coast Guard-approved training
providers submitting course completion data electronically to the Coast
Guard, must attest, under criminal penalty, that the records are
accurate to the best of their knowledge and that no false entries or
statements were made. See 18 U.S.C. 1001. The NMC will use this
information to confirm that the applicant has completed the training
required for the requested MMC endorsement. Requiring all Coast Guard-
approved training providers to submit this data electronically improves
the efficiency of the credentialing process and allows for the
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completion data ensuring the mariner meets the requirements for
issuance of an endorsement. Under the process utilized prior to
implementation of this rule, when a mariner submits an application, NMC
personnel evaluate what is submitted and input the information into the
mariner's training record within the MMLD database. If the course has
not been electronically submitted by the training provider, then the
evaluator has to enter the course completion information into the MMLD
database manually. Under the process as implemented by this rule, NMC
evaluators can use the data submitted electronically by training
providers to verify quickly that the information submitted by the
training provider is identical to the information submitted by the
mariner with their application.
Providing 5 business days to submit course completion data ensures
that a mariner's application will not be delayed due to the NMC waiting
for training providers to submit the course completion data. By
reducing delays in issuing an MMC, this final rule can help avoid loss
of employment for a mariner, which supports NMC's mission to issue
credentials to fully qualified mariners in the most effective and
efficient manner possible.
Although the Coast Guard will electronically receive course
completion data under this final rule, Coast Guard-approved training
providers should continue to issue course completion certificates to
their students, as mariners will still be responsible for including
their course completion certificates as supporting documentation with
their MMC application package (46 CFR 10.209(d)). This allows Coast
Guard evaluators to validate the information submitted by the mariner
with their MMC application against information submitted electronically
by the training provider.
Under this final rule, training providers are required to submit
the name of the training provider, the training provider's Coast Guard-
issued provider code, the title of the Coast Guard-approved course or
program, the Coast Guard-issued course code, the dates the training
provider held the course, and the name of the approved instructor. This
information allows the Coast Guard to validate that the course is one
that has been approved by the Coast Guard and conducted by an approved
instructor, and to verify the dates the course was held. The electronic
submission also requires the student's full name as it appears on their
MMC or other valid Government-issued identification, and their Coast
Guard-issued MRN, or their date of birth and place of birth if they do
not have an MRN.
The Coast Guard is currently in the process of developing a
replacement for the MMLD database with a more secure, agile, and user-
friendly system that provides better service to the maritime industry.
Since the new system has yet to be developed, the best way for training
providers to comply with the requirements is to electronically submit
course completion data through Homeport. The Coast Guard realizes that
Homeport does not have all the data fields listed that are required for
this rule. Until Homeport or other means of electronic submission is
updated, training providers will need to input only data currently
required in Homeport for submittal of course completion. Some of the
data required by this rule to be submitted electronically, including
course instructor name and date of birth (if a mariner currently does
not have a reference number) cannot currently be inputted into
Homeport. In the event a new system is developed and becomes fully
operational, it will be announced through publication of a Federal
Register notice.
The Coast Guard understands that immediate compliance upon
publication of the final rule may not be feasible for many training
providers submitting mariner course completion data. For that reason,
we have amended 46 CFR 10.403 from what we proposed in the NPRM so that
the requirements in paragraph (a)(7) need not be met until November 25,
2026. This gives training providers 2 years from this rule's effective
date to come into compliance with the new requirements. To be prepared
for enforcement, training providers should request accounts for
Homeport at least 90 days prior to the enforcement date of this rule.
Guidance for requesting accounts to Homeport can be found on the NMC's
website at www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/NMC/pdfs/training/how_to_obtain_a_homeport_account.pdf?.
This rule also amends 46 CFR parts 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 30, 35,
and 39 to ensure the titles of certain officer and rating endorsements
are gender neutral. In this initiative, the Coast Guard is amending the
following endorsement titles as described in table 1:
Table 1--Nomenclature Changes to 46 CFR Parts 10, 11 12, 13, 15, 16, 30,
35, and 39
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Prior to this rule As amended by this rule
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Apprentice mate (steersman)............... Apprentice Mate of Towing
Vessels.
Crewman................................... Crewmember.
Fireman................................... Boiler Technician.
Hospital corpsman......................... Medical Technician.
Lifeboatman............................... Lifeboat Operator, Lifeboat
Operator-Limited.
Pumpman................................... Pump Technician.
Seaman.................................... Seafarer, Able Seafarer-
Unlimited, Able Seafarer-
Limited, Able Seafarer-
Special, Able Seafarer-
Offshore Supply Vessel,
Able Seafarer-Sail, Able
Seafarer-Fishing Industry.
Tankerman................................. Tank Vessel-PIC, Tank Barge-
PIC, Restricted Tank Vessel-
PIC, Restricted Tank Barge-
PIC. Tank Vessel-Assistant,
Tank Vessel-Engineer.
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Upon the effective date of this rule, the Coast Guard will issue
endorsements using the endorsement titles as implemented by this rule.
Mariners do not have to apply to have the endorsement titles changed on
their MMCs. The endorsement titles will be updated at the next
credential transaction when an application is submitted to the Coast
Guard.
With this final rule, the Coast Guard is changing the title of the
Able Seaman endorsement to Able Seafarer. To differentiate in 46 CFR
10.231(c)(6)(ii) between the already established International
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping,
1978, as amended (STCW) endorsements of Able Seafarer-Deck and Able
Seafarer-Engine and the Able Seafarer endorsement, the endorsement will
be referred to as national Able Seafarer.
In some provisions of 46 CFR part 12, the legacy titles of
endorsements will not be changed to the new endorsement titles.
Specifically, Sec. Sec. 12.501(b)(2) 12.607(b), 12.613(c), and
12.615(c) reference endorsements that would have been held before 2017
with the legacy name.
Finally, the Coast Guard is removing the expired grandfathering
provisions in 46 CFR 13.603(e), 13.605(e), 13.607(e), 13.609(b), and
13.611(b). These provisions provided a method for mariners who held
valid national tankerman endorsements issued before March 24, 2014, to
qualify for original STCW tanker cargo operations endorsements. Any
national tankerman endorsements issued before March 24, 2014, would
have expired as of March 23, 2019; therefore, the grandfathering
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provisions have expired. Mariners who wish to obtain original STCW
tanker cargo endorsements must meet the requirements of the applicable
section.
In addition to these changes, the Coast Guard is making a number of
technical amendments to improve the clarity of the regulations. These
changes include capitalizing certain terminology, making additional
changes to gendered language, and edits for clarity. Because of these
changes, our regulatory text in this final rule is significantly longer
than the text in the NPRM. We have added redlines illustrating the
changes to parts 13 and 15, and subpart B of part 16 to the docket
where indicated under the ADDRESSES portion of the preamble.
V. Regulatory Analyses
We developed this rule after considering numerous statutes and
Executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our analyses
based on these statutes or Executive orders.
A. Regulatory Planning and Review
Executive Orders 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review) as amended
by Executive Order 14094 (Modernizing Regulatory Review), and 13563
(Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review) direct agencies to assess
the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying costs and
benefits, reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility.
Executive Order 13610 (Identifying and Reducing Regulatory Burdens)
promotes the goals of Executive Order 13563. Executive Order 13610 aims
to modernize the regulatory systems and to reduce unjustified
regulatory burdens and costs on the public.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has not designated this
final rule a significant regulatory action under section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866, as amended by Executive Order 14094.
Accordingly, OMB has not reviewed this rule.
The changes from the NPRM, as published in the Federal Register on
May 5, 2023, to this final rule are detailed in table 2.
Table 2--Changes From the NPRM to the Final Rule
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Resulting change in
Description NPRM Final rule regulatory analysis
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Wage data for training providers and Wages were calculated Wages are calculated Figures have been
Coast Guard personnel. for 2020. for 2022, with new updated with more
data sources for recent data from the
Federal employee wages. Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) and
the OMB.
Cost savings for automatic The use of Homeport Identification of Cost savings is now
verification of mariner course allows for improved efficiency included in the rule
completion data. verification of course means that and has produced a net
completion information verification is savings to the Federal
submitted by mariners quantified. Government.
and course completion
information submitted
by training providers.
This was not included
as a cost savings.
Period of analysis................... Cost estimate was This period was updated The period of analysis
derived from the years to more recent years shifted to 2013-2022,
2010-2020. (2013-2022). using the most
recently available
data under a 10-year
window of time.
Phase-in period...................... The rule was to become After responding to The reporting
effective following public comments, the requirements in 46 CFR
publication in the rule now includes a 2- 10.403(a)(7) need not
Federal Register. year phase-in period be complied with until
during which training 2 years after the rule
providers can prepare is published in the
by establishing Federal Register. This
Homeport accounts and phase-in period is
familiarizing accounted for in the
themselves with the cost analysis.
new requirements.
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Table 3 shows the summary of the estimated impacts of this final
rule. A regulatory analysis follows.
Table 3--Summary of the Impacts of the Final Rule
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Category Summary
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Affected Population.......... Approximately 327 Coast Guard-approved
training providers.
Cost to Industry over 10 $933,588.
Years (2022 dollars, 7%
discount rate).
Cost to Government over 10 A cost savings of $142,393.
Years (2022 dollars, 7%
discount rate).
Unquantified Benefits........ The final rule will improve efficiency
and accuracy during the MMC evaluation
process by the NMC and help ensure that
mariner credentials are not issued to
mariners who have not met the required
qualifications.
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Affected Population
As discussed in Section II. Basis and Purpose, and Regulatory
History, the NMC must determine that a mariner meets the requirements
for an endorsement on their MMC prior to issuance of that endorsement.
Currently, the NMC makes this determination by reviewing course
completion certificates submitted with an MMC application. As discussed
previously, the NMC's current course completion verification process is
cumbersome and time-consuming. This final rule seeks to address this
issue by mandating that training providers electronically submit their
course completion data to the NMC, which Coast Guard personnel will
match to the mariner's MMLD profile.
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Starting in 2010, the NMC launched a pilot program to collect
course completion records via Homeport. Table 4 provides a 10-year
historic overview of Coast Guard-approved training providers, the
annual count of training providers submitting records via Homeport, and
the number of records the NMC processed each year.
Table 4--Number of Approved Training Providers and Course Completion Records Submitted to the NMC, 2013-2022
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Student course completion submissions
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Approved Training Total
Year training providers (Homeport plus
providers using Homeport Via mariner Via Homeport mariner
applications application
submissions)
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2013............................ 330 36 49,577 12,110 61,687
2014............................ 329 43 57,119 13,051 70,170
2015............................ 340 43 51,890 19,491 71,381
2016............................ 343 44 57,207 20,248 77,455
2017............................ 338 49 47,074 25,125 72,199
2018............................ 340 41 45,812 21,031 66,843
2019............................ 322 33 49,435 12,834 62,269
2020............................ 318 26 39,866 8,208 48,074
2021............................ 322 24 46,194 9,049 55,243
2022............................ 289 28 48,395 13,456 61,851
Average *....................... 327 .............. 49,257 15,460 64,717
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* Averages rounded to the nearest whole number. Averages for ``Training Providers using Homeport'' are not
calculated, as this rule will require all training providers to use Homeport.
The affected population for this final rule includes training
providers approved by the NMC who offer training courses for MMC
endorsements. From 2013 to 2022, the NMC reports that the number of
Coast Guard-approved training providers ranged from a low of 289 to a
high of 343, for an average of 327. The number of Coast Guard-approved
courses offered by training providers can vary greatly each year,
depending on demand for the course, instructor availability, and other
factors. There were 2,515 approved courses offered in 2022.
Figure 1 shows the distribution of the number of Coast Guard-
approved training providers and the number of courses they have Coast
Guard approval for in a given year. According to NMC data, there are 93
training providers that offer only 1 course and 154 training providers
(47 percent of all training providers) that offer up to 3 courses (see
figure 1). The NMC does not track how many times a training provider
offers each of their approved courses; for example, it is possible that
a training provider with only 1 Coast Guard-approved course offers that
course multiple times in a year. The analysis for this final rule
focuses on the number of course completion records submitted, rather
than the number of courses offered, in order to best account for the
frequency in course offerings.
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Cost to Industry
The cost to industry for this rule is comprised of two separate
components: the cost to training providers for the time spent
registering for a Homeport account, and the recurring cost to training
providers for submitting course completion records. To find the total
cost to industry, these costs are calculated individually and then
combined under a 10-year timeline.
We find the initial cost of the rule by multiplying the number of
training providers who must register for a Homeport account by the time
it takes to register the account by the hourly wages of those who will
register. According to an NMC subject matter expert (SME) familiar with
Homeport, it takes a training provider approximately 20 minutes to
establish a Homeport account. Given that Homeport accounts will be
mandatory for the entire affected population, the cost of the rule is
estimated to include all 327 training providers, even those who have
already registered a Homeport account. These training providers must
all be registered by the end of the 2-year phase-in period.
According to data from the NMC, there are currently 32 training
providers who have registered accounts in Homeport, which means an
additional 295 must be registered by the end of the 2-year phase-in
period. For this analysis, we assume that half the remaining providers
will register during the first year of the implementation period and
half will register during the second year. That is, 147 training
providers will register in the first year (along with the 32 training
providers already registered), and the remaining 148 training providers
will register in the second year.
After the training providers have all established their Homeport
accounts, we expect any new training providers will register as they
are approved by the NMC. We can anticipate these future training
providers by examining the fluctuations in training providers from 2013
to 2022. Instances in which the population of training providers
declined can be ignored (there is no cost to training providers for
leaving the field), and the anticipated yearly number of new training
providers can be found by finding the 10-year historic average for
years when the count of training providers increased. As calculated
from table 4, there have been 18 new Homeport accounts created over the
10-year period of the analysis. Rounding to the nearest whole number,
the 10-year average for new training providers is two (2) training
providers per year.
When calculating hourly wages, the Coast Guard must account not
only for the hourly wages of personnel, but also for the additional
costs the employer must pay to employ that individual, such as payroll
taxes, Social Security, and insurance. These additional costs, when
added to wages, are considered the ``total compensation'' of that job.
To find the total compensation of training providers, the Coast Guard
researched the wages and total compensation for the education industry
as a whole, as provided by the BLS, and divided the total cost of
employment by wages in order to find their ratio. This number is
considered the ``load factor'' that, when multiplied by wages, produces
the total cost of employing a training provider.
The loaded mean hourly wage rate of submitters is approximately
$51.06 for 2022, derived from an unloaded mean hourly wage rate of
$33.59 \3\ for Training and Development Specialists and a load factor
of 1.52.\4\
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\3\ The 2022 mean hourly wage rate of $33.59 is for Training and
Development Specialists. https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes131151.htm (last accessed January 18, 2024).
\4\ Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs For Employee
Compensation--March 2022. ``Table 2, Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation for civilian workers by occupational and industry
group.'' https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_06162022.pdf
(last accessed January 18, 2024). We calculated the load factor by
dividing total compensation for education services ($57.27) by wages
and salaries for education services ($37.69). (57.27/37.69 = a load
factor of 1.52).
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Multiplying these factors with the wages of personnel who will be
responsible for registering the account, we find that the cost to
industry for registering Homeport accounts over 10 years will be total
of $5,838, as detailed in table 5.
Table 5--The Cost to Training Providers To Establish a Homeport Account
[2022 Dollars]
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Number of Time to
Year training complete Hourly Total cost
providers (hours) loaded wage
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1........................................................... 179 .33 $51.06 $3,047
2........................................................... 148 .33 51.06 2,519
3........................................................... 2 .33 51.06 34
4........................................................... 2 .33 51.06 34
5........................................................... 2 .33 51.06 34
6........................................................... 2 .33 51.06 34
7........................................................... 2 .33 51.06 34
8........................................................... 2 .33 51.06 34
9........................................................... 2 .33 51.06 34
10.......................................................... 2 .33 51.06 34
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Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 5,838
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Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
The other cost to industry for the rule is for training providers
to submit course completion data through Homeport. This is calculated
on a 10-year timeline. Training providers can decide between two
methods for uploading course completion data into Homeport: they can
upload with a direct entry system through a Hyper Text Markup Language
(HTML) form, or they can use a CSV file, which can upload multiple
records at once.
As discussed in table 4, the NMC provided the 10-year historical
data for the number of student course completion records that training
providers submitted. From 2013 to 2022, there were approximately 327
training providers responsible for generating an average of 64,717
course completion records per year. We found
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the cost to training providers to submit the record electronically to
the NMC by multiplying the average annual number of course completion
records submitted by the time it takes to submit records and then by
the hourly wages of those who will submit records.
To estimate the time cost for submitting records electronically, we
surveyed training providers currently using Homeport. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), we are limited in how
many training providers we could solicit for information. We contacted
eight providers and received four complete responses back, three of
which quantified the time required to submit data through Homeport. The
two key questions asked as part of the survey were:
Excluding time already spent on issuance of conventional
paper course completion certificates, what is the minimum additional
amount of time you estimate it takes to enter data into Homeport for
each course?
What is the maximum additional amount of time you estimate
it takes to enter data into Homeport for each course?
Using the survey responses, we estimate a range for the time to
submit each student course completion record to be approximately 0.0114
hours (0.68 minutes) on the lower end, and 0.0688 hours (4.13 minutes)
on the higher end, for an average of .04 hours (2.4 minutes) per
submission. We will use the average submission time for our subsequent
cost calculations.
Based on the 10-year average calculated from table 4, we estimate
that training providers will submit 64,717 course completion records
electronically annually. Multiplying the average number of annual
records by the average time to upload a record and then by the loaded
wage for a training provider (64,717 records x 0.04 hrs. x $51.06)
gives us an annual total cost to training providers of approximately
$132,178. Dividing the annual total costs by the number of training
providers gives us an annual per-training provider cost of uploading
course completion records of approximately $404 ($132,178/327).
We estimate the 10-year total costs to training providers by
combining the Homeport account creation costs and the recurring course
completion record submission costs. Table 6 presents the undiscounted
total costs of this rule as well as the 3 percent and 7 percent
discounted costs. The annualized total costs to training providers,
discounted at 3 percent and 7 percent, are estimated to be $132,829 and
$132,922, respectively.
Table 6--Total Costs to Training Providers
[2022 Dollars]
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Course
Homeport completion
Year account record Total cost 3% discount 7% discount
creation submission
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1.............................................. $3,047 $132,178 $135,225 $131,286 $126,378
2.............................................. 2,519 132,178 134,697 126,965 117,650
3.............................................. 34 132,178 132,212 120,993 107,924
4.............................................. 34 132,178 132,212 117,469 100,864
5.............................................. 34 132,178 132,212 114,047 94,265
6.............................................. 34 132,178 132,212 110,726 88,098
7.............................................. 34 132,178 132,212 107,500 82,335
8.............................................. 34 132,178 132,212 104,369 76,949
9.............................................. 34 132,178 132,212 101,330 71,915
10............................................. 34 132,178 132,212 98,378 67,210
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Totals..................................... 5,838 1,321,780 1,327,618 1,133,063 933,588
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Annualized................................. ........... ........... ........... 132,829 132,922
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Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding
Cost to the Federal Government
The cost to the Federal Government for this final rule is comprised
of the cost for Coast Guard personnel to verify new training provider
accounts created on Homeport, the cost for Coast Guard personnel to
manually match course completion data to mariner accounts when
personally identifiable information is not available, and the cost
savings from NMC evaluators not having to manually enter mariner course
completion data directly into MMLD. The total cost to the Federal
Government is found by combining these costs and cost savings within a
10-year period.
In order for a training provider to be able to electronically
submit course completion data through Homeport, they must first
establish a user account by registering on the site. User accounts must
be verified by Coast Guard personnel at the NMC before they are ready
for use. According to an NMC SME familiar with Homeport, it takes a
General Schedule (GS)-07 civilian employee approximately 20 minutes to
verify a Homeport user account. The estimate for the number of training
providers over a 10-year period are taken from table 5.
The cost of verifying training provider accounts on Homeport is
found by multiplying the wages of Coast Guard personnel who verify new
Homeport accounts by the amount of time they spend performing that
task.
We calculated wages for civilian Federal employees by taking the
wages for a Federal employee in their locality, with their grade, at
step 5 (which is considered an average). As of January 2022 in the
national capital region, this is $27.50 per hour for GS-07
employees.\5\ To account for the total cost of the position, wages are
multiplied by a load factor, which is found by taking the total
compensation for Federal employees ($64.80) and dividing by average
wages for Federal employees ($38.30).\6\ The calculation creates a load
factor of 1.69, and, when multiplied by the hourly wage, the total
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wages for a GS-07 employee becomes $46.48 per hour.
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\5\ General Schedule pay scale for Federal employees. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2022/DCB_h.pdf (last accessed January 18, 2024).
\6\ Congressional Budget Office, Comparing the Compensation of
Federal and Private-Sector Employees, 2011 to 2015 (April 2017),
www.cbo.gov/publication/52637 (last accessed January 18, 2024).
``Federal and Private-Sector Total Compensation, by Workers'
Educational Attainment'': Federal Government, All Levels of
Education. Page 16.
``Federal and Private-Sector Wages, by Workers' Educational
Attainment.'' Federal Government, All Levels of Education. Page 11.
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The 10-year cost of Homeport account verification is $5,314, as
detailed in table 7.
Table 7--Cost to Government of Verifying Homeport User Accounts
[2022 Dollars]
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Time to verify
Number of new homeport Hourly GS-
Year training account--hours 07 wages Total cost
providers (20 min.)
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1........................................................ 179 .33 $46.48 $2,773
2........................................................ 148 .33 46.48 2,293
3........................................................ 2 .33 46.48 31
4........................................................ 2 .33 46.48 31
5........................................................ 2 .33 46.48 31
6........................................................ 2 .33 46.48 31
7........................................................ 2 .33 46.48 31
8........................................................ 2 .33 46.48 31
9........................................................ 2 .33 46.48 31
10....................................................... 2 .33 46.48 31
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Total................................................ ........... .............. ........... $5,314
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Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
The second part of the cost to Government is found by multiplying
the wages of Coast Guard personnel who will manually match the course
completion information with existing mariner records by the time they
spend performing that task. This is considered a recurring cost for the
Coast Guard and is calculated over a 10-year period.
The course completion data that the training provider submits
through Homeport is added to a database known as Mariner Training and
Assessment Data (MTAD) and is automatically matched to the mariner's
profile in the MMLD using the individual's MRN. If a mariner does not
have an MRN, the course data appears in the MMLD as an unmatched entry
because it does not match to an existing MRN. This situation prompts
manual review by personnel at NMC.
However, records may also not match due to a misspelling or other
errors in data entry. If neither an SSN nor an MRN are provided, the
certificate would remain unmatched to a mariner's record in the MMLD
until it can be matched manually. The need for manual review to match
records in the MMLD represents a cost to the Coast Guard.
For the period 2012 to 2022, 15,460 of the 64,717 course completion
records submitted required manual matching. Using these data, Coast
Guard estimates that approximately 24 percent (15,460 / 64,717) of
records must be manually matched. According to a Coast Guard SME from
the NMC, manually matching records in the MMLD requires 3 hours per
week at the GS-7 level and 0.5 hours per week at the GS-13 level, for
the current 24 percent of course completion records entered into the
MMLD. This number will be projected at an additional 76 percent to
account for the remaining Coast Guard-approved training providers who
will begin submitting course completion data to the NMC under this
rule. The projected total cost to the Coast Guard is 12.5 hours per
week at the GS-7 level:
((3/24) x 100 = 12.5 hours per week,\7\ rounded; 12.5 x 52 weeks
per year = 650 hours per year),
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\7\ The current figure of 3 hours only accounts for 24% of the
record matching that will occur due to the rule. To find how much
time is needed, we divide the time already being used (3 hours) by
the percentage of the job that is already being completed (24) to
find the required hours as a single percentage of the total job.
Then we multiply by 100 to find the total time required for the job,
which gives us 12.5 hours per week.
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The projected total cost to the Coast Guard is 2.1 hours per week
at the GS-13 level:
((.5/24) x 100 = 2.1 hours per week, rounded; 2.1 x 52 week per
year = 109 hours per year).
There is a total annual burden of 759 hours--650 hours for a GS-7
and 109 hours for a GS-13. Total wages for GS-07 employees are $46.48
per hour, and total wages for GS-13 are $98.04 per hour. :
(GS-07 Step 5: 27.50 x 1.69 = 46.48 per hour)
(GS-13 Step 5: 58.01 x 1.69 = 98.04 per hour)
To find the cost of the final rule to the Federal Government over a
10-year period, we first multiply the wages of personnel by the hours
they work verifying course completion data in a given year. GS-07
personnel work for 650 hours at the rate of $46.48 per hour, totaling
to $30,212. GS-13 personnel work for 109 hours at the rate of $98.04
per hour, totaling to $10,686. Combining these figures, the final rule
will cost the Federal Government $40,898 annually.
If we divide this amount by the total 759 hours of verification, we
find the weighted average wage of manually matching mariner records is
$53.88 per hour. The first 2 years are adjusted for the phase-in
period, as calculated in table 5:
(Year 1: 179/327 = .55, and 759 x 55% = 417)
(Year 2: 148/327 = .45, and 759 x 45% = 342)
The details of this cost, and the discounted cost at 3 percent and
7 percent, are provided in table 8.
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Table 8--Estimated Costs of Matching Records to Federal Government
[2022 Dollars]
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Weighted
Year Total time average Total 3% discount 7% discount
(hours) wage annual
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1.................................. 417 53.88 22,468 21,814 $20,998
2.................................. 342 53.88 18,427 17,369 16,095
3.................................. 759 53.88 40,895 37,425 33,382
4.................................. 759 53.88 40,895 36,335 31,199
5.................................. 759 53.88 40,895 35,276 29,158
6.................................. 759 53.88 40,895 34,249 27,250
7.................................. 759 53.88 40,895 33,251 25,467
8.................................. 759 53.88 40,895 32,283 23,801
9.................................. 759 53.88 40,895 31,343 22,244
10................................. 759 53.88 40,895 30,430 20,789
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Total.......................... ........... ........... 368,055 309,774 250,383
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Annualized..................... ........... ........... ........... 36,315 35,649
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Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
The cost for matching records in the MMLD is $368,055 over a period
of 10 years. The total cost, discounted at 7 percent, is $250,383 over
a 10-year period.
This final cost factor of the rule to the Federal Government will
be cost savings from automating the process for inputting mariner
course completion data in MMLD as part of the evaluation of an MMC
application. Course completion data submitted electronically by
training providers will be matched to the MRN in MTAD and ultimately
recorded in the mariner's training profile in MMLD, rather than
evaluators manually inputting the course completion information
directly into the MMLD.
An NMC SME estimated that electronic submission will save the Coast
Guard 1 minute per record when submitted through Homeport, resulting in
cost savings for the Federal Government. There are 64,717 records
submitted annually, resulting in a savings of 64,717 minutes per year,
or 1,079 hours. The manual entry of mariner course completion data is
completed through a pool of 32 Coast Guard evaluators at NMC, 13 of
whom are GS-07 employees and 19 of whom are GS-09. Manual entry of
mariner course completion data is divided evenly among the pool,
meaning the evaluators all spend an equal amount of time on entering
course completion data, so that GS-07 employees perform 41 percent of
the manual entry, and GS-09 employees perform 59 percent of the manual
entry. The loaded wages for these personnel are $46.48 for GS-07s and
$56.85 for GS-09s.\8\
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\8\ See methodology outlined above for calculated loaded wages
for Federal employees.
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The total cost savings for this rule is derived by multiplying the
amount of time saved by the wages of Coast Guard personnel who had
previously done the manual entry of mariner course completion data.
This calculation must account for different wages of the personnel
based on their GS step, and the percentage of the manual entry
performed by the individuals. The total cost savings is $56,586 per
year, or $565,860 over a 10-year period, as outlined in table 9.
Table 9--Annual Cost Savings of Electronic Submission to the Government
[2022 Dollars]
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Percentage
of time by
GS step
Time manually entering course manually Total cost
completion data Evaluators entering Total hours Wages savings
course
completion
data (%)
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A B A * B C A * B * C
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1,079 hrs............................. GS-07 41 442 46.48/hr. 20,544
GS-09 59 637 56.85/hr. 36,041
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Total............................. ........... 1,079 ........... 56,586
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Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
Net Cost to the Federal Government
The net cost of this final rule to the Federal Government is found
by adding all three cost factors: the cost of verifying new Homeport
accounts, the cost of manually matching submitted records to a
mariner's profile in MMLD, and the cost savings that result from
eliminating the need to manually enter
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mariner course completion data. These combined factors result in an
overall cost savings for the Federal Government of $192,491 over 10
years, and a total of $142,393 over 10 years when discounted at 7
percent. The results are outlined in table 10.
Table 10--Total Cost to the Federal Government
[2022 Dollars]
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Cost savings
from
Verifying elimination of
Year homeport Matching manual entry Total 3% Discount 7% Discount
accounts records of course
completion
data
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A B C (A + B)-C ........... ...........
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1.............................. $2,773 $22,468 $56,586 ($32,910) ($31,951) ($30,757)
2.............................. 2,293 18,427 56,586 (34,301) (32,332) (29,960)
3.............................. 31 40,895 56,586 (15,660) (14,331) (12,783)
4.............................. 31 40,895 56,586 (15,660) (13,914) (11,947)
5.............................. 31 40,895 56,586 (15,660) (13,508) (11,165)
6.............................. 31 40,895 56,586 (15,660) (13,115) (10,435)
7.............................. 31 40,895 56,586 (15,660) (12,733) (9,752)
8.............................. 31 40,895 56,586 (15,660) (12,362) (9,114)
9.............................. 31 40,895 56,586 (15,660) (12,002) (8,518)
10............................. 31 40,895 56,586 (15,660) (11,653) (7,961)
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Total...................... 5,314 368,055 565,860 (192,491) (167,901) (142,393)
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Annualized................. ........... ........... .............. ........... (19,683) (20,273)
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Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
Net Total Cost of the Final Rule
The net cost of the final rule is found by taking the cost to
training providers and subtracting the cost savings to the Federal
Government. Table 11 shows the net cost of the final rule combining the
results from table 6 and table 10.
Table 11--Net Costs of the Final Rule:
[2022 Dollars]
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Cost to
Year training Cost to Total net 3% discount 7% discount
providers govt. cost
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1.............................................. $135,225 ($32,910) $102,315 $99,335 $95,621
2.............................................. 134,697 (34,301) 100,396 94,633 87,690
3.............................................. 132,212 (15,660) 116,552 106,662 95,141
4.............................................. 132,212 (15,660) 116,552 103,555 88,917
5.............................................. 132,212 (15,660) 116,552 100,539 83,100
6.............................................. 132,212 (15,660) 116,552 97,610 77,664
7.............................................. 132,212 (15,660) 116,552 94,767 72,583
8.............................................. 132,212 (15,660) 116,552 92,007 67,834
9.............................................. 132,212 (15,660) 116,552 89,327 63,397
10............................................. 132,212 (15,660) 116,552 86,726 59,249
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Total...................................... 1,327,618 (192,491) 1,135,127 965,161 791,196
Annualized................................. ........... ........... ........... 113,146 112,648
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Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
The estimated total cost of the final rule over a 10-year period is
approximately $1.135 million. The annualized total cost of the final
rule, when discounted at 3 and 7 percent, is $113,146 and $112,648,
respectively.
Benefits
The benefit of the rule will be to improve efficiency and accuracy
during the evaluation of MMC applications by streamlining the process
for verifying mariner course completions and eliminating the need for
manual entry of course information in MMLD. Currently, mariner course
completion data can be verified by having Coast Guard personnel call
the training provider to confirm that the mariner's reported course
completion information matches the records of the provider, and then
reconcile any discrepancies. Under this final rule, both the mariner
and the training provider will submit their course completion data to
the Coast Guard: the mariner submits course completion data with their
application for an MMC, and the training provider submits course
completion data through Homeport. NMC evaluators then verify that the
data submitted by the mariner matches the data submitted by the
training providers. If any discrepancies are found, an investigation
may be initiated to determine the nature of the discrepancy and whether
the mariner has met the requirements to be issued the credential.
Alternatives Considered
1. No action. We rejected this alternative because the Coast Guard
has a responsibility to improve the credentialing process for training
providers and mariners, and to minimize operating costs wherever
possible. These responsibilities will be better served under this final
rule than under the current process.
2. Coast Guard-provided serial numbers for training certificates.
Under
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this alternative, the Coast Guard would provide training providers with
a list of serial numbers to use on the course completion certificates
they issue to students. We rejected this alternative because, to
implement it, the Coast Guard would need to develop an electronic
system to track certificate serial numbers. Prior attempts at adding
new capabilities to the MMLD have been unsuccessful. Implementing this
alternative would require additional human resources to develop and
manage a secondary system to track certificate numbers and increase
application evaluation times due to the need to access multiple
databases to verify data. None of these requirements are feasible in
the immediate near term.
B. Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, we have
considered whether this final rule will have significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities. The term ``small
entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations
that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their
fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than
50,000.
The impact of this final rule on each training provider varies by
how many Coast Guard-approved courses a training provider offers in any
given year, and how many student records a training provider submits to
the Coast Guard. Larger training providers that offer many courses, and
thus manage more student records, have a larger burden from the final
rule, but they also have larger revenues. Conversely, smaller training
providers that manage fewer student records have a smaller burden under
this final rule but may have less revenue to mitigate the burden. To
assess the potential burden on small entities, we took a random sample
of the total population of Coast Guard-approved training providers and
multiplied the cost per course by the number of courses each training
provider offered in a year.
Of the 327 training providers impacted by this final rule, we took
a random sample of 173 companies (training providers) to achieve a 95-
percent confidence interval. We found 147 of the companies in the
random sample that had known revenues or employee information. Of
these, 100 had both measures, while 47 had only known employee
information. The sample represented 59 different North American
Industry Classification System codes, including schools, professional
training centers, and specific trades reflecting the range of courses
required to qualify for an MMC and associated endorsements.
Out of the sample of 173 companies (training providers), we found
166 small entities overall that could potentially be affected by this
final rule.\9\ Among the sample of 173 companies, we found that 74 are
small entities based on a revenue size standard, and 11 are small
entities based on an employee size standard. There was insufficient
information to determine the size of 81 companies, so we assumed that
they are also small entities. Overall, we found 166 small entities that
could potentially be affected by this final rule. Table 12 presents the
number of small entities based on employee size standard, revenue size
standard, or other information.
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\9\ The definitions for small entities were based on the July
2022 SBA Small Business Size Standards, https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2022-07/Table%20of%20Size%20Standards_Effective%20July%2014%202022_Final-508.pdf,(accessed Jan. 18th, 2024.)
Table 12--Number of Small Entities
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Category Number
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Small entities by revenue standard...................... 74
Small entities by employee standard..................... 11
Entities assumed to be small with insufficient 81
information............................................
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Total small entities................................ 166
Number of entities in sample............................ 173
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The annual impact of this final rule on each entity will be
proportional to the number of courses offered. Here, we use the number
of courses rather than the number of students, because the number of
Coast Guard-approved courses is known, but the number of students per
training provider is not. To estimate the impact, we multiply the
number of Coast Guard-approved courses offered by the estimated time
burden per course in hours, and then multiply by the loaded hourly wage
rate of the submitters.
According to an SME at the NMC, we estimate training provider class
sizes to be 20 students per course. We can estimate the per-course time
burden by multiplying the class size by the time it takes to submit a
student course completion record. Using the survey response range for
the time to submit each student's course completion record of 0.0114
hours (0.68 minutes) on the lower end, and 0.0688 hours (4.13 minutes)
on the higher end, we estimate an hourly range per course to be between
0.228 and 1.376 hours, for an average of .802 hours.
If a training provider offered two Coast Guard-approved courses,
for example, their burden would be approximately $81.90 (2 courses x
.802 hours x $51.06). For a rule to create an impact of more than 1
percent of revenues, an entity would need to have annual revenues less
than or equal to $8,190 ((2 x .802 x 51.06) x 100).
The mode of courses offered by small entities is one: most small
entities only offer one course. The mean of courses offered by small
entities is 9.22.
Table 13--Number of Courses and Cost of Rule by Small Entities
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Number of Percentage
Number of courses small of small Cost of
entities entities rule
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1................................ 49 29% $41
2................................ 17 10 82
3................................ 13 8 123
4................................ 16 10 164
5................................ 11 7 205
6................................ 3 2 246
7................................ 6 4 287
8................................ 4 2 328
9................................ 9 5 369
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10............................... 6 4 410
11............................... 2 1 450
12............................... 5 3 491
13............................... 1 1 532
14............................... 2 1 573
16............................... 1 1 655
18............................... 2 1 737
19............................... 1 1 778
20............................... 3 2 819
>20 *............................ 16 10 1,359
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Note: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
* Estimates for the ``over 20 courses'' category uses a mean of 32
courses, derived from a sample of ten small entities after removing
six large outliers.
Table 14 shows the number of small entities with a greater than 1
percent impact on their annual revenues as the percentage of the total
population of small entities that we found through our analysis. Of the
166 small entities for which we found revenue data from a survey
provided to a random sample of mariner training providers, over the 10-
year period of analysis, on the lower end, one small entity experienced
an impact of greater than 1 percent of its total annual revenues, and
on the higher end, five small entities experienced an impact of greater
than 1 percent of its total annual revenues. Therefore, an average of
three small entities are expected to experience an impact of greater
than 1 percent of its total annual revenues, which is not a substantial
number of small entities out of a total population of 327 training
providers that offer at least 1 course.
Table 14--Estimated Initial and Annual Impact of the Final Rule on Small
Entities
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Lower Higher Average
Category estimate estimate estimate
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Number of small entities where 1 5 3
impact is greater than 1% of
revenues........................
Percentage of small entities 0.60% 3.01% 1.8%
where impact is greater than 1%
of revenues.....................
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Table 15 shows the number of small entities affected by the final
rule as a percentage of the small entities' total annual revenues.
Table 15--Estimated Initial and Annual Percentage Revenue Impact of the
Final Rule on Small Entities
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Lower Higher Average
Category estimate estimate estimate
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Impact <1% of revenues........... 91 87 89
Impact 1 to 2% of revenues....... 0 2 1
Impact 2 to 3% of revenues....... 1 1 1
Impact 3 to 4% of revenues....... 0 1 .5
Impact greater than 4% of 0 1 .5
revenues........................
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Total........................ 92 92 92
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Hence, for small entities that will receive an impact on their
revenues of 1 percent or more, we find that 1 percent of the small
entities will be impacted using the lower estimate, 5 percent of small
entities will be impacted using the higher estimate, and 3 percent of
small entities will be impacted on average (low estimate: 1 / 92 = .01,
or 1%; high estimate: 5 / 92 = .05, or 5%; average estimate: 3 / 92 =
.03, or 3%).
Therefore, the Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that
this final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
C. Assistance for Small Entities
Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, Public Law 104-121, we offer to assist small
entities in understanding this rule so that they can better evaluate
its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking. The Coast Guard
will not retaliate against small entities that question or complain
about this rule or any policy or action of the Coast Guard.
Small businesses may send comments on the actions of Federal
employees who enforce, or otherwise determine compliance with, Federal
regulations to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory
Enforcement Ombudsman and the Regional Small Business Regulatory
Fairness Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and
rates each agency's responsiveness to small business. If you wish to
comment on actions by employees of the Coast Guard, call 1-888-REG-FAIR
(1-888-734-3247).
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D. Collection of Information
This rule calls for a revision to a collection of information under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. As defined in
5 CFR 1320.3(c), ``collection of information'' comprises reporting,
recordkeeping, monitoring, posting, labeling, and other similar
actions. The title and description of the information collections, a
description of those who must collect the information, and an estimate
of the total annual burden follow. The estimate covers the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing sources of data, gathering
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires the Coast Guard to
consider the impact of paperwork and other information collection
burdens imposed on the public. According to the 1995 amendments to the
Paperwork Reduction Act, an agency may not collect or sponsor the
collection of information, nor may it impose an information collection
requirement, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
This action contains amendments to the existing information
collection requirements previously approved under OMB Control Number
1625-0028. This information collection request (ICR) governs all the
information collected for training provider approvals, including
information required to evaluate and approve the initial course, review
of these materials by the NMC, and ongoing recordkeeping requirements
for each student taking a course. This final rule increases the hour
burden of recordkeeping for each Coast Guard-approved course but does
not increase the number of responses (number of Coast Guard-approved
courses).
The hour burden of the ICR represents the total annual burden per
Coast Guard-approved course, assuming that each Coast Guard-approved
course is offered 12 times per year with 20 students in each class. The
current hour burden is 40 hours for each Coast Guard-approved course,
or 0.1667 hours for each student record. Since the regulatory analysis
for this rule used a range for the estimated burden, we use the higher
end of the range to provide a conservative estimate of the increase in
recordkeeping burden. This rule increases the hour burden per student
record by 0.0688, from 0.1667 to 0.2355 hours. This creates a total
increase of about 16.51 hours per course, from 40.01 hours per course
(0.1667 x 20 students x 12 courses) to about 56.52 hours for each
course (0.2355 x 20 students x 12 courses).
The title and description of the information collection, a
description of those who must collect the information, and an estimate
of the total annual burden, follow. The estimates cover the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing sources of data, gathering
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection. The current OMB-approved number of responses is 2,757.
Title: Course Approval and Records for Merchant Mariner Training
Schools.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0028.
Summary of the Collection of Information: This ICR governs all of
the information collected for training providers, including approvals
(information required to evaluate and approve the course and any
information regarding the STCW Quality Standard System (QSS) manual)
and ongoing recordkeeping requirements.
Need for Information: Title 46 of the CFR, section 10.402,
specifies the information that must be submitted for the Coast Guard to
evaluate and approve each course. The Coast Guard is obligated under
the STCW Convention to validate the training completed by mariners and
to ensure that the approved training is monitored under a QSS.
Proposed Use of Information: Personnel from NMC review the
submitted information to ensure training courses and programs meet
minimum standards for Coast Guard approval. The recordkeeping
requirements help the Coast Guard monitor the performance of schools
with Coast Guard-approved courses.
Description of the Respondents: Training providers approved to
provide maritime courses or programs.
Number of Respondents: The OMB-approved number of respondents for
this collection of information remains at 326.
Frequency of Response: Training providers submit student records
every year based on the courses offered and the number of students
completing those courses.
Burden of Response: The total burden per response is 56.52 hours
per course, which will increase from the previously approved number of
40.01 hours per course.
Estimate of Annual Hour Burden: The final rule increases the
estimated annual burden by 51,429 hours (16.51 hours per course
multiplied by 3,115 total courses). This will increase the burden from
146,109 hours to 197,538 hours.
As required by 44 U.S.C. 3507(d), we will submit a copy of this
final rule to OMB for its review of the collection of information.
You are not required to respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid control number from OMB. OMB has
not yet completed its review of this collection. Before the Coast Guard
may enforce new collection of information requirements introduced by
this rule, OMB will need to approve the Coast Guard's request to
collect this information. We will publish a Federal Register notice
once OMB takes action on our request.
E. Federalism
A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132
(Federalism) if it has a substantial direct effect on States, on the
relationship between the National Government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of
Government. We have analyzed this final rule under Executive Order
13132 and have determined that it is consistent with the fundamental
federalism principles and preemption requirements described in
Executive Order 13132. Our analysis follows.
It is well settled that States may not regulate in categories
reserved for regulation by the Coast Guard. It is also well settled
that all of the categories covered in 46 U.S.C. 7101 and 7301
(personnel qualifications of officers and ratings serving on board
merchant vessels) and any other category in which Congress intended the
Coast Guard to be the sole source of a vessel's obligations, are within
the field foreclosed from regulation by the States. See the Supreme
Court's decision in United States v. Locke, 529 U.S. 89, 120 S.Ct. 1135
(2000), which found that the States are foreclosed from regulating
tanker vessels. See also Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 435 U.S. 151,
157, 98 S.Ct., 988 (1978), which found that State regulation is
preempted where ``the scheme of federal regulation may be so pervasive
as to make reasonable the inference that Congress left no room for the
States to supplement it [or where] the Act of Congress may touch a
field in which the federal interest is so dominant that the federal
system will be assumed to preclude enforcement of state laws on the
same subject.'' (Citations omitted). Because this final rule involves
the credentialing of merchant mariner officers and ratings under 46
U.S.C. 7101 and 7301 respectively, it relates to personnel
qualifications for vessels subject to a pervasive scheme of Federal
regulation and is therefore foreclosed from
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regulation by the States. Because the States may not regulate within
these categories, this final rule is consistent with the fundamental
federalism principles and preemption requirements in Executive Order
13132.
While it is well settled that States may not regulate in categories
in which Congress intended the Coast Guard to be the sole source of a
vessel's obligations, the Coast Guard recognizes the key role that
State and local governments may have in making regulatory
determinations. Additionally, for rules with federalism implications
and preemptive effect, Executive Order 13132 specifically directs
agencies to consult with State and local governments during the
rulemaking process. If you believe this rule will have implications for
federalism under Executive Order 13132, please call or email the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble.
F. Unfunded Mandates
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538,
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or Tribal Government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 (adjusted for
inflation) or more in any one year. Although this rule will not result
in such expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere
in this preamble.
G. Taking of Private Property
This rule will not cause a taking of private property or otherwise
have taking implications under Executive Order 12630 (Governmental
Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property
Rights).
H. Civil Justice Reform
This rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2)
of Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform) to minimize litigation,
eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.
I. Protection of Children
We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13045 (Protection
of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks). This
rule is not an economically significant rule and will not create an
environmental risk to health or risk to safety that might
disproportionately affect children.
J. Indian Tribal Governments
This rule does not have Tribal implications under Executive Order
13175 (Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments),
because it will not have a substantial direct effect on one or more
Indian Tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and
Indian Tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities
between the Federal Government and Indian Tribes.
K. Energy Effects
We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13211 (Actions
Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use). We have determined that it is not a
``significant energy action'' under that order because it is not a
``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866 and is
not likely to have a significant adverse effect on the supply,
distribution, or use of energy.
L. Technical Standards
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act, codified as a
note to 15 U.S.C. 272, directs agencies to use voluntary consensus
standards in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides
Congress, through OMB, with an explanation of why using these standards
would be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical.
Voluntary consensus standards are technical standards (That is,
specifications of materials, performance, design, or operation; test
methods; sampling procedures; and related management systems practices)
that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies.
This rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we did not
consider the use of voluntary consensus standards.
M. Environment
We have analyzed this final rule under DHS Management Directive
023-01, Rev. 1, associated implementing instructions, and Environmental
Planning COMDTINST 5090.1 (series), which guide the Coast Guard in
complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), and have made a determination that this action is one of
a category of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a
significant effect on the human environment. A Record of Environmental
Consideration supporting this determination is available in the docket.
For instructions on locating the docket, see the ADDRESSES section of
this preamble. This final rule will be categorically excluded under
paragraphs L54 and L56 of Appendix A, table 1 of DHS Instruction Manual
023-01-001-01, Rev. 1. Paragraph L54 pertains to regulations that are
editorial or procedural. Paragraph L56 pertains to regulations
concerning training, qualifying, licensing, and disciplining maritime
personnel.
This final rule involves establishing a new procedure for issuing
MMCs to mariners who have met the regulatory requirements for the
individual endorsements as described in 46 CFR parts 11 and 12. Under
this new procedure, Coast Guard-approved training providers will be
required to electronically submit student course completion data to the
Coast Guard within 5 business days of a course ending. The NMC will use
this information to validate mariner course completion certificates
submitted as part of an application for an MMC.
List of Subjects
46 CFR Part 10
Incorporation by reference, Penalties, Personally identifiable
information, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Seafarers.
46 CFR Part 11
Incorporation by reference, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Schools, Seafarers.
46 CFR Part 12
Incorporation by reference, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Schools, Seafarers.
46 CFR Part 13
Incorporation by reference, Cargo vessels, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Seafarers.
46 CFR Part 15
Incorporation by reference, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Seafarers, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 16
Drug testing, Marine safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Safety, Transportation.
46 CFR Part 30
Cargo vessels, Foreign relations, Hazardous materials
transportation, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Seafarers.
46 CFR Part 35
Cargo vessels, Incorporation by reference, Marine safety,
Navigation (water), Occupational safety and health, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Seafarers.
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46 CFR Part 39
Cargo vessels, Fire prevention, Hazardous materials transportation,
Marine safety, Occupational safety and health, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends
46 CFR parts 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 30, 35, and 39 as follows:
PART 10--MERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIAL
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1. The authority citation for part 10 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103,
2104, 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. chapter 73; 46 U.S.C.
chapter 75; 46 U.S.C. 7701, 8903, 8904, and 70105; Executive Order
10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.
PART 10--[Amended]
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2. In part 10, remove the term in the left column wherever it appears
and add in its place the term in the right column::
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Remove Add
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Certificate of registry................... Certificate of Registry.
certificate of registry................... Certificate of Registry.
merchant mariner credential............... Merchant Mariner Credential.
merchant mariner credentials.............. Merchant Mariner
Credentials.
Merchant mariner's document............... Merchant Mariner's Document.
merchant mariner's document............... Merchant Mariner's Document.
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3. Amend Sec. 10.101 by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.101 Purpose.
* * * * *
(b) A means of determining that an applicant is competent to serve
under the authority of their Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC);
* * * * *
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4. Amend Sec. 10.103 by revising paragraph (a) and the introductory
text of paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.103 Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part
with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved incorporation by
reference material (IBR) is available for inspection at the Coast Guard
and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact
Coast Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing (CG-MMC), U.S.
Coast Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20593-7509; phone: 202-372-1492; website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/. For information on
the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected]. The
material may be obtained from:
(b) International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4 Albert Embankment,
London SE1 7SR, England; phone +44 (0)20 7735 7611; website:
www.imo.org.
* * * * *
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5. Amend Sec. 10.107 by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.107 Definitions in subchapter B.
* * * * *
(b) As used in this subchapter, the following terms apply only to
merchant marine personnel credentialing and the manning of vessels
subject to the manning provisions in the navigation and shipping laws
of the United States:
Able Seafarer-Deck means a rating qualified in accordance with the
provisions of Regulation II/5 of the STCW Convention.
Able Seafarer-Engine means a rating qualified in accordance with
the provisions of Regulation III/5 of the STCW Convention.
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels means a credentialed mariner in
training to perform bridge watchkeeping duties onboard a towing vessel,
who must be under the direct supervision and in the continuous presence
of a Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels.
Approved means approved by the Coast Guard.
Approved training means training that is approved by the Coast
Guard or meets the requirements of Sec. 10.408.
Articulated tug barge or ATB means any tug-barge combination which,
through the use of an articulated or ``hinged'' connection system
between the tug and barge, allows independent movement in the critical
area of fore and aft pitch.
Assistance towing means towing a disabled vessel for consideration.
Assistant Engineer, for national endorsements, means a qualified
officer in the engine department other than the Chief Engineer.
Authorized official includes, but is not limited to, a Federal,
State or local law enforcement officer.
Ballast Control Operator or BCO means an officer restricted to
service on mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) whose duties involve
the operation of the complex ballast system found on many MODUs. When
assigned to a MODU, a Ballast Control Operator is equivalent to a Mate
on a conventional vessel.
Barge means a non-self-propelled vessel as defined in 46 U.S.C.
102.
Barge Supervisor or BS means an officer restricted to service on
MODUs whose duties involve support to the Offshore Installation Manager
(OIM) in marine-related matters including, but not limited to,
maintaining watertight integrity, inspecting and maintaining mooring
and towing components, and maintaining emergency and other marine-
related equipment. A Barge Supervisor, when assigned to a MODU, is
equivalent to a Mate on a conventional vessel.
Boatswain means the leading seafarer and immediate supervisor of
deck crew who supervises the maintenance of deck gear.
Boundary line marks the dividing point between internal and
offshore waters for the purposes of several U.S. statutes and, with
exceptions, generally follows the trend of the seaward, highwater
shorelines. See part 7 of this chapter.
Cargo engineer means a person holding an officer endorsement on a
dangerous-liquid tankship or a liquefied-gas tankship whose primary
responsibility is maintaining the cargo system and cargo-handling
equipment.
Ceremonial license means a document that reflects a mariner's
existing national officer endorsement and is suitable for framing, but
is not valid for use as a Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC).
Chemical tanker means a tank vessel that is certificated to carry
or carries chemicals in bulk as cargo or cargo residue. For the
purposes of qualifying for an STCW endorsement for advanced chemical
tanker cargo operations, this includes tank barges.
Chief Engineer means the senior engineer responsible for the
mechanical propulsion and the operation and maintenance of the
mechanical and electrical installations of the vessel.
Chief Mate means the deck officer next in rank to the Master and
upon whom the command of the vessel will fall in the event of
incapacity of the Master.
Coast Guard-accepted means--
(1) That the Coast Guard has officially acknowledged in writing
that the material or process at issue meets the applicable
requirements;
(2) That the Coast Guard has issued an official policy statement
listing or describing the material or process as meeting the applicable
requirements; or
(3) That an entity acting on behalf of the Coast Guard under a
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of Agreement has determined that the material or process meets the
applicable requirements.
Coast Guard-accepted QSS organization means an entity that has been
approved by the Coast Guard to accept and monitor training on behalf of
the Coast Guard.
Coastwise seagoing vessel means a vessel that is authorized by its
Certificate of Inspection to proceed beyond the Boundary Line
established in part 7 of this chapter.
Coastwise voyage is a domestic voyage and means a voyage in which a
vessel proceeds--
(1) From one port or place in the United States to another port or
place in the United States;
(2) From a port or place in a United States possession to another
port or place in the same possession, and passes outside the line
dividing inland waters from the high seas; or
(3) From a port or place in the United States or its possessions
and passes outside the line dividing inland waters from the high seas
and navigates on the high seas, and then returns to the same port or
place.
Communicable disease means any disease capable of being transmitted
from one person to another directly, by contact with excreta or other
discharges from the body; or indirectly, via substances or inanimate
objects contaminated with excreta or other discharges from an infected
person. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12113, the Department of Health and Human
Services periodically publishes in the Federal Register a list of
infectious and communicable diseases that are transmissible through the
food supply, and that list provides examples of communicable diseases
for purposes of Sec. 10.304.
Conviction means that the applicant for a Merchant Mariner
Credential has been found guilty, by judgment or plea by a court of
record of the United States, the District of Columbia, any State,
territory, or possession of the United States, a foreign country, or
any military court, of a criminal felony or misdemeanor or of an
offense described in section 205 of the National Driver Register Act of
1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 30304). If an applicant pleads guilty or no
contest, is granted deferred adjudication, or is required by the court
to attend classes, make contributions of time or money, receive
treatment, submit to any manner of probation or supervision, or forgo
appeal of a trial court's conviction, then the Coast Guard will
consider the applicant to have received a conviction. A later
expungement of the conviction will not negate a conviction unless the
Coast Guard is satisfied that the expungement is based upon a showing
that the court's earlier conviction was in error.
Credential means any or all of the following:
(1) Merchant Mariner's Document (MMD).
(2) Merchant Mariner's License.
(3) STCW endorsement.
(4) Certificate of Registry (COR).
(5) Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC).
Criminal record review means the process or action taken by the
Coast Guard to determine whether an applicant for, or holder of, a
credential is a safe and suitable person to be issued such a credential
or to be employed on a vessel under the authority of such a credential.
Dangerous drug means a narcotic drug, a controlled substance, or a
controlled-substance analogue (as defined in section 102 of the
Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 802)).
Dangerous liquid or DL means a liquid listed in 46 CFR 153.40 of
this chapter that is not a liquefied gas as defined in this part.
Liquid cargoes in bulk listed in table 2 to part 153 of this chapter
are not dangerous-liquid cargoes when carried by non-oceangoing barges.
Day means, for the purpose of complying with the service
requirements of this subchapter, 8 hours of watchstanding or day-
working not to include overtime. On vessels authorized by 46 U.S.C.
8104 and Sec. 15.705 of this subchapter, to operate a two-watch
system, a 12-hour working day may be creditable as 1\1/2\ days of
service. On vessels of less than 100 GRT, a day is considered as 8
hours unless the Coast Guard determines that the vessel's operating
schedule makes this criteria inappropriate; in no case will this period
be less than 4 hours. When computing service on MODUs for any
endorsement, a day of MODU service must be a minimum of 4 hours, and no
additional credit is received for periods served over 8 hours. For
cadet service on a training ship furnished by the Maritime
Administration under 46 CFR 310.4, a day may be creditable as 1\1/2\
days of service.
Deck crew (excluding individuals serving under their officer
endorsement) means, as used in 46 U.S.C. 8702, only the following
members of the deck department: Able Seafarers, Boatswains, and
Ordinary Seafarers.
Deck department means the department aboard a ship responsible for
navigation, cargo, command, and control functions.
Designated areas means those areas within pilotage waters for which
First-Class Pilot endorsements are issued under part 11, subpart G, of
this chapter, by the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI). The
areas for which First-Class Pilot endorsements are issued within a
particular Marine Inspection Zone and the specific requirements to
obtain them may be obtained from the OCMI concerned.
Designated Duty Engineer or DDE means a qualified engineer, who may
be the sole engineer on vessels with a periodically unmanned engine
room.
Designated Examiner or DE means a person who has been trained or
instructed in techniques of training or assessment on towing vessels
and is otherwise qualified to evaluate whether an applicant has
achieved the level of proficiency required to hold a towing vessel
endorsement on an MMC. This person must be approved by the Coast Guard.
Designated Medical Examiner means a licensed physician, licensed
physician's assistant, or licensed nurse practitioner who has been
trained and approved to conduct medical and physical examinations of
merchant mariners on behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard and may be
delegated limited authority to grant waivers and approve physical/
medical suitability for service.
Directly supervised/direct supervision (only when referring to
issues related to tank vessel endorsements) means being in the direct
line of sight of the person-in-charge or maintaining direct, two-way
communications by a convenient, reliable means, such as a predetermined
working frequency over a handheld radio.
Disabled vessel means a vessel that needs assistance, whether
docked, moored, anchored, aground, adrift, or underway. This does not
mean a barge or any other vessel not regularly operated under its own
power.
Document of Continuity means a document issued by the Coast Guard
to seafarers who are unwilling or otherwise unable to meet the
requirements of Sec. 10.227, for the sole purpose of maintaining an
individual's eligibility for renewal of an endorsement.
Domestic voyage means a voyage from one United States port to
another United States port, without entering waters under the
jurisdiction of another country unless the United States has entered
into a treaty or an agreement with that country respecting mutual
recognition of national mariner qualifications. This includes a voyage
to nowhere that returns to the originating port.
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Drug test means a chemical test of an individual's urine for
evidence of dangerous drug use.
Dual-mode integrated tug barge means an integrated tug barge (ITB)
involving an articulated (flexible) coupling system where the towing
unit rolls and heaves (articulates) about a horizontal pivot point.
Dual mode units resemble a conventional tug and are capable of towing
in other configurations (astern or alongside).
Electro-technical Officer or ETO means an officer qualified in
accordance with the provisions of Regulation III/6 of the STCW
Convention.
Electro-technical Rating or ETR means a rating qualified in
accordance with the provisions of Regulation III/7 of the STCW
Convention.
Employment assigned to means the total period of time a person is
assigned to work on MODUs, including time spent ashore as part of
normal crew rotation.
Endorsement is a statement of a mariner's qualifications and, for
the purposes of this chapter, includes only those endorsements listed
in Sec. 10.109.
Engine department means the department aboard a ship responsible
for the main propulsion and auxiliary systems, and other mechanical,
electrical, hydraulic, and refrigeration systems, including deck
machinery and cargo-handling equipment.
Entry-level mariner means a mariner holding no rating other than
Ordinary Seafarer, Wiper, Steward's Department, or Steward's Department
Food Handler (F.H.).
Evaluation means processing an application, from the point of
receipt to approval or denial of the application, including review of
all documents and records submitted with an application as well as
those obtained from public records and databases.
Fails a chemical test for dangerous drugs means that the result of
a chemical test conducted under 49 CFR part 40 was reported as
``positive'' by a Medical Review Officer because the chemical test
indicated the presence of a dangerous drug at a level equal to or
exceeding the levels established in 49 CFR part 40.
First Assistant Engineer means the engineer officer next in rank to
the Chief Engineer and upon whom the responsibility for the mechanical
propulsion and the operation and maintenance of the mechanical and
electrical installations of the vessel will fall in the event of the
incapacity of the Chief Engineer.
Great Lakes, for the purpose of calculating service requirements
for an endorsement, means the Great Lakes and their connecting and
tributary waters, including the Calumet River as far as the Thomas J.
O'Brien Lock and Controlling Works (between miles 326 and 327), the
Chicago River as far as the east side of the Ashland Avenue Bridge
(between miles 321 and 322), and the Saint Lawrence River as far east
as the lower exit of Saint Lambert Lock. For purposes of requiring MMCs
with rating endorsements, the connecting and tributary waters are not
part of the Great Lakes.
Gross register tons or GRT means the gross ton measurement of the
vessel under 46 U.S.C. chapter 145, Regulatory Measurement.
Gross tonnage or GT means the gross tonnage measurement of the
vessel under 46 U.S.C. chapter 143, Convention Measurement.
Harbor assist means the use of a towing vessel during maneuvers to
dock, undock, moor, or unmoor a vessel, or to escort a vessel with
limited maneuverability.
High-Speed Craft Type Rating (HSC) means an endorsement for
specific duty on a particular type and model of high-speed craft
(compliant with the High-Speed Craft Code).
Horsepower or HP means, for the purpose of this subchapter, the
total maximum continuous shaft horsepower of the entire vessel's main
propulsion machinery as determined by the manufacturer. This term is
used when describing a vessel's propulsion power and also when placing
limitations on an engineer officer license or endorsement. One
horsepower equals 0.75 kW.
ILO means the International Labour Organization.
IMO means the International Maritime Organization.
Increase in scope means additional authority added to an existing
credential, such as adding a new route or increasing the authorized
horsepower or tonnage.
Inland waters means the navigable waters of the United States
shoreward of the Boundary Lines as described in part 7 of this chapter,
excluding the Great Lakes, and, for towing vessels, excluding the
Western Rivers.
Integrated tug barge or ITB means any tug barge combination which,
through the use of special design features or a specially designed
connection system, has increased seakeeping capabilities relative to a
tug and barge in the conventional pushing mode. An ITB can be divided
into either a dual-mode ITB or a push-mode ITB. The definitions for
those categories can be found elsewhere in this section.
Invalid credential means an MMC, MMD, License, STCW endorsement, or
Certificate of Registry that has been suspended or revoked, has
expired, has been tampered with, has not been signed, or has been
superseded in accordance with Sec. 10.205.
ISM means the International Safety Management Code.
Kilowatt or kW means 1\1/3\ horsepower. This term is used when
describing a vessel's propulsion power and also when placing
limitations on an engineer officer license or endorsement.
Large passenger vessel, for the purposes of subpart H of part 12,
and part 15 (both of this subchapter), means a vessel of more than
70,000 gross tons, as measured under 46 U.S.C. 14302 and documented
under the laws of the United States, with capacity for at least 2,000
passengers and a coastwise endorsement under 46 U.S.C. chapter 121.
Lifeboat Operator means a mariner who is qualified to take charge
of, lower, and operate survival craft and related survival equipment on
a vessel.
Lifeboat Operator-Limited means a mariner who is qualified to take
charge of, lower, and operate liferafts, rescue boats, and other
survival equipment on vessels where lifeboats are not installed.
Liquefied gas or LG means a cargo that has a vapor pressure of 172
kPa (25 psia) or more at 37.8 [deg]C (100 [deg]F).
Liquefied gas tanker means a tank vessel that is certificated to
carry or carries liquefied gases in bulk as cargo or cargo residue. For
the purposes of qualifying for an STCW endorsement for advanced
liquefied gas tanker cargo operations, this includes tank barges.
Liquid cargo in bulk means a liquid or liquefied gas listed in
Sec. 153.40 of this chapter and carried as a liquid cargo or liquid-
cargo residue in integral, fixed, or portable tanks, except a liquid
cargo carried in a portable tank actually loaded and discharged from a
vessel with the contents intact.
Management level means the level of responsibility associated
with--
(1) Serving as Master, Chief Mate, Chief Engineer Officer, or
Second Engineer Officer onboard a seagoing ship; and
(2) Ensuring that all functions within the designated area of
responsibility are properly performed.
Marine chemist means a person certificated by the National Fire
Protection Association as a marine chemist.
Master means the officer having command of a vessel.
Mate means a qualified officer in the deck department other than
the Master.
Medical Certificate means a certificate issued by the Coast Guard
under subpart C of this part 10, that serves as proof
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that the seafarer meets the medical and physical standards for merchant
mariners.
Merchant Mariner Credential or MMC means a credential issued by the
Coast Guard under this part 10. It combines the individual Merchant
Mariner's Document, License, and Certificate of Registry enumerated in
46 U.S.C. subtitle II part E as well as the STCW endorsement into a
single credential that serves as the mariner's qualification document,
certificate of identification, and certificate of service.
MMC application means the application for the MMC, as well as the
application for any endorsement on an MMC.
Mobile offshore drilling unit or MODU means a vessel capable of
engaging in drilling operations for the exploration for or exploitation
of subsea resources. MODU designs include the following:
(1) Bottom bearing units, which include--
(i) Self-elevating (or jack-up) units with moveable, bottom bearing
legs capable of raising the hull above the surface of the sea; and
(ii) Submersible units of ship-shape, barge-type, or novel hull
design, other than a self-elevating unit, intended for operating while
bottom bearing.
(2) Surface units with a ship-shape or barge-type displacement hull
of single or multiple hull construction intended for operating in a
floating condition, including semi-submersibles and drill ships.
Month means 30 days, for the purpose of complying with the service
requirements of this subchapter.
National Driver Register or NDR means the nationwide repository of
information on drivers maintained by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration under 49 U.S.C. chapter 303.
National officer endorsement means an annotation on an MMC that
allows a mariner to serve in the capacities listed in Sec. 10.109(a).
The officer endorsement serves as the License and/or Certificate of
Registry pursuant to 46 U.S.C. subtitle II part E.
National rating endorsement means an annotation on an MMC that
allows a mariner to serve in those capacities set out in Sec.
10.109(b) and (c). The rating endorsement serves as the Merchant
Mariner's Document pursuant to 46 U.S.C. subtitle II part E.
NDR-listed convictions means a conviction of any of the following
motor vehicle-related offenses or comparable offenses:
(1) Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of, or
impaired by, alcohol or a controlled substance; or
(2) A traffic violation arising in connection with a fatal traffic
accident, reckless driving, or racing on the highways.
Near-coastal means ocean waters not more than 200 miles offshore
from the United States and its possessions, except for MMCs endorsed as
Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessel (OUPV) for which near-coastal
is limited to waters not more than 100 miles offshore from the United
States and its possessions. This also includes those near-coastal
waters identified by another Administration when the United States has
entered into a treaty or an agreement with that country respecting the
recognition of the U.S. near-coastal endorsement.
Non-resident alien, for the purposes of subchapter H of part 12,
and part 15, means an individual who is not a citizen or alien lawfully
admitted to the United States for permanent residence, but who is
employable in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), including an alien crewmember described in
section 101(a)(15)(D)(i) of that Act who meets the requirements of 46
U.S.C. 8103(k)(3)(A).
Oceans means the waters seaward of the Boundary Lines as described
in part 7 of this chapter. For the purposes of establishing sea service
credit, the waters of the Inside Passage between Puget Sound and Cape
Spencer, Alaska, and the inland waters of another country are not
considered oceans.
Officer endorsement means an annotation on an MMC that allows a
mariner to serve in the capacities listed in Sec. 10.109.
Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, or OCMI means, for the
purposes of this subchapter, the commanding officer of the National
Maritime Center, or any person designated as such by the Commandant, in
accordance with Sec. 1.01-5(b).
Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch in a manned engineroom
(OICEW) or Designated Duty Engineer (DDE) in a periodically unmanned
engineroom means an engineering officer qualified at the operational
level.
Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW) means a deck
officer qualified at the operational level.
Offshore Installation Manager or OIM means an officer restricted to
service on MODUs. An assigned Offshore Installation Manager is
equivalent to a Master on a conventional vessel and is the person
designated by the owner or operator to be in complete and ultimate
command of the unit.
Oil tanker means a tank vessel that is certificated to carry or
carries oil in bulk as cargo or cargo residue. For the purposes of
qualifying for an STCW endorsement for Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo
Operations, this includes tank barges.
On location means that a mobile offshore drilling unit is bottom
bearing or moored with anchors placed in the drilling configuration.
Operate, operating, or operation (as applied to the manning
requirements of vessels carrying passengers) refers to a vessel any
time passengers are embarked whether the vessel is underway, at anchor,
made fast to shore, or aground.
Operational level means the level of responsibility associated
with--
(1) Serving as Officer in Charge of a Navigational or Engineering
Watch, or as Designated Duty Engineer for periodically unmanned
machinery spaces, or as Radio Operator onboard a seagoing ship; and
(2) Maintaining direct control over the performance of all
functions within the designated area of responsibility in accordance
with proper procedures and under the direction of an individual serving
in the management level for that area of responsibility.
Orally assisted examination means an examination as described in
part 11, subpart I, of this subchapter administered orally and
documented by a Coast Guard examiner.
Overriding operational condition means circumstances in which
essential shipboard work cannot be delayed due to safety or
environmental reasons, or could not have reasonably been anticipated at
the commencement of the voyage.
Participation, when used with regard to the service on transfers
required for tank vessel endorsements by Sec. Sec. 13.120, 13.203, or
13.303 of this subchapter, means either actual participation in the
transfers or close observation of how the transfers are conducted and
supervised.
Passes a chemical test for dangerous drugs means that the result of
a chemical test conducted according to 49 CFR part 40 is reported as
``negative'' by a Medical Review Officer according to that part.
Periodically unattended engine room means a space containing main
propulsion and associated machinery and all sources of main electrical
supply which is not at all times manned under all operating conditions,
including maneuvering.
PIC means a Person in Charge.
Pilot of Towing Vessels means a qualified officer of a towing
vessel operated only on inland routes.
Pilotage waters means the navigable waters of the United States,
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all inland waters and offshore waters to a distance of 3 nautical miles
from the baseline from which the Territorial Sea is measured.
Practical demonstration means the performance of an activity under
the direct observation of a Designated Examiner or Qualified Assessor
for the purpose of establishing that the performer is sufficiently
proficient in a practical skill to meet a specified standard of
competence or other objective criterion.
Propulsion power means the total maximum continuous-rated output
power of the main propulsion machinery of a vessel determined by the
manufacturer, in either kilowatts or horsepower, which appears on the
ship's Certificate of Registry or other official document and excludes
thrusters and other auxiliary machinery.
Public vessel means a vessel that--
(1) Is owned, or demise chartered, and operated by the United
States Government or a government of a foreign country; and
(2) Is not engaged in commercial service.
Push-mode ITBs means those ITBs that involve a rigid coupling
system and, when not coupled to the barge, are incapable of conducting
towing in any other configuration (such as astern or alongside)
because, by themselves, they have very limited seakeeping capability.
The propelling unit moves as one with the barge unit.
Qualified Assessor or QA means a person who is qualified to
evaluate, for STCW endorsements, whether an applicant has demonstrated
the necessary level of competence in the task for which the assessment
is being made. This person must be individually approved by the Coast
Guard.
Qualified Instructor means a person who has been trained in
instructional techniques and is otherwise qualified to provide required
training to candidates for an MMC endorsement. A faculty member
employed at a State maritime academy or the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy operated under 46 CFR part 310 and instructing a course on
merchant marine officer or rating knowledge, understanding, or
proficiency requirements is qualified to serve as a Qualified
Instructor in their area of specialization without individual
evaluation by the Coast Guard.
Qualified rating means various categories of Able Seafarer,
Qualified Member of the Engine Department, or tank vessel endorsements
issued on MMCs.
Quality Standard System or QSS means a set of policies, procedures,
processes, and data required to establish and fulfill the
organization's objectives.
Raise of grade means an increase in the level of authority and
responsibility associated with an officer or rating endorsement, such
as from Mate to Master or Second Assistant Engineer to First Assistant
Engineer.
Rating endorsement is an annotation on an MMC that allows a mariner
to serve in those capacities set out in Sec. 10.109.
Regional examination center or REC means a field office of the
National Maritime Center that receives and screens credential
applications, conducts approved course oversight, and administers Coast
Guard examinations as required by this subchapter.
Rest means a period of time during which the person concerned is
off duty, is not performing work (which includes administrative tasks
such as chart correction or preparation of port-entry documents), and
is allowed to sleep without interruption.
Restricted tank vessel endorsement means a valid tank vessel
endorsement on an MMC restricting its holder as the Coast Guard deems
appropriate. For instance, the endorsement may restrict the holder to
one or a combination of the following: A specific cargo or cargoes; a
specific vessel or vessels; a specific facility or facilities; a
specific employer or employers; a specific activity or activities (such
as loading or unloading in a cargo transfer); or a particular area of
water.
Rivers means a river, canal, or other similar body of water
designated as such by the Coast Guard.
Safe and suitable person means a person whose prior record,
including but not limited to criminal record and/or NDR record,
provides no information indicating that their character and habits of
life would support the belief that permitting such a person to serve
under the MMC and/or endorsement sought would clearly be a threat to
the safety and security of life or property, detrimental to good
discipline, or adverse to the interests of the United States. See
Sec. Sec. 10.211 and 10.213 for the regulations associated with this
definition.
Seagoing service means service onboard a ship/vessel relevant to
the issue of a credential or other qualification.
Seagoing vessel means a ship that operates beyond the boundary line
specified in part 7 of this chapter.
Second Engineer Officer means an engineer officer next in rank to
the Chief Engineer Officer and upon whom the responsibility for the
mechanical propulsion and the operation and maintenance of the
mechanical and electrical installations of the ship will fall in the
event of the incapacity of the Chief Engineer Officer.
Self-propelled has the same meaning as the terms ``propelled by
machinery'' and ``mechanically propelled.'' This term includes vessels
fitted with both sails and mechanical propulsion.
Senior company official means the president, vice president, vice
president for personnel, personnel director, or similarly titled or
responsible individual, or another employee designated in writing by
one of these individuals for the purpose of certifying employment.
Service (as used when computing the required service for
endorsements) means the time period, in days, a person is assigned to
work. On MODUs, this excludes time spent ashore as part of crew
rotation.
Ship means a vessel using any mode of propulsion, including sail
and auxiliary sail.
Simulated transfer means a transfer practiced in a course meeting
the requirements of Sec. 13.121 of this subchapter that uses
simulation to meet part of the service on transfers required for tank
vessel endorsements by Sec. Sec. 13.203 or 13.303 of this subchapter.
Staff officer means a person who holds an MMC with an officer
endorsement listed in Sec. 10.109(a)(36) through (43).
Standard of competence means the level of proficiency to be
achieved for the proper performance of duties onboard vessels according
to national and international criteria.
Steward's department means the department that includes
entertainment personnel and all service personnel, including wait
staff, housekeeping staff, and galley workers, as defined in the vessel
security plan approved by the Secretary under 46 U.S.C. 70103(c). These
personnel may also be referred to as members of the hotel department on
a large passenger vessel.
STCW means the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended
(incorporated by reference, see Sec. 10.103).
STCW Code means the Seafarers' Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping Code (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 10.103).
STCW endorsement means an annotation on an MMC that allows a
mariner to serve in those capacities under Sec. 10.109(d). The STCW
endorsement serves as evidence that a
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mariner has met the requirements of the STCW Convention.
Support level means the level of responsibility associated with
performing assigned tasks, duties, or responsibilities onboard a
seagoing ship under the direction of an individual serving in the
operational or management level.
Tank barge means a non-self-propelled tank vessel.
Tank vessel means a vessel that is constructed or adapted to carry,
or that carries, oil or hazardous material in bulk as cargo or cargo
residue, and that--
(1) Is a vessel of the United States;
(2) Operates on the navigable waters of the United States; or
(3) Transfers oil or hazardous material in a port or place subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Tank Barge-PIC means a person holding a valid ``Tank Barge-PIC''
endorsement on their MMC. See part 13, subpart C, of this subchapter.
Tank Vessel-Assistant means a person holding a valid ``Tank Vessel-
Assistant'' endorsement on their MMC. See part 13, subpart D, of this
subchapter.
Tank Vessel-Engineer means a person holding a valid ``Tank Vessel-
Engineer'' endorsement on their MMC. See part 13, subpart E, of this
subchapter.
Tank Vessel-PIC means a person holding a valid ``Tank Vessel-PIC''
endorsement on their MMC. See part 13, subpart B, of this subchapter.
Tankship means any self-propelled tank vessel constructed or
adapted primarily to carry oil or hazardous material in bulk as cargo
or as cargo residue.
Training program means a combination of training, practical
assessment, and service which provides an individual with all or part
of the necessary knowledge, understanding, and proficiency required for
a specific qualification.
Transfer means any movement of fuel, dangerous liquid, or liquefied
gas as cargo in bulk or as cargo residue to or from a vessel by means
of pumping, gravitation, or displacement.
Transportation Worker Identification Credential or TWIC means an
identification credential issued by the Transportation Security
Administration under 49 CFR part 1572.
Underway means that a vessel is not at anchor, made fast to the
shore, or aground. When referring to a mobile offshore drilling unit
(MODU), underway means that the MODU is not in an on-location or laid-
up status and includes that period of time when the MODU is deploying
or recovering its mooring system.
Undocumented vessel means a vessel not required to have a
certificate of documentation issued under the laws of the United
States.
Unlimited means an annotation on an MMC authorizing service on
vessels of any tonnage or any propulsion power.
Vessel personnel with designated security duties means a person,
excluding the designated security officer (e.g., Company Security
Officer (CSO), as defined in 33 CFR chapter I, subchapter H, and Vessel
Security Officer (VSO)), having specific security duties and
responsibilities in accordance with the ship security plan.
Vessel Security Officer (VSO) means a person onboard the vessel
accountable to the Master and designated by the Company as responsible
for security of the vessel, including implementation and maintenance of
the Vessel's Security Plan, and for liaison with the Facility Security
Officer and the vessel's Company Security Officer.
Western Rivers means--
(1) The Mississippi River;
(2) The Mississippi River's tributaries, South Pass, and Southwest
Pass, to the navigational demarcation lines dividing the high seas from
harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the United States;
(3) The Port Allen-Morgan City Alternate Route;
(4) That part of the Atchafalaya River above its junction with the
Port Allen-Morgan City Alternate Route including the Old River and the
Red River; and
(5) Those waters specified in 33 CFR 89.25.
Year means 360 days for the purpose of complying with the service
requirements of this subchapter.
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6. Revise Sec. 10.109 to read as follows:
Sec. 10.109 Classification of endorsements.
(a) National officer endorsements. The following national officer
endorsements are established in part 11 of this subchapter. The
endorsements indicate that an individual holding a valid MMC with this
endorsement is qualified to serve in that capacity and the endorsement
has been issued under the requirements contained in part 11 of this
subchapter:
(1) Master.
(2) Chief Mate.
(3) Second Mate.
(4) Third Mate.
(5) Mate.
(6) Master of Towing Vessels.
(7) Master of Towing Vessels-Limited.
(8) Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels.
(9) Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels.
(10) Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels-Limited.
(11) Assistance Towing.
(12) Offshore Installation Manager (OIM).
(13) Barge Supervisor (BS).
(14) Ballast Control Operator (BCO).
(15) Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV).
(16) Master of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
(17) Mate of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
(18) Master-OSV.
(19) Chief Mate-OSV.
(20) Mate-OSV.
(21) Chief Engineer.
(22) Chief Engineer-Limited.
(23) First Assistant Engineer.
(24) Second Assistant Engineer.
(25) Third Assistant Engineer.
(26) Assistant Engineer-Limited.
(27) Designated Duty Engineer (DDE).
(28) Chief Engineer-OSV.
(29) Assistant Engineer-OSV.
(30) Chief Engineer-MODU.
(31) Assistant Engineer-MODU.
(32) Chief Engineer Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
(33) Assistant Engineer Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
(34) Radio Officer.
(35) First-Class Pilot.
(36) Chief Purser.
(37) Purser.
(38) Senior Assistant Purser.
(39) Junior Assistant Purser.
(40) Medical Doctor.
(41) Professional Nurse.
(42) Marine Physician Assistant.
(43) Medical Technician.
(44) High-Speed Craft Type Rating (HSC).
(45) Radar Observer.
(b) National rating endorsements. The following national rating
endorsements are established in part 12 of this subchapter. The
endorsements indicate that an individual holding a valid MMC with this
endorsement is qualified to serve in that capacity and the endorsement
has been issued under the requirements contained in part 12 of this
subchapter:
(1) Able Seafarer:
(i) Unlimited;
(ii) Limited;
(iii) Special;
(iv) Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV);
(v) Sail; and
(vi) Fishing Industry.
(2) Ordinary Seafarer.
(3) Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED), including the
following specialty endorsements:
(i) Oiler;
(ii) Boiler Technician;
(iii) Junior Engineer;
(iv) Pump Technician/Machinist; and
(v) Electrician/Refrigerating Engineer.
(4) Lifeboat Operator.
(5) Lifeboat Operator-Limited.
(6) Wiper.
(7) Steward's Department.
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(8) Steward's Department Food Handler (F.H.)
(9) Cadet (Deck or Engine).
(10) Student Observer.
(11) Apprentice Engineer.
(12) Apprentice Mate.
(c) Tank Vessel Endorsements. The following ratings are established
in part 13 of this subchapter. The national endorsements indicate that
an individual holding a valid MMC with this endorsement is qualified to
serve in that capacity and the endorsement has been issued under the
requirements contained in part 13 of this subchapter:
(1) Tank Vessel-PIC.
(2) Tank Barge-PIC.
(3) Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC.
(4) Restricted Tank Barge-PIC.
(5) Tank Vessel-Assistant.
(6) Tank Vessel-Engineer.
(d) STCW endorsements. The following STCW endorsements are issued
according to the STCW Convention, the STCW Code, and parts 11, 12, and
13 of this subchapter. The endorsements indicate that an individual
holding a valid MMC with this endorsement is qualified to serve in that
capacity and the endorsement has been issued under the requirements
contained in parts 11, 12 or 13 of this subchapter as well as the STCW
Convention and STCW Code (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 10.103):
(1) Master.
(2) Chief Mate.
(3) Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW).
(4) Chief Engineer Officer.
(5) Second Engineer Officer.
(6) Officer In Charge of an Engineering Watch in a manned
engineroom or Designated Duty Engineer in a periodically unmanned
engineroom (OICEW).
(7) Electro-technical Officer (ETO).
(8) Rating Forming Part of a Navigational Watch (RFPNW).
(9) Able Seafarer-Deck.
(10) Rating Forming Part of an Engineering Watch in a manned
engineroom or designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned
engineroom (RFPEW).
(11) Able Seafarer-Engine.
(12) Electro-technical Rating (ETR).
(13) Basic Training (BT).
(14) Advanced Firefighting.
(15) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast
Rescue Boats (PSC).
(16) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast
Rescue Boats-Limited (PSC-Limited).
(17) Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats.
(18) Person in Charge of Medical Care.
(19) Medical First-aid Provider.
(20) GMDSS At-sea Maintainer.
(21) GMDSS Operator.
(22) Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo Operation.
(23) Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operation.
(24) Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operation.
(25) Basic Oil and Chemical Tanker Cargo Operation.
(26) Basic Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operation.
(27) Vessel Security Officer (VSO).
(28) Vessel Personnel with Designated Security Duties.
(29) Security Awareness.
(30) High-Speed Craft Type Rating (HSC).
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7. Amend Sec. 10.201 by revising the section heading and paragraph (a)
to read as follows:
Sec. 10.201 General characteristics of the Merchant Mariner
Credential.
(a) A Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) is a credential combining
the elements of the Merchant Mariner's Document (MMD), Merchant
Mariner's License (License), and Certificate of Registry (COR)
enumerated in 46 U.S.C. subtitle II part E, as well as the STCW
endorsement issued pursuant to the STCW Convention and STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see Sec. 10.103). MMDs, licenses, STCW
endorsements, and CORs are no longer issued as separate documents, and
all qualifications formerly entered on those separate documents appear
in the form of an endorsement(s) on an MMC.
* * * * *
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8. Amend Sec. 10.205 by revising the section heading and paragraph (g)
to read as follows:
Sec. 10.205 Validity of a Merchant Mariner Credential.
* * * * *
(g) If a mariner chooses to renew their license, MMD, COR, or STCW
endorsement and receive their first MMC, the Coast Guard may also renew
all other credentials for which the mariner is qualified.
* * * * *
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9. Amend Sec. 10.209 by revising paragraphs (a), (d)(2) and (6), (g),
and (i) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.209 General application procedures.
(a) The applicant for an MMC, whether for an original, renewal,
duplicate, raise of grade, or a new endorsement on a previously issued
MMC, must establish that they satisfy all the requirements for the MMC
and endorsement(s) sought before the Coast Guard will issue the MMC.
This section contains the general requirements for all applicants.
Additional requirements for duplicates, renewals, new endorsements, and
raises of grade appear later in this part.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(2) The applicant's continuous discharge book, certificate of
identification, MMD, MMC, License, STCW endorsement, Certificate of
Registry (COR), or, if it has not expired, a photocopy of the
credential, including the back and all attachments;
* * * * *
(6) For an endorsement as a Medical Doctor or Professional Nurse as
required in Sec. 11.807 of this subchapter, evidence that the
applicant holds a currently valid, appropriate license as physician,
surgeon, or registered nurse, issued under the authority of a state or
territory of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the
District of Columbia. Any MMC issued will retain any limitation
associated with the medical license;
* * * * *
(g) When a new MMC is issued, the mariner must return any
previously issued and unexpired MMC, License, MMD, COR, or STCW
endorsement to the Coast Guard, unless the new MMC is being issued to
replace a lost or stolen credential.
* * * * *
(i) A mariner may obtain a ceremonial license when applying for
their credential or Document of Continuity.
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10. Amend Sec. 10.221 by revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.221 Citizenship.
(a)(1) MMCs with officer Endorsements. Only individuals with valid
U.S. citizenship may apply for officer endorsements, except individuals
applying for endorsements as Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels
(OUPV) authorizing service on undocumented vessels in accordance with
Sec. 11.201(d) of this subchapter.
* * * * *
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11. Amend Sec. 10.223 by revising paragraphs (c)(3)(iii) and (c)(5) to
read as follows:
Sec. 10.223 Modification or removal of limitations or scope.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(3) * * *
(iii) The mandatory requirements for tank vessel endorsements are
contained in part 13 of this subchapter.
* * * * *
(5) Any uncanceled MMD, MMC, License, STCW endorsement, or COR
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held by the applicant. If one or more of these credentials are still
valid at the time of application, a photocopy, front and back of all
pages, and all attachments, will satisfy this requirement. If the
applicant submits a photocopy, upon the issuance of the new MMC, the
applicant must surrender the old, original credential to the Coast
Guard. If requested in writing at the time of submission, the old MMD,
MMC, License, COR, or STCW endorsement may be returned to the applicant
after cancellation.
* * * * *
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12. Amend Sec. 10.225 by revising paragraphs (b)(3)(iii) and (c) to
read as follows:
Sec. 10.225 Requirements for original Merchant Mariner Credentials.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(3) * * *
(iii) The mandatory requirements for tank vessel endorsements are
contained in part 13 of this subchapter.
* * * * *
(c) Oath. Every person who receives an original MMC must first take
an oath, before an official authorized to give such an oath, that they
will faithfully and honestly, according to their best skill and
judgment, without concealment or reservation, perform all the duties
required by law and obey all lawful orders of superior officers. An
oath may be administered by any Coast Guard-designated individual or
any person legally permitted to administer oaths in the jurisdiction
where the person taking the oath resides. An oath administered at a
location other than the Coast Guard must be verified in writing by the
administering official and submitted to the same Regional Examination
Center (REC) where the applicant applied for their MMC. This oath
remains binding for any subsequently issued MMC and endorsements added
to the MMC, unless specifically renounced in writing.
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13. Amend Sec. 10.227 by revising paragraphs (d)(4), (e), (g)(2)(ii),
and (i) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.227 Requirements for renewal.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(4) Any uncanceled MMD, MMC, License, STCW endorsement, Certificate
of Registry (COR), or Document of Continuity held by the applicant. If
one or more of these credentials are still valid at the time of
application, a photocopy--front, back, and all attachments--will
satisfy this requirement.
(e) Renewal requirements. Except as provided in paragraph (e)(8) of
this section and Sec. 13.120 of this subchapter, the applicant must
meet the following professional requirements for renewal:
(1) The applicant must either--
(i) Present evidence of at least 1 year of sea service during the
past 5 years;
(ii) Pass a comprehensive, open-book exercise covering the general
subject matter contained in appropriate sections of subpart B of this
part;
(iii) Complete an approved refresher training course;
(iv) Provide evidence of employment as a Qualified Instructor or in
a position closely related to the operation, construction, or repair of
vessels (either deck or engineer as appropriate) for at least 3 years
during the past 5 years. An applicant for a deck license or officer
endorsement with this type of employment must also demonstrate
knowledge on an applicable Rules of the Road open-book exercise; or
(v) Provide evidence of being a Qualified Instructor who has taught
a Coast Guard-approved or -accepted course relevant to the endorsement
or credential being applied for, at least twice within the past 5
years, therefore meeting the standards needed to receive a course
completion certificate for that course.
(2) The qualification requirements for renewal of Radar Observer
endorsement as contained in Sec. 11.480 of this subchapter.
(3) Additional qualification requirements for renewal of an officer
endorsement as First-Class Pilot as contained in Sec. 11.713 of this
subchapter.
(4) An applicant for renewal of a Radio Officer endorsement must,
in addition to meeting the requirements of this section, present a copy
of a currently valid License as first- or second-class radiotelegraph
operator issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
(5) An applicant for renewal of an endorsement as Medical Doctor or
Professional Nurse must, in addition to meeting the requirements of
this section, present evidence that they hold a currently valid,
appropriate license as physician, surgeon, or registered nurse issued
under the authority of a State or territory of the United States, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia. Any such
renewal will retain the limitations placed upon the medical License by
the issuing body. There are no professional requirements for renewal of
an endorsement as Marine Physician Assistant or Medical Technician.
(6) An applicant for renewal of an endorsement as Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels, in addition to the other requirements in
this paragraph, must also submit satisfactory evidence of--
(i) Having completed a practical demonstration of maneuvering and
handling a towing vessel to the satisfaction of a Designated Examiner;
or
(ii) Ongoing participation in training and drills during the
validity of the License or MMC being renewed.
(7) An applicant seeking to renew a tank vessel endorsement must
meet the additional requirements listed in Sec. 13.120 of this
subchapter.
(8) There are no professional requirements for renewal for the
following endorsements:
(i) Staff officers (all types).
(ii) Ordinary Seafarer.
(iii) Wiper.
(iv) Steward's Department.
(v) Steward's Department Food Handler (F.H.).
(vi) Cadet.
(vii) Student Observer.
(viii) Apprentice Engineer.
(ix) Apprentice Mate (issued under part 12 of this subchapter).
(x) Person in Charge of Medical Care.
(xi) Medical First-aid Provider.
(xii) GMDSS At-sea Maintainer.
(xiii) GMDSS Operator.
* * * * *
(g) * * *
(2) * * *
(ii) An application including a signed statement from the applicant
attesting to an awareness of the limited purpose of the Document of
Continuity, their inability to serve, and the requirements to obtain an
MMC.
* * * * *
(i) Re-issuance of expired credentials. (1) If an applicant applies
for re-issuance of an endorsement as deck officer, engineer officer, or
qualified rating more than 12 months after its expiration, instead of
the requirements of paragraph (e) of this section, the applicant must
demonstrate continued professional knowledge by completing a course
approved for this purpose, or by passing the complete examination for
original issue of the endorsement. The examination may be oral-assisted
if the expired credential was awarded based on the results of an oral
exam. The fees set forth in Sec. 10.219 apply to these examinations.
In the case of an expired Radio Officer endorsement, the endorsement
may be issued upon presentation of a valid first- or second-class
radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications
Commission.
(2) An endorsement for Chief Purser, Purser, Senior Assistant
Purser, Junior Assistant Purser, Medical Technician,
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Marine Physician Assistant, Medical Doctor, or Professional Nurse that
has been expired for more than 12 months must be renewed in the same
way as a current endorsement of that type. There are no additional
requirements for re-issuing endorsements for Chief Purser, Purser,
Senior Assistant Purser, Junior Assistant Purser, Medical Technician,
Marine Physician Assistant, Medical Doctor, or Professional Nurse that
have been expired for more than 12 months.
(3) Applicants applying for re-issuance of an endorsement as Master
or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels more than 12 months after expiration
of the previous endorsement must complete the practical demonstration
of maneuvering and handling a towing vessel required under (e)(6)(i) of
this section.
(4) Applicants applying for re-issuance of an endorsement as any
tank vessel rating more than 12 months after expiration of the previous
endorsement must meet the requirements in Sec. 13.117 of this
subchapter.
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14. Amend Sec. 10.231 by revising paragraphs (c)(3)(iii), (c)(6)(ii),
and (d)(2) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.231 Requirements for raises of grade or new endorsements.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(3) * * *
(iii) The mandatory requirements for tank vessel endorsements are
contained in part 13 of this subchapter.
* * * * *
(6) * * *
(ii) The first endorsement as National Able Seafarer, Lifeboat
Operator, Lifeboat Operator-Limited, Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED), or a tank vessel endorsement.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(2) An applicant remains eligible for a raise of grade while on
probation as a result of action under part 5 of this chapter. A raise
of grade issued to a person on probation will be subject to the same
probationary conditions imposed against their other credentials. The
offense for which they were placed on probation will be considered on
the merits of the case in determining fitness to hold the endorsement
applied for. No applicant will be examined for a raise of grade during
any period when a suspension without probation or a revocation imposed
under part 5 of this chapter is effective against their credential or
while an appeal from these actions is pending.
* * * * *
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15. Amend Sec. 10.232 by revising paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2)(iv) and
(vii), (a)(6), (d)(1) and (6), and (g) introductory text to read as
follows:
Sec. 10.232 Sea service.
(a) * * *
(1) Sea service may be documented in various forms such as
certificates of discharge, pilotage service and billing forms, and
service letters or other official documents from marine companies
signed by the owner, operator, Master, or Chief Engineer of the vessel.
The Coast Guard must be satisfied as to the authenticity and
acceptability of all evidence of experience or training presented.
(2) * * *
(iv) The amount and nature (e.g., Chief mate, Assistant Engineer,
etc.) of the applicant's experience.
* * * * *
(vii) For those seeking to renew a Radar Observer endorsement,
whether the vessel is equipped with radar and if the mariner served in
a position that routinely uses radar for navigation and collision
avoidance purposes.
* * * * *
(6) An applicant who has been acting as a Pilot may submit a letter
from a pilot's association attesting to the applicant's sea service.
For those Pilots seeking to renew a Radar Observer endorsement, the
association's letter should indicate that the vessels piloted were
equipped with radar, and that radar was used by the Pilot for
navigation and collision avoidance purposes. Pilots not part of an
association may submit other relevant records indicating service, such
as billing forms. For a raise-of-grade, Pilots must comply with the
requirements of paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(1) Sea service as a member of the Armed Forces of the United
States will be accepted as required experience for an original, raise
of grade, renewal, or increase in scope of all endorsements. In most
cases, military sea service will have been performed upon ocean waters;
however, inland service, as may be the case on smaller vessels, will be
credited in the same manner as conventional evaluations. The applicant
must submit an official transcript of sea service or history of
assignments as verification of the service claimed when the application
is submitted. A DD-214 is not acceptable evidence of sea service. The
applicant must also provide the Coast Guard with other necessary
information as to tonnage, routes, propulsion power, percentage of time
underway, and assigned duties upon the vessels on which he or she
served. Such service will be evaluated by the Coast Guard for a
determination of its equivalence to sea service acquired on merchant
vessels and the appropriate grade, class, and limit of endorsement for
which the applicant is eligible. Normally, 60 percent of the total time
onboard is considered equivalent underway service; however, the periods
of operation of each vessel may be evaluated separately. In order to be
eligible for a Master or Chief Engineer unlimited endorsement, the
applicant must have acquired military service in the capacity of
commanding officer or engineer officer, respectively.
* * * * *
(6) Service gained in a civilian capacity as commanding officer,
Master, Mate, engineer, or Pilot, etc., of any vessel owned and
operated by the United States, in any service in which a License or
officer endorsement as Master, Mate, engineer, or Pilot was not
required at the time of such service, will be evaluated by the Coast
Guard for a determination of equivalence.
* * * * *
(g) Closely related service. The Coast Guard may accept evidence of
employment in a position closely related to the operation,
construction, or repair of vessels (either deck or engineer as
appropriate) as meeting the sea service requirements for renewal under
Sec. 10.227(e)(1)(iv). Service as port engineer, port captain,
shipyard superintendent, Qualified Instructor, or similar related
service may be creditable for service for raise of grade of an engineer
or deck officer endorsement; however, it may not be used for obtaining
an original management-level endorsement. The service is creditable as
follows:
* * * * *
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16. Amend Sec. 10.233 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.233 Obligations of the holder of a Merchant Mariner
Credential.
(a) The holder of a credential may not voluntarily part with it or
place it beyond their personal control by pledging or depositing it
with any other person, except as required by regulation or as necessary
to safeguard the credential. If the holder violates this section, the
Coast Guard may pursue suspension or revocation of the License, MMD,
COR, or MMC under the provisions of part 5 of this chapter.
(b) Whenever a mariner loses a credential, they must immediately
report the loss to the Coast Guard. The
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report must be made in writing, giving the facts incident to its loss.
* * * * *
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17. Amend Sec. 10.235 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(c), (d), and (g) through (i) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.235 Suspension or revocation of Merchant Mariner Credentials.
* * * * *
(c) An applicant who has had a TWIC, credential, or endorsement
revoked, and who is applying for a subsequent MMC or endorsement, must
state in their application the date of revocation, the serial number of
the document revoked, and the type of document or endorsement revoked.
(d) A person whose credential or endorsement has been revoked or
suspended without probation may not be issued a replacement credential
or endorsement without approval of the Commandant. If a mariner has
multiple endorsements and one or more, but not all, of those
endorsements are suspended or revoked, they will be issued, without
payment of a fee, a replacement MMC reflecting those endorsements for
which the mariner remains qualified.
* * * * *
(g) An applicant for renewal or return of a credential with
endorsement as Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels whose most
recent credential has been suspended or revoked by an administrative
law judge for incompetence must complete the practical demonstration
required under Sec. 10.227(e)(6)(i).
(h) If the Coast Guard is advised by the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) that a mariner has either been denied a TWIC or
their TWIC has been revoked, the Coast Guard may initiate suspension
and revocation action against the mariner's MMC, License, MMD, and COR
under 46 U.S.C. 7702 and 7703. During the subsequent suspension and
revocation proceeding, the TSA decision to deny issuance of, or to
revoke, a mariner's TWIC will not be subject to review, and the
mariner's failure to hold a TWIC will be treated by the Coast Guard as
proof that the mariner is not eligible for an MMC, License, MMD or COR.
(i) A mariner who has either been denied issuance of a TWIC or
whose TWIC has been revoked for a reason, other than administrative
reasons (e.g., being lost or stolen, not functioning, or having a
misspelling) will be deemed ineligible for an MMC, License, MMD or COR.
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18. Revise Sec. 10.239 to read as follows:
Sec. 10.239 Quick reference table for MMC requirements.
Table 1 to Sec. 10.239 provides a guide to the requirements for
officer endorsements. Provisions in the reference section are
controlling.
Note 1 to Sec. 10.239: For tank vessel endorsements, see table
1 to Sec. 13.129.
Note 2 to Sec. 10.239: All references within table 1 to this
section are within this subchapter.
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Table 1 to Sec. 10.239--Quick Reference Table for MMC Requirements
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Recommendations Demonstration of
Endorsement category Minimum age Citizenship Medical and Experience and character Firefighting Professional exam professional Recency of service First aid and CPR
physical exam check ability
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Master, Mates................... Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. part 11--subpart D N/A: Note Sec. 11.201(h).. Sec. 11.201(j); N/A............... original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i)
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1) Sec. exceptions in Sec. 11.903; 11.201(c)(2). Note: exceptions.
11.201(d). Sec. 11.201(g) Sec. 11.910. renewal Sec.
for original Note: Sec. 10.227(e).
national or STCW 11.903(b).
endorsements.
Operator of Uninspected Sec. 11.201(e).. Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. 11.467(c); N/A: Note N/A............... Sec. Sec. N/A............... original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i):
Passenger Vessels (OUPV). Note: exceptions 10.221(a)(1). (d); (e); (f); exceptions in 11.201(j); 11.201(c)(2). Note exceptions.
here and in Sec. Sec. 11.201(d).. (g). Sec. 11.201(g) 11.903; Sec. renewal Sec.
11.201(l). for original 11.910. 10.227(e).
national or STCW
endorsements.
STCW deck officer endorsements.. Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. part 11--subpart C N/A: Note Sec. 11.303..... N/A............... Master Sec. original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i).
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1). exceptions in Renewal: Sec. 11.305; .311; 11.201 (c)(2).
Sec. 11.201(d).. Sec. 11.201(g) 11.303(b) and (c). .315; .317. renewal Sec.
for original Chief Mate Sec. 10.227(e).
national or STCW 11.307; .313.
endorsements. OICNW Sec.
11.309; 11.319;
11.321.
Officer on a passenger ship when N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Sec. 11.1105(c). N/A.
on an international voyage. 11.1105(a)(1);
(2).
Engineers (original)............ Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. 10.302(a)......... part 11--subpart E N/A: Note Sec. 11.201(h).. Sec. 11.201(j); N/A............... original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i).
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1) Sec. exceptions in 11.903; Sec. 11.201(c)(2).
11.201(d). Sec. 11.201(g) 11.950. renewal Sec.
for original Note: Sec. 10.227(e).
national or STCW 11.903(b).
endorsements.
STCW Engineering Officer Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. part 11--subpart C N/A: Note Sec. 11.303..... N/A............... Chief Sec. original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i).
endorsements. Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1) Sec. exceptions in Renewal: Sec. 11.325; Sec. 11.201 (c)(2).
11.201(d). Sec. 11.201(g) 11.303(b) and (c). 11.331. renewal Sec.
for original 2nd engineer 10.227(e).
national or STCW officer; Sec.
endorsements. 11.327; Sec.
11.333.
OICEW/DDE Sec.
11.329.
National Designated Duty Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. 11.524(b)......... N/A: Note Sec. Sec. 11.903..... N/A............... original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i).
Engineer (DDE). Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1). exceptions in 11.201(h)(1)(iv). 11.201(c)(2).
Sec. 11.201(d).. Sec. 11.201(g) renewal Sec.
for original 10.227(e).
national or STCW
endorsements.
Electro-technical Officer....... Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. N/A: Note Sec. N/A............... Sec. .................. Sec.
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1). 11.335(a)(1). exceptions in 11.335(a)(3)(ii). 11.335(a)(2), (3). 11.335(a)(3)(i).
Sec. 11.201(d).. note exception in Sec. 11.201(g) note exception in
Sec. 11.335(b) for original Sec. 11.335(b)
& Sec. 11.33 national or STCW & (c).
5(c). endorsements.
Pilot........................... Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a); Sec. 11.703; N/A: Note N/A............... Sec. 11.707; Sec. 11.705..... Sec. 11.705(e), Sec. 11.201(i).
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1) Sec. Sec. 11.709. Sec. 11.705. exceptions in Sec. 11.903; Sec. 11.713.
11.201(d). Sec. 11.201(g) Sec. 11.910.
for original
national or STCW
endorsements.
Towing Vessels.................. Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. part 11--subpart D N/A: Note Sec. Sec. 11.201(j); Sec. 11.464; original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i).
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1) Sec. exceptions in 11.201(h)(1)(ii). Sec. 11.903; Sec. 11.465. 11.201(c)(2).
11.201(d). Sec. 11.201(g) Sec. Sec. 11.910. renewal Sec.
for original 11.201(h)(2)(ii). 10.227(e).
national or STCW Note: exceptions..
endorsements.
Offshore Supply Vessels (OSV)... Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. Master Sec. N/A: Note Sec. 11.201(h).. Sec. 11.201(j);. Master Sec. original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i).
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1) Sec. 11.493. exceptions in Master Sec. 11.493. 11.201(c)(2).
11.201(d). Chief Mate Sec. Sec. 11.201(g) 11.493. Chief Mate Sec. renewal Sec.
11.495. for original Chief Mate Sec. 11.495. 10.227(e)..
Mate Sec. 11.497 national or STCW 11.495. Mate Sec. 11.497
C/E Sec. 11.553. endorsements. Mate Sec. 11.497 C/E Sec. 11.553.
Engineer Sec. C/E Sec. 11.553; Engineer..........
11.555. Sec. 11.903. Sec. 11.555.....
Eng Sec. 11.555;
Sec. 11.903.
MODU licenses................... Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. OIM: Sec. 11.470 N/A: Note Sec. 11.201(h):. Sec. 11.201(j); N/A............... original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i).
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1). B.S.: Sec. exceptions in note exceptions... Sec. 11.903; 11.201(c)(2).
Sec. 11.201(d).. 11.472. Sec. 11.201(g) Sec. 11.920. renewal Sec.
BCO: Sec. 11.474 for original 10.227(e)..
ChEng: Sec. national or STCW
11.542. endorsements.
Asst. Eng: Sec.
11.544.
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Uninspected Fishing Industry Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. Deck: Sec. N/A: Note Sec. 11.201(h).. Sec. 11.201(j); N/A............... original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i).
Vessels. Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1). 11.462(c); (d);. exceptions in Note: exceptions.. Sec. 11.903; 11.201(c)(2).
Sec. 11.201(d).. Engine: Sec. Sec. 11.201(g) Sec. 11.910. renewal Sec.
11.530(c); (d); for original 10.227(e)..
(e). national or STCW
endorsements.
Radio Officer................... Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. N/A............... N/A: Note N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 11.603..... N/A............... Sec. 11.201(i).
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1). exceptions in
Sec. 11.201(d).. Sec. 11.201(g)
for original
national or STCW
endorsements.
GMDSS Operator.................. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... 11.604............ N/A............... N/A.
Officer raises of grade......... Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. 10.231(c); N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 10.231(d); part 11, subparts 3 months in past 3 N/A.
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1). part 11, subparts Sec. 11.903; D and E. years, Sec.
Sec. 11.201(d).. D and E. Sec. 11.910; 11.201 (c)(2).
Sec. 11.920;
Sec. 11.950.
Officer renewals................ Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. 10.227(d) N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Towing officers, 1 year in past 5, N/A.
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1). and (e). Sec. 10.227(d) Sec. 10.227(e)
Sec. 11.201(d).. Note: exceptions.. and (e). and (f).
Note: alternative.
Staff officer................... Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. 11.807..... N/A: Note N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 11.807..... N/A............... Sec. 11.201(i).
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1). exceptions in
Sec. 11.201(d).. Sec. 11.201(g)
for original
national or STCW
endorsements.
Staff officer renewals.......... Sec. 11.201(e).. U.S., Sec. Sec. 10.302(a).. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A.
Note: exceptions.. 10.221(a)(1).
Sec. 11.201(d)..
Able Seafarer................... Sec. U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a), Sec. 12.403..... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Sec. Renewal only, 1 N/A.
12.401(c)(1). admitted for Sec. 12.401(c)(5). 12.401(c)(6) Sec. year in past 5,
permanent 12.401(c)(2). 12.405. Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Able Seafarer-Deck.............. Sec. U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 Sec. 12.602(a).
12.603(a)(1). admitted for 12.603(a)(3). 12.603(a)(2) Sec. year in past 5,
permanent 12.603(a)(4) Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). 12.603(a)(5). Note: alternative.
Ratings Forming Part of a Sec. U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 Sec. 12.602(a).
Navigational Watch (RFPNW). 12.605(a)(1). admitted for 12.605(a)(2). 12.605(a)(3). year in past 5,
permanent Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Qualified Members of Engine Sec. U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. 12.503..... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 12.505..... N/A............... Renewal only, 1 N/A.
Department (QMED). 12.501(c)(1). admitted for year in past 5,
permanent Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Able Seafarer-Engine............ Sec. U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 Sec. 12.602(a).
12.607(a)(1). admitted for 12.607(a)(3). 12.607(a)(2); (4) year in past 5,
permanent Sec. 12.607(b); Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. (c). and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Ratings Forming Part of an Sec. U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 Sec. 12.602(a).
Engineering Watch (RFPEW). 12.609(a)(1). admitted for 12.609(a)(2). 12.609(a)(3). year in past 5,
permanent Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Electro-technical Rating........ Sec. U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 Sec. 12.602(a).
12.611(a)(1). admitted for 12.611(a)(2). 12.611(a)(3); year in past 5,
permanent Sec. 12.611(b). Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Entry level ratings............. N/A............... U.S. or alien N/A; note N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A.
admitted for exception in Sec.
permanent 12.811(a)(2).
residence, Sec. Note: Food Handler
10.221(a)(2). (F.H.)
Sec. 12.803; requirements in
Sec. 12.809. table Sec.
10.302(a).
(xiii) Sec.
10.302(a) (xiv).
Lifeboat Operator............... N/A............... U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Sec. Renewal only, 1 N/A.
admitted for 12.407(b)(1). 12.407(b)(2); (4). 12.407(b)(2); (3). year in past 5,
permanent Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Lifeboat Operator-Limited....... N/A............... U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Sec. Renewal only, 1 N/A.
admitted for 12.409(b)(1). 12.409(b)(2); (4). 12.409(b)(2); (3). year in past 5,
permanent Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
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Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats Sec. U.S. or alien N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 Sec. 12.602(a).
12.617(a)(1). admitted for 12.617(a)(2); year in past 5,
permanent (3); (4). Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Renewal Sec.
12.617(b)(2).
Proficiency in Survival Craft Sec. U.S. or alien N/A............... Sec. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 Sec. 12.602(a).
and Rescue Boats other than 12.613(a)(1). admitted for 12.613(a)(2). 12.613(a)(3). year in past 5,
Fast Rescue Boats. permanent Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Renewal: Sec.
12.613(b)(2).
Proficiency in Survival Craft Sec. U.S. or alien N/A............... Sec. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 Sec. 12.602(a).
and Rescue Boats other than 12.615(a)(1). admitted for 12.615(a)(2). 12.615(a)(3). year in past 5,
Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats- permanent Sec. 10.227(e)
Limited. residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Renewal: Sec.
12.615(b)(2).
Assistance Towing endorsement... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 11.482..... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 11.482..... Sec. 11.482..... original Sec. N/A.
11.201(c)(2).
Radar Observer endorsement...... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 11.480(d); N/A............... N/A.
(h).
Vessel Security Officer (VSO)... Sec. 11.337(a).. U.S. or alien Sec. 10.302(a).. Sec. 11.337(a).. N/A: Note N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 11.337(a).. original Sec. Sec. 11.201(i).
admitted for exceptions in 11.201(c)(2).
permanent Sec. 11.201(g) renewal Sec.
residence, Sec. for original 10.227(e)..
10.221(a)(1) Sec. national or STCW
10.221(a)(2). endorsements.
High Speed Craft................ N/A............... U.S. Sec. N/A............... Sec. N/A: Note N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal: Sec. N/A.
10.221(a)(1). 11.821(b)(1) Sec. exceptions in 11.821(b)(2). 11.821(e).
11.821(c). Sec. 11.201(g)
for original
national or STCW
endorsements.
GMDSS at-Sea Maintainer......... Sec. 12.623(a).. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 12.623(b).. N/A............... N/A.
Medical First-aid Provider...... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 12.619(b).. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. N/A............... Sec.
12.619(a)(1); (2). 12.619(a)(1).
Person in Charge of Medical Care N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 12.621(b).. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. N/A............... Sec.
12.621(a)(1); (2). 12.621(a)(1).
Vessel Personnel with Designated Sec. U.S. or alien Sec. Sec. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 N/A.
Security Duties. 12.625(a)(1). admitted for 12.625(a)(2). 12.625(a)(1). 12.625(a)(1). year in past 5,
permanent Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Sec. 12.803.....
Security Awareness.............. Sec. U.S. or alien Sec. Sec. N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. Renewal only, 1 N/A.
12.627(a)(1). admitted for 12.627(a)(2). 12.627(a)(1). 12.627(a)(1). year in past 5,
permanent Sec. 10.227(e)
residence, Sec. and (f).
10.221(a)(2). Note: alternative.
Sec. 12.803.....
Ratings serving on passenger N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... N/A............... Sec. 12.905(a); Renewal Sec. N/A.
ships on international voyages. (b). 12.905(d).
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19. Revise Sec. 10.302 paragraph (b) and table 1 to Sec. 10.302(a) to
read as follows:
Sec. 10.302 Medical and physical requirements.
* * * * *
(b) Any required test, exam, or demonstration must have been
performed, witnessed, or reviewed by a Licensed Medical Doctor,
Licensed Physician Assistant, Licensed Nurse Practitioner, or a
Designated Medical Examiner. All licensed medical practitioners must
hold a valid license issued in the United States.
Table 1 to Sec. 10.302(a)--Medical and Physical Requirements for Mariner Endorsements
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1 2 3 4 5
Credential Vision test Hearing test General Demonstration
medical exam of physical
ability
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(1) Deck officer, including Pilot............... Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(a) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(2) Engineering officer......................... Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(3) Radio Officer............................... Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(4) OIM, BS, or BCO............................. Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(5) Able Seafarer............................... Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(a) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(6) QMED........................................ Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(7) Able Seafarer-Deck.......................... Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(a) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(8) RFPNW....................................... Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(a) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(9) Able Seafarer-Engine........................ Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(10) RFPEW...................................... Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(11) ETR........................................ Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(12) Tank vessel endorsement.................... Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(13) Lifeboat Operator and PSC.................. Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(14) Lifeboat Operator-Limited and PSC-Limited.. Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(15) Fast Rescue Boat........................... Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(b) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
(16) Food Handler serving on vessels to which .............. .............. Sec. ..............
STCW does not apply............................ 10.304(b)
(17) Food Handler serving on vessels to which .............. .............. Sec. Sec.
STCW applies................................... 10.304(b) 10.304(c)
(18) Ratings, including entry level, serving on .............. .............. .............. Sec.
vessels to which STCW applies, other than those 10.304(c)
listed above...................................
(19) Ratings, including entry level, serving on .............. .............. .............. ..............
vessels to which STCW does not apply, other
than those listed above........................
(20) VSO........................................ Sec. Sec. 10.306 Sec. Sec.
10.305(a) 10.304(a) 10.304(c)
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Sec. 10.304 [Amended]
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20. Amend Sec. 10.304 in paragraph (b) by removing the word
``handlers'' and, in its place, adding the word ``Handlers.''
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21. Amend Sec. 10.305 by revising the heading to paragraph (b) and
paragraphs (c) through (e) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.305 Vision requirements.
* * * * *
(b) Engineering, Radio Officer, tank vessel endorsement, and MODU
standard.
* * * * *
(c) Vision waiver. Any applicant whose uncorrected vision does not
meet the 20/200 standard and is correctable to listed standards above
may be granted a medical waiver in accordance with Sec. 10.303. If a
vision waiver is granted, a limitation will be placed on the medical
certificate indicating the mariner may not serve under the authority of
the endorsement unless corrective lenses are worn and spare lenses are
carried onboard a vessel. Waivers are not normally granted to an
applicant whose corrected vision in the better eye is not at least 20/
40 for deck officers or 20/50 for engineer officers.
(d) Vision operational limitation. If corrective lenses are
required in order to meet the vision standards above, a mariner may not
serve under the authority of the endorsement unless corrective lenses
are worn and spare lenses are carried onboard a vessel. This
operational limitation will be placed on their medical certificate.
(e) Loss of vision. A mariner having lost vision in one eye must
wait 6 months from the date of the vision loss before submitting any
application, and must provide a statement of demonstrated ability on
their medical examination.
0
22. Revise Sec. 10.403 to read as follows:
Sec. 10.403 General Standards.
(a) Each school with an approved course must--
(1) Have a well-maintained facility that accommodates the students
in a safe and comfortable environment conducive to learning;
(2) Have the necessary equipment, including simulators where
appropriate, sufficient for the number of students to be accommodated,
and support the objectives of the course;
(3) Administer training entirely in the English language unless
specifically approved to be presented in another language;
(4) Administer written examinations to each student appropriate for
the course material and the knowledge requirements of the position or
endorsement for which the student is being trained. For a course
approved to substitute for a Coast Guard-administered examination, the
courses must be of such a degree of difficulty that a student who
successfully completes them would most likely pass, on the first
attempt, an examination prepared by the Coast Guard;
(5) Require each student to successfully demonstrate practical
skills appropriate for the course material and equal to the level of
endorsement for which the course is approved; and
(6) Keep physical or electronic copies of the following records for
at least 5 years after the end of each student's completion or
disenrollment from a course or program:
(i) A copy of each student's examination scores;
(ii) A copy of each examination or, in the case of a practical
test, a report of such test;
(iii) A record of each student's classroom attendance, which
includes their full name, Coast Guard-issued
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Mariner Reference Number, or date of birth and place of birth if they
do not have a Mariner Reference Number;
(iv) A copy of each student's course completion certificate or
program completion certificate, as appropriate;
(v) A summary of changes or modification to the last course
submittal;
(vi) A list of all locations at which the training course was
presented and the number of times it was presented at each location;
(vii) The name(s) of the instructor(s) who taught the course, which
does not include lab assistants or other non-teaching assistants;
(viii) The number of students who began the training;
(ix) The number of students who successfully completed the
training;
(x) The number of students who were required to retest;
(xi) The number of students who were required to retake the entire
course and
(xii) The number of students who were required to retake a portion
of the course.
(7) By November 25, 2026, for each student who successfully
completes an approved course or program, in a manner specified by the
Coast Guard, the school must electronically submit to the Coast Guard,
within 5 business days of completion, the information listed in
paragraphs (7)(i) through (v). By submitting records electronically to
the Coast Guard, the submitter attests that they are accurate to the
best of their knowledge and no false entries or statements were made
under penalty of 18 U.S.C. 1001.
(i) The name of the school and Coast Guard-issued course provider
code;
(ii) The title of the approved course or program, the Coast Guard-
issued course code, and the dates the course was held;
(iii) The name of the Coast Guard-approved instructor who conducted
the course;
(iv) The name of the student as it appears on their MMC or valid
government-issued identification, along with their Coast Guard-issued
Mariner Reference Number or date of birth and place of birth if they do
not have a Mariner Reference Number; and
(v) The unique course certificate identification code associated
with the course or program completion certificate issued to the student
for the course.
(8) Not significantly change its approved curriculum without
approval from the NMC as specified in Sec. 10.402(e);
(9) Conduct an internal audit midway through the term of the
course's approval and maintain the results of the audit for a period of
not less than 5 years. The audit will evaluate whether--
(i) Records are being maintained according to these regulations;
(ii) The course is being presented in accordance with the approval
letter; and
(iii) Surveys from students indicate that the course is meeting
their needs; and
(10) At any time, allow the Coast Guard to--
(i) Inspect its facilities, equipment, and records, including
scholastic records;
(ii) Conduct interviews and surveys of students to aid in course
evaluation and improvement;
(iii) Assign personnel to observe or participate in the course of
instruction; and
(iv) Supervise or administer the required examinations or practical
demonstrations, including the substitution of an applicable Coast Guard
examination in a course approved to substitute for a Coast Guard-
administered examination.
(b) [Reserved]
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23. Amend Sec. 10.404 by revising paragraphs (b)(1)(iv) through (vii)
and paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.404 Substitution of training for required service, use of
training-record books (TRBs), and use of towing officer assessment
records (TOARs).
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(1) * * *
(iv) A place for a Qualified Instructor to indicate by their
initials that the applicant has received training in the proper
performance of the task or skill.
(v) A place for a Qualified Assessor (QA) to indicate by their
initials that the applicant has successfully completed a practical
demonstration and has proved competent in the task or skill under the
criteria, when assessment of competence is to be documented in the
record books.
(vi) The printed name of each Qualified Instructor, including any
MMC endorsements held, and the instructor's signature.
(vii) The printed name of each Qualified Assessor, when any
assessment of competence is recorded, including any MMC endorsement,
License, or document held by the assessor, and the assessor's signature
confirming that their initials certify that they have witnessed the
practical demonstration of a particular task or skill by the applicant.
* * * * *
(c) Use of towing officer assessment records (TOARs). Each
applicant for an endorsement as Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels, and each Master or Mate of self-propelled vessels of 200 GRT
or more, seeking an endorsement for towing vessels, must complete a
TOAR approved by the Coast Guard that contains at least the following:
(1) Identification of the applicant, including their full name, and
reference number;
(2) Objectives of the training and assessment;
(3) Tasks to perform or skills to demonstrate;
(4) Criteria to use in determining that the tasks or skills have
been performed properly;
(5) A means for a Designated Examiner (DE) to attest that the
applicant has successfully completed a practical demonstration and has
proved proficient in the task or skill under the criteria; and
(6) Identification of each DE by their full name and reference
number, job title, ship name and official number, and serial number of
the MMC, License, or document held, and printed name and signature
confirming that their initials certify that they have witnessed the
practical demonstration of a particular task or skill by the applicant.
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24. Amend Sec. 10.405 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (b) introductory text, and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 10.405 Qualification as Qualified Assessor and Designated
Examiner.
(a) To become a Qualified Assessor (QA), an applicant must have
documentary evidence to establish--
* * * * *
(b) To become a Designated Examiner (DE) for towing officer
assessment records (TOARs), an applicant must have documentary evidence
to establish--
* * * * *
(d) In order to renew their qualifications, each QA and DE must
have either experience, training, or evidence of instruction in
effective assessment within the past 5 years.
PART 11--REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICER ENDORSEMENTS
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25. The authority citation for part 11 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103,
and 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701, 8903,
8904, and 70105; Executive Order 10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1,
Revision No. 01.4. Section 11.107 is also issued under the authority
of 44 U.S.C. 3507.
PART 11--[Amended]
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26. In part 11, remove the term in the left column wherever it appears
and add in its place the term in the right column:
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Remove Add
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fireman................................... Boiler Technician.
hospital corpsman......................... Medical Technician.
seaman.................................... seafarer.
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27. Amend Sec. 11.101 by revising paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.101 Purpose of regulations.
(a) The purpose of this part is to provide--
(1) A means of determining the qualifications an applicant must
possess to be eligible for an officer endorsement as a staff officer,
deck officer, engineer officer, Pilot, or Radio Officer on merchant
vessels, or for an endorsement to operate uninspected passenger
vessels; and
(2) A means of determining that an applicant is competent to serve
as a Master, Chief Mate, Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch,
Chief Engineer Officer, Second Engineer Officer (First Assistant
Engineer), Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch, Designated Duty
Engineer, or Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Radio
Operator, in accordance with the provisions of the International
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers, 1978, as amended (the STCW Convention or STCW), and other
laws, and to receive the appropriate endorsement as required by STCW.
(b) With few exceptions, these regulations do not specify or
restrict officer endorsements to particular types of service such as
tankships, freight vessels, or passenger vessels. However, each officer
credentialed under this part must become familiar with the relevant
characteristics of a vessel prior to assuming their duties as required
in the provisions of Sec. 15.405 of this subchapter.
* * * * *
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28. Amend Sec. 11.102 by revising paragraph (a) and the introductory
text of paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.102 Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part
with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved incorporation by
reference material (IBR) is available for inspection at the Coast Guard
and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact
Coast Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing (CG-MMC), U.S.
Coast Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20593-7509; phone: 202-372-1492; website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/. For information on
the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected]. The
material may be obtained from:
(b) International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4 Albert Embankment,
London SE1 7SR, England; phone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611; website:
www.imo.org.
* * * * *
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29. Amend Sec. 11.201 by revising paragraphs (a), (e), (g), (h)(2)
through (4), (i)(1) introductory text, (j)(3), and (k) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.201 General requirements for national and STCW officer
endorsements.
(a) General. In addition to the requirements of part 10 of this
subchapter, the applicant for an officer endorsement, whether original,
renewal, duplicate, or raise of grade, must establish to the
satisfaction of the Coast Guard that they possess all the
qualifications necessary (including but not limited to age, experience,
character, physical health, citizenship, approved training,
professional competence, and a test for dangerous drugs) before the
Coast Guard will issue the applicant a Merchant Mariner Credential
(MMC). An applicant for any STCW endorsement must hold the appropriate
national endorsement unless otherwise specified.
* * * * *
(e) Age. Except as specified in this paragraph, no officer
endorsement may be issued to a person who has not attained the age of
21 years. The required evidence of age may be established using any of
the items submitted to establish citizenship set out in 49 CFR 1572.17.
(1) An endorsement may be granted to an applicant who has reached
the age of 19 years as--
(i) Master of near-coastal, Great Lakes and inland, or river
vessels of 25-200 GRT;
(ii) Third Mate;
(iii) Third Assistant Engineer;
(iv) Mate of vessels of between 200 GRT and 1,600 GRT;
(v) Ballast Control Operator (BCO);
(vi) Assistant Engineer-MODU;
(vii) Assistant Engineer of Fishing Industry Vessels;
(viii) Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels;
(ix) Radio Officer;
(x) Assistant Engineer-Limited; or
(xi) Designated Duty Engineer of vessels of less than 4,000 HP/
3,000 kW.
(2) An endorsement may be granted to an applicant who has reached
the age of 18 years as--
(i) Limited Master of near-coastal vessels of less than 100 GRT;
(ii) Limited Master of Great Lakes and inland vessels of less than
100 GRT;
(iii) Mate of Great Lakes and inland vessels of 25-200 GRT;
(iv) Mate of near-coastal vessels of 25-200 GRT;
(v) Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV);
(vi) Designated Duty Engineer (DDE) of vessels of less than 1,000
HP/750 kW;
(vii) Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels;
(viii) Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW);
(ix) Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch (OICEW); or
(x) Electro-technical Officer (ETO).
* * * * *
(g) Character check. (1) An individual may apply for an original
officer endorsement, or officer or STCW endorsement of a different
type, while on probation as a result of administrative action under
part 5 of this chapter. The offense for which the applicant was placed
on probation will be considered in determining their fitness to hold
the endorsement applied for. An officer or STCW endorsement issued to
an applicant on probation will be subject to the same probationary
conditions as were imposed against the applicant's other credential. An
applicant may not take an examination for an officer or STCW
endorsement during any period of time when a suspension without
probation or a revocation is effective against the applicant's
currently held License, Merchant Mariner Document (MMD), or MMC, or
while an appeal from these actions is pending.
(2) If information about the applicant's habits of life and
character is brought to the attention of the Coast Guard after an
original License, Certificate of Registry, or officer endorsement has
been issued, and if such information reasonably supports the conclusion
that the applicant cannot be entrusted with the duties and
responsibilities of the License, Certificate of Registry, or officer
endorsement issued, or indicates that the application for the License,
Certificate of Registry, or officer endorsement was false or
incomplete, the Coast Guard may notify the holder in writing that the
License, Certificate of Registry, or officer endorsement is considered
null and void, direct the holder to return the credential to the Coast
Guard, and advise the holder that, upon return of the credential, the
appeal procedures of Sec. 10.237 of this subchapter apply.
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(h) * * *
(2) The following categories must meet the requirements for Basic
and Advanced Firefighting in Regulations VI/1 and VI/3 of the STCW
Convention and Tables A-VI/1-2 and A-VI/3 of the STCW Code (both
incorporated by reference, see Sec. 11.102):
(i) National officer endorsements as Master or Mate on seagoing
vessels of 200 GRT or more;
(ii) All national officer endorsements for Master or Mate (Pilot)
of Towing Vessels, except Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, on oceans;
(iii) All national officer endorsements for MODUs;
(iv) All national officer endorsements for engineers;
(v) All national officer endorsements for OSVs; and
(vi) All STCW officer endorsements except GMDSS Radio Operator.
(3) The following categories must meet the requirements for basic
firefighting in Regulation VI/1 of the STCW Convention and Table A-VI/
1-2 of the STCW Code:
(i) Officer endorsement as Master on vessels of less than 500 GT in
ocean service; and
(ii) All officer endorsements for Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels, except Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, in all services
except oceans.
(4) Applicants for a raise of grade of an officer endorsement who
have not previously met the requirements of paragraph (h) of this
section must do so.
(i) * * *
(1) Evidence of continued competency in STCW Basic Training in
accordance with Sec. 11.302 or a certificate indicating completion not
more than 1 year from the date of application of--
* * * * *
(j) * * *
(3) An examination is not required for a staff officer or Radio
Officer endorsement.
(k) Radar Observer. Applicants for an endorsement as Radar Observer
must present a certificate of completion from a Radar Observer course
as required by Sec. 11.480.
* * * * *
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30. Amend Sec. 11.211 by revising paragraphs (c)(1), (e), and (f) to
read as follows:
Sec. 11.211 Creditable service and equivalents for national and STCW
officer endorsements.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(1) MODU service is creditable for raise of grade of an officer
endorsement. Evidence of 1 year of service on MODUs as Mate or
equivalent while holding an officer endorsement or license as Third
Mate, or as Engineering Officer of the Watch or equivalent while
holding an officer endorsement or license as Third Assistant Engineer,
is acceptable for a raise of grade to Second Mate or Second Assistant
Engineer, respectively. However, any subsequent raises of grade of
unlimited, non-restricted officer licenses or endorsements must include
a minimum of 6 months of service on conventional vessels.
* * * * *
(e) Service on towing vessels. Service as Master or Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels, when the aggregate tonnage of the tug and barges is
1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more, is creditable, using the aggregate tonnage,
on a two-for-one basis (2 days experience equals 1 day of creditable
service) for up to 50 percent of the total service on vessels of 1,600
GRT/3,000 GT or more required for an unlimited officer endorsement. The
remaining required service on vessels of more than 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT
must be obtained on conventional vessels. This service must be
documented as specified in Sec. 10.232(a) of this subchapter.
(f) Cadet experience. Individuals obtaining sea service as part of
an approved training curriculum pursuant to either Sec. 11.407(a)(2)
or Sec. 11.516(a)(3) must do so in the capacity of Cadet-Deck or
Cadet-Engine, as appropriate, notwithstanding any other rating
endorsements the individual may hold or any other capacity in which the
individual may have served.
* * * * *
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31. Amend Sec. 11.301 by revising paragraph (a)(1)(i), paragraph (d)
introductory text, and paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.301 Requirements for STCW officer endorsements.
(a) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) In-service experience: Documentation of successful completion
of assessments, approved or accepted by the Coast Guard, and signed by
a Qualified Assessor (QA)--deck or engineering--as appropriate.
* * * * *
(d) Management-level endorsement. Applicants holding national
officer endorsements as Master, Chief Mate, Chief Engineer, or First
Assistant Engineer, and who seek to add an STCW endorsement at the
management level, must provide evidence of meeting the STCW
requirements found in this subpart, including--
* * * * *
(g) * * *
(1) Masters, Mates, or engineers endorsed for service on small
passenger vessels that are subject to subchapter T or K of this chapter
and that operate beyond the boundary line.
(2) Masters, Mates, or engineers endorsed for service on seagoing
vessels of less than 200 GRT, other than passenger vessels subject to
subchapter H of this chapter.
* * * * *
Sec. 11.302 [Amended]
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32. Amend Sec. 11.302 by:
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a. In the section heading, by removing the word ``training'' and adding
in its place the word ``Training''; and
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b. In paragraph (a) introductory text, by removing the words ``basic
training'', and adding in their place the words ``Basic Training''.
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33. Amend Sec. 11.304 by revising paragraphs (a)(2), (3), and (5) to
read as follows:
Sec. 11.304 STCW deck officer endorsements.
(a) * * *
(2) Chief Mate on vessels of 3,000 GT or more (management level).
(3) Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW) of vessels of
500 GT or more (operational level).
* * * * *
(5) Chief Mate of vessels of 500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT
(management level).
* * * * *
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34. Amend Sec. 11.305 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) introductory text and (a)(1), paragraph (b) introductory text, and
paragraphs (d) and (e) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.305 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Master
of vessels of 3,000 GT or more (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Master, an applicant
must--
(1) Provide evidence of 36 months of service as OICNW on vessels
operating in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or Great Lakes. This
period may be reduced to not less than 24 months if the applicant
served as Chief Mate for not less than 12 months. Service on inland
waters that are navigable waters of the United States may be
substituted for up to 50 percent of the total required service.
Experience gained in the engine department on vessels may be creditable
for up to 3 months of the service requirements;
* * * * *
[[Page 93071]]
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Master of vessels of
3,000 GT or more to be valid on or after January 1, 2017, each
candidate must provide evidence of successful completion of approved
training in the following:
* * * * *
(d) Seafarers holding an STCW endorsement as Master of vessels of
500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT, in accordance with Sec. 11.311,
are eligible to apply for the endorsement as Master of vessels of 3,000
GT or more upon completion of 6 months of sea service, under the
authority of the endorsement, and must complete any items in paragraphs
(a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
(e) Seafarers with one of the following national officer
endorsements are eligible to apply for this endorsement upon completion
of the requirements in table 1 to this paragraph:
Table 1 to Sec. 11.305(e)--STCW Endorsement as Master of Vessels of 3,000 GT or More
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea service under
Entry path from national authority of the Competence--STCW Table A- Training required by
endorsements endorsement \1\ II/2 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Master ocean or near-coastal, None................... Yes..................... Yes.
unlimited tonnage.
Master OSV.......................... None................... Yes..................... Yes.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
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35. Amend Sec. 11.307 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (b) introductory text, and (d), and table 1 to Sec.
11.307(e) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.307 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Chief
Mate of vessels of 3,000 GT or more (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Chief Mate, an applicant
must--
* * * * *
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Chief Mate of vessels
of 3,000 GT or more to be valid on or after January 1, 2017, each
candidate must provide evidence of successful completion of approved
training in the following:
* * * * *
(d) Seafarers holding an STCW endorsement as Chief Mate of vessels
of 500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT, in accordance with Sec.
11.313, are eligible to apply for the endorsement as Chief Mate of
vessels of 3,000 GT or more upon completion of 6 months of sea service,
under the authority of the endorsement, and must complete any items in
paragraphs (a)(2) and (3) of this section not previously satisfied.
(e) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.307(e)--STCW Endorsement as Chief Mate of Vessels of 3,000 GT or More
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea service under
Entry path from national endorsements authority of the Competence--STCW Table A- Training required by
endorsement \1\ II/2 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chief Mate ocean or near-coastal, None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
unlimited tonnage.
Master ocean or near-coastal, less 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
than 500 GRT.
Chief Mate OSV....................... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Master of Towing Vessels ocean or 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
near-coastal.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
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36. Amend Sec. 11.309 by revising the section heading, paragraph (a),
and table 1 to Sec. 11.309(e) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.309 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as
Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch of vessels of 500 GT or more
(operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch (OICNW), an applicant must--
(1) Provide evidence of seagoing service as follows:
(i) Thirty-six months of seagoing service in the deck department on
vessels operating in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or Great Lakes.
Service on inland waters, bays, or sounds that are navigable waters of
the United States may be substituted for up to 50 percent of the total
required service; or
(ii) Twelve months of seagoing service as part of an approved
training program, which includes onboard training that meets the
requirements of Section A-II/1 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 11.102);
(2) Provide evidence of having performed, during the required
seagoing service, bridge watchkeeping duties under the supervision of
an officer holding the STCW endorsement as Master, Chief Mate, Second
Mate, or OICNW, for a period of not less than 6 months;
(3) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-II/1 of the STCW Code; and
(4) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Radar Observer.
(iii) Search and rescue.
(iv) Basic and Advanced Firefighting in accordance with Sec.
11.303.
(v) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast
Rescue Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats
other than Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSC-Limited).
(vi) Visual signaling.
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(vii) Bridge resource management (BRM).
(viii) Terrestrial and celestial navigation, and electronic
navigation systems.
(ix) Watchkeeping, including International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) and IMO standard marine
communication phrases (SMCP).
(x) Cargo handling and stowage.
(xi) Ship handling.
(xii) Stability and ship construction.
(xiii) Meteorology.
(xiv) ARPA, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(xv) GMDSS, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(xvi) ECDIS, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.309(e)--STCW Endorsement as OICNW of Vessels of 500 GT or More
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea service under
Entry path from national endorsements authority of the Competence-- STCW Table Training required by
endorsement \1\ A-II/1 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mate ocean or near-coastal, unlimited None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
tonnage.
Master ocean or near-coastal, less 6 months................ Yes..................... Yes.
than 500 GRT.
Mate ocean or near-coastal, less than None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
1,600 GRT.
Mate ocean or near-coastal, less than 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
500 GRT.
Mate OSV............................. 12 months\1\............ Yes..................... Yes.
Mate of Towing Vessels ocean or near- 6 months................ Yes..................... Yes.
coastal.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(4) of this section not previously satisfied.
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37. Amend Sec. 11.311 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(1), and (b) introductory text, and table 1 to
Sec. 11.311(d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.311 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Master
of vessels of 500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Master, an applicant
must--
(1) Provide evidence of 36 months of service as OICNW on vessels
operating in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or Great Lakes. However,
this period may be reduced to not less than 24 months if the applicant
served as Chief Mate for not less than 12 months. Service on inland
waters, bays, or sounds that are navigable waters of the United States
may be substituted for up to 50 percent of the total required service.
Experience gained in the engine department on vessels may be creditable
for up to 3 months of the service requirements;
* * * * *
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Master of vessels of
500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT to be valid on or after January
1, 2017, each candidate must provide evidence of successful completion
of approved training in the following:
* * * * *
(d) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.311(d)--STCW Endorsement as Master of Vessels of 500 GT or More and Less Than 3,000 GT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea service under
Entry path from national endorsements authority of the Competence--STCW Table A- Training required by
endorsement \1\ II/2 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Master oceans or near-coastal, less None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
than 1,600 GRT.
Master OSV........................... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Master oceans or near-coastal, less 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
than 500 GRT.
Master of Towing Vessels oceans or 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
near-coastal.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
0
38. Amend Sec. 11.313 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text and (b) introductory text, and table 1 to Sec.
11.313(d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.313 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Chief
Mate of vessels of 500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT (management
level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Chief Mate, an applicant
must--
* * * * *
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Chief Mate of vessels
of 500 GT or more and less than 3,000 GT to be valid on or after
January 1, 2017, each candidate must provide evidence of successful
completion of approved training in the following:
* * * * *
(d) * * *
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Table 1 to Sec. 11.313(d)--STCW Endorsement as Chief Mate of Vessels of 500 GT or More and Less Than 3,000 GT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea service under
Entry path from national endorsements authority of the Competence--STCW Table A- Training required by
endorsement \1\ II/2 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chief Mate OSV....................... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Master oceans or near-coastal, less 6 months................ Yes..................... Yes.
than 500 GRT.
Master of Towing Vessels oceans or 6 months................ Yes..................... Yes.
near-coastal.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
0
39. Amend Sec. 11.315 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(1), and (b) introductory text, and table 1 to
Sec. 11.315(d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.315 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Master
of vessels of less than 500 GT (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Master, an applicant
must--
(1) Provide evidence of 36 months of seagoing service as OICNW on
vessels operating in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or Great Lakes;
however, this period may be reduced to not less than 24 months if not
less than 12 months of such seagoing service has been served as Chief
Mate. Service on inland waters, bays, or sounds that are navigable
waters of the United States may be substituted for up to 50 percent of
the total required service. Experience gained in the engine department
may be creditable for up to 3 months of the service requirements;
* * * * *
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Master of vessels of
less than 500 GT to be valid on or after January 1, 2017, each
candidate must provide evidence of successful completion of approved
training in the following:
* * * * *
(d) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.315(d)--STCW Endorsement as Master of Vessels of Less Than 500 GT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea service under
Entry path from national endorsements authority of the Competence--STCW Table A- Training required by
endorsement \1\ II/2 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Master oceans or near-coastal, less None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
than 500 GRT.
Master of Towing Vessels oceans or None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
near-coastal.
Master oceans or near-coastal, less 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
than 200 GRT.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
0
40. Amend Sec. 11.317 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
and (b) introductory text, and table 1 to Sec. 11.317(d) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.317 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Master
of vessels of less than 500 GT limited to near-coastal waters
(management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Master, an applicant
must--
(1) Provide evidence of 12 months of service as OICNW, on vessels
operating in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or Great Lakes. Service
on inland waters, bays, or sounds that are navigable waters of the
United States may be substituted for up to 50 percent of the total
required service. Experience gained in the engine department on vessels
may be creditable for up to 1 month of the service requirements;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-II/3 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Basic and Advanced Firefighting in accordance with Sec.
11.303.
(iii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Fast Rescue Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue
Boats other than Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSC-Limited).
(vi) Radar Observer, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(iv) Leadership and managerial skills.
(v) ECDIS, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(vi) Radar Observer, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(vii) ARPA, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Master of vessels of
less than 500 GT limited to near-coastal waters to be valid on or after
January 1, 2017, each candidate must provide evidence of successful
completion of approved training in the following:
* * * * *
(d) * * *
[[Page 93074]]
Table 1 to Sec. 11.317(d)--STCW Endorsement as Master of Vessels of Less Than 500 GT Limited to Near-Coastal
Waters
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Sea service under
Entry path from national endorsements authority of the Competence--STCW Table Training required by
endorsement \1\ A-II/3 \2\ this section \3\
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Mate oceans or near-coastal, less None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
than 500 GRT.
Mate of Towing Vessels oceans or near- None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
coastal.
Master oceans or near-coastal, less 6 months................ Yes..................... Yes.
than 200 GRT.
Mate oceans or near-coastal, less 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
than 200 GRT.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
0
41. Amend Sec. 11.319 by revising the section heading, paragraph (a),
and table 1 to Sec. 11.317(d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.319 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as
Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch of vessels of less than 500
GT (operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch (OICNW), an applicant must--
(1) Provide evidence of seagoing service as follows:
(i) Provide evidence of 36 months of service in the deck department
on vessels operating in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or Great
Lakes. Service on inland waters, bays, or sounds that are navigable
waters of the United States may be substituted for up to 50 percent of
the required service. Experience gained in the engine department may be
creditable for up to 3 months of the service requirements; or
(ii) Provide evidence of not less than 12 months of seagoing
service as part of an approved training program that includes onboard
training that meets the requirements of Section A-II/1 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see Sec. 11.102).
(2) Provide evidence of having performed during the required
seagoing service, bridge watchkeeping duties, under the supervision of
an officer holding the STCW endorsement as Master, Chief Mate, or
OICNW, for a period of not less than 6 months. The Coast Guard will
accept service on vessels as Boatswain, Able Seafarer, or quartermaster
while holding the appropriate deck watchkeeping rating endorsement,
which may be accepted on a two-for-one basis to a maximum allowable
substitution of 3 months (6 months of experience equals 3 months of
creditable service);
(3) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-II/1 of the STCW Code; and
(4) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Radar Observer, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(iii) Watchkeeping, including COLREGS and IMO standard marine
communication phrases (SMCP).
(iv) Basic and Advanced Firefighting in accordance with Sec.
11.303.
(v) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast
Rescue Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats
other than Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSC-Limited).
(vi) Visual signaling.
(vii) Bridge resource management;
(viii) ARPA, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(ix) GMDSS, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(x) ECDIS, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.319(d)--STCW Endorsement as Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW) of Vessels of
Less Than 500 GT
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Sea service under
Entry path from national endorsements authority of the Competence--STCW Table A- Training required by
endorsement \1\ II/1 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mate oceans or near-coastal, less None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
than 500 GRT.
Mate of Towing Vessels oceans or near- None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
coastal.
Master oceans or near-coastal, less 6 months................ Yes..................... Yes.
than 200 GRT.
Mate oceans or near-coastal, less 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
than 200 GRT.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(4) of this section not previously satisfied.
0
42. Amend Sec. 11.321 by revising the section heading, paragraph (a),
and table 1 to Sec. 11.321(d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.321 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as
Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch of vessels of less than 500
GT limited to near-coastal waters (operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch (OICNW), an applicant must--
(1) Provide evidence of seagoing service as follows:
(i) Twenty-four months of seagoing service in the deck department
on vessels operating in oceans, near-coastal waters, and/or Great
Lakes. Service on inland waters, bays, or sounds that are navigable
waters of the United States may be substituted for up to 50 percent
[[Page 93075]]
of the total required service. Experience gained in the engine
department may be creditable for up to 3 months of the service
requirements; or
(ii) Successful completion of an approved training program that
includes seagoing service as required by the Coast Guard; or
(iii) Successful completion of approved training for this section
and obtain 12 months of seagoing service;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-II/3 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Basic and Advanced Firefighting in accordance with Sec.
11.303.
(iii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Fast Rescue Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue
Boats other than Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSC-Limited).
(iv) Bridge resource management;
(v) ECDIS, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(vi) Radar Observer, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
(vii) ARPA, if serving on a vessel with this equipment.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.321(d)--STCW Endorsement as OICNW of Vessels of Less Than 500 GT Limited to Near-Coastal
Waters
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea service under
Entry path from national endorsements authority of the Competence--STCW Table Training required by
endorsement \1\ A-II/3 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mate oceans or near-coastal less than None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
500 GRT.
Mate of Towing Vessels oceans or near- None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
coastal.
Master oceans or near-coastal, less None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
than 200 GRT.
Mate oceans or near-coastal, less 6 months................ Yes..................... Yes.
than 200 GRT.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
0
43. Amend Sec. 11.323 by revising paragraphs (a) and (d) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.323 STCW engineer officer endorsements.
(a) Specific requirements for all STCW engineer officer
endorsements are detailed in the applicable sections in this part.
(1) Chief Engineer Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power or more (management
level).
(2) Second Engineer Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power or more (management
level).
(3) Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch (OICEW) in a manned
engineroom, or as a Designated Duty Engineer in a periodically unmanned
engineroom, on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kW/
1,000 HP propulsion power or more (operational level).
(4) Chief Engineer Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of between 750 kW/1,000 HP and 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion
power (management level).
(5) Second Engineer Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP to 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power
(management level).
(6) Electro-technical Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or more (operational level).
* * * * *
(d) An officer endorsement issued in the grade of Chief Engineer-
Limited or Assistant Engineer-Limited allows the holder to serve within
any propulsion power limitations on vessels of unlimited tonnage on
inland waters, on vessels of less than 3,000 GT in Great Lakes service,
and on the vessels specified in Sec. 15.105(f) and (g) of this
subchapter.
0
44. Amend Sec. 11.325 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
and (b) introductory text, and table 1 to Sec. 11.325(d) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.325 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Chief
Engineer Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of
3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power or more (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer,
an applicant must--
(1) Provide evidence of not less than 36 months of service as OICEW
on ships powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP
propulsion power or more. This period may be reduced to not less than
24 months if the applicant has served for not less than 12 months as
Second Engineer Officer on ships powered by propulsion machinery of
3,000 kW/4,000 HP or more;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-III/2 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following areas:
(i) Engineroom Resource Management (ERM) if not completed at the
operational level.
(ii) Leadership and managerial skills.
(iii) Management of electrical and electronic control equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer
on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power or more to be valid on or after January 1, 2017, each
candidate must provide evidence of successful completion of approved
training in the following:
* * * * *
(d) * * *
[[Page 93076]]
Table 1 to Sec. 11.325(d)--STCW Endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer on Vessels Powered by Main Propulsion
Machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP Propulsion Power or More
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Competence-- STCW Table Training required by
Entry path from national endorsements Sea service \1\ A-III/2 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chief Engineer....................... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Chief Engineer-Limited............... 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
Chief Engineer-MODU.................. 12 months/24 months\4\.. Yes..................... Yes.
Chief Engineer-OSV................... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Designated Duty Engineer, any 24 months as DDE........ Yes..................... Yes.
horsepower \5\.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
\4\ Depending on the type of sea service used to obtain Chief Engineer-MODU (refer to Sec. 11.542)
\5\ STCW certificate should be limited to vessels less than 500 GRT.
0
45. Amend Sec. 11.327 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
and (b) introductory text, and table 1 to Sec. 11.327(d) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.327 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Second
Engineer Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of
3,000kW/4,000 HP propulsion power or more (management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Second Engineer Officer,
an applicant must--
(1) Provide evidence of not less than 12 months of service as OICEW
on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of 750kW/1,000 HP or
more; or 12 months of sea service as a Chief Engineer on vessels
powered by propulsion machinery of vessels between 750kW/1,000 HP and
3,000 kW/4,000 HP;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-III/2 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following areas:
(i) Engineroom Resource Management (ERM) if not completed at the
operational level.
(ii) Leadership and managerial skills.
(iii) Management of electrical and electronic control equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Second Engineer Officer
on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP
propulsion power or more to be valid on or after January 1, 2017, each
candidate must provide evidence of successful completion of approved
training in the following:
* * * * *
(d) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.327(d)--STCW Endorsement as Second Engineer Officer on Vessels Powered by Main Propulsion
Machinery of 3,000 kW/4,000 HP Propulsion Power or More
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Competence--STCW Table A- Training required by
Entry path from national endorsements Sea service \1\ III/2 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Assistant Engineer............. None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Second Assistant Engineer............ None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Third Assistant Engineer............. 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
Assistant Engineer-Limited........... 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
Chief Engineer-MODU.................. 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
Chief Engineer-OSV................... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Designated Duty Engineer-Unlimited 12 months as DDE........ Yes..................... Yes.
\4\.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
\4\ STCW certificate should be limited to vessels less than 500 GRT.
0
46. Amend Sec. 11.329 by revising the section heading, paragraph (a),
and table 1 to Sec. 11.329(e) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.329 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as
Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch in a manned engineroom or
Designated Duty Engineer in a periodically unmanned engineroom on
vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP
propulsion power or more (operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Officer in Charge of an
Engineering Watch (OICEW), an applicant must--
(1) Provide evidence of seagoing service as follows:
(i) Thirty-six months of seagoing service in the engine department;
or
(ii) Successful completion of an approved training program, which
includes a combination of workshop skill training and seagoing service
of not less than 12 months, and that meets the requirements of Section
A-III/1 of the STCW Code (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 11.102);
(2) Provide evidence of having performed during the required
seagoing service, engineroom watchkeeping duties, under the supervision
of an officer holding the STCW endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer or
as a qualified engineer officer, for a period of not less than 6
months;
(3) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-III/1 of the STCW Code; and
[[Page 93077]]
(4) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Basic and Advanced Firefighting in accordance with Sec.
11.303.
(iii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Fast Rescue Boats.
(iv) Engineroom Resource Management (ERM).
(v) Engineering terminology and shipboard operations.
(vi) Auxiliary machinery.
(vii) Gas turbine plants, as applicable.
(viii) Steam plants, as applicable.
(ix) Motor plants, as applicable.
(x) Electrical machinery and basic electronics.
(xi) Control systems.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.329(e)--STCW Endorsement as OICEW in a Manned Engineroom or Designated Duty Engineer in a
Periodically Unmanned Engineroom on Vessels Powered by Main Propulsion Machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP Propulsion
Power or More [Operational level]
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Competence-- STCW Table Training required by
Entry path from national endorsements Sea service * A- III/1 ** this section ***
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Second Assistant Engineer any None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
horsepower.
Third Assistant Engineer any None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
horsepower.
Assistant Engineer-Limited........... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Designated Duty Engineer-Unlimited, None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
less than 500 GRT.
Assistant Engineer-MODU.............. None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Assistant Engineer-OSV............... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Designated Duty Engineer, 3,000 kW/ 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
4,000 HP \1\.
Designated Duty Engineer, 750 kW/ 24 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
1,000 HP \1\.
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* This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the requirements
of this section.
** Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
*** Complete any items in paragraph (a)(4) of this section not previously satisfied.
\1\ STCW certificate should be limited to vessels less than 500 GRT.
0
47. Amend Sec. 11.331 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a),
(b) introductory text, and (c), and table 1 to Sec. 11.331(e) to read
as follows:
Sec. 11.331 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Chief
Engineer Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of 750
kW/1,000 HP or more and less than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power
(management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer,
an applicant must--
(1) Provide evidence of meeting the requirements for certification
as OICEW, and have not less than 24 months of service on seagoing
vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of not less than 750 kW/
1,000 HP, of which not less than 12 months must be served while
qualified to serve as Second Engineer Officer. Experience gained in the
deck department may be creditable for up to 2 months of the total
service requirements;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-III/3 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following areas:
(i) Engineroom Resource Management (ERM) if not completed at the
operational level.
(ii) Leadership and managerial skills.
(iii) Management of electrical and electronic control equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer
on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or
more and less than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power to be valid on or
after January 1, 2017, each candidate must provide evidence of
successful completion of approved training in the following:
* * * * *
(c) An engineer officer qualified to serve as Second Engineer
Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of 3,000 kW/
4,000 HP or more, may serve as Chief Engineer Officer on vessels
powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or more and
less than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP provided the certificate is so endorsed.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.331(e)--STCW Endorsement as Chief Engineer Officer on Vessels Powered by Main Propulsion
Machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or More and Less Than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP Propulsion Power
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Competence--STCW Table A- Training required by
Entry path from national endorsements Sea service \1\ III/3 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chief Engineer....................... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
First Assistant Engineer............. None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Chief Engineer-Limited............... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Chief Engineer-OSV................... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Chief Engineer-MODU.................. 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
Designated Duty Engineer, 3,000 kW/ 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
4,000 HP \4\.
Designated Duty Engineer, 750 kW/ 24 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
1,000 HP \4\.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
[[Page 93078]]
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
\4\ STCW certificate should be limited to vessels less than 500 GRT.
0
48. Amend Sec. 11.333 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
and (b) introductory text, and table 1 to Sec. 11.333(d) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.333 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Second
Engineer Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of
750kW/1,000 HP or more and less than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power
(management level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Second Engineer Officer,
an applicant must--
(1) Provide evidence of meeting the requirements for certification
as OICEW, as well as serving for not less than 12 months as Assistant
Engineer Officer or engineer officer on vessels powered by main
propulsion machinery of not less than 750 kW/1,000 HP. Experience
gained in the deck department may be creditable for up to 1 month of
the total service requirements;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-III/3 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 11.102); and
(3) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following areas:
(i) Engineroom Resource Management (ERM) if not completed at the
operational level.
(ii) Leadership and managerial skills.
(iii) Management of electrical and electronic control equipment.
(b) For a renewal of an STCW endorsement as Second Engineer Officer
on vessels powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or
more and less than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP propulsion power to be valid on or
after January 1, 2017, each candidate must provide evidence of
successful completion of approved training in the following:
* * * * *
(d) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.333(d)--STCW Endorsement as Second Engineer Officer on Vessels Powered by Main Propulsion
Machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or More and Less Than 3,000 kW/4,000 HP Propulsion Power
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Competence--STCW Table A- Training required by
Entry path from national endorsements Sea service \1\ III/3 \2\ this section \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Assistant Engineer............. None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Second Assistant Engineer............ None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Third Assistant Engineer............. 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
Assistant Engineer-Limited........... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Assistant Engineer-OSV............... None.................... Yes..................... Yes.
Assistant Engineer-MODU.............. 12 months............... Yes..................... Yes.
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer in order to meet the
requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not previously satisfied.
0
49. Amend Sec. 11.335 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.335 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as an
Electro-technical Officer on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or more (operational level).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as an Electro-technical
Officer (ETO), an applicant must--
(1) Provide evidence of 36 months combined workshop skills training
and approved seagoing service of which not less than 30 months must be
seagoing service in the engine department of vessels. Experience gained
in the deck department may be creditable for up to 3 months of the
service requirements; or completion of an approved training program,
that includes a combination of workshop skill training and seagoing
service of not less than 12 months, and which meets the requirements of
Section A-III/6 of the STCW Code (incorporated by reference, see Sec.
11.102);
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Section A-III/6 of the STCW Code;
(3) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in the following subject areas:
(i) Medical First-aid Provider.
(ii) Basic and Advanced Firefighting in accordance with Sec.
11.303.
(iii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than
Fast Rescue Boats (PSC) or Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue
Boats other than Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSC-Limited); and
(4) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
professional training in the following subject areas:
(i) Onboard computer networking and security.
(ii) Radio electronics.
(iii) Integrated navigation equipment.
(iv) Ship propulsion and auxiliary machinery.
(v) Instrumentation and control systems.
(vi) High-voltage power systems.
* * * * *
(c) An applicant who holds an STCW endorsement as OICEW, Second
Engineer Officer, or Chief Engineer Officer will be allowed to receive
the ETO endorsement upon completion of the requirements in Section A-
III/6 of the STCW Code.
* * * * *
0
50. Amend Sec. 11.337 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.337 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Vessel
Security Officer.
(a) The applicant for an endorsement as Vessel Security Officer
(VSO) must present satisfactory documentary evidence in accordance with
the requirements in 33 CFR 104.215.
* * * * *
0
51. Amend Sec. 11.401 by revising paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) to read
as follows:
Sec. 11.401 Ocean and near-coastal national officer endorsements.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec. 11.464(e) and
11.465(b), any License
[[Page 93079]]
or MMC endorsement for service as Master or Mate on ocean waters
qualifies the mariner to serve in the same grade on any waters, except
towing vessels upon western rivers subject to the limitations of the
endorsement.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec. 11.464(e) and
11.465(b), any License or MMC endorsement issued for service as Master
or Mate on near-coastal waters qualifies the mariner to serve in the
same grade on Great Lakes and inland waters, except towing vessels upon
western rivers subject to the limitations of the endorsement.
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(d) A Master or Mate on vessels of 200 GRT or more, and a Master or
Mate on vessels under 200 GRT, may be endorsed for Sail or Auxiliary
Sail as appropriate. The applicant must present the equivalent total
service required for conventional officer endorsements, including at
least 1 year of deck experience on that specific type of vessel. For
example, for an officer endorsement as Master of vessels of less than
1,600 GRT endorsed for auxiliary sail, the applicant must meet the
total experience requirements for the conventional officer endorsement,
including time as Mate, and the proper tonnage experience, including at
least 1 year of deck service, on appropriately sized auxiliary sail
vessels. For an endorsement to serve on vessels of less than 200 GRT,
see the individual endorsement requirements.
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52. Amend Sec. 11.402 by revising paragraphs (b) through (d) to read
as follows:
Sec. 11.402 Tonnage requirements for national ocean or near-coastal
endorsements for vessels of 1,600 GRT or more.
* * * * *
(b) If an applicant for a national endorsement as Master or Mate of
unlimited tonnage does not have the service on vessels of 1,600 GRT or
more as required by paragraph (a)(2) of this section, a tonnage
limitation will be placed on the MMC based on the applicant's
qualifying experience. The endorsement will be limited to the maximum
tonnage on which at least 25 percent of the required experience was
obtained, or 150 percent of the maximum tonnage on which at least 50
percent of the service was obtained, whichever is higher. However, the
minimum tonnage limitation calculated according to this paragraph will
be 2,000 GRT. Limitations are in multiples of 1,000 GRT using the next
higher figure when an intermediate tonnage is calculated. When the
calculated limitation equals or exceeds 10,000 GRT, the applicant is
issued an unlimited tonnage endorsement.
(c) Tonnage limitations imposed under paragraph (b) of this section
may be raised or removed in one of the following manners:
(1) When the applicant provides evidence of 6 months of service on
vessels of 1,600 GRT or more in the highest grade endorsed, all tonnage
limitations will be removed.
(2) When the applicant provides evidence of 6 months of service on
vessels of 1,600 GRT or more in any capacity as an officer other than
the highest grade for which they are endorsed, all tonnage limitations
for the grade in which the service is performed will be removed and the
next higher grade endorsement will be raised to the tonnage of the
vessel on which the majority of the service was performed. The total
cumulative service before and after issuance of the limited License or
MMC officer endorsement may be considered in removing all tonnage
limitations.
(3) When the applicant has 12 months of service as Able Seafarer on
vessels of 1,600 GRT or more while holding a License or endorsement as
Third Mate, all tonnage limitations on the Third Mate's License or MMC
officer endorsement will be removed.
(d) No applicant holding any national endorsement as Master or Mate
of vessels of less than 1,600 GRT, less than 500 GRT, or less than 25-
200 GRT may use the provisions of paragraph (c) of this section to
increase the tonnages of their License or endorsement.
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53. Amend Sec. 11.404 by revising the section heading, and paragraphs
(a) and (b) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 11.404 Service requirements for Master of ocean or near-coastal
self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Master of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled vessels
of unlimited tonnage is--
(1) One year of service as Chief Mate on ocean self-propelled
vessels; or
(2) While holding a License or MMC endorsement as Chief Mate of
ocean self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage, 12 months of service
on deck as follows:
(i) A minimum of 6 months of service as Chief Mate.
(ii) Service as Second Mate, Third Mate, or Officer in Charge of a
Navigational Watch (OICNW) accepted on a two-for-one basis (12 months
as OICNW equals 6 months of creditable service).
(b) An individual holding an endorsement or License as Master of
Great Lakes and inland, self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage, or
Master of inland, self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage, may
obtain an endorsement as Master of oceans or near-coastal self-
propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage by providing evidence of sea
service of not less than 24 months under the authority of the
credential and by completing the prescribed examination in subpart I of
this part. Service will be credited as follows:
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54. Amend Sec. 11.405 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.405 Service requirements for Chief Mate of ocean or near-
coastal self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Chief Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of unlimited tonnage is 1 year of service as Officer in Charge
of a Navigational Watch (OICNW) on ocean self-propelled vessels while
holding a License or MMC endorsement as Second Mate.
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55. Amend Sec. 11.406 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.406 Service requirements for Second Mate of ocean or near-
coastal self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Second Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of unlimited tonnage is--
(1) One year of service as Officer in Charge of a Navigational
Watch (OICNW) on ocean self-propelled vessels while holding a License
or endorsement as Third Mate; or
(2) While holding a License or MMC endorsement as Third Mate of
ocean self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage, 12 months of service
on deck as follows:
(i) A minimum of 6 months service as officer in charge of a deck
watch on ocean self-propelled vessels.
(ii) Service on ocean self-propelled vessels as Boatswain, Able
Seafarer, or quartermaster while holding a certificate or MMC
endorsement as Able Seafarer, which may be accepted on a two-for-one
basis to a maximum allowable substitution of six months (12 months of
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experience equals 6 months of creditable service).
* * * * *
(c) If an individual holds an endorsement or License as Master of
Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage or
Master of inland self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage, they may
obtain an endorsement as Second Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-
propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage by completing the prescribed
examination in subpart I of this part.
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56. Amend Sec. 11.407 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) through (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.407 Service requirements for Third Mate of ocean or near-
coastal self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service or training required to qualify an
applicant for an endorsement as Third Mate of ocean or near-coastal
self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage is--
(1) Three years of service in the deck department on ocean self-
propelled vessels, with a minimum of 6 months of bridge watchkeeping
duties under the supervision of the Master or a qualified officer.
Experience gained in the engine department on vessels of appropriate
tonnage may be creditable for up to 3 months of the service
requirements for this officer endorsement;
(2) Graduation from--
(i) The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (deck curriculum);
(ii) The U.S. Coast Guard Academy with qualification as an underway
Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW), underway officer of
the deck, or deck watch officer;
(iii) The U.S. Naval Academy with qualification as an underway
OICNW, underway officer of the deck or deck watch officer; or
(iv) The deck class of a maritime academy approved by and conducted
under rules prescribed by the Maritime Administrator and listed in part
310 of this title, including the ocean option program in the deck class
of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy; or
(3) Satisfactory completion of a comprehensive Apprentice Mate
training program approved by the Coast Guard.
(b) Graduation from the deck class of the Great Lakes Maritime
Academy will qualify the graduate to be examined for an endorsement as
Third Mate of self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage with a route
appropriate to the program completed.
(c) While holding a license or MMC endorsement as Master of ocean
or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT, 1 year
of service as Master on vessels of more than 200 GRT operating on ocean
or near-coastal waters will qualify the applicant for an endorsement as
Third Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of unlimited
tonnage.
(d) An individual holding an endorsement or License as Mate of
Great Lakes and inland, self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage, or
Master of inland, self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage, may
obtain an endorsement as Third Mate of oceans or near-coastal self-
propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage by completing the prescribed
examination in subpart I of this part.
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57. Amend Sec. 11.410 by revising paragraphs (a) and (b) introductory
text to read as follows:
Sec. 11.410 Requirements for deck officer endorsements for vessels of
less than 1,600 GRT.
(a) Endorsements as Master and Mate of vessels of less than 1,600
GRT are issued in the following tonnage categories:
* * * * *
(b) Experience gained in the engine department on vessels of
appropriate tonnage may be creditable for up to 90 days of the service
requirements for any Master or Mate endorsement in this category.
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58. Amend Sec. 11.412 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.412 Service requirements for Master of ocean or near-coastal
self-propelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Master of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled vessels
of less than 1,600 GRT is--
(1) Four years total service on ocean or near-coastal waters.
Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 2
years of the required service. Two years of the required service must
have been on vessels of more than 100 GRT. Two years of the required
service must have been as a Master or Mate of self-propelled vessels,
or Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or equivalent position
while holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master or Mate of self-
propelled vessels, or Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels. One
year of the service as Master or Mate of self-propelled vessels, or
Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or equivalent position must
have been on vessels of more than 100 GRT; or
(2) One year of service on vessels of more than 100 GRT on ocean or
near-coastal waters as a Master or Mate of self-propelled vessels, or
Master or Mate of Towing Vessels while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Mate of ocean self-propelled vessels of less than 1,600
GRT or as Master or Mate of Towing Vessels.
(b) An applicant holding a License or MMC endorsement as Chief Mate
of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of 1,600 GRT or more is
eligible for this endorsement without further examination. An applicant
holding a License or MMC endorsement as Second Mate of ocean or near-
coastal self-propelled vessels of 1,600 GRT or more is eligible for
this endorsement upon completion of a limited examination.
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59. Amend Sec. 11.414 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.414 Service requirements for Mate of ocean self-propelled
vessels of less than 1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Mate of self-propelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT
is--
(1) Three years of total service in the deck department of ocean or
near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels, as
follows:
(i) Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up
to 18 months of the required service.
(ii) One year of the required service must have been on vessels of
more than 100 GRT.
(iii) One year of the required service must have been as a Master
or Mate of self-propelled vessels, or Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels, or equivalent position while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Master, Mate, or Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels. Six months of the required service as Master or Mate of self-
propelled vessels, or Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or
equivalent position must have been on vessels of more than 100 GRT; or
(2) Three years of total service in the deck department on ocean or
near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels of more
than 100 GRT. Six months of the required service must have been while
performing bridge watchkeeping duties under the supervision of the
Master or a qualified officer.
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60. Amend Sec. 11.416 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.416 Service requirements for Mate of near-coastal self-
propelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Mate of near-coastal self-propelled vessels of less than
1,600 GRT is 2 years of total service in the deck department of ocean
or near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels.
Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 1
year of the required service. One year of the required service must
have been on vessels of more than 100 GRT. Six months of the required
service must have been while performing bridge watchkeeping duties
under the supervision of the Master or a qualified officer.
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61. Amend Sec. 11.418 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.418 Service requirements for Master of ocean or near-coastal
self-propelled vessels of less than 500 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Master of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled vessels
of less than 500 GRT is--
(1) Three years total of service on ocean or near-coastal waters.
Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 18
months of the required service. Two years of the required service must
have been as a Master, Mate, or equivalent position while holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Master, Mate, or Operator of Uninspected
Passenger Vessels. One year of the required service as Master, Mate, or
equivalent position must have been on vessels of more than 50 GRT; or
(2) One year of service on vessels of more than 50 GRT on ocean or
near-coastal waters as a Master or Mate of self-propelled vessels, or
Master or Mate of Towing Vessels while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Mate of ocean self-propelled vessels of less than 500
GRT.
(b) The holder of a License or MMC endorsement as Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels authorizing service on oceans or near-coastal
routes is eligible for an endorsement as Master of ocean or near-
coastal self-propelled vessels of less than 500 GRT after both 1 year
of service as Master or Mate of Towing Vessels on oceans or near-
coastal routes and completion of a limited examination.
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62. Amend Sec. 11.420 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.420 Service requirements for Mate of ocean self-propelled
vessels of less than 500 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Mate of ocean self-propelled vessels of less than 500
GRT is 2 years of total service in the deck department of ocean or
near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels. Service
on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 1 year of the
required service. One year of the required service must have been as a
Master, Mate, or equivalent position while holding a License or
endorsement as Master, Mate, or Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels. Six months of the required service as Master, Mate, or
equivalent position must have been on vessels of more than 50 GRT.
* * * * *
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63. Amend Sec. 11.421 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.421 Service requirements for Mate of near-coastal self-
propelled vessels of less than 500 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Mate of near-coastal self-propelled vessels of less than
500 GRT is 2 years of total service in the deck department of ocean or
near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels. Service
on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 1 year of the
required service. One year of the required service must have been on
vessels of more than 50 GRT. Three months of the required service must
have been while performing bridge watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified officer on vessels of more
than 50 GRT.
* * * * *
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64. Revise Sec. 11.422 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.422 Tonnage limitations and qualifying requirements for
endorsements as Master or Mate of vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(a) Each national endorsement as Master or Mate of vessels of less
than 200 GRT is issued with a tonnage limitation based on the
applicant's qualifying experience. The tonnage limitation will be
issued at the 25, 50, 100, or 200 GRT level. The endorsement will be
limited to the maximum GRT on which at least 25 percent of the required
experience was obtained, or 150 percent of the maximum GRT on which at
least 50 percent of the service was obtained, whichever is higher.
Limitations are as stated above, using the next higher figure when an
intermediate tonnage is calculated. If more than 75 percent of the
qualifying experience is obtained on vessels of 5 GRT or less, the MMC
will automatically be limited to vessels of less than 25 GRT.
(b) The tonnage limitation may be raised as follows:
(1) For an endorsement as Mate, with at least 45 days of additional
service on deck of a vessel in the highest tonnage increment authorized
by the officer endorsement.
(2) For an endorsement as Master, with at least 90 days of
additional service on deck of a vessel in the highest tonnage increment
authorized by the Master endorsement.
(3) With additional service, which, when combined with all
previously accumulated service, will qualify the applicant for a higher
tonnage officer endorsement under the basic formula specified in
paragraph (a) of this section.
(4) With 6 months additional service in the deck department on
vessels within the highest tonnage increment on the officer's License
or MMC endorsement. In this case, the tonnage limitation may be raised
one increment.
(c) When the service is obtained on vessels upon which no personnel
need an officer endorsement or License, the Coast Guard must be
satisfied that the nature of this required service (i.e., size of
vessel, route, equipment, etc.) is a reasonable equivalent to the
duties performed on vessels which are required to engage individuals
with officer endorsements.
(d) Service gained in the engineroom on vessels of 200 GRT or less
may be creditable for up to 90 days of the deck service requirements
for Mate.
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65. Amend Sec. 11.424 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.424 Requirements for Master of ocean self-propelled vessels
of less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
officer endorsement as Master of ocean self-propelled vessels of less
than 200 GRT is--
(1) Three years of total service on ocean or near-coastal waters.
Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 18
months of the required service. Two years of the required service must
have been as Master, Mate, or equivalent position while holding a
License or MMC
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endorsement as Master, as Mate, or as Operator of Uninspected Passenger
Vessels (OUPV); or
(2) Two years of total service as a Master or Mate of ocean or
near-coastal towing vessels. Completion of an examination is also
required.
(b) In order to obtain an officer endorsement for sail or auxiliary
sail vessels, the applicant must submit evidence of 12 months of
service on sail or auxiliary sail vessels. The required 12 months of
service may have been obtained prior to issuance of the Master's
License or MMC endorsement.
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66. Amend Sec. 11.425 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a), (b), and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.425 Requirements for Mate of ocean self-propelled vessels of
less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify for the endorsement as
Mate of ocean self-propelled vessels of less than 200 GRT is--
(1) Twelve months of total service in the deck department of ocean
or near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels.
Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 6
months of the required service; or
(2) Three months of service in the deck department of self-
propelled vessels operating on ocean, near-coastal, Great Lakes, or
inland waters while holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master of
inland self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels of less than 200
GRT.
(b) The holder of a License or MMC endorsement as Operator of
Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) with a near-coastal route
endorsement may obtain this endorsement by successfully completing an
examination on rules and regulations for small passenger vessels.
* * * * *
(d) A License or MMC endorsement as Master of near-coastal self-
propelled vessels may be endorsed as Mate of sail or auxiliary sail
vessels upon presentation of 3 months of service on sail or auxiliary
sail vessels.
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67. Amend Sec. 11.426 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.426 Requirements for Master of near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify for a Master of near-
coastal self-propelled vessels of less than 200 GRT is--
(1) Two years total service on ocean or near-coastal waters.
Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 1
year of the required service. One year of the required service must
have been as a Master, Mate, or equivalent position while holding a
License or endorsement as Master, Mate, or Operator of Uninspected
Passenger Vessels (OUPV); or
(2) One year of total service as Master or Mate of Towing Vessels
on ocean or near-coastal routes. Completion of an examination is also
required.
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68. Amend Sec. 11.427 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a), (b), and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.427 Requirements for Mate of near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify for the endorsement as
Mate of near-coastal self-propelled vessels of less than 200 GRT is--
(1) Twelve months of total service in the deck department of ocean
or near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels.
Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 6
months of the required service; or
(2) Three months of service in the deck department of self-
propelled vessels operating on ocean, near-coastal, Great Lakes, or
inland waters while holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master of
inland self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels of less than 200
GRT.
(b) The holder of a License or MMC endorsement as Operator of
Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) with a near-coastal route
endorsement may obtain this endorsement by successfully completing an
examination on rules and regulations for small passenger vessels.
* * * * *
(d) A License or MMC endorsement as Master of near-coastal self-
propelled vessels may be endorsed as Mate of sail or auxiliary sail
vessels upon presentation of 3 months of service on sail or auxiliary
sail vessels.
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69. Amend Sec. 11.428 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a), (b), and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.428 Requirements for Master of near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify for the endorsement as
Master of self-propelled, seagoing vessels of less than 100 GRT limited
to domestic voyages upon near-coastal waters is 2 years of service in
the deck department of a self-propelled vessel on ocean or near-coastal
waters. Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up
to 1 year of the required service.
(b) To obtain an endorsement for sail or auxiliary sail vessels,
the applicant must submit evidence of 12 months of service on sail or
auxiliary-sail vessels. This required service may have been obtained
before issuance of the License or MMC.
* * * * *
(d) All endorsements issued for Master or Mate of vessels of less
than 100 GRT are issued in tonnage increments based on the applicant's
qualifying experience in accordance with the provisions of Sec.
11.422.
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70. Amend Sec. 11.429 by revising the section heading, paragraph (a)
introductory text, and paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.429 Requirements for a Limited Master of near-coastal self-
propelled vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) An endorsement as Limited Master for service on near-coastal
waters on vessels of less than 100 GRT may be issued to an applicant to
be employed by organizations such as yacht clubs, marinas, formal
camps, and educational institutions. An endorsement issued under this
section is limited to the specific activity and the locality of the
yacht club, marina, or camp. To obtain this restricted endorsement, an
applicant must--
* * * * *
(c) To obtain an endorsement for sail or auxiliary sail vessels,
the applicant must submit evidence of 4 months of service on sail or
auxiliary sail vessels. The required 4 months of service may have been
obtained prior to issuance of the License or MMC endorsement.
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71. Amend Sec. 11.430 by revising paragraph (e) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.430 Endorsements for the Great Lakes and inland waters.
* * * * *
(e) To obtain a Master or Mate endorsement with a tonnage limit of
200 GRT or more, whether an original, raise of grade, or increase in
the scope of authority, the applicant must meet the training
requirements in Sec. 11.201(h) and (i) and successfully complete Radar
Observer training in Sec. 11.480.
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72. Amend Sec. 11.433 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
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Sec. 11.433 Requirements for Master of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Master of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels
of unlimited tonnage is--
(1) One year of service as a Mate or First-Class Pilot while acting
in the capacity of First Mate of Great Lakes self-propelled vessels of
1,600 GRT or more while holding a License or MMC endorsement as Mate
inland or First-Class Pilot of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled
vessels of unlimited tonnage;
(2) Two years of service as Master of self-propelled vessels of
1,600 GRT or more on inland waters, excluding the Great Lakes; or
(3) One year of service upon Great Lakes waters while holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Mate or First-Class Pilot of Great Lakes
and inland self-propelled vessels of 1,600 GRT or more. A minimum of 6
months of this service must have been in the capacity of First Mate.
Service as Second Mate is accepted for the remainder on a two-for-one
basis to a maximum of 6 months (2 days of service equals 1 day of
creditable service).
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73. Amend Sec. 11.435 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.435 Requirements for Master of inland self-propelled vessels
of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Master of self-propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage on
inland waters, excluding the Great Lakes is--
(1) One year of service as First-Class Pilot (of other than canal
and small lakes routes) or Mate of Great Lakes or inland self-propelled
vessels of 1,600 GRT or more while holding a License or MMC endorsement
as Mate inland or First-Class Pilot of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage; or
(2) Two years of service performing bridge watchkeeping duties
under the supervision of the Master or a qualified officer while
holding a Mate/First-Class Pilot License or MMC endorsement.
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74. Amend Sec. 11.437 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.437 Requirements for Mate of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Mate of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage is--
(1) Three years of service in the deck department of self-propelled
vessels, at least 3 months of which must have been on vessels on inland
waters and at least 6 months of which must have been while performing
bridge watchkeeping duties under the supervision of the Master or a
qualified officer;
(2) Graduation from the deck class of the Great Lakes Maritime
Academy; or
(3) While holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master of Great
Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT, 1 year
of service as Master on vessels of 200 GRT or more. A tonnage
limitation may be placed on this License in accordance with Sec.
11.431.
* * * * *
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75. Amend Sec. 11.442 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.442 Requirements for Master of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Master of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels
of less than 1,600 GRT is--
(1) Three years of total service on vessels. Eighteen months of the
required service must have been on vessels of 100 GRT or more. One year
of the required service must have been as a Master, Mate, or equivalent
position on vessels of 100 GRT or more while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Master, Mate, or Master of Towing Vessels; or
(2) Six months of service as operator on vessels of 100 GRT or more
while holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels.
* * * * *
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76. Amend Sec. 11.444 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.444 Requirements for Mate of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of less than 1,600 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Mate of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 1,600 GRT is--
(1) Two years of total service in the deck department of self-
propelled vessels. One year of the required service must have been on
vessels of 100 GRT or more. Six months of the required service must
have been while performing bridge watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified officer on vessels of 100 GRT
or more;
(2) One year of total service as Master of self-propelled, sail, or
auxiliary sail vessels, or Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels
(OUPV) of 50 GRT or more while holding a License or MMC endorsement as
Master of self-propelled vessels of less than 200 GRT or OUPV; or
(3) Six months of total service as Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels
on vessels of 100 GRT or more.
* * * * *
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77. Revise Sec. 11.446 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.446 Requirements for Master of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of less than 500 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Master of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels
of less than 500 GRT is--
(1) Three years of total service on vessels. One year of the
required service must have been as a Master, Mate, or equivalent
position on vessels of 50 GRT or more while holding a License or MMC
endorsement as Master, Mate, or OUPV.
(2) [Reserved]
(b) An applicant holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master of
ocean, near-coastal, or Great Lakes and inland towing vessels is
eligible for this endorsement after 6 months of service as Master of
Towing Vessels and completion of a limited examination. This requires
3\1/2 \years of service. Two years of this service must have been
served while holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or Mate.
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78. Revise Sec. 11.448 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.448 Requirements for Mate of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of less than 500 GRT.
The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Mate of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 500 GRT is 2 years of total service in the deck department of
self-propelled vessels. One year of the required service must have been
on vessels of 50 GRT or more. Three months of the required service must
have been while performing bridge watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified officer on vessels of 50 GRT
or more.
0
79. Revise Sec. 11.450 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.450 Tonnage limitations and qualifying requirements for
endorsements as Master or Mate of Great Lakes and inland vessels of
less than 200 GRT.
(a) Except as noted in paragraph (d) of this section, all
endorsements issued for
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Master or Mate of vessels of less than 200 GRT are issued in 50 GRT
increments based on the applicant's qualifying experience in accordance
with the provisions of Sec. 11.422.
(b) Service gained in the engineroom on vessels of less than 200
GRT may be creditable for up to 25 percent of the deck service
requirements for Mate.
(c) When the service is obtained on vessels upon which personnel
with Licenses or endorsements are not required, the Coast Guard must be
satisfied that the nature of this required service (i.e., size of
vessel, route, equipment, etc.) is a reasonable equivalent to the
duties performed on vessels which are required to engage individuals
with endorsements.
(d) If more than 75 percent of the qualifying experience is
obtained on vessels of 5 GRT or less, the License will automatically be
limited to vessels of less than 25 GRT.
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80. Revise Sec. 11.452 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.452 Requirements for Master of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement or License as Master of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of less than 200 GRT is 1 year of service on vessels.
Six months of the required service must have been as Master, Mate, or
equivalent position while holding a License or endorsement as Master or
Mate of self-propelled vessels, or Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels, or OUPV. To obtain authority to serve on the Great Lakes, 3
months of the required service must have been on Great Lakes waters;
otherwise the endorsement will be limited to the inland waters of the
United States (excluding the Great Lakes).
(b) To obtain an endorsement for sail or auxiliary sail vessels,
the applicant must have 6 months of service on sail or auxiliary sail
vessels. This required service may have been obtained prior to issuance
of the License or MMC endorsement as Master.
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81. Amend Sec. 11.454 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a), (c), and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.454 Requirements for Mate of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Mate of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of
less than 200 GRT is 6 months of service in the deck department of
self-propelled vessels. To obtain authority to serve on the Great
Lakes, 3 months of the required service must have been on Great Lakes
waters; otherwise the endorsement will be limited to the inland waters
of the United States (excluding the Great Lakes).
* * * * *
(c) A mariner holding an endorsement as Master of self-propelled
vessels may be endorsed as Mate of sail or auxiliary sail vessels upon
presentation of 3 months service on sail or auxiliary sail vessels.
(d) The holder of a License or MMC endorsement as Operator of
Inland Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) may obtain this endorsement
by successfully completing an examination on rules and regulations for
small passenger vessels. To obtain authority to serve on the Great
Lakes, 3 months of the required service must have been on Great Lakes
waters; otherwise the endorsement will be limited to the inland waters
of the United States (excluding the Great Lakes).
* * * * *
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82. Amend Sec. 11.455 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.455 Requirements for Master of Great Lakes and inland self-
propelled vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Master of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels
of less than 100 GRT is 1 year of total service in the deck department
of self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels. To obtain authority
to serve on the Great Lakes, 3 months of the required service must have
been on Great Lakes waters; otherwise the endorsement will be limited
to the inland waters of the United States (excluding the Great Lakes).
* * * * *
(c) All endorsements issued for Master or Mate of vessels of less
than 100 GRT are issued in tonnage increments based on the applicant's
qualifying experience in accordance with the provisions of Sec.
11.422.
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83. Amend Sec. 11.456 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 11.456 Requirements for Limited Master of Great Lakes and inland
self-propelled vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) An endorsement as Limited Master for vessels of less than 100
GRT upon Great Lakes and inland waters may be issued to an applicant to
be employed by organizations such as formal camps, educational
institutions, yacht clubs, and marinas with reduced service
requirements. An endorsement issued under this paragraph is limited to
the specific activity and the locality of the camp, yacht club, or
marina. To obtain this restricted endorsement, an applicant must--
* * * * *
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84. Revise Sec. 11.457, to read as follows:
Sec. 11.457 Requirements for Master of inland self-propelled vessels
of less than 100 GRT.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement as Master of inland self-
propelled vessels of less than 100 GRT must present 1 year of service
on any waters. In order to raise the tonnage limitation to more than
100 GRT, the examination topics indicated in subpart I of this part
must be completed in addition to satisfying the experience requirements
of Sec. 11.452(a).
(b) To obtain an endorsement for sail or auxiliary sail vessels,
the applicant must submit evidence of 6 months of service on sail or
auxiliary sail vessels. The required 6 months of service may have been
obtained prior to issuance of the License or MMC endorsement.
(c) All endorsements issued for Master or Mate of vessels of less
than 100 GRT are issued in tonnage increments based on the applicant's
qualifying experience in accordance with the provisions of Sec.
11.422.
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85. Revise Sec. 11.459, to read as follows:
Sec. 11.459 Requirements for national endorsement as Master or Mate
on rivers.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement as Master of river self-
propelled vessels of unlimited tonnage must meet the same service
requirements as Master of inland self-propelled vessels of unlimited
tonnage.
(b) An applicant for an endorsement as Master or Mate of river
self-propelled vessels, with a limitation of 25 to 1,600 GRT, must meet
the same service requirements as those required by this subpart for the
corresponding tonnage Great Lakes and inland self-propelled
endorsement. Service on the Great Lakes is not, however, required.
0
86. Amend Sec. 11.462 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(b) through (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.462 Requirements for national endorsement as Master or Mate
of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
* * * * *
(b) Endorsements as Master or Mate of Uninspected Fishing Industry
Vessels are issued for either ocean or near-coastal routes, depending
on the examination completed. To qualify for an Uninspected Fishing
Industry Vessel endorsement, the applicant must satisfy
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the training and examination requirements of Sec. 11.201(h)(1).
(c) An applicant for an endorsement as Master of Uninspected
Fishing Industry Vessels must have 4 years of total service on ocean or
near-coastal routes. Service on Great Lakes or inland waters may
substitute for up to 2 years of the required service. One year of the
required service must have been as Master, Mate, or equivalent position
while holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master or Mate of self-
propelled vessels, or Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or
OUPV.
(1) To qualify for an endorsement for less than 500 GRT, at least 2
years of the required service, including the 1 year as Master, Mate, or
equivalent, must have been on vessels of 50 GRT or more.
(2) To qualify for an endorsement for less than 1,600 GRT, at least
2 years of the required service, including the 1 year as Master, Mate,
or equivalent, must have been on vessels of 100 GRT or more.
(3) To qualify for an endorsement for more than 1,600 GRT, but not
more than 5,000 GRT, the vessel tonnage upon which the 4 years of
required service was obtained will be used to compute the tonnage. The
endorsement is limited to the maximum tonnage on which at least 25
percent of the required service was obtained or 150 percent of the
maximum tonnage on which at least 50 percent of the service was
obtained, whichever is higher. Limitations are in multiples of 1,000
GRT, using the next higher figure when an intermediate tonnage is
calculated. An endorsement as Master of Uninspected Fishing Industry
Vessels authorizing service on vessels more than 1,600 GRT also
requires 1 year as Master, Mate, or equivalent on vessels of 100 GRT or
more.
(4) The tonnage limitation for this endorsement may be raised using
one of the following methods but cannot exceed 5,000 GRT. Limitations
are in multiples of 1,000 GRT, using the next higher figure when an
intermediate tonnage is calculated.
(i) Three months of service as Master on a vessel results in a
limitation in that capacity equal to the tonnage of that vessel rounded
up to the next multiple of 1,000 GRT.
(ii) Six months of service as Master on a vessel results in a
limitation in that capacity equal to 150 percent of the tonnage of that
vessel.
(iii) Six months of service as Master on vessels more than 1,600
GRT results in raising the limitation to 5,000 GRT.
(iv) Six months of service as Mate on vessels more than 1,600 GRT
results in raising the limitation for Master to the tonnage on which at
least 50 percent of the service was obtained.
(v) Two years of service as a deckhand on a vessel while holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Master results in a limitation on the MMC
equal to 150 percent of the tonnage of that vessel up to 5,000 GRT.
(vi) One year of service as deckhand on a vessel while holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Master results in a limitation on the MMC
equal to the tonnage of that vessel.
(d) An applicant for an endorsement as Mate of Uninspected Fishing
Industry Vessels must have 3 years of total service on ocean or near-
coastal routes. Service on Great Lakes or inland waters may substitute
for up to 18 months of the required service.
(1) To qualify for an endorsement of less than 500 GRT, at least 1
year of the required service must have been on vessels of 50 GRT or
more.
(2) To qualify for an endorsement of less than 1,600 GRT, at least
1 year of the required service must have been on vessels of 100 GRT or
more.
(3) To qualify for an endorsement of more than 1,600 GRT, but not
more than 5,000 GRT, the vessel tonnage upon which the 3 years of
required service was obtained will be used to compute the tonnage. The
endorsement is limited to the maximum tonnage on which at least 25
percent of the required service was obtained, or 150 percent of the
maximum tonnage on which at least 50 percent of the service was
obtained, whichever is higher. Limitations are in multiples of 1,000
GRT, using the next higher figure when an intermediate tonnage is
calculated.
(4) The tonnage limitation on this endorsement may be raised using
one of the following methods, but cannot exceed 5,000 GRT. Limitations
are in multiples of 1,000 GRT, using the next higher figure when an
intermediate tonnage is calculated.
(i) Three months of service as Mate on a vessel results in a
limitation in that capacity equal to the tonnage of that vessel rounded
up to the next multiple of 1,000 GRT.
(ii) Six months of service as Mate on a vessel results in a
limitation in that capacity equal to 150 percent of the tonnage of that
vessel.
(iii) Six months of service as Mate on vessels more than 1,600 GRT
results in raising the limitation to 5,000 GRT.
(iv) One year of service as deckhand on vessels more than 1,600 GRT
while holding a License or MMC endorsement as Mate, results in raising
the limitation on the MMC to 5,000 GRT;
(v) Two years of service as a deckhand on a vessel while holding a
License or MMC endorsed as Mate results in a limitation on the MMC
equal to 150 percent of the tonnage of that vessel up to 5,000 GRT.
(vi) One year of service as deckhand on a vessel while holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Mate results in a limitation on the MMC
equal to the tonnage of that vessel.
* * * * *
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87. Amend Sec. 11.463 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
through (e), paragraph (g), and Figure 11.463(h) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.463 General requirements for national endorsements as Master,
Mate (Pilot), and Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels.
(a) The Coast Guard issues the following endorsements for towing
vessels:
(1) Master of Towing Vessels.
(2) Master of Towing Vessels-Limited.
(3) Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels.
(4) Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels.
(5) Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels-Limited.
(b) An endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels means an endorsement
to operate towing vessels not restricted to local areas designated by
OCMIs. This also applies to a Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels.
(c) For this section, ``Limited'' means an endorsement to operate a
towing vessel of less than 200 GRT only within a local area on the
Great Lakes, inland waters, or Western Rivers designated by the OCMI.
(d) Mariners who met the training and service requirements for
towing vessels before May 21, 2001, and have maintained a valid Coast
Guard-issued credential may obtain a towing endorsement if they meet
the following:
(1) Demonstrate at least 90 days of towing service before May 21,
2001;
(2) Provide evidence of successfully completing the Apprentice Mate
exam, its predecessor exam, or a superior exam' and
(3) Meet the renewal requirements in Sec. 10.227(e)(6)(i) of this
subchapter.
(e) Mariners who operated towing vessels in the offshore oil and
mineral industry prior to October 15, 2010, may obtain a towing
endorsement until December 24, 2018 as follows:
(1) Mariners who held an officer endorsement as Operator of
Uninspected Towing Vessels (OUTV) or Mate or Master of Inspected Self-
propelled Vessels may qualify for a towing endorsement if they meet the
following:
(i) Provide evidence of at least 90 days of service on towing
vessels in the offshore oil and mineral industry prior to October 15,
2010;
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(ii) Provide evidence of successfully completing the Apprentice
Mate of Towing Vessels examination, its predecessor exam, or a superior
exam; and
(iii) Meet the renewal requirements in Sec. 10.227(e)(6) of this
subchapter.
(2) Mariners who have not held any of the officer endorsements
listed in paragraph (e)(1) of this section may qualify for an
endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels if they meet the following:
(i) Provide evidence of at least 48 months of service on towing
vessels in the offshore oil and mineral industry prior to October 15,
2010; and
(ii) Successfully complete the appropriate Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels exam.
(3) Mariners who have not held any of the officer endorsements
listed in paragraph (e)(1) of this section may qualify for an
endorsement as Mate of Towing Vessels if they meet the following:
(i) Provide evidence of at least 36 months of service on towing
vessels in the offshore oil and mineral industry prior to October 15,
2010; and
(ii) Successfully complete the appropriate Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels exam.
* * * * *
(g) Endorsements as Mate (Pilot) or Master of Towing Vessels may be
issued with a restriction to specific types of towing vessels and/or
towing operations such as vessels that do not routinely perform all of
the tasks identified in the Towing Officer Assessment Record (TOAR).
(h) * * *
Figure 1 to Sec. 11.463(h)--Structure of Towing Officer Endorsements
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR25NO24.001
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88. Revise Sec. 11.464 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.464 Requirements for national endorsements as Master of
Towing Vessels.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels
with a route listed in column 1 of table 1 to this section, must
complete the service requirements indicated in columns 2 through 5.
Applicants may serve on the subordinate routes listed in column 5
without further endorsement.
Table 1 to Sec. 11.464(a)--Requirements for Endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels \1\
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1 2 3 4 5
Route endorsed Total TOS \3\ TOS \3\ on Sub-ordinate
service \2\ on T/V particular route authorized
as Mate route
(Pilot)
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(1) OCEANS (O)..................... 48 18 3 NC, GL-I.
(2) NEAR-COASTAL (NC).............. 48 18 3 GL-I.
(3) GREAT LAKES-INLAND (GL-I)...... 48 18 3 None.
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(4) WESTERN RIVERS (WR)............ 48 18 3 None.
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\1\ The holder of an endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels may have an endorsement placed on the MMC as Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels for a route superior to the current route on which the holder has no operating
experience after passing an examination for that additional route. After the holder completes 90 days of
experience and completes a Towing Officer Assessment Record (TOAR) on that route, the Coast Guard will add it
to the holder's endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels and remove the endorsement for Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels.
\2\ Service is in months.
\3\ TOS is time of service.
(b) A person holding this endorsement may qualify for an STCW
endorsement, according to Sec. Sec. 11.307, 11.311, 11.313, and
11.315.
(c) To obtain an endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels-Limited,
applicants must complete the requirements listed in columns 2 through 5
of table 2 to paragraph (c) of this section.
Table 2 to Sec. 11.464(c)--Requirements for National Endorsement as Master of Towing Vessels-Limited
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1 2 3 4 5
Route endorsed Total TOS \2\ TOAR TOS on
service \1\ on T/V as or an particular
apprentice mate approved route
of towing- course
limited
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LIMITED LOCAL AREA (LLA).............................. 36 18 Yes 3.
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\1\ Service is in months.
\2\ TOS is time of service.
(d) Those holding a License or MMC endorsement as Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels, may have Master of Towing Vessels-Limited added to
their MMC for a limited local area within the scope of their current
route.
(e) Before serving as Master of Towing Vessels on the Western
Rivers, mariners must possess 90 days of observation and training and
their MMC must include an endorsement for Western Rivers.
(f) Each company must maintain evidence that every vessel it
operates is under the direction and control of a mariner with the
appropriate endorsement and experience, including 30 days of
observation and training on the intended route other than Western
Rivers.
(g) Those holding a License or MMC endorsement as a Master of self-
propelled vessels of more than 200 GRT, may operate towing vessels
within any restrictions on their endorsement if they-
(1) Have a minimum of 30 days of training and observation on towing
vessels for the route being assessed, except as noted in paragraph (e)
of this section; and
(2) Either--
(i) Hold a completed Towing Officer Assessment Record (TOAR)
described in Sec. 10.404(c) of this subchapter that shows evidence of
assessment of practical demonstration of skills; or
(ii) Complete an approved training course.
(h) A License or MMC does not need to include a towing endorsement
if mariners hold a TOAR or complete an approved training course.
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89. Amend Sec. 11.465 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
and (b), and paragraphs (d) through (g) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.465 Requirements for national endorsements as Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels.
(a) To obtain an endorsement as Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels
endorsed with a route listed in column 1 of table 1 to paragraph (a) of
this section, applicants must complete the service in columns 2 through
5. Mariners holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master of Towing
Vessels-Limited wishing to raise of grade to Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels must complete the service in columns 5 and 6. An endorsement
with a route endorsed in column 1 authorizes service on the subordinate
routes listed in column 7 without further endorsement. Time of service
requirements as an Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels may be reduced by
an amount equal to the time specified in the approval letter for a
completed Coast Guard-approved training program.
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Table 1 to Sec. 11.465(a)--Requirements for National Endorsement as Mate (Pilot \1\) of Towing Vessels
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Route endorsed Total TOS \3\ on T/V TOS on TOAR \5\ or an 30 days of Subordinate route
service \2\ as apprentice particular approved course. observation and authorized
mate of towing route training while
vessels\4\ holding master of
towing vessels-
limited and pass an
examination.
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(1) OCEANS (O).................... 30 12 3 YES................... YES.................. (1) OCEANS (O)
(2) NEAR-COASTAL (NC)............. 30 12 3 YES................... YES.................. (2) NEAR-COASTAL (NC)
(3) GREAT LAKES-INLAND (GL-I)..... 30 12 3 YES................... YES.................. (3) GREAT LAKES-
INLAND (GL-I)
(4) WESTERN RIVERS (WR)........... 30 12 3 YES................... NO (90 days service (4) WESTERN RIVERS
required). (WR)
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\1\ For all inland routes, as well as Western Rivers, the endorsement as Pilot of Towing Vessels is equivalent to that as Mate of Towing Vessels. All
qualifications and equivalencies are the same.
\2\ Service is in months unless otherwise indicated.
\3\ TOS is time of service.
\4\ Time of service requirements as an Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels may be reduced by an amount equal to the time specified in the approval letter
for a completed Coast Guard-approved training program.
\5\ TOAR is a Towing Officer Assessment Record.
(b) Before serving as Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels on the Western
Rivers, mariners must possess 90 days of observation and training and
have their MMC include an endorsement for Western Rivers.
* * * * *
(d) Those holding a License or MMC endorsement as a Mate of
inspected, self-propelled vessels of more than 200 GRT or one as First-
Class Pilot, may operate towing vessels within any restrictions on
their credential if they-
(1) Have a minimum of 30 days of training and observation on towing
vessels for the route being assessed, except as noted in paragraph (b)
of this section; and
(2) Hold a completed Towing Officer Assessment Record (TOAR)
described in Sec. 10.404(c) of this subchapter that shows evidence of
assessment of practical demonstration of skills.
(e) A License or MMC does not need to include a towing endorsement
if you hold a TOAR or a course completion certificate.
(f) Those holding any endorsement as a Master of self-propelled
vessels of any tonnage that is less than 200 GRT, except for the
Limited Master endorsements specified in Sec. Sec. 11.429 and 11.456,
may obtain an endorsement as Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels by meeting
the following requirements:
(1) Providing proof of 36 months of service as a Master under the
authority of an endorsement described in this paragraph;
(2) Successfully completing the appropriate TOAR;
(3) Successfully completing the appropriate Apprentice Mate exam;
and
(4) Having a minimum of 30 days of training and observation on
towing vessels for the route being assessed, except as noted in
paragraph (b) of this section.
(g) An approved training course for Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels
must include formal instruction and practical demonstration of
proficiency either onboard a towing vessel or at a shoreside training
facility before a designated examiner, and must cover the material
(dependent upon route) required by table 2 to Sec. 11.910 for
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels on ocean and near-coastal routes;
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels on Great Lakes and inland routes; or
Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels on Western Rivers routes.
* * * * *
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90. Revise Sec. 11.466 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.466 Requirements for national endorsements as Apprentice Mate
of Towing Vessels.
(a) As table 1 to Sec. 11.466(a) shows, to obtain an endorsement
as Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels listed in column 1, endorsed with
a route listed in column 2, mariners must complete the service
requirements indicated in columns 3 through 6.
Table 1 to Sec. 11.466(a)--Requirements for National Endorsement as Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels
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1 2 3 4 5 6
Endorsement Route endorsed...... Total TOS \2\ TOS on Pass
service on T/V particula examination \3\
\1\ r route
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(1) APPRENTICE MATE OF TOWING OCEANS (O).......... 18 12 3 YES.
VESSELS.
NEAR-COASTAL (NC)... 18 12 3 YES.
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GREAT LAKES......... 18 12 3 YES.
INLAND (GL-I)....... 18 12 3 YES.
WESTERN RIVERS (WR). 18 12 3 YES.
(2) APPRENTICE MATE OF TOWING NOT APPLICABLE...... 18 12 3 YES.
VESSELS -LIMITED.
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\1\ Service is in months.
\2\ TOS is time of service.
\3\ The examination for Apprentice Mate is specified in subpart I of this part.
(b) Those holding a License or endorsement as Apprentice Mate of
Towing Vessels may obtain a restricted endorsement as Apprentice Mate
of Towing Vessels-Limited. This endorsement will go on the mariner's
MMC after passing an examination for a route that is not included in
the current endorsements and on which the mariners have no operating
experience. Upon completion of 3 months of experience on that route,
mariners may have the restriction removed.
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91. Amend Sec. 11.467 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.467 Requirements for a national endorsement as Operator of
Uninspected Passenger Vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) This section applies to an applicant for an endorsement as
Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) of less than 100 GRT,
equipped with propulsion machinery of any type, carrying six or fewer
passengers.
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92. Revise Sec. 11.470 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.470 National officer endorsements as Offshore Installation
Manager.
(a) Officer endorsements as Offshore Installation Manager (OIM)
include:
(1) OIM Unrestricted.
(2) OIM Surface Units on Location.
(3) OIM Surface Units Underway.
(4) OIM Bottom Bearing Units on Location.
(5) OIM Bottom Bearing Units Underway.
(b) To qualify for an endorsement as OIM Unrestricted, an applicant
must--
(1) Present evidence of one of the following:
(i) Four years of employment assigned to MODUs, including at least
1 year of service as Driller, Assistant Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant
Toolpusher, Barge Supervisor, Mechanical Supervisor, Electrician, Crane
Operator, Ballast Control Operator, or equivalent supervisory position
on MODUs, with a minimum of 14 days of that supervisory service on
surface units; or
(ii) A degree from a program in engineering or engineering
technology which is accredited by the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET). The National Maritime Center will
give consideration to accepting education credentials from programs
having other than ABET accreditation. An applicant qualifying through a
degree program must also have at least 168 days of service as Driller,
Assistant Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant Toolpusher, Barge Supervisor,
Mechanical Supervisor, Electrician, Crane Operator, Ballast Control
Operator, or equivalent supervisory position on MODUs, with a minimum
of 14 days of that supervisory service on surface units;
(2) Present evidence of training course completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved stability course
approved for OIM Unrestricted.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved survival suit and
survival craft training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting training course as required
by Sec. 11.201(h); and
(3) Provide a recommendation signed by a senior company official
which--
(i) Provides a description of the applicant's experience and
qualifications;
(ii) Certifies that the individual has successfully directed, while
under the supervision of an experienced rig mover, two rig moves each
of surface units and of bottom bearing units; and
(iii) Certifies that one of the rig moves required under paragraph
(b)(3)(ii) of this section was completed within 1 year preceding date
of application.
(c) An applicant for an endorsement as OIM Unrestricted who holds
an unlimited license or MMC endorsement as Master or Chief Mate must
satisfy the requirements in paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) of this section
and have at least 84 days of service on surface units and at least 28
days of service on bottom bearing units.
(d) To qualify for an endorsement as OIM Surface Units on Location,
an applicant must--
(1) Present evidence of one of the following:
(i) Four years of employment assigned to MODUs, including at least
1 year of service as Driller, Assistant Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant
Toolpusher, Barge Supervisor, Mechanical Supervisor, Electrician, Crane
Operator, Ballast Control Operator, or equivalent supervisory position
on MODUs, with a minimum of 14 days of that supervisory service on
surface units.
(ii) A degree from a program in engineering or engineering
technology which is accredited by the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET). The National Maritime Center will
give consideration to accepting education credentials from programs
having other than ABET accreditation. An applicant qualifying through a
degree program must also have at least 168 days of service as Driller,
Assistant Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant Toolpusher, Barge Supervisor,
Mechanical Supervisor, Electrician, Crane Operator, Ballast Control
Operator, or equivalent supervisory position of MODUs, with a minimum
of 14 days of that supervisory service on surface units; and
(2) Present evidence of training course completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved stability course
approved for a License or MMC endorsement as OIM Surface Units.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved survival suit and
survival craft training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting training course as required
by Sec. 11.201(h).
(e) An applicant for an endorsement as OIM Surface Units on
Location who
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holds an unlimited License or MMC endorsement as Master or Chief Mate
must satisfy the requirements of paragraph (d)(2) of this section and
have at least 84 days of service on surface units.
(f) To qualify for an endorsement as OIM Surface Units Underway, an
applicant must--
(1) Provide the following:
(i) Evidence of the experience described in paragraph (d)(1) of
this section and a recommendation signed by a senior company official
which--
(A) Provides a description of the applicant's experience and
qualifications;
(B) Certifies that the individual has successfully directed, while
under the supervision of an experienced rig mover, three rig moves of
surface units; and
(C) Certifies that one of the rig moves required under paragraph
(f)(1)(i)(B) of this section was completed within 1 year preceding date
of application; or
(ii) A recommendation signed by a senior company official which--
(A) Provides a description of the applicant's experience and
company qualifications program completed;
(B) Certifies that the applicant has witnessed ten rig moves either
as an observer in training or as a rig mover under supervision;
(C) Certifies that the individual has successfully directed, while
under the supervision of an experienced rig mover, five rig moves of
surface units; and
(D) Certifies that one of the rig moves required under paragraph
(f)(1)(ii)(C) of this section was completed within 1 year preceding the
date of application; and
(2) Present evidence of training course completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved stability course
approved for an OIM Surface Units Endorsement.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved survival suit and
survival craft training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting training course as required
by Sec. 11.201(h).
(g) An applicant for endorsement as OIM Surface Units Underway who
holds an unlimited License or MMC endorsement as Master or Chief Mate
must satisfy the requirements in paragraph (f)(2) of this section and
provide a company recommendation signed by a senior company official
which--
(1) Provides a description of the applicant's experience and
qualifications;
(2) Certifies that the individual has successfully directed, while
under the supervision of an experienced rig mover, three rig moves on
surface units; and
(3) Certifies that one of the rig moves required under paragraph
(g)(2) of this section was completed within 1 year preceding the date
of application.
(h) To qualify for an endorsement as OIM Bottom Bearing Units on
Location, an applicant must--
(1) Present evidence of one of the following:
(i) Four years of employment assigned to MODUs, including at least
1 year of service as Driller, Assistant Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant
Toolpusher, Barge Supervisor, Mechanical Supervisor, Electrician, Crane
Operator, Ballast Control Operator, or equivalent supervisory position
on MODUs.
(ii) A degree from a program in engineering or engineering
technology that is accredited by ABET. The National Maritime Center
will give consideration to accepting education credentials from
programs having other than ABET accreditation. An applicant qualifying
through a degree program must also have at least 168 days of service as
Driller, Assistant Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant Toolpusher, Barge
Supervisor, Mechanical Supervisor, Electrician, Crane Operator, Ballast
Control Operator, or equivalent supervisory position on MODUs; and
(2) Present evidence of training course completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved survival suit and
survival craft training course.
(ii) A certificate from a firefighting training course as required
by Sec. 11.201(h).
(i) An applicant for an endorsement as OIM Bottom Bearing Units on
Location who holds an unlimited License or MMC endorsement as Master or
Chief Mate must satisfy paragraph (h)(2) of this section and have at
least 28 days of service on bottom bearing units.
(j) To qualify for an endorsement as OIM Bottom Bearing Units
Underway, an applicant must--
(1) Provide the following:
(i) Evidence of the experience described in paragraph (h)(1) of
this section with a recommendation signed by a senior company official
which--
(A) Provides a description of the applicant's experience and
qualifications;
(B) Certifies that the individual has successfully directed, while
under the supervision of an experienced rig mover, three rig moves of
bottom bearing units; and
(C) Certifies that one of the rig moves required under paragraph
(j)(1)(i)(B) of this section was completed within 1 year preceding date
of application; or
(ii) A recommendation signed by a senior company official which--
(A) Provides a description of the applicant's experience and
company qualifications program completed;
(B) Certifies that the applicant has witnessed ten rig moves either
as an Observer in training or as a rig mover under supervision;
(C) Certifies that the individual has successfully directed, while
under the supervision of an experienced rig mover, five rig moves of
bottom bearing units; and
(D) Certifies that one of the rig moves required under paragraph
(j)(1)(ii)(C) of this section was completed within 1 year preceding
date of application; and
(2) Present evidence of training course completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved stability course
approved for a License or MMC endorsement as OIM Bottom Bearing Units.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved survival suit and
survival craft training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting training course as required
by Sec. 11.201(h).
(k) An applicant for endorsement as OIM Bottom Bearing Units
Underway who holds an unlimited License or MMC endorsement as Master or
Chief Mate must satisfy the requirements in paragraph (j)(2) of this
section and provide a company recommendation signed by a senior company
official, which--
(1) Provides a description of the applicant's experience and
qualifications;
(2) Certifies that the individual has successfully directed, while
under the supervision of an experienced rig mover, three rig moves of
bottom bearing units; and
(3) Certifies that one of the rig moves required under paragraph
(k)(2) of this section was completed within 1 year preceding the date
of application.
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93. Revise Sec. 11.472 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.472 National officer endorsements as Barge Supervisor.
(a) To qualify for an endorsement as Barge Supervisor (BS), an
applicant must--
(1) Present evidence of one of the following:
(i) Three years of employment assigned to MODUs including at least
168 days of service as Driller, Assistant Driller, Toolpusher,
Assistant Toolpusher, Mechanic, Electrician, Crane Operator, Subsea
Specialist, Ballast Control Operator (BCO), or
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equivalent supervisory position on MODUs. At least 84 days of that
service must have been as a BCO, or Barge Supervisor trainee.
(ii) A degree from a program in engineering or engineering
technology that is accredited by the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET). The National Maritime Center will
give consideration to accepting education credentials from programs
having other than ABET accreditation. An applicant qualifying through a
degree program must also have at least 168 days of service as Driller,
Assistant Driller, Toolpusher, Assistant Toolpusher, Mechanic,
Electrician, Crane Operator, Subsea Specialist, BCO, or equivalent
supervisory position on MODUs. At least 84 days of that service must
have been as a BCO, or Barge Supervisor trainee; and
(2) Present evidence of one of the following:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved stability course
approved for Barge Supervisor;
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved survival suit and
survival craft training course; or
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting training course as required
by Sec. 11.201(h).
(b) An applicant for an endorsement as Barge Supervisor who holds
an unlimited license or MMC endorsement as Master or Mate must satisfy
the requirements in paragraph (a)(2) of this section and have at least
84 days of service as BCO or Barge Supervisor trainee.
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94. Revise Sec. 11.474 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.474 National officer endorsements as Ballast Control
Operator.
(a) To qualify for an endorsement as Ballast Control Operator
(BCO), an applicant must--
(1) Present evidence of one of the following:
(i) One year of employment assigned to MODUs, including at least 28
days of service as a trainee under the supervision of an individual
holding a License or MMC endorsement as BCO.
(ii) A degree from a program in engineering or engineering
technology that is accredited by the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET). The National Maritime Center will
give consideration to accepting education credentials from programs
having other than ABET accreditation. An applicant qualifying through a
degree program must also have at least 28 days of service as a trainee
under the supervision of an individual holding a License or MMC
endorsement as BCO; and
(2) Present evidence of training course completion as follows:
(i) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved stability course
approved for Barge Supervisor or BCO.
(ii) A certificate from a Coast Guard-approved survival suit and
survival craft training course.
(iii) A certificate from a firefighting training course as required
by Sec. 11.201(h).
(b) An applicant for an endorsement as BCO who holds an unlimited
License or MMC endorsement as Master, Mate, Chief Engineer, or
Assistant Engineer must satisfy the requirements in paragraph (a)(2) of
this section and have at least 28 days of service as a trainee under
the supervision of an individual holding an endorsement as BCO.
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95. Revise Sec. 11.480 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.480 Radar Observer.
(a) This section contains the requirements that an applicant must
meet to qualify as a Radar Observer.
(b) If an applicant meets the requirements of this section, one of
the following Radar Observer endorsements will be added to their MMC:
(1) Radar Observer-Unlimited.
(2) Radar Observer-Inland Waters and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways
(GIWW).
(3) Radar Observer-Rivers.
(c) Radar Observer-Unlimited is valid on all waters. Radar
Observer-Inland Waters and GIWW is valid only for those waters other
than the Great Lakes covered by the Inland Navigational Rules. Radar
Observer-Rivers is valid only on any river, canal, or similar body of
water designated by the OCMI, but not beyond the boundary line.
(d) Except as provided by paragraphs (f) or (g) of this section,
each applicant for a Radar Observer endorsement or for renewal of a
Radar Observer endorsement must complete the appropriate course
approved by the Coast Guard, receive the appropriate certificate of
training, and present the certificate or a copy of the certificate to
the Coast Guard in person, by mail, fax, or other electronic means.
(e) A Radar Observer endorsement issued under this section is valid
until the expiration of the mariner's MMC.
(f) A mariner may also renew their Radar Observer endorsement by
providing evidence of meeting the requirements in Sec. 10.227(e)(1)(v)
of this subchapter.
(g) The Coast Guard will accept on-board training and experience
through acceptable documentary evidence of 1 year of relevant sea
service within the last 5 years in a position that routinely uses radar
for navigation and collision avoidance purposes on vessels equipped
with radar as meeting the refresher or re-certification requirements of
paragraph (d) of this section. This also applies to mariners applying
for raises of grade or new endorsements under Sec. 10.231 of this
subchapter.
(h) An applicant for renewal of an MMC who does not provide
evidence of meeting the renewal requirements of paragraph (d), (f), or
(g) of this section will not have a Radar Observer endorsement placed
on their MMC.
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96. Revise Sec. 11.482 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.482 Assistance Towing.
(a) This section contains the requirements to qualify for an
endorsement authorizing a mariner to engage in assistance towing.
Except as noted in this paragraph, holders of MMC officer and OUPV
endorsements must have an Assistance Towing endorsement to engage in
assistance towing. Holders of endorsements as Master or Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels or Master or Mate endorsements authorizing service on
inspected vessels of 200 GRT or more do not need the Assistance Towing
endorsement.
(b) An applicant for an Assistance Towing endorsement must pass a
written examination or complete a Coast Guard-approved course
demonstrating their knowledge of assistance towing safety, equipment,
and procedures.
(c) The holder of a License or MMC for Master, Mate, or operator
endorsed for Assistance Towing is authorized to engage in assistance
towing on any vessel within the scope of the License or MMC.
(d) The period of validity of the endorsement is the same as the
License or MMC on which it is included, and it may be renewed with the
MMC.
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97. Amend Sec. 11.491 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.491 National officer endorsements for service on offshore
supply vessels.
(a) Each officer endorsement for service on offshore supply vessels
(OSVs) authorizes service on OSVs as defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(19) and
as interpreted under 46 U.S.C. 14104(b), subject to any restrictions
placed on the License or MMC.
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98. Amend Sec. 11.493 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) through (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.493 Master-OSV.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Master-OSV of less than 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT is 24 months
of total service as Mate, Chief Mate, or Master of ocean or near-
coastal and/or Great Lakes on
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self-propelled vessels of more than 100 GRT. Service on inland waters
may substitute for up to 50 percent of the required service. At least
one-half of the required experience must be served as Chief Mate.
(b) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for
Master-OSV of 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more is 24 months of total service
as Mate, Chief Mate, or Master of ocean or near-coastal and/or Great
Lakes on self-propelled vessels of more than 100 GRT. At least one-half
of the required experience must be served as Chief Mate and be obtained
on vessels of 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more.
(c) If an applicant for Master-OSV of more than 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT
does not have the service on vessels of 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more as
required by paragraph (b) of this section, a tonnage limitation will be
placed on the officer endorsement based on the applicant's qualifying
experience. The endorsement will be limited to the maximum tonnage on
which at least 25 percent of the required experience was obtained, or
150 percent of the maximum tonnage on which at least 50 percent of the
service was obtained, whichever is higher. However, the minimum tonnage
limitation calculated according to this paragraph will be 2,000 GRT.
Limitations are in multiples of 1,000 GRT using the next higher figure
when an intermediate tonnage is calculated. In no case will the
limitation exceed 10,000 GRT/GT for OSVs unless the applicant meets the
full requirements for an unlimited tonnage endorsement.
(d) A person holding an endorsement as Master-OSV may qualify for
an STCW endorsement, according to Sec. Sec. 11.305 and 11.311.
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99. Amend Sec. 11.495 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) through (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.495 Chief Mate-OSV.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Chief Mate-OSV of less than 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT is 12
months of total service as Mate, Chief Mate, or Master of ocean or
near-coastal and/or Great Lakes on self-propelled vessels of more than
100 GRT. Service on inland waters may substitute for up to 50 percent
of the required service.
(b) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for as
Chief Mate-OSV of 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more is 12 months of total
service as Mate, Chief Mate, or Master of ocean or near-coastal and/or
Great Lakes on self-propelled vessels of more than 100 GRT. At least
one-half of the required experience must be obtained on vessels of
1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more.
(c) If an applicant for as Chief Mate-OSV of 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or
more does not have the service on vessels of 1,600 GRT/3,000 GT or more
as required by paragraph (b) of this section, a tonnage limitation will
be placed on the officer endorsement based on the applicant's
qualifying experience. The endorsement will be limited to the maximum
tonnage on which at least 25 percent of the required experience was
obtained, or 150 percent of the maximum tonnage on which at least 50
percent of the service was obtained, whichever is higher. However, the
minimum tonnage limitation calculated according to this paragraph will
be 2,000 GRT. Limitations are in multiples of 1,000 GRT using the next
higher figure when an intermediate tonnage is calculated. In no case
will the limitation exceed 10,000 GRT/GT for OSVs unless the applicant
meets the full requirements for an unlimited tonnage endorsement.
(d) A person holding an endorsement as Chief Mate-OSV may qualify
for an STCW endorsement, according to Sec. Sec. 11.307 and 11.313.
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100. Amend Sec. 11.497 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.497 Mate-OSV.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Mate-OSV is--
(1) Twenty-four months of total service in the deck department of
ocean or near-coastal self-propelled, sail, or auxiliary sail vessels.
Service on Great Lakes and inland waters may substitute for up to 1
year of the required service. One year of the required service must
have been on vessels of more than 100 GRT; or
(2) One year of total service as part of an approved or accepted
Mate-OSV training program.
(b) A person holding an endorsement as Mate-OSV may qualify for an
STCW endorsement, according to Sec. 11.309.
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101. Revise Sec. 11.501 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.501 Grades and types of national engineer endorsements
issued.
(a) National engineer endorsements are issued in the grades of--
(1) Chief Engineer;
(2) First Assistant Engineer;
(3) Second Assistant Engineer;
(4) Third Assistant Engineer;
(5) Chief Engineer-Limited;
(6) Assistant Engineer-Limited;
(7) Designated Duty Engineer (DDE);
(8) Chief Engineer Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels;
(9) Assistant Engineer Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels;
(10) Chief Engineer-MODU;
(11) Assistant Engineer-MODU;
(12) Chief Engineer-OSV; and
(13) Assistant Engineer-OSV.
(b) Engineer endorsements issued in the grades of Chief Engineer-
Limited and Assistant Engineer-Limited of steam, motor, and/or gas
turbine-propelled vessels allow the holder to serve within any
propulsion power limitations on vessels of unlimited tonnage on inland
waters and of less than 1,600 GRT in ocean, near-coastal, or Great
Lakes service in the following manner:
(1) Chief Engineer-Limited may serve on oceans and near-coastal
waters.
(2) Assistant Engineer-Limited may serve on ocean and near-coastal
waters.
(c) Engineer Licenses or MMC endorsements issued in the grades of
Designated Duty Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels allow the holder to serve within stated propulsion power
limitations on vessels of less than 500 GRT in the following manner:
(1) Designated Duty Engineers-Limited to vessels of less than 1,000
HP or 4,000 HP may serve only on near-coastal or inland waters.
(2) Designated Duty Engineers-Unlimited may serve on any waters.
(d) An engineer officer License or MMC endorsement authorizes
service on steam, motor, or gas turbine-propelled vessels or may
authorize all modes of propulsion.
(e) A person holding an engineer License or MMC endorsement that is
restricted to near-coastal waters may serve within the limitations of
the License or MMC upon near-coastal, Great Lakes, and inland waters.
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102. Amend Sec. 11.502 by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.502 General requirements for national engineer endorsements.
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(b) If an applicant desires to add a propulsion mode (steam, motor,
or gas turbine) to their endorsement while holding a License or MMC
officer endorsement in that grade, the following alternatives are
acceptable:
(1) Four months of service as an observer on vessels of the new
propulsion mode.
(2) Four months of service as an engineer officer at the
operational level on vessels of the new propulsion mode.
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(3) Six months of service as Oiler, Boiler Technician/Watertender,
or Junior Engineer on vessels of the new propulsion mode.
(4) Completion of a Coast Guard-approved training course for this
endorsement.
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103. Amend Sec. 11.503 by revising paragraphs (a) and (c)(3) and (4)
to read as follows:
Sec. 11.503 Propulsion power limitations for national endorsements.
(a) Engineer endorsements of all grades and types may be subject to
propulsion power limitations. Other than as provided in Sec. 11.524
for the Designated Duty Engineer (DDE), the propulsion power limitation
placed on a License or MMC endorsement is based on the applicant's
qualifying experience considering the total shaft propulsion power of
each vessel on which the applicant has served.
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(c) * * *
(3) Twelve months of service as Oiler or Junior Engineer while
holding a License or MMC endorsement as Third Assistant Engineer or
Assistant Engineer-Limited: Removal of all propulsion power limitations
on Third Assistant Engineer or Assistant Engineer-Limited endorsement.
(4) Six months of service as Oiler or Junior Engineer while holding
a License or MMC endorsement as Second Assistant Engineer: removal of
all propulsion power limitations on Third Assistant Engineer
endorsement.
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104. Revise Sec. 11.504 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.504 Application of deck service for national limited engineer
endorsements.
Service gained in the deck department on vessels of appropriate
tonnage may substitute for up to 25 percent or 6 months, whichever is
less, of the service requirement for an endorsement as Chief Engineer-
Limited, Assistant Engineer-Limited, or DDE.
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105. Amend Sec. 11.510 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.510 Service requirements for national endorsement as Chief
Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for
endorsement as Chief Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-
propelled vessels is--
(1) One year of service as First Assistant Engineer; or
(2) One year of service while holding a License or MMC endorsement
as First Assistant Engineer. A minimum of 6 months of this service must
have been as First Assistant Engineer, and the remainder must be as
Assistant Engineer. Service as an Assistant Engineer other than First
Assistant Engineer is accepted on a two-for-one basis to a maximum of 6
months (2 days of service as a Second or Third Assistant Engineer
equals 1 day of creditable service).
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106. Amend Sec. 11.512 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.512 Service requirements for national endorsement as First
Assistant Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for
endorsement as First Assistant Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas
turbine-propelled vessels is--
(1) One year of service as an Assistant Engineer while holding a
License or MMC with a Second Assistant Engineer endorsement; or
(2) One year of service as a Chief Engineer-Limited and completing
the appropriate examination described in subpart I of this part.
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107. Amend Sec. 11.514 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.514 Service requirements for national endorsement as Second
Assistant Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for
endorsement as Second Assistant Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas
turbine-propelled vessels is--
(1) One year of service as an Assistant Engineer, while holding a
License or MMC endorsement as Third Assistant Engineer; or
(2) One year of service while holding a License or MMC endorsement
as Third Assistant Engineer, which includes--
(i) A minimum of 6 months of service as Third Assistant Engineer;
and
(ii) Additional service as a Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED), calculated on a two-for-one basis.
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108. Amend Sec. 11.516 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.516 Service requirements for national endorsement as Third
Assistant Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for
endorsement as Third Assistant Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas
turbine-propelled vessels is--
(1) Three years of service in the engineroom of vessels, 2 years of
which must have been as a Qualified Member of the Engine Department
(QMED) or equivalent position;
(2) Three years of service as an apprentice to the machinist trade
engaged in the construction or repair of marine, locomotive, or
stationary engines, together with 1 year of service in the engineroom
as Oiler, Boiler Technician/Watertender, or Junior Engineer;
(3) Graduation from--
(i) The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (engineering curriculum);
(ii) The U.S. Coast Guard Academy and completion of an onboard
engineer officer qualification program required by the service;
(iii) The U.S. Naval Academy and completion of an onboard engineer
officer qualification program required by the service; or
(iv) The engineering class of a Maritime Academy approved by and
conducted under the rules prescribed by the Maritime Administrator and
listed in part 310 of this title;
(4) Graduation from the marine engineering course of a school of
technology accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology, together with 3 months of service in the engine department
of steam, motor, or gas turbine-propelled vessels;
(5) Graduation from the mechanical or electrical engineering course
of a school of technology accredited by the ABET, together with 6
months of service in the engine department of steam, motor, or gas
turbine-propelled vessels;
(6) Satisfactory completion of a comprehensive Apprentice Engineer
training program approved by the Coast Guard; or
(7) One year of service as Assistant Engineer-Limited of self-
propelled vessels and completion of the appropriate examination
described in subpart I of this part.
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109. Amend Sec. 11.518 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
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Sec. 11.518 Service requirements for national endorsement as Chief
Engineer-Limited of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for
endorsement as Chief Engineer-Limited of steam, motor, and/or gas
turbine-propelled vessels is 5 years of total service in the engineroom
of vessels. Two years of this service must have been as an engineer
officer while holding an engineer officer endorsement. Thirty months of
the service must have been as a Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED) or equivalent position.
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110. Amend Sec. 11.522 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.522 Service requirements for national endorsement as
Assistant Engineer-Limited of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-
propelled vessels.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for
endorsement as Assistant Engineer-Limited of steam, motor, and/or gas
turbine-propelled vessels is 3 years of service in the engineroom of
vessels. Eighteen months of this service must have been as a Qualified
Member of the Engine Department (QMED) or equivalent position.
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111. Amend Sec. 11.524 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.524 Service requirements for national endorsement as
Designated Duty Engineer of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled
vessels.
(a) Designated Duty Engineer (DDE) endorsements are issued in three
levels of propulsion power limitations dependent upon the total service
of the applicant and completion of an appropriate examination. These
endorsements are limited to vessels of less than 500 GRT on certain
waters as specified in Sec. 11.501.
(b) The service requirements for endorsements as DDE are--
(1) For DDE of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled vessels
of unlimited propulsion power, the applicant must have 3 years of
service in the engineroom. Eighteen months of this service must have
been as a Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED) or
equivalent position;
(2) For DDE of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled vessels
of less than 4,000 HP/3,000 kW, the applicant must have 2 years of
service in the engineroom. One year of this service must have been as a
QMED or equivalent position; and
(3) For DDE of steam, motor, and/or gas turbine-propelled vessels
of less than 1,000 HP/750 kW, the applicant must have 1 year of service
in the engineroom. Six months of this service must have been as a QMED
or equivalent position.
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112. Amend Sec. 11.530 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) through (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.530 Endorsements as Engineer of Uninspected Fishing Industry
Vessels.
(a) This section applies to endorsements for Chief and Assistant
Engineer of all vessels, however propelled, which are documented to
engage in the fishing industry, with the exception of--
(1) Wooden ships of primitive build;
(2) Unrigged vessels; and
(3) Vessels of less than 200 GRT.
(b) Endorsements as Chief Engineer and Assistant Engineer of
Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels are issued for ocean waters and
with propulsion power limitations in accordance with the provisions of
Sec. 11.503.
(c) For an endorsement as Chief Engineer, the applicant must have
served 4 years in the engineroom of vessels. One year of this service
must have been as an Assistant Engineer Officer or equivalent position.
(d) For an endorsement as Assistant Engineer, an applicant must
have served 3 years in the engineroom of vessels.
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113. Revise Sec. 11.540 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.540 Endorsements as engineers of mobile offshore drilling
units.
Endorsements as Chief Engineer-Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU)
or Assistant Engineer-MODU authorize service on certain self-propelled
or non-self-propelled units of unlimited propulsion power where
authorized by the vessel's certificate of inspection.
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114. Amend Sec. 11.542 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.542 Endorsement as Chief Engineer-MODU.
(a) To qualify for an endorsement as Chief Engineer-MODU an
applicant must--
(1) Present evidence of one of the following:
(i) Six years of employment assigned to MODUs, including 3 years of
employment as Mechanic, Motorman, Subsea Engineer, Electrician, Barge
Engineer, Toolpusher, Unit Superintendent, Crane Operator, or
equivalent. Eighteen months of that employment must have been assigned
to self-propelled or propulsion assisted units.
(ii) Two years of employment assigned to MODUs as an Assistant
Engineer-MODU. Twelve months of that employment must have been assigned
to self-propelled or propulsion assisted units; and
(2) Present evidence of completion of a firefighting training
course as required by Sec. 11.201(h).
(b) If an applicant successfully completes an examination and
possesses the total required sea service for an endorsement as Chief
Engineer-MODU, but does not possess the required sea service onboard
self-propelled or propulsion assisted units, the Coast Guard may issue
the applicant an endorsement limited to non-self-propelled units. The
Coast Guard may remove the limitation upon presentation of satisfactory
evidence of the required self-propelled sea service and completion of
any additional required examination.
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115. Amend Sec. 11.544 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.544 Endorsement as Assistant Engineer-MODU.
(a) To qualify for an endorsement as Assistant Engineer-MODU an
applicant must--
(1) Present evidence of one of the following:
(i) Three years of employment assigned to MODUs, including 18
months of employment as Mechanic, Motorman, Subsea Engineer,
Electrician, Barge Engineer, Toolpusher, Unit Superintendent, Crane
Operator, or equivalent. Nine months of that employment must have been
assigned to self-propelled or propulsion assisted unit.
(ii) Three years of employment in the machinist trade engaged in
the construction or repair of diesel engines and 1 year of employment
assigned to MODUs in the capacity of Mechanic, Motorman, Oiler, or
equivalent. Nine months of that employment must have been assigned to
self-propelled or propulsion assisted units.
(iii) A degree from a program in marine, mechanical, or electrical
engineering technology that is accredited by the Accreditation Board
for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The National Maritime Center
will give consideration to accepting education credentials from
programs having other than ABET accreditation. An applicant
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qualifying through a degree program must also have at least 6 months of
employment in any of the capacities listed in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of
this section aboard self-propelled or propulsion-assisted units; and
(2) Present evidence of completion of a firefighting training
course as required by Sec. 11.201(h).
(b) If an applicant successfully completes an examination and
possesses the total required sea service for an endorsement as an
Assistant Engineer-MODU, but does not possess the required sea service
onboard self-propelled or propulsion assisted units, the Coast Guard
may issue the applicant an endorsement limited to non-self-propelled
units. The Coast Guard may remove the limitation upon presentation of
the satisfactory evidence of the required self-propelled sea service
and completion of any additional required examination.
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116. Revise Sec. 11.551 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.551 Endorsements for service on offshore supply vessels.
Each endorsement for service on offshore supply vessels (OSVs) as
Chief Engineer-OSV or Engineer-OSV authorizes service on OSVs as
defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(19) and as interpreted under 46 U.S.C.
14104(b), subject to any restrictions placed on the MMC.
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117. Amend Sec. 11.553 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.553 Chief Engineer-OSV.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Chief Engineer-OSV is 4 years of total service in the
engineroom of vessels. One year of this service must have been as an
engineer officer while holding an engineer officer endorsement. Two
years of the service must have been as a Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED) or equivalent position.
* * * * *
(c) A person holding an endorsement as Chief Engineer-OSV may
qualify for an STCW endorsement, according to Sec. Sec. 11.325,
11.327, and 11.331.
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118. Amend Sec. 11.555 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) through (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.555 Assistant Engineer-OSV.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Assistant Engineer-OSV of unlimited propulsion power
is--
(1) Three years of service in the engineroom. Eighteen months of
this service must have been as a Qualified Member of the Engine
Department (QMED) or equivalent position; or
(2) One year of total service as part of an approved or accepted
Assistant Engineer-OSV training program.
(b) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Assistant Engineer-OSV of less than 4,000 HP/3,000 kW,
is 2 years of service in the engineroom. One year of this service must
have been as a QMED or equivalent position.
(c) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as Assistant Engineer-OSV of less than 1,000 HP/750 kW is 1
year of service in the engineroom. Six months of this service must have
been as a QMED or equivalent position.
(d) A person holding an endorsement as Assistant Engineer-OSV may
qualify for an STCW endorsement, according to Sec. Sec. 11.329 and
11.333.
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119. Revise Sec. 11.601 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.601 Applicability.
This subpart provides for endorsement as Radio Officer for
employment on vessels, and for the issue of STCW endorsements for those
qualified to serve as Radio Operator on vessels subject to the
provisions on the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) of
Chapter IV of SOLAS (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 11.102).
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120. Revise Sec. 11.603 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.603 Requirements for Radio Officer endorsements.
Each applicant for an original endorsement or renewal of License
must present a current Radiotelegraph Operator License (T) issued by
the Federal Communications Commission. The applicant must enter on the
endorsement application form the number, class, and date of issuance of
their Federal Communications Commission License.
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121. Revise Sec. 11.604 section heading to read as follows:
Sec. 11.604 Requirements for an STCW endorsement for Global Maritime
Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Radio Operator.
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122. Revise Sec. 11.701 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.701 Scope of Pilot endorsements.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement as First-Class Pilot need not
hold any other officer endorsement issued under this part.
(b) The issuance of an endorsement as First-Class Pilot to an
individual qualifies that individual to serve as Pilot over the routes
specified on the endorsement, subject to any limitations imposed under
paragraph (c) of this section.
(c) The OCMI issuing an endorsement as First-Class Pilot imposes
appropriate limitations commensurate with the experience of the
applicant, with respect to class or type of vessel, tonnage, route, and
waters.
(d) A License or MMC endorsement issued for service as a Master,
Mate, or Operator of Uninspected Towing Vessels authorizes service as a
Pilot under the provisions of Sec. 15.812 of this subchapter.
Therefore, First-Class Pilot endorsements will not be issued with
tonnage limitations of 1,600 GRT or less.
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123. Revise Sec. 11.703 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.703 Service requirements.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an
endorsement as First-Class Pilot is predicated upon the nature of the
waters for which pilotage is desired.
(1) General routes (routes not restricted to rivers, canals and
small lakes). The applicant must have at least 36 months of service in
the deck department of self-propelled vessels navigating on oceans,
coastwise, and Great Lakes, or bays, sounds, and lakes other than the
Great Lakes, as follows:
(i) Eighteen months of the 36 months of service must be performing
bridge watchkeeping duties under the supervision of the Master or a
qualified officer.
(ii) At least 12 months of the 18 months of service required in
paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section must be on vessels operating on the
class of waters for which pilotage is desired.
(2) River routes. The applicant must have at least 36 months of
service in the deck department of any vessel including at least 12
months of service on vessels operating on the waters of rivers while
the applicant is performing bridge watchkeeping duties under the
supervision of the Master or a qualified officer.
(3) Canal and small lakes routes. The applicant must have at least
24 months of service in the deck department of any vessel including at
least 8 months of service on vessels operating on canals or small
lakes.
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(b) A graduate of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy in the deck
class meets the service requirements of this section for an endorsement
as First-Class Pilot on the Great Lakes.
(c) Completion of an approved or accepted Pilot training course may
be substituted for a portion of the service requirements of this
section in accordance with Sec. 10.404 of this subchapter.
Additionally, roundtrips made during this training may apply toward the
route familiarization requirements of Sec. 11.705. An individual using
substituted service must have at least 9 months of shipboard service.
(d) An individual holding a License or MMC endorsement as Master or
Mate of inspected self-propelled vessels of more than 1,600 GRT meets
the service requirements of this section for an endorsement as First-
Class Pilot.
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124. Amend Sec. 11.705 by revising paragraphs (b) and (c) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.705 Route familiarization requirements.
* * * * *
(b) An applicant holding no other deck officer endorsement seeking
an endorsement as First-Class Pilot must furnish evidence of having
completed a minimum number of roundtrips, while serving as
quartermaster, wheelsman, Able Seafarer, Apprentice Pilot, or in an
equivalent capacity, standing regular watches at the wheel or in the
pilot house as part of routine duties, over the route sought. Evidence
of having completed a minimum number of roundtrips while serving as an
observer, properly certified by the Master and/or Pilot of the vessel,
is also acceptable. The range of roundtrips for an endorsement is a
minimum of 12 roundtrips and a maximum of 20 roundtrips. An applicant
may have additional routes added to the First-Class Pilot endorsement
by meeting the requirements in paragraph (c) of this section.
(c) An applicant who currently holds a deck officer License or MMC
endorsement seeking an endorsement as First-Class Pilot for a
particular route must furnish evidence of having completed the number
of roundtrips over the route, specified by the OCMI, within the range
limitations of this paragraph, for the particular grade of existing
License or MMC endorsement held. The range of roundtrips for an
endorsement is a minimum of eight roundtrips and a maximum of 15
roundtrips.
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125. Revise Sec. 11.707 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.707 Examination requirements.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement as First-Class Pilot, except as
noted in paragraph (b) of this section, is required to pass the
examination described in subpart I of this part.
(b) An applicant for an extension of route, or an applicant holding
a License or MMC endorsement as Master or Mate authorized to serve on
vessels of more than 1,600 GRT seeking an endorsement as First-Class
Pilot, is required to pass those portions of the examination described
in subpart I of this part that concern the specific route for which
endorsement is sought.
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126. Amend Sec. 11.709 by revising paragraph (b) introductory text and
paragraphs (c) and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.709 Annual physical examination requirements.
* * * * *
(b) Every person holding an MMC endorsement as First-Class Pilot,
or a Master or Mate serving as a Pilot under Sec. 15.812 of this
subchapter, must have a thorough physical examination each year. This
annual physical examination must be completed by the first day of the
month following the anniversary of the individual's most recently
completed Coast Guard-required physical examination. Each annual
physical examination must meet the requirements specified in part 10,
subpart C, of this subchapter and be recorded on the form CG-719K.
* * * * *
(c) An individual's First-Class Pilot endorsement becomes invalid
on the first day of the month following the anniversary of the
individual's most recently completed Coast Guard-required physical
examination, if the person does not meet the physical examination
requirement as provided in paragraph (b) of this section. The
individual may not operate under the authority of that endorsement
until a physical examination has been satisfactorily completed.
(d) A Master or Mate may not serve as a Pilot on a vessel 1,600 GRT
or more under Sec. 15.812 of this subchapter if the person does not
meet the physical examination requirements provided in paragraph (b) of
this section.
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127. Amend Sec. 11.711 by revising paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) to
read as follows:
Sec. 11.711 Tonnage requirements.
(a) In order to obtain a First-Class Pilot endorsement authorizing
service on vessels of unlimited tonnage over a particular route, the
applicant must have sufficient experience on vessels of more than 1,600
GRT.
(b) For purposes of this section, an applicant is considered to
have sufficient experience if the applicant has 18 months of experience
as Master, Mate, quartermaster, wheelsman, Able Seafarer, Apprentice
Pilot, or in an equivalent capacity, standing regular watches at the
wheel or in the pilothouse as part of routine duties, on vessels of
1,600 GRT or more, and two-thirds of the minimum number of roundtrips
required for the route have been on vessels of 1,600 GRT or more.
* * * * *
(d) For purposes of this section, for experience with respect to
tonnage on towing vessels, the combined gross tonnage of the towing
vessels and the vessels towed will be considered. However, the Coast
Guard may require that all or a portion of the required number of
roundtrips be obtained on self-propelled vessels of 1,600 GRT or more,
when the Coast Guard determines that due to the nature of the waters
and the overall experience of the applicant, self-propelled vessel
experience is necessary to obtain a First-Class Pilot endorsement that
is not restricted to tug and barge combinations.
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128. Revise Sec. 11.713 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.713 Requirements for maintaining current knowledge of waters
to be navigated.
(a) If a First-Class Pilot has not served over a particular route
within the past 60 months, that person's License or MMC endorsement is
invalid for that route, and remains invalid until the individual has
made one re-familiarization round trip over that route, except as
provided in paragraph (b) of this section. Whether this requirement is
satisfied or not has no effect on the renewal of other Licenses or MMC
endorsements. Roundtrips made within the 90-day period preceding
renewal will be valid for the duration of the renewed License or MMC
endorsement.
(b) For certain long or extended routes, the OCMI may, at their
discretion, allow the re-familiarization requirement to be satisfied by
reviewing appropriate navigation charts, coast pilots tide and current
tables, local Notice to Mariners, and any other materials that would
provide the Pilot with current knowledge of the route. Persons using
this method of re-familiarization must certify, when applying for
renewal of their License or MMC endorsement, the material they have
reviewed and the dates on which this was accomplished. Review within
the 90-day period preceding renewal is
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valid for the duration of the renewed MMC endorsement.
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129. Amend Sec. 11.807 by revising paragraphs (a) and (d) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.807 Experience requirements for registry.
(a) The applicant for a certificate of registry as staff officer
must submit evidence of experience as follows:
(1) Chief Purser. Two years of service aboard vessels performing
duties relating to work in the Purser's office.
(2) Purser. One year of service aboard vessels performing duties
relating to work in the Purser's office.
(3) Senior Assistant Purser. Six months of service aboard vessels
performing duties relating to work in the Purser's office.
(4) Junior Assistant Purser. Previous experience not required.
(5) Medical Doctor. A valid License as physician or surgeon issued
under the authority of a state or territory of the United States, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.
(6) Professional Nurse. A valid License as a registered nurse
issued under authority of a state or territory of the United States,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.
(7) Marine Physician Assistant. Successful completion of an
accredited course of instruction for a physician's assistant or nurse
practitioner program.
(8) Medical Technician. A rating of at least hospital corpsman or
health services technician, first class, in the U.S. Navy and U.S.
Coast Guard, or an equivalent rating in the U.S. Army (not less than
Staff Sergeant, Medical Department, U.S.A.), or in the U.S. Air Force
(not less than Technical Sergeant, Medical Department, U.S.A.F.), and a
period of satisfactory service of at least 1 month in a military
hospital..
* * * * *
(d) In the event an applicant for an endorsement, other than
Medical Doctor or Professional Nurse, presents evidence of other
qualifications that, in the opinion of the Coast Guard, is equivalent
to the experience requirements of this section and is consistent with
the duties of a staff officer, the Coast Guard may issue the MMC.
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130. Amend Sec. 11.821 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) through (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.821 High-Speed Craft Type-Rating.
(a) This section is only applicable to those persons who will be
serving or have served upon those vessels built and operated in
accordance with the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft
(HSC Code).
(b) To qualify for a High-Speed Craft Type-Rating endorsement (TRE)
for operating vessels to which the HSC Code applies, an applicant
must--
(1) Hold a valid officer endorsement for vessels of commensurate
grade, tonnage, route, and/or horsepower; and
(2) Present evidence of successful completion of a Coast Guard-
approved Type Rating training program.
(c) A separate TRE will be issued for each type and class of high-
speed craft. The original route will be as specified in the approved
type rating program. Additional routes may be added to an existing TRE
by completing at least 12 roundtrips over each route under the
supervision of a type-rated Master on the class of high speed craft the
TRE will be valid for. Six of the trips must be made during the hours
of darkness or a ``daylight only'' restriction will be imposed.
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131. Amend Sec. 11.901 by revising paragraph (b)(1) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.901 General provisions.
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(b) * * *
(1) Restricted routes for reduced service officer endorsements
(Master or Mate of vessels of less than 200 GRT, OUPV, or Master or
Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels).
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132. Amend Sec. 11.903 by revising paragraphs (a) and (c) to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.903 Officer endorsements requiring examinations.
(a) The following officer endorsements require examinations for
issuance:
(1) Chief Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage (examined at the management level).
(2) Third Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of
unlimited tonnage (examined at the operational level).
(3) Master of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of less
than 1,600 GRT.
(4) Mate of ocean or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of less
than 1,600 GRT.
(5) Master of near-coastal vessels less than 200 GRT.
(6) Mate of near-coastal vessels less than 200 GRT.
(7) Master of near-coastal vessels less than 100 GRT.
(8) Mate of near-coastal vessels less than 100 GRT.
(9) Master of Great Lakes and inland vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(10) Mate of Great Lakes and inland vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(11) Master of inland vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(12) Master of river vessels of unlimited tonnage.
(13) Master of Great Lakes and inland/river vessels less than 500
GRT or less than 1,600 GRT.
(14) Mate of Great Lakes and inland/river vessels less than 500 GRT
or less than 1,600 GRT.
(15) Master of Great Lakes and inland/river vessels less than 200
GRT.
(16) Mate of Great Lakes and inland/river vessels less than 200
GRT.
(17) Master of Great Lakes and inland.
(18) First-Class Pilot.
(19) Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels.
(20) Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels-Limited.
(21) Offshore Installation Manager.
(22) Barge Supervisor.
(23) Ballast Control Operator (BCO).
(24) Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV).
(25) Master of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
(26) Mate of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
(27) Master-OSV.
(28) Chief Mate-OSV.
(29) Mate-OSV.
(30) First Assistant Engineer limited or unlimited propulsion
power.
(31) Third Assistant Engineer limited or unlimited propulsion
power.
(32) Chief Engineer-Limited steam/motor vessels.
(33) Assistant Engineer-Limited steam/motor vessels.
(34) Designated Duty Engineer steam/motor vessels.
(35) Chief Engineer Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
(36) Assistant Engineer Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
(37) Chief Engineer-MODU.
(38) Assistant Engineer-MODU.
(39) Chief Engineer-OSV.
(40) Assistant Engineer-OSV.
* * * * *
(c) The following officer endorsements do not require examinations:
(1) Master of oceans or near-coastal vessels of unlimited tonnage
when upgrading from MMC officer endorsements, or a License as Chief
Mate of oceans or near-coastal vessels of unlimited tonnage, provided
the applicant has already been examined at the management level.
(2) Master of oceans or near-coastal vessels of unlimited tonnage
when adding an endorsement as Offshore Installation Manager (OIM).
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(3) Master of oceans or near-coastal self-propelled vessels of less
than 200 GRT, when upgrading from Mate of near-coastal self-propelled
vessels of less than 200 GRT. Master of oceans self-propelled vessels
of less than 200 GRT will, however, require an examination in celestial
navigation.
(4) Second Mate of oceans or near-coastal vessels when upgrading
from Third Mate of oceans or near-coastal vessels, provided the
applicant has already been examined at the operational level.
(5) Master of Great Lakes and inland vessels, or river vessels of
less than 200 GRT when upgrading from Mate of less than 200 GRT on the
same route.
(6) Chief Engineer-Unlimited, provided the applicant has already
been examined at the management level.
(7) Chief Engineer-Limited to service on steam, motor, or gas
turbine-propelled vessels of less than 10,000 HP/7,500 kW on near-
coastal routes, provided the applicant has already been examined at the
management level.
(8) Chief Engineer-Limited to service on steam, motor, and/or gas
turbine-propelled vessels of less than 4,000 HP/3,000 kW on near-
coastal routes, provided the applicant has already been examined at the
management level.
(9) Second Assistant Engineer when upgrading from Third Assistant
Engineer, provided the applicant has already been examined at the
operational level.
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133. Amend Sec. 11.910 by revising table 1 to Sec. 11.910 to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.910 Subjects for deck officer endorsements.
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Table 1 to Sec. 11.910--Codes for Deck Officer Endorsements
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Deck Officer Endorsements
1. Master/Chief Mate, oceans/near-coastal, unlimited tonnage.
2. Master, oceans/near-coastal, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600
GRT.
3. Second Mate/Third Mate, oceans/near-coastal, unlimited tonnage, and
Mate less than 500 GRT and less than 1600 GRT, oceans/near-coastal.
4. Master, oceans/near-coastal, and Mate, near-coastal, less than 200
GRT (includes Master, near-coastal, less than 100 GRT).
5. Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels, near-coastal.
6. Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels, Great Lakes/inland.
7. Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, ocean (domestic trade) and near-
coastal routes.
8. Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, Great Lakes, and inland routes.
9. Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, Western Rivers.
10. Master, Great Lakes/inland, or Master, inland, unlimited tonnage.
11. Mate, Great Lakes/inland, unlimited tonnage.
12. Master, Great Lakes/inland, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600
GRT.
13. Mate, Great Lakes/inland, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
14. Master or Mate, Great Lakes/inland, less than 200 GRT (includes
Master, Great Lakes/inland, less than 100 GRT).
15. Master, rivers, unlimited tonnage.
16. Master, rivers, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
17. Mate, rivers, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
18. Master or Mate, rivers, less than 200 GRT (includes Master, rivers,
less than 100 GRT).
19. Master of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels, oceans/near-coastal.
20. Mate of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels, oceans/near-coastal.
21. First-Class Pilot.
22. Master-OSV.
23. Chief Mate-OSV.
24. Mate-OSV.
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134. Amend Sec. 11.950 by revising table 1 to Sec. 11.950 to read as
follows:
Sec. 11.950 Examination subjects for engineer officer endorsements.
* * * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 11.950--Codes for Engineer Officer Endorsements
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1. First Assistant Engineer-Unlimited.
2. Third Assistant Engineer-Unlimited.
3. Chief Engineer-Limited.
4. Assistant Engineer-Limited.
5. Designated Duty Engineer-Unlimited.
6. Designated Duty Engineer 4,000 HP.
7. Designated Duty Engineer 1,000 HP.
8. Chief Engineer-Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
9. Assistant Engineer-Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels.
10. Chief Engineer-MODU.
11. Assistant Engineer-MODU.
12. Chief Engineer-OSV Unlimited.
13. Assistant Engineer-OSV Unlimited.
14. Chief Engineer-OSV 4,000 HP.
15. Assistant Engineer-OSV 4,000 HP.
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135. Amend Sec. 11.1001 by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.1001 Purpose of rules.
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(b) Specific regulations on the use of non-U.S. credentialed
officers and mariners with officer endorsements (except those of
Master) are found in Sec. 15.720 of this subchapter.
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136. Amend Sec. 11.1005 by revising paragraphs (b) and (d)(3) to read
as follows:
Sec. 11.1005 Employer application requirements.
* * * * *
(b) If a ``Certificate attesting recognition'' is issued to the
applicant, the employer must maintain a detailed record of the
seafarer's total service on all authorized U.S.-flagged vessels, and
must make that information available to the Coast Guard upon request.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(3) Valid identification document, such as a passport or Seafarer's
Identity Document (SID).
* * * * *
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137. Amend Sec. 11.1105 by revising paragraph (a) introductory text
and paragraphs (a)(1)(iii) and (iv) to read as follows:
Sec. 11.1105 General requirements for officer endorsements.
(a) To serve on a passenger vessel on international voyages,
Masters, deck officers, Chief Engineers, and engineer officers, must--
(1) * * *
(iii) Masters, Chief Engineer Officers, Chief Mates, Second
Engineer Officers, and any person designated on muster lists of having
responsibility for the safety of passengers in emergency situations
onboard passenger ships must have completed approved training in crisis
management and human behavior as specified in section A-V/2 of the STCW
Code.
(iv) Masters, Chief Engineer Officers, Chief Mates, Second Engineer
Officers, and every person assigned immediate responsibility for
embarking and disembarking passengers, loading, discharging or securing
cargo, or closing hull openings onboard Ro-Ro passenger ships must have
completed approved training in passenger safety, cargo safety, and hull
integrity as specified in section A-V/2 of the STCW Code; and
* * * * *
PART 12--REQUIREMENTS FOR RATING ENDORSEMENTS
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138. The authority citation for part 12 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 2110, Chapter
73, 7503, 7505, 7701, and 70105; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1,
Revision No. 01.4.
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139. Amend Sec. 12.103 by revising paragraph (a) and the introductory
text of paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.103 Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part
with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved incorporation by
reference material (IBR) is available for inspection at the Coast Guard
and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact
Coast Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing (CG-MMC), U.S.
Coast Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20593-7509; phone: 202-372-1492; website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/. For information on
the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected]. The
material may be obtained from:
(b) International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4 Albert Embankment,
London SE1 7SR, England; phone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611; website:
www.imo.org.
* * * * *
Sec. 12.201 [Amended]
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140. Amend Sec. 12.201 paragraph (a)(2) by removing the text ``food
handler's'' and adding, in its place, the text ``Food Handler's''.
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141. Revise Sec. 12.401 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.401 General requirements for Able Seafarer endorsements.
(a) General. An Able Seafarer is any person below officer and above
Ordinary Seafarer who holds a Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC)
endorsed as Able Seafarer by the Coast Guard.
(b) Categories. The following categories of Able Seafarer
endorsements are established:
(1) Able Seafarer-Unlimited.
(2) Able Seafarer-Limited.
(3) Able Seafarer-Special.
(4) Able Seafarer-OSV.
(5) Able Seafarer-Sail.
(6) Able Seafarer-Fishing Industry.
(c) Requirements for certification. To qualify for an endorsement
as Able Seafarer, an applicant must--
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) Pass the prescribed physical and medical examination
requirements specified in 46 CFR, part 10, subpart C;
(3) Present evidence of having passed a chemical test for dangerous
drugs or of qualifying for an exemption from testing as described in
Sec. 16.220 of this subchapter;
(4) Meet the sea service or training requirements set forth in this
part;
(5) Pass an examination for Able Seafarer;
(6) Qualify for an endorsement as Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat
Operator-Limited; and
(7) Speak and understand the English language as would be required
in performing the general duties of Able Seafarer and during an
emergency aboard ship.
(d) Additional requirements. (1) The holder of an MMC or MMD
endorsed for the rating of Able Seafarer may serve in any rating in the
deck department without obtaining an additional endorsement, provided--
(i) That the holder possesses the appropriate Able Seafarer
endorsement for the service of the vessel; and
(ii) That the holder possesses the appropriate STCW endorsement
when serving as an Able Seafarer-Deck or Ratings Forming Part of the
Navigational Watch (RFPNW) on a seagoing ship.
(2) Any MMC endorsed as Able Seafarer will also be endorsed as
Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat Operator-Limited, as appropriate.
(3) The Able Seafarer endorsement will clearly describe the type of
rating that it represents (see paragraph (a) of this section).
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142. Revise Sec. 12.403 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.403 Service or training requirements for Able Seafarer
endorsements.
(a) The minimum service required to qualify for the various
categories of endorsement as Able Seafarer is as follows:
(1) Able Seafarer-Unlimited. Three years of service on deck on
vessels operating on oceans or on the Great Lakes.
(2) Able Seafarer-Limited. Eighteen months of service on deck on
vessels of 100 GRT or more which operate in a service not exclusively
confined to the rivers and smaller inland lakes of the United States.
(3) Able Seafarer-Special. Twelve months of service on deck on
vessels operating on oceans or the navigable waters of the United
States, including the Great Lakes.
(4) Able Seafarer-OSV. Six months of service on deck on vessels
operating on oceans or on the navigable waters of the United States,
including the Great Lakes.
(5) Able Seafarer-Sail. Six months of service on deck on sailing
school vessels, oceanographic research vessels powered primarily by
sail, or equivalent
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sailing vessels operating on oceans or on the navigable waters of the
United States, including the Great Lakes.
(6) Able Seafarer-Fishing Industry. Six months of service on deck,
not as a processor, onboard vessels operating on oceans or on the
navigable waters of the United States, including the Great Lakes.
(b) Approved training programs may be substituted for the required
periods of service on deck as follows:
(1) A graduate of a school ship may be qualified for a rating
endorsement as Able Seafarer, without further service, upon
satisfactory completion of the program of instruction. For this
purpose, ``school ship'' is interpreted to mean an institution that
offers a complete approved program of instruction, including a period
of at-sea training, in the skills appropriate to the rating of Able
Seafarer.
(2) Training programs, other than those classified as a school
ship, may be substituted for up to one-third of the required service on
deck. The Coast Guard will determine the service/training ratio for
each program and may allow a maximum of 3 days of deck service credit
for each day of instruction.
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143. Amend Sec. 12.405 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b)(2) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.405 Examination and demonstration of ability for Able
Seafarer endorsements.
(a) Before an applicant is issued an endorsement as an Able
Seafarer, he or she must prove, to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard,
by oral or other means of examination, or by actual demonstration in a
Coast Guard-approved course, their knowledge of seamanship and the
ability to carry out effectively all the duties that may be required of
an Able Seafarer, including those of a Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat
Operator-Limited.
(b) * * *
(2) The applicant's knowledge of commands in handling the wheel by
obeying orders passed to them as helmsman, and knowledge of the use of
the engine room telegraph.
* * * * *
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144. Revise Sec. 12.407 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.407 General requirements for Lifeboat Operator endorsements.
(a) General. Every person fulfilling the manning requirements as
Lifeboat Operator on any United States vessel must hold an endorsement
as Lifeboat Operator. No endorsement as Lifeboat Operator is required
of any person employed on any unrigged vessel, except on a seagoing
barge and on a tank barge navigating waters other than rivers and/or
canals.
(b) Requirements for certification. (1) To qualify for an
endorsement as Lifeboat Operator, an applicant must--
(i) Be at least 18 years of age;
(ii) Pass the prescribed physical and medical examination
requirements specified in 46 CFR, part 10, subpart C; and
(iii) Present evidence of having passed a chemical test for
dangerous drugs or as having qualified for an exemption for testing
described in Sec. 16.220 of this subchapter.
(2) To be eligible for an endorsement as Lifeboat Operator, an
applicant must meet one of the following sea service requirements:
(i) At least 6 months of sea service in any department of vessels
and the successful completion of an approved course.
(ii) At least 12 months of sea service in any department of vessels
on ocean, coastwise, inland, and Great Lakes routes.
(3) Before an applicant is issued an endorsement as a Lifeboat
Operator, they must prove, to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard, by
oral or other means of examination, and by actual practical
demonstration of abilities, their knowledge of seamanship and the
ability to carry out effectively all the duties that may be required of
a Lifeboat Operator. This requirement may be met by completion of an
approved course in paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section, provided the
course includes actual practical demonstration of abilities.
(4) The practical demonstration must consist of a demonstration of
the applicant's ability to--
(i) Take charge of a survival craft or rescue boat during and after
launch;
(ii) Operate a survival craft engine;
(iii) Demonstrate the ability to row by actually pulling an oar in
the boat;
(iv) Manage a survival craft and survivors after abandoning ship;
(v) Safely recover survival craft and rescue boats; and
(vi) Use locating and communication devices.
(5) The examination, whether administered orally or by other means,
must be conducted only in the English language and must consist of
questions regarding--
(i) Lifeboats and liferafts, the names of their essential parts,
and a description of the required equipment;
(ii) The clearing away, swinging out, and lowering of lifeboats and
liferafts, the handling of lifeboats under oars and sails, including
questions relative to the proper handling of a boat in a heavy sea; and
(iii) The operation and functions of commonly used types of davits.
(6) An applicant, to be eligible for an endorsement as Lifeboat
Operator, must be able to speak and understand the English language as
would be required in the rating of Lifeboat Operator and in an
emergency aboard ship.
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145. Revise Sec. 12.409 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.409 General requirements for Lifeboat Operator-Limited
endorsements.
(a) General. Every person fulfilling the manning requirements for
Lifeboat Operator on any United States vessel fitted with liferafts,
but not fitted with lifeboats, must hold an endorsement as Lifeboat
Operator or as Lifeboat Operator-Limited. No endorsement as Lifeboat
Operator or Lifeboat Operator-Limited is required of any person
employed on any unrigged vessel, except on a seagoing barge and on a
tank barge navigating waters other than rivers and/or canals.
(b) Requirements for certification. (1) To qualify for an
endorsement as Lifeboat Operator-Limited, an applicant must--
(i) Be at least 18 years of age;
(ii) Pass the prescribed physical and medical examination
requirements specified in 46 CFR part 10, subpart C; and
(iii) Present evidence of having passed a chemical test for
dangerous drugs or of having qualified for an exemption for testing, as
described in Sec. 16.220 of this subchapter.
(2) An applicant, to be eligible for an endorsement as Lifeboat
Operator-Limited, must meet one of the following sea service
requirements:
(i) At least 12 months of sea service in any department of vessels
on ocean, coastwise, inland, and Great Lakes routes.
(ii) At least 6 months of sea service in any department of vessels,
and successful completion of an approved course.
(3) Before an applicant is issued an endorsement as a Lifeboat
Operator-Limited, they must prove, to the satisfaction of the Coast
Guard, by oral or other means of examination, and by actual practical
demonstration of abilities, their knowledge of seamanship and ability
to carry out effectively all the duties that may be required of a
Lifeboat Operator-Limited.
(4) The practical demonstration must consist of a demonstration of
the applicant's ability to--
(i) Take charge of a rescue boat, liferaft, or other lifesaving
apparatus during and after launch;
(ii) Operate a rescue boat engine;
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(iii) Manage a survival craft and survivors after abandoning ship;
(iv) Safely recover rescue boats; and
(v) Use locating and communication devices.
(5) The examination, whether administered orally or by other means,
must be conducted only in the English language and must consist of
questions regarding--
(i) Liferafts, rescue boats, and other survival craft except
lifeboats, the names of their essential parts, and a description and
use of the required equipment;
(ii) The clearing away, launching, and handling of rescue craft,
except lifeboats; and
(iii) The operation and functions of commonly used launching
devices for rescue boats and survival craft other than lifeboats.
(6) An applicant, to be eligible for an endorsement as Lifeboat
Operator-Limited, must be able to speak and understand the English
language as would be required in the rating of Lifeboat Operator-
Limited and in an emergency aboard ship.
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146. Amend Sec. 12.501 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.501 General requirements for a Qualified Member of the Engine
Department.
(a) General. A Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED) is
any person below officer and above the rating of Coal Passer or Wiper,
who holds an MMC or MMD endorsed as QMED by the Coast Guard.
(b) Categories. (1) Each QMED rating must be endorsed separately,
unless the applicant qualifies for all QMED ratings, in which case the
endorsement will read ``QMED--any rating.'' The ratings are--
(i) Boiler Technician/Watertender;
(ii) Oiler;
(iii) Junior Engineer;
(iv) Electrician/Refrigerating Engineer; and
(v) Pump Technician/Machinist.
(2) The Coast Guard will no longer issue original endorsements for
Deck Engineer, Deck/Engine Mechanic, or Engineman, or individual
endorsements for Refrigerating Engineer, Machinist, Electrician, and
Pump Technician. However, a mariner who holds any of these endorsements
may continue to renew them as long as they are otherwise qualified.
(3) If the holder of an endorsement as Pump Technician only or
Machinist only seeks the combined endorsement of Pump Technician/
Machinist, the mariner must pass the examination described in table 1
to Sec. 12.505(c).
(4) If the holder of an endorsement as Electrician only or
Refrigerating Engineer only seeks the combined endorsement of
Electrician/Refrigerating Engineer, the mariner must pass the
examination described in table 1 to Sec. 12.505(c).
* * * * *
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147. Amend Sec. 12.503 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.503 Service or training requirements.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement as Qualified Member of the
Engine Department (QMED) must provide the Coast Guard with proof of
qualification based on 6 months of service in a rating at least equal
to that of Wiper or Coal Passer.
* * * * *
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148. Amend Sec. 12.505 by revising paragraph (a) and table 1 to Sec.
12.505(c) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.505 Examination requirements.
(a) Before an applicant is issued an endorsement as QMED in the
rating of Oiler, Boiler Technician/Watertender, Junior Engineer, Pump
Technician/Machinist, or Electrician/Refrigerating Engineer, they must
prove, to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard, by oral or other means
of examination, their knowledge of the subjects listed in paragraph (c)
of this section.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 12.505(c)--Examination Subjects for QMED Ratings
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Boiler Electrician/
Subjects Pump technician/ technician/ Oiler refrigerating Junior engineer
machinist watertender engineer
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General subjects:
Auxiliary machinery............................................ X X X X X
Basic safety procedures........................................ X X X X X
Bearings....................................................... X ............... X X X
Care of equipment and machine parts............................ X X X X X
Deck machinery................................................. X ............... ............... X X
Drawings and tables............................................ X ............... ............... X X
Heat exchangers................................................ X X X X X
Hydraulic principles........................................... X ............... ............... X X
Instrumentation principles..................................... X X X X X
Lubrication principles......................................... X ............... X X X
Maintenance procedures......................................... X X X X X
Measuring instruments.......................................... X X X X X
Pipes, fittings, and valves.................................... X X X X X
Pollution prevention........................................... X X X X X
Properties of fuel............................................. ............... X X ............... X
Pumps, fans, and blowers....................................... X ............... ............... X X
Refrigeration principles....................................... ............... ............... X X X
Remote control equipment....................................... X X X X X
Use of hand/power tools........................................ X X X X X
Watch duties................................................... ............... X X ............... X
Electrical subjects:
A/C circuits................................................... ............... ............... ............... X X
Batteries...................................................... ............... ............... ............... X X
Calculations................................................... ............... ............... ............... X X
Communication devices.......................................... ............... ............... ............... X X
D/C circuits................................................... ............... ............... ............... X X
Distribution systems........................................... ............... ............... ............... X X
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Electronic principles.......................................... ............... ............... ............... X X
Generation equipment........................................... ............... ............... X X X
Maintenance.................................................... ............... ............... X X X
Measuring devices.............................................. ............... ............... ............... X X
Motor controllers.............................................. ............... ............... ............... X X
Motors......................................................... ............... ............... X X X
Safety......................................................... X X X X X
Troubleshooting................................................ ............... ............... ............... X ...............
Safety and environmental protection subjects:
Communications................................................. X X X X X
Damage control................................................. X X X X X
Elementary first aid........................................... X X X X X
Emergency equipment............................................ X X X X X
Environmental awareness........................................ X X X X X
Fire prevention................................................ X X X X X
Firefighting equipment......................................... X X X X X
Firefighting principles........................................ X X X X X
General safety................................................. X X X X X
Hazardous materials............................................ X X X X X
Shipboard equipment and systems subjects:
Air conditioning............................................... ............... ............... ............... X X
Ballast........................................................ X X X ............... X
Bilge.......................................................... X X X ............... X
Compressed air................................................. X X X X X
Desalination................................................... ............... ............... X ............... X
Fuel oil storage/transfer...................................... ............... X X ............... X
Fuel treatment................................................. ............... X X ............... X
Heating/ventilation............................................ X ............... ............... X X
Lubrication.................................................... X ............... X X X
Potable water.................................................. ............... ............... X ............... X
Refrigeration.................................................. ............... ............... X X X
Sanitary/sewage................................................ ............... ............... X ............... X
Steering....................................................... ............... ............... X X X
Steam propulsion subjects:
Auxiliary turbines............................................. ............... X X ............... X
Boiler fundamentals............................................ ............... X X ............... X
Combustion principles.......................................... ............... X X ............... X
Condensate systems............................................. ............... X X ............... X
Drive systems.................................................. ............... X X ............... X
Feedwater systems.............................................. ............... X X ............... X
Fuel service systems........................................... ............... X X ............... X
Maintenance.................................................... X X X ............... X
Safety......................................................... X X X X X
Steam fundamentals............................................. X X X ............... X
Turbine fundamentals........................................... ............... X X ............... X
Motor propulsion subjects:
Air-charge systems............................................. ............... ............... X ............... X
Cooling water systems.......................................... ............... ............... X ............... X
Diesel engine principles....................................... X ............... X ............... X
Drive systems.................................................. X ............... X ............... X
Fuel service systems........................................... ............... ............... X ............... X
Intake/exhaust................................................. ............... ............... X ............... X
Lubrication systems............................................ X ............... X ............... X
Starting systems............................................... ............... ............... X ............... X
Waste heat/auxiliary boiler.................................... ............... ............... X ............... X
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149. Amend Sec. 12.601 by revising paragraphs (a) and (b)(1)(i) to
read as follows:
Sec. 12.601 General requirements for STCW rating endorsements.
(a) General. An applicant for any STCW endorsement must hold the
appropriate national endorsement, unless otherwise specified. The Coast
Guard will issue an STCW endorsement to qualified applicants for any of
the following ratings or qualifications:
(1) Able Seafarer-Deck.
(2) Ratings Forming Part of a Navigational Watch (RFPNW).
(3) Able Seafarer-Engine.
(4) Ratings Forming Part of an Engineering Watch in a manned
engineroom or designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned
engineroom (RFPEW).
(5) Electro-technical Rating on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or more.
(6) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, other than Fast
Rescue Boats (PSC).
(7) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, other than
lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats (PSC-Limited).
(8) Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats.
(9) Medical First-aid Provider.
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(10) Person in Charge of Medical Care.
(11) GMDSS At-sea Maintainer.
(12) Vessel Personnel with Designated Security Duties.
(13) Security Awareness.
(b) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) In-service experience: Documentation of successful completion
of assessments, approved or accepted by the Coast Guard, and signed by
a Qualified Assessor, deck or engineering, as appropriate.
* * * * *
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150. Amend Sec. 12.602 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) introductory text and (b) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 12.602 Basic Training.
(a) Applicants seeking an STCW rating endorsement must provide
evidence, with their application, of meeting the standard of competence
for Basic Training (BT) as described below:
* * * * *
(b) Every 5 years, seafarers qualified in accordance with Sec.
12.601(a) must provide evidence of maintaining the standard of
competence for Basic Training (BT).
* * * * *
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151. Amend Sec. 12.603 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
and (b), and table 1 to Sec. 12.603(d) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.603 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Able
Seafarer-Deck.
(a) To qualify for this endorsement as Able Seafarer-Deck, an
applicant must--
(1) Be not less than 18 years of age;
(2) Meet the requirements for certification as Ratings Forming Part
of a Navigational Watch (RFPNW);
(3) While qualified as an RFPNW, have seagoing service in the deck
department of--
(i) Not less than 18 months; or
(ii) Not less than 12 months and have completed approved training;
(4) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Table A-II/5 of the STCW Code (incorporated by reference,
see Sec. 12.103); and
(5) Provide evidence of having satisfactorily completed approved
training in--
(i) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast
Rescue Boats (PSC); or
(ii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, other than
lifeboats or Fast Rescue Boats-Limited (PSC-Limited), as appropriate.
(b) Seafarers holding a rating endorsement as Able Seafarer before
January 1, 2017, will be eligible for this endorsement upon showing
evidence of--
(1) Holding an endorsement as an RFPNW; and
(2) Having satisfactorily completed approved training in--
(i) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, other than Fast
Rescue Boats (PSC); or
(ii) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, other than
lifeboats or Fast Rescue Boats (PSC-Limited), as appropriate.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 12.603(d)--STCW Endorsement as Able Seafarer-Deck
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Sea service under Training required
Entry path from national authority of the Competence--STCW Competence--STCW by this section
endorsements endorsement \1\ Table A-II/4 \2\ Table A-II/5 \3\ \4\
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Able Seafarer-Unlimited.......... None................ Y Y N
Able Seafarer-Limited............ None................ Y Y N
Able Seafarer-Special............ 6 months \5\........ Y Y N
Able Seafarer-OSV................ 12 months \6\....... Y Y N
Able Seafarer-Sail............... 12 months \6\....... Y Y N
Able Seafarer-Fishing Industry... 12 months \6\....... Y Y N
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\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the seafarer already holding an RFPNW
endorsement in order to meet the requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(2) of this section not previously satisfied.
\3\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(4) of this section not previously satisfied.
\4\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(5) of this section not previously satisfied.
\5\ The service may be reduced to 3 months if training has been completed as part of an approved training
program meeting the requirements of paragraph (a)(4) of this section.
\6\ The service may be reduced to 6 months if training has been completed as part of an approved training
program meeting the requirements of (a)(4) of this section.
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152. Amend Sec. 12.605 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text and (a)(2)(i), and table 1 to Sec. 12.605(c) to read
as follows:
Sec. 12.605 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as
Ratings Forming Part of a Navigational Watch
(a) To qualify for endorsement as Ratings Forming Part of a
Navigational Watch (RFPNW) on a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more, an
applicant must--
* * * * *
(2) * * *
(i) Six months of seagoing service, which includes training and
experience associated with navigational watchkeeping functions and
involves the performance of duties carried out under the supervision of
the Master, Mate, or qualified STCW deck rating; or
* * * * *
(c) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 12.605(c)--STCW Endorsement as RFPNW
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea service under
Entry path from national authority of the Competence--STCW
endorsements endorsement \1\ Table A-II/4 \2\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Able Seafarer-Unlimited......... None................ Y
Able Seafarer-Limited........... None................ Y
Able Seafarer-Special........... None................ Y
Able Seafarer-OSV............... None................ Y
Able Seafarer-Sail.............. None................ Y
Able Seafarer-Fishing Industry.. None................ Y
Ordinary Seafarer............... 6 mo.\3\............ Y
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the
seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not
previously satisfied.
\3\ The service may be reduced to 2 months if training has been
completed as part of an approved training program meeting the
requirements of paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section.
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153. Amend Sec. 12.607 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(2), and (b), and table 1 to Sec. 12.607(d) to
read as follows:
Sec. 12.607 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as rating
as Able Seafarer-Engine.
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as an Able Seafarer-Engine,
an applicant must--
* * * * *
(2) Meet the requirements for certification as a Ratings Forming
Part of an Engineering Watch (RFPEW);
* * * * *
(b) Seafarers holding a rating endorsement as QMED, Junior
Engineer, Electrician or Electrician/Refrigerating Engineer, Pump
Technician or Pump Technician/Machinist, Refrigerating Engineer, or
Machinist before January 1, 2017, will be eligible for this endorsement
upon showing evidence of holding an endorsement as an RFPEW.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 12.607(d)--STCW Endorsement as Able Seafarer-Engine
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional sea service for
Domestic QMED endorsement AS-E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Engineman................................. None.
Deck Engine Mechanic...................... None.
Electrician............................... 6 months.\1\
Refrigerating Engineer.................... 6 months.\1\
Pump Technician........................... 6 months.\1\
Machinist................................. 6 months.\1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Service may be reduced to 3 months if training has been completed as
part of an approved training program.
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154. Amend Sec. 12.609 by revising the section heading and paragraph
(a) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 12.609 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Rating
Forming Part of an Engineering Watch.
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Ratings Forming Part of
an Engineering Watch (RFPEW) in a manned engineroom or to qualify to be
designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned engineroom, an
applicant must--
* * * * *
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155. Amend Sec. 12.611 by revising the section heading, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(2)(i), and (b), and table 1 to Sec. 12.611(c)
to read as follows:
Sec. 12.611 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as
Electro-technical Rating on vessels powered by main propulsion
machinery of 750 kW/1,000 HP or more.
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as an Electro-technical
Rating (ETR), an applicant must--
* * * * *
(2) * * *
(i) Twelve months of seagoing service, that includes training and
experience associated with engine room watchkeeping functions and
involves the performance of duties carried out under the supervision of
an engineer officer, Electro-technical Officer, or a qualified STCW
engine rating;
* * * * *
(b) An applicant who holds an STCW endorsement as Able Seafarer-
Engine and a national rating endorsement as Electrician, Electrician/
Refrigerating Engineer, or Junior Engineer will be issued the ETR
endorsement upon completion of the requirements in Section A-III/7 of
the STCW Code and evidence of completion of the training required in
paragraph (a)(4) of this section.
(c) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 12.611(c)--STCW Endorsement as Electro-technical
Rating
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea service under Competence--STCW
Entry path from national authority of the Table A-III/7
endorsements endorsement \1\ \2\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Electrician/Refrigerating None............... Y
Engineer.
Junior Engineer.................. None............... Y
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ This column provides the minimum additional service required of the
seafarer in order to meet the requirements of this section.
\2\ Complete any items in paragraph (a)(3) of this section not
previously satisfied.
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156. Amend Sec. 12.613 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.613 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement in
Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue
Boats.
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement in Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats (PSC), the
applicant must-
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) Meet the requirements for a Lifeboat Operator endorsement in
Sec. 12.407 and Table A-VI/2-1 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 12.103); and
(3) Complete Basic Training (BT), found in Sec. 12.602.
* * * * *
(c) Seafarers holding an MMD or MMC endorsement as Lifeboat
Operator before January 1, 2017 will be eligible for this endorsement
upon showing evidence of sea service of not less than 12 months within
the last 60 months. The sea service must be completed prior to January
1, 2017.
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157. Amend Sec. 12.615 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.615 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement in
Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Lifeboats and
Fast Rescue Boats-Limited (PSC-Limited).
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement in Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than Lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats-
Limited (PSC-Limited), the applicant must--
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) Meet the requirements for a Lifeboat Operator-Limited
endorsement in Sec. 12.409 and Table A-VI/2-1 of the STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see Sec. 12.103); and
(3) Complete Basic Training (BT), found in Sec. 12.601(c).
* * * * *
(c) Seafarers holding an MMD or MMC endorsement as Lifeboat
Operator-Limited before January 1, 2017, will be eligible for this
endorsement upon showing evidence of sea service of not less than 12
months within the last 60 months. The sea service must be completed
prior to January 1, 2017.
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158. Amend Sec. 12.617 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b)(2)(i) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.617 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement in
Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats.
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement in Proficiency in Fast
Rescue Boats, an applicant must--
(1) Be not less than 18 years of age;
(2) Hold an endorsement in Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue
Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats (PSC) or in Proficiency in Survival
Craft and Rescue Boats other than lifeboats and Fast Rescue Boats-
Limited (PSC-Limited) under this subpart;
(3) Provide evidence of successful completion of a Coast Guard-
approved or -accepted course; and
(4) Provide evidence of meeting the standard of competence
specified in Table A-VI/2-2 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 12.103).
(b) * * *
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(2) * * *
(i) Taking charge of a Fast Rescue Boat during and after launch,
including--
(A) Controlling safe launching, operating of the engine, and
recovering a Fast Rescue Boat;
(B) Handling a Fast Rescue Boat in prevailing weather and sea
conditions;
(C) Using communication and signaling equipment between the Fast
Rescue Boat and a helicopter and a ship;
* * * * *
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159. Amend Sec. 12.619 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) introductory text and (b) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 12.619 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as
Medical First-aid Provider.
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Medical First-aid
Provider, an applicant must--
* * * * *
(b) An applicant holding one of the following credentials is
qualified for an endorsement as Medical First-aid Provider:
* * * * *
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160. Amend Sec. 12.621 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) introductory text and (b) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 12.621 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Person
in Charge of Medical Care.
(a) To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Person in Charge of
Medical Care, an applicant must--
* * * * *
(b) An applicant holding any of the following credentials is
qualified for an endorsement as Person in Charge of Medical Care:
* * * * *
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161. Amend Sec. 12.623 by revising the section heading, introductory
text, and paragraphs (b)(2) and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 12.623 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Global
Maritime Distress and Safety System At-sea Maintainer.
To qualify for an STCW endorsement as Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System (GMDSS) At-sea Maintainer, an applicant must--
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(2) Passing an approved GMDSS At-sea Maintainer course; and
(c) Hold a valid Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
certificate as GMDSS At-sea Maintainer.
0
162. Amend Sec. 12.625 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) and (b) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 12.625 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement as Vessel
Personnel with Designated Security Duties.
(a) An applicant for an STCW endorsement as Vessel Personnel with
Designated Security Duties must--
* * * * *
(b) Until March 24, 2014, seafarers will be able to apply for an
endorsement as Vessel Personnel with Designated Security Duties by--
* * * * *
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163. Amend Sec. 12.627 by revising the section heading and paragraphs
(a) introductory text and (b) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 12.627 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for
Security Awareness.
(a) An applicant for an endorsement for Security Awareness must--
* * * * *
(b) Until March 24, 2014, seafarers will be able to apply for an
endorsement in Security Awareness by--
* * * * *
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164. Revise Sec. 12.701 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.701 Credentials required for entry-level and miscellaneous
ratings.
Every person employed or engaged on a vessel subject to 46 U.S.C.
8701 must produce an MMC or MMD with the appropriate endorsement to the
Master or Person in Charge (PIC), if appropriate, before signing
shipping articles.
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165. Revise Sec. 12.703 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.703 General requirements for entry-level ratings.
(a) Rating endorsements will be issued without professional
examination to applicants in capacities other than Able Seafarer,
Lifeboat Operator, Lifeboat Operator-Limited, tank vessel endorsement,
or QMED, including--
(1) Ordinary Seafarer;
(2) Wiper;
(3) Steward's Department; and
(4) Steward's Department (F.H.).
(b) Holders of MMCs or MMDs endorsed as Ordinary Seafarer may serve
in any unqualified rating in the deck or steward's department, except
as a Food Handler (F.H.).
(c) Holders of MMCs or MMDs endorsed as Wiper may serve in any
unqualified rating in the engine or steward's department, except as a
Food Handler.
(d) Only MMCs or MMDs endorsed as Steward's Department (F.H.) will
authorize the holder's service in any capacity in the steward's
department, including Food Handler.
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166. Revise Sec. 12.705 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.705 Endorsements for persons enrolled in a Maritime
Administration-approved training program.
MMCs issued to individuals obtaining sea service as part of an
approved training curriculum while enrolled at either the United States
Merchant Marine Academy or a deck or engineering class of a Maritime
Academy approved by and conducted under the rules prescribed by the
Maritime Administrator and listed in 46 CFR part 310 will include an
endorsement of Cadet-Deck or Cadet-Engine, as appropriate, and Lifeboat
Operator. Individuals obtaining sea service as part of such an approved
training curriculum must do so in the capacity of Cadet-Deck or Cadet-
Engine, as appropriate, notwithstanding any other rating endorsements
the individual may hold or any other capacity in which the individual
may have previously served.
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167. Revise Sec. 12.709 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.709 Apprentice Engineers.
(a) Persons enrolled in an engineer training program approved by
the Coast Guard, and who present a letter or other documentary evidence
that they are enrolled, may be issued an MMC endorsed as Apprentice
Engineer and may be signed on ships as such. The endorsement as
Apprentice Engineer may be in addition to other endorsements; however,
this endorsement does not authorize the holder to replace any of the
regular required crew.
(b) Persons holding the endorsement as Apprentice Engineer are
deemed to be seafarers.
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168. Revise Sec. 12.711 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.711 Apprentice Mate.
(a) A person enrolled in a Mate training program approved by the
Coast Guard, and who presents a letter or other documentary evidence
that they are enrolled, may be issued an MMC rating endorsement as
Apprentice Mate and may be signed on a vessel in this capacity. The
rating endorsement as Apprentice Mate may be in addition to other
endorsements; however, this endorsement does not authorize the holder
to replace any of the regular required crew.
(b) Persons holding the endorsement as Apprentice Mate are deemed
to be seafarers.
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169. Amend Sec. 12.805 by revising paragraphs (b) through (d) to read
as follows:
Sec. 12.805 Employer requirements.
* * * * *
(b) If an MMC is issued to the applicant, the report and
information required in paragraph (a)(2) of this section must be
securely kept by the employer on the U.S.-flagged large passenger
vessel on which the applicant is employed. The report and information
must remain on the last U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel on which
the applicant was employed until such time as the MMC is returned to
the Coast Guard in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.
(c) If an MMC or a Transportation Worker Identification Credential
(TWIC) is issued to the applicant, each MMC and TWIC must be securely
kept by the employer on the U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel on
which the applicant is employed. The employer must maintain a detailed
record of the seafarer's total service on all authorized U.S.-flagged
large passenger vessels, and must make that information available to
the Coast Guard upon request, to demonstrate that the limitations of
Sec. 12.811(c) have not been exceeded.
(d) In the event that the seafarer's MMC and/or TWIC expires, the
seafarer's visa status terminates, the seafarer serves onboard the
U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel(s) for 36 months in the aggregate
as a nonimmigrant crewmember, the employer terminates employment of the
seafarer, or if the seafarer otherwise ceases working with the
employer, the employer must return the MMC to the Coast Guard and/or
the TWIC to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) within 10
days of the event.
* * * * *
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170. Amend Sec. 12.809 by revising paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as
follows:
Sec. 12.809 Citizenship and identity.
(a) Instead of the requirements of Sec. 10.221 of this subchapter,
a non-resident alien may apply for a Coast Guard-issued MMC, endorsed
and valid only for service in the steward's department of a U.S.-
flagged large passenger vessel, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 8103(k)(5)(B),
if they are employable in the United States under the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101, et seq.), including an alien crewmember
described in section 101 (a)(15)(D)(i) of that Act.
(b) To meet the citizenship and identity requirements of this
subpart, an applicant must present an unexpired passport issued by the
government of the country of which the applicant is a citizen or
subject, and either a valid U.S. C-1/D Crewmember Visa or another valid
U.S. visa or authority deemed acceptable by the Coast Guard.
* * * * *
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171. Revise Sec. 12.811 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.811 Restrictions.
(a) An MMC issued to a non-resident alien under this subpart
authorizes service only in the steward's department of the U.S.-flagged
large passenger vessel(s), that is/are under the same common ownership
and control as the foreign-flagged passenger vessel(s) on which the
non-resident alien served to meet the requirements of Sec. 12.807(a).
(1) The MMC will be endorsed for service in the steward's
department, in accordance with Sec. 12.703.
(2) The MMC may also be endorsed for service as a Food Handler if
the applicant meets the requirements of Sec. 12.703.
(3) No other rating or endorsement is authorized, except Lifeboat
Operator or Lifeboat Operator-Limited, in which case all applicable
requirements of this subchapter and the STCW Convention and STCW Code
(incorporated by reference, see Sec. 12.103) must be met.
(b) The following restrictions must be printed on the MMC, or be
listed in an accompanying Coast Guard letter, or both:
(1) The name and official number of all U.S.-flagged vessels on
which the non-resident alien may serve. Service is not authorized on
any other U.S.-flagged vessel.
(2) Upon issuance, the MMC must remain in the custody of the
employer at all times.
(3) Upon termination of employment, the MMC must be returned to the
Coast Guard within 10 days, in accordance with Sec. 12.805.
(4) A non-resident alien issued an MMC under this subpart may not
perform watchstanding, engine room duty watch, or vessel navigation
functions.
(5) A non-resident alien issued an MMC under this subpart may
perform emergency-related duties, provided that -
(i) The emergency-related duties do not require any other rating or
endorsement, except Lifeboat Operator or Lifeboat Operator-Limited as
specified in paragraph (a)(3) of this section;
(ii) The non-resident alien has completed Familiarization and Basic
Training (BT), as required in Sec. 15.1105 of this subchapter;
(iii) If the non-resident alien serves as a Lifeboat Operator or
Lifeboat Operator-Limited, they have the necessary Lifeboat Operator or
Lifeboat Operator-Limited endorsement; and
(iv) The non-resident alien has completed the training for
crewmembers on passenger ships performing duties involving safety or
care for passengers, as required in Sec. 15.1103 of this subchapter.
(c) A non-resident alien may only serve for an aggregate period of
36 months of actual service on all authorized U.S.-flagged large
passenger vessels combined under the provisions of this subpart.
(d) Once this 36-month limitation is reached, the MMC becomes
invalid and must be returned to the Coast Guard under Sec. 12.805(d),
and the non-resident alien is no longer authorized to serve in a
position requiring an MMC on any U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel.
(e) An individual who successfully adjusts their immigration status
to become either an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to
the United States, or a citizen of the United States, may apply for an
MMC, subject to the requirements of Sec. 10.221 of this subchapter,
without any restrictions or limitations imposed by this subpart.
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172. Revise and republish part 13, consisting of Sec. Sec. 13.101
through 13.611, to read as follows:
PART 13--CERTIFICATION OF TANK VESSEL PERSONNEL
Subpart A--General
Sec. 13.101 Purpose.
Sec. 13.103 Incorporation by reference.
Sec. 13.105 Paperwork approval.
Sec. 13.106 Requirement to hold an MMC.
Sec. 13.107 Tank vessel endorsements: General.
Sec. 13.109 Tank vessel endorsements: Authorized cargoes.
Sec. 13.111 Restricted tank vessel endorsements.
Sec. 13.113 [Reserved]
Sec. 13.115 Chemical testing requirements.
Sec. 13.117 Re-issuance of expired tank vessel endorsements.
Sec. 13.119 Expiration of endorsements.
Sec. 13.120 Renewal of tank vessel endorsements.
Sec. 13.121 Courses for tank vessel endorsements.
Sec. 13.123 Recency of service or experience for original tank
vessel endorsements.
Sec. 13.125 Physical and medical requirements.
Sec. 13.127 Service: General.
Sec. 13.129 Quick-reference table for tank vessel endorsements.
Subpart B--Requirements for Tank Vessel-PIC Endorsement
Sec. 13.201 Original application for Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement.
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Sec. 13.203 Service requirements.
Sec. 13.205 Proof of service for Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement.
Subpart C--Requirements for Tank Barge-PIC Endorsement
Sec. 13.301 Original application for Tank Barge-PIC endorsement.
Sec. 13.303 Service requirements.
Sec. 13.305 Proof of service for Tank Barge-PIC.
Subpart D Requirements for Tank Vessel-Assistant Wndorsement.
Sec. 13.401 Original application for Tank Vessel-Assistant
endorsement.
Sec. 13.403 Service requirements.
Sec. 13.405 Proof of service for Tank Vessel-Assistant endorsement.
Subpart E--Requirements for Tank Vessel-Engineer Wndorsement
Sec. 13.501 Original application for Tank Vessel-Engineer
endorsement.
Sec. 13.503 Service requirements.
Sec. 13.505 Proof of service for Tank Vessel-Engineer endorsement.
Subpart F--Requirements for STCW Tank Vessel Endorsements
Sec. 13.601 General.
Sec. 13.603 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for
Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo Operations.
Sec. 13.605 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for
Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations.
Sec. 13.607 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for
Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations.
Sec. 13.609 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for
Basic Oil and Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations.
Sec. 13.611 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for
Basic Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations.
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 7317, 8105, 8703, 9102; DHS
Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.
Subpart A--General
Sec. 13.101 Purpose.
This part describes the various tank vessel endorsements issued by
the Coast Guard on a Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC).
(a) This part prescribes the requirements for the following
endorsements:
(1) Tank Vessel-PIC.
(2) Tank Barge-PIC .
(3) Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC.
(4) Restricted Tank Barge-PIC .
(5) Tank Vessel-Assistant.
(6) Tank Vessel-Engineer.
(b) This part prescribes the requirements for the following STCW
endorsements:
(1) Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo Operation.
(2) Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operation.
(3) Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operation.
(4) Basic Oil and Chemical Tanker Cargo Operation.
(5) Basic Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operation.
Sec. 13.103 Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part
with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved incorporation by
reference material (IBR) is available for inspection at the Coast Guard
and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact
Coast Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing (CG-MMC), U.S.
Coast Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20593-7509; phone: 202-372-1492; website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/. For information on
the availability of this material at NARA,Error! Hyperlink reference
not valid. visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or
email [email protected]. The material may be obtained from:
(b) International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4 Albert Embankment,
London SE1 7SR, England; phone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611; website:
www.imo.org.
(1) The Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code,
as amended, 2011 (the STCW Code); approved for incorporation by
reference in Sec. Sec. 13.601, 13.603, 13.605, 13.607, 13.609, and
13.611; and
(2) [Reserved]
Sec. 13.105 Paperwork approval.
(a) This section lists the control numbers assigned by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1980 [Pub. L. 96-511] for the reporting and recordkeeping requirements
in this part.
(b) OMB has assigned the following control numbers to the sections
indicated:
(1) OMB 1625-0040--46 CFR 13.113, 13.115, 13.117, 13.201, 13.203,
13.205, 13.301, 13.303, 13.305, 13.401, 13.403, 13.405, 13.501, 13.503,
13.505.
(2) OMB 1625-0028--46 CFR 13.121, 13.207, 13.209, 13.307, 13.309,
13.407, 13.409, 13.507, 13.509.
Sec. 13.106 Requirement to hold an MMC.
An applicant for any endorsement in this part must also meet the
requirements for the MMC on which the endorsement would appear. These
requirements are set out in part 10 of this subchapter.
Sec. 13.107 Tank vessel endorsements: General.
(a) If an applicant meets the requirements of subpart B of this
part, the Coast Guard may endorse their MMC as Tank Vessel-PIC with the
appropriate cargo classification or classifications. A person holding
this endorsement and meeting the other requirements of 33 CFR
155.710(a) may act as a PIC of a transfer of fuel oil, of a transfer of
liquid cargo in bulk, or of cargo-tank cleaning on any tank vessel.
That person may also act as a Tank Vessel-Engineer, provided they also
hold an engineer License or engineer endorsement.
(b) If an applicant meets the requirements of subpart C of this
part, the Coast Guard may endorse their MMC as Tank Barge-PIC with the
appropriate cargo classification or classifications. A person holding
this endorsement and meeting the other requirements of 33 CFR
155.710(b) may act as a PIC of a transfer of liquid cargo in bulk only
on a tank barge.
(c) If an applicant meets the requirements of subpart D of this
part, the Coast Guard may endorse their MMC as Tank Vessel-Assistant
with the appropriate cargo classification or classifications. No person
holding this endorsement may act as a PIC of any transfer of fuel oil,
of any transfer of liquid cargo in bulk, or of cargo-tank cleaning
unless they also hold an endorsement authorizing service as PIC. They
may, however, without being directly supervised by the PIC, perform
duties relative to cargo and cargo-handling equipment assigned by the
PIC of transfers of fuel oil, of transfers of liquid cargo in bulk, or
of cargo-tank cleaning. When performing these duties, they must
maintain continuous two-way voice communications with the PIC.
(d) If an applicant meets the requirements of subpart E of this
part, the Coast Guard may endorse their MMC as Tank Vessel-Engineer. No
person holding this endorsement may act as a PIC or Tank Vessel-
Assistant of any transfer of liquid cargo in bulk, or of cargo-tank
cleaning unless they also hold an endorsement authorizing such service.
A person holding this endorsement and acting in this capacity has the
primary responsibility, on their self-propelled tank vessel carrying
dangerous liquid (DL) or liquefied gas (LG), for maintaining both the
cargo systems and equipment for transfer of liquid cargo in bulk. No
person licensed or credentialed under part 11 of this chapter may serve
as a Chief Engineer, First Assistant Engineer, or Cargo Engineer aboard
an inspected self-propelled tank vessel when liquid cargo
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in bulk or cargo residue is carried unless they hold an endorsement as
Tank Vessel-Engineer or equivalent.
(e) If an applicant meets the requirements of Sec. 13.111, the
Coast Guard may place, on their MMC, an endorsement as a Tank Vessel-
PIC restricted according to the definitions of ``restricted tank vessel
endorsement'' in Sec. 10.107 of this subchapter.
(f) This section does not apply to any person solely by reason of
their involvement in bunkering or fueling.
Sec. 13.109 Tank vessel endorsements: Authorized cargoes.
(a) Each tank vessel endorsement described in Sec. 13.107 will
expressly limit the holder's service under it to transfers involving
one or both of the following cargo classifications:
(1) Dangerous liquid (DL).
(2) Liquefied gas (LG).
(b) No tank vessel endorsement is necessary to transfer the liquid
cargoes in bulk listed in table 2 of part 153 of this subchapter when
those cargoes are carried on barges not certified for ocean service.
Sec. 13.111 Restricted tank vessel endorsements.
(a) An applicant may apply for a tank vessel endorsement restricted
to specific cargoes, specific vessels, or groups of vessels (such as
uninspected towing vessels and oil spill response vessels), specific
facilities, and/or specific employers. The Coast Guard will evaluate
each application and may modify the applicable requirements for the
endorsement, allowing for special circumstances and for whichever
restrictions the endorsement will state.
(b) To qualify for a Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement, an
applicant must meet Sec. Sec. 13.201 (excluding paragraph (c)(4)),
13.203, and 13.205.
(1) Twenty-five percent of the service described in Sec. 13.203(a)
must have occurred within the past 5 years.
(2) Two of the transfers described in Sec. 13.203(b) must have
occurred within the past 5 years.
(c) To qualify for a Restricted Tank Barge-PIC endorsement, an
applicant must meet Sec. Sec. 13.301 (excluding paragraph (c)(4)),
13.303, and 13.305.
(1) Twenty-five percent of the service described in Sec. 13.303(a)
must have occurred within the past 5 years.
(2) Two of the transfers described in Sec. 13.303(b) must have
occurred within the past 5 years.
(d) To qualify for a Restricted Tank Barge-PIC endorsement
restricted to a tank-cleaning and gas-freeing facility, an applicant
must--
(1) Be at least 18 years old;
(2) Apply on a form provided by the Coast Guard;
(3) Present evidence of passing a physical and medical examination
according to Sec. 13.125;
(4) Present evidence in the form of a letter, which must be dated
within the 5 years prior to the application for the credential, on
company letterhead from the operator of the facility stating that OSHA
considers the applicant a ``competent person (as designated under 29
CFR 1915.7)'' for the facility and that the applicant has the knowledge
necessary to supervise tank-cleaning and gas-freeing; and
(5) Be capable of speaking and understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence, conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo, and of reading and understanding the English found in the
Declaration of Inspection, vessel response plans, and Cargo Information
Cards.
(e) The Restricted Tank Barge-PIC endorsement restricted to a tank-
cleaning and gas-freeing facility is valid only while the applicant is
employed by the operator of the facility that provided the letter of
service required by paragraph (d)(4) of this section, and this and any
other appropriate restrictions will appear in the endorsement.
(f) A restricted Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement limited to operation
on vessels inside the boundary line is not valid where STCW
certification is required.
Sec. 13.113 [Reserved]
Sec. 13.115 Chemical testing requirements.
Each applicant for an original tank vessel endorsement must provide
evidence of having passed a chemical test for dangerous drugs or of
qualifying for an exemption from testing in Sec. 16.220 of this
subchapter as specified in Sec. 10.225(b)(5) of this subchapter.
Sec. 13.117 Re-issuance of expired tank vessel endorsements.
Whenever an applicant applies for re-issuance of any tank vessel
endorsement more than 12 months after expiration of the previous
endorsement, the applicant must meet the requirements for an original
endorsement.
Sec. 13.119 Expiration of endorsements.
A tank vessel endorsement is valid for the duration of the Merchant
Mariner Credential (MMC) on which the endorsement appears.
Sec. 13.120 Renewal of tank vessel endorsements.
An applicant seeking renewal of a tank vessel endorsement or an
STCW endorsement valid for service on tank vessels must meet the
requirements of Sec. 10.227 of this subchapter, except Sec.
10.227(e)(1), for renewing an MMC, and meet the following additional
requirements:
(a) For endorsements as Tank Vessel-PIC, Advanced Oil and Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operation; and Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo
Operations, present evidence of--
(1) At least 90 days of service during the preceding 5 years
onboard a tank vessel for which the endorsement is valid, performing
duties appropriate to the tank vessel endorsement held; and
participation in at least two transfers of liquid cargo in bulk of the
type for which the endorsement is valid within the preceding 5 years;
or
(2) Completion of an approved course for Tankship: Dangerous
Liquids or Tankship: Liquefied Gases, appropriate for the endorsement
to be renewed, within the previous 5 years.
(b) For endorsements as Tank Vessel-Assistant, Basic Oil and
Chemical Tanker Cargo Operation; and Basic Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo
Operations, present evidence of--
(1) At least 90 days of service during the preceding 5 years
onboard a tank vessel for which the endorsement is valid, performing
duties appropriate to the tank vessel endorsement held; or
(2) Completion of an approved course for Tankship: Dangerous
Liquids or Tankship: Liquefied Gases, appropriate for the endorsement
to be renewed, within the previous 5 years.
(c) For endorsements as Tank Barge-PIC, present evidence of--
(1) Participation in at least two transfers of liquid cargo in bulk
of the type for which the endorsement is valid, within the preceding 5
years; or
(2) Completion of a course approved for this purpose, appropriate
for the endorsement to be renewed, within the previous 5 years.
(d) For endorsements as Tank Vessel-Engineer, present evidence of--
(1) At least 90 days of service during the preceding 5 years
onboard a tank vessel for which the endorsement is valid, performing
duties appropriate to the tank vessel endorsement held; or
(2) Completion of a course approved for this purpose, appropriate
for the endorsement to be renewed, within the previous 5 years.
Sec. 13.121 Courses for tank vessel endorsements.
(a) This section prescribes the requirements, beyond those in
Sec. Sec. 10.302 and 10.304 of this subchapter, applicable to schools
offering courses required for a tank vessel endorsement and courses
that are a substitute for
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experience with transfers of liquid cargo in bulk required for the
endorsement.
(b) A course that uses simulated transfers to train students in
loading and discharging tank vessels may replace up to two loadings and
two discharges, one commencement and one completion of loading, and one
commencement and one completion of discharge required for a Tank
Vessel-PIC or Tank Barge-PIC endorsement. The request for approval of
the course must specify those segments of a transfer that the course
will simulate. The letter from the Coast Guard approving the course
will state the number and kind of segments that the course will
replace.
(c) The Liquid Cargo course required for an endorsement as--
(1) Tank Vessel-PIC DL is Tankship: Dangerous Liquids;
(2) Tank Barge-PIC DL is Tank Barge: Dangerous Liquids;
(3) Tank Vessel-PIC LG is Tankship: Liquefied Gases;
(4) Tank barge-PIC LG is Tank Barge: Liquefied Gases;
(5) Tank Vessel-Assistant DL is Tankship: Familiarization
(Dangerous Liquids);
(6) Tank Vessel-Assistant LG is Tankship: Familiarization
(Liquefied Gases);
(7) Tank Vessel-Engineer DL is Tankship: Dangerous Liquids; and
(8) Tank Vessel-Engineer LG is Tankship: Liquefied Gases.
(d) The firefighting course required for an endorsement as--
(1) Tank Barge-PIC is Tank Barge: Firefighting or Basic
Firefighting; and
(2) Tank Vessel-PIC, Tank Vessel-Assistant, and Tank Vessel-
Engineer is basic firefighting.
(e) The Coast Guard will evaluate and approve the curricula of
courses to ensure adequate coverage of the required subjects. Training
may employ classroom instruction, demonstrations, or simulated or
actual operations.
(1) The course curricula for Tankship Familiarization must consist
of the topics identified in table 1 to Sec. 13.121(e).
(2) The course curricula for Tank Vessel-PIC, Tank Barge-PIC, and
Tank Vessel-Engineer endorsements must consist of the topics identified
in table 2 to Sec. 13.121(e).
(3) The course curricula for firefighting courses must consist of
the topics identified in table 3 to Sec. 13.121(e).
Table 1 to Sec. 13.121(e)
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Tankship familiarization topics 1 2
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Basic knowledge of tankers:
Types of oil and chemical vessels X X
or liquefied gas tanker vessels..
General arrangement and X X
construction.....................
Basic knowledge of cargo operations:
Piping systems and valves......... X X
Cargo pumps and cargo handling X X
equipment........................
Loading and unloading and care in X X
transit..........................
Tank cleaning, purging, gas- X X
freeing and inerting.............
Basic knowledge of the physical
properties of oil and chemicals:
Pressure and temperature, X ...............
including vapor pressure/
temperature relationship.........
Types of electrostatic charge X ...............
generation.......................
chemical symbols.................. X ...............
Basic knowledge of the physical
properties of liquefied gases,
including:
Properties and characteristics.... ............... X
Pressure and temperature, ............... X
including vapor pressure/
temperature relationship.........
Types of electrostatic charge ............... X
generation.......................
Chemical symbols.................. ............... X
Knowledge and understanding of X X
tanker safety culture and safety
management.......................
Basic knowledge of the hazards
associated with tanker operations,
including:
Health hazards.................... X X
Environmental hazards............. X X
Reactivity hazards................ X X
Corrosion hazards................. X X
Explosion and flammability hazards X X
Sources of ignition............... X X
Electrostatic hazards............. X X
Toxicity hazards.................. X X
Vapor leaks and clouds............ X X
Extremely low temperatures........ ............... X
Pressure hazards.................. ............... X
Basic knowledge of hazard controls:
Inerting, water padding, drying X X
agents and monitoring techniques.
Anti-static measures.............. X X
Ventilation....................... X X
Segregation....................... X X
Cargo inhibition.................. X X
Importance of cargo compatibility. X X
Atmospheric control............... X X
Gas testing....................... X X
Understanding of information on a X X
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Function and proper use of gas- X X
measuring instruments and similar
equipment........................
Proper use of safety equipment and
protective devices, including:
Breathing apparatus and tank- X X
evacuating equipment.............
Protective clothing and equipment. X X
Resuscitators..................... X X
Rescue and escape equipment....... X X
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Basic knowledge of safe working
practices and procedures in
accordance with legislation and
industry guidelines and personal
shipboard safety relevant to oil and
chemical tankers, including:
Precautions to be taken when X X
entering enclosed spaces.........
Precautions to be taken before and X X
during repair and maintenance
work.............................
Safety measures for hot and cold X X
work.............................
Electrical safety................. X X
Ship/shore safety checklist....... X X
Basic knowledge of first aid with X X
reference to a Material Safety
Data Sheet (MSDS)................
Basic knowledge of emergency X X
procedures, including emergency
shutdown.........................
Basic knowledge of the effects of X X
oil and chemical pollution on
human and marine life............
Basic knowledge of shipboard X X
procedures to prevent pollution..
Basic knowledge of measures to be
taken in the event of spillage,
including the need to:
Report relevant information to the X X
responsible persons..............
Assist in implementing shipboard X X
spill-containment procedures.....
prevent brittle fracture.......... X ...............
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Column 1--Tankship Familiarization (Dangerous Liquids).
Column 2--Tankship Familiarization (Liquefied Gases).
Table 2 to Sec. 13.121(e)
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Tankship and tank barge course topics 1 2 3 4
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General characteristics, compatibility,
reaction, firefighting procedures, and
safety precautions for the cargoes of:
Bulk liquids defined as Dangerous X X ............... ...............
Liquids in 46 CFR Part 13..............
Bulk liquefied gases & their vapors ............... ............... X X
defined as Liquefied Gases in 46 CFR
Part 13................................
Knowledge and understanding of the X ............... ............... ...............
physical and chemical properties of oil
and chemical cargoes...................
Physical phenomena of liquefied gas,
including:
Basic concept........................... ............... ............... X X
Compression and expansion............... ............... ............... X X
Mechanism of heat transfer.............. ............... ............... X X
Potential hazards of liquefied gas,
including:
Chemical and physical properties........ ............... ............... X X
Combustion characteristics.............. ............... ............... X X
Results of gas release to the atmosphere ............... ............... X X
Health hazards (skin contact, ............... ............... X X
inhalation, and ingestion).............
Control of flammability range with inert ............... ............... X X
gas....................................
Thermal stress in structure and piping ............... ............... X X
of vessel..............................
Cargo systems, including:
Principles of containment systems....... X X X X
Construction, materials, coating, & ............... ............... X X
insulation of cargo tanks..............
General arrangement of cargo tanks...... X X X X
Venting and vapor-control systems....... X X X X
Cargo-handling systems, including:
Piping systems, valves, pumps, and X X X X
expansion systems......................
Operating characteristics............... X X X X
Instrumentation systems, including:
Cargo-level indicators.................. X X X X
Gas-detecting systems................... X ............... X X
Temperature-monitoring systems, cargo... X ............... X X
Temperature-monitoring systems, hull.... ............... ............... X X
Automatic-shutdown systems.............. X ............... X X
Auxiliary systems, including:
Ventilation, inerting................... X X X X
Valves, including:
Quick-closing........................... X X X X
Remote-control.......................... X X X X
Pneumatic............................... X X X X
Excess-flow............................. X X X X
Safety-relief........................... X X X X
Pressure-vacuum......................... X X X X
Heating-systems: cofferdams & ballast ............... ............... X X
tanks..................................
Operations connected with the loading and
discharging of cargo, including:
Lining up the cargo and vapor-control X X X X
systems................................
Pre-transfer inspections and completion X X X X
of the Declaration of Inspection.......
Hooking up of cargo hose, loading arms, X X X X
and grounding-strap....................
Starting of liquid flow................. X X X X
Calculation of loading rates............ X ............... X ...............
Discussion of loading................... X X X X
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Ballasting and deballasting............. X X X X
Topping off of the cargo tanks.......... X X X X
Discussion of discharging............... X X X X
Stripping of the cargo tanks............ X X ............... ...............
Monitoring of transfers................. X X X X
Gauging of cargo tanks.................. X X X X
Disconnecting of cargo hoses or loading X X X X
arms...................................
Cargo-tank-cleaning procedures and X X ............... ...............
precautions............................
Slop arrangements....................... X ............... ............... ...............
Ship-to-ship transfers.................. X ............... ............... ...............
Operating procedures and sequence for:
Inerting of cargo tanks and void spaces. X X X X
Cooldown and warmup of cargo tanks...... ............... ............... X X
Gas-freeing............................. X X X X
Loaded or ballasted voyages............. X ............... X ...............
Testing of cargo-tank atmospheres for X X X X
oxygen & cargo vapor...................
Stability and stress considerations X X X X
connected with loading and discharging of
cargo......................................
Loadline, draft, and trim................... X X X X
Disposal of boil-off, including:
System design........................... ............... ............... X X
Safety features......................... ............... ............... X X
Stability-letter requirements........... X ............... X ...............
Emergency procedures, including notice to
appropriate authorities, for:
Fire.................................... X X X X
Collision............................... X X X X
Grounding............................... X X X X
Equipment failure....................... X X X X
Leaks and spills........................ X X X ...............
Structural failure...................... X X X X
Emergency discharge of cargo............ X X X X
Entering cargo tanks.................... X X X X
Emergency shutdown of cargo-handling.... X X X X
Emergency systems for closing cargo X X ............... ...............
tanks..................................
Rules & regulations (international and X X X X
Federal, for all tank vessels) on
conducting operations and preventing
pollution..................................
Pollution prevention, including:
Procedures to prevent air and water X X X X
pollution..............................
Measures to take in event of spillage... X X X X
Danger from drift of vapor cloud........ X X X X
Environmental protection equipment, X ............... ............... ...............
including oil discharge monitoring
equipment..............................
Terminology for tankships carrying oil and X ............... ............... ...............
chemicals..................................
Terminology for tank barges carrying oil and ............... X ............... ...............
chemicals..................................
Terminology for tankships carrying liquefied ............... ............... X ...............
gases......................................
Terminology for tank barges carrying ............... ............... ............... X
liquefied gases............................
Principles & procedures of crude-oil-washing
(COW) systems, including:
Purpose................................. X ............... ............... ...............
Equipment and design.................... X ............... ............... ...............
Operations.............................. X ............... ............... ...............
Safety precautions...................... X ............... ............... ...............
Maintenance of plant and equipment...... X ............... ............... ...............
Principles & procedures of the inert-gas
systems (IGSs), including:
Purpose................................. X ............... X ...............
Equipment and design.................... X ............... X ...............
Operations.............................. X ............... X ...............
Safety precautions...................... X ............... X ...............
Maintenance of plant and equipment...... X ............... X ...............
Principles & procedures of vapor-control
systems, including:
Purpose................................. X X X X
Principles.............................. X X X X
Coast Guard regulations................. X X X X
Hazards................................. X X X X
Active system components................ X X X X
Passive system components............... X X X X
Operating procedures, including:
Testing and inspection requirements..... X X X X
Pre-transfer procedures................. X X X X
Connecting sequence..................... X X X X
Start-up sequence....................... X X X X
Normal operations....................... X X X X
Loading and unloading plans............. X ............... ............... ...............
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Emergency procedures........................ X X X X
Cargo-hazard-information systems............ X X X X
Safe entry into confined spaces, including:
Testing tank atmospheres for oxygen & X X ............... ...............
hydrocarbon vapors.....................
Definition and hazards of confined X X X X
spaces.................................
Cargo tanks and pumprooms............... X X X X
Evaluation and assessment of risks and X X X X
hazards................................
Safety precautions and procedures....... X X X X
Enclosed space rescue................... X ............... ............... ...............
Personnel protective equipment (PPE) and X X X X
clothing...............................
Maintenance of PPE...................... X X X X
Dangers of skin contact................. X X X X
Inhalation of vapors.................... X X ............... ...............
Electricity and static electricity-- X X X X
hazards and precautions................
Emergency procedures.................... X X X X
Federal regulations, national standards X X X X
& industry guidelines..................
Inspections by marine chemists & X X X X
competent persons, including hot-work
permits & procedures...................
Vessel response plans:
Purpose, content, and location of X X X X
information............................
Procedures for notice and mitigation of X X X X
spills.................................
Geographic-specific appendices.......... X X X X
Vessel-specific appendices.............. X X X X
Emergency-action checklist.............. X X X X
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Column 1--Tankship: Dangerous Liquids.
Column 2--Tank Barge: Dangerous Liquids.
Column 3--Tankship: Liquefied Gases.
Column 4--Tank Barge: Liquefied Gases.
Table 3 to Sec. 13.121(e)
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Firefighting course topics 1 2
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Elements of fire (Fire triangle):
Fuel.............................. X X
Source of ignition................ X X
Oxygen............................ X X
Ignition sources (general):
Chemical.......................... ............... X
Biological........................ ............... X
Physical.......................... ............... X
Ignition sources applicable to X ...............
barges...........................
Definitions of flammability and
combustibility:
Flammability...................... X X
Ignition point.................... X X
Burning temperature............... X X
Burning speed..................... ............... X
Thermal value..................... ............... X
Lower flammable limit............. X X
Upper flammable limit............. X X
Flammable range................... X X
Inerting.......................... ............... X
Static electricity................ X X
Flash point....................... X X
Auto-ignition..................... X X
Spread of fire:
By radiation...................... X X
By convection..................... X X
By conduction..................... X X
Reactivity............................ X X
Fire classifications and applicable X X
extinguishing agents.................
Main causes of fires:
Oil leakage....................... X X
Smoking........................... X X
Overheating pumps................. X X
Galley appliances................. ............... X
Spontaneous ignition.............. X X
Hot work.......................... X X
Electrical apparatus.............. ............... X
Reaction, self-heating, and auto- ............... X
ignition.........................
Fire prevention:
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General........................... X X
Fire hazards of DL and LG......... X X
Fire detection:
Fire- and smoke-detection systems. ............... X
Automatic fire alarms............. ............... X
Firefighting equipment:
Fire mains, hydrants.............. ............... X
International shore-connection.... ............... X
Smothering-installations, carbon ............... X
dioxide (CO2), foam * * *........
Pressure-water spray system in ............... X
special-category spaces..........
Automatic sprinkler system........ ............... X
Emergency fire pump, emergency ............... X
generator........................
Chemical-powder applicants........ ............... X
General outline of required and ............... X
mobile apparatus.................
Boiler Technician's outfit, ............... X
personal equipment...............
Breathing apparatus............... ............... X
Resuscitation apparatus........... ............... X
Smoke helmet or mask.............. ............... X
Fireproof life-line and harness... ............... X
Fire hose, nozzles, connections, ............... X
and fire axes....................
Fire blankets..................... ............... X
Portable fire extinguishers....... X X
Limitations of portable and X X
semiportable extinguishers.......
Emergency procedures:
Arrangements:
Escape routes..................... X X
Means of gas-freeing tanks........ X X
Class A, B, and C divisions....... ............... X
Inert-gas system.................. ............... X
Ship firefighting organization:
General alarms.................... ............... X
Fire-control plans, muster ............... X
stations, and duties.............
Communications.................... ............... X
Periodic shipboard drills......... ............... X
Patrol system..................... ............... X
Basic firefighting techniques:
Sounding alarm.................... X X
Locating and isolating fires...... X X
Stopping leakage of cargo......... X X
Jettisoning....................... ............... X
Inhibiting........................ ............... X
Cooling........................... ............... X
Smothering........................ ............... X
Sizing up situation............... X ...............
Locating information on cargo..... X ...............
Extinguishing..................... X X
Extinguishing with portable units. X X
Setting reflash watch............. X X
Using additional personnel........ X X
Firefighting extinguishing-agents:
Water (solid jet, spray, fog, and ............... X
flooding)........................
Foam (high, medium and low ............... X
expansion).......................
Carbon dioxide (CO2).............. X X
Aqueous-film-forming foam (AFFF).. ............... X
Dry chemicals..................... X X
Use of extinguisher on:
Flammable and combustible liquids. X X
Manifold-flange fire.............. X X
Drip-pan fire..................... X X
Pump fire......................... X X
Drills for typical fires on barges X ...............
Field exercises:
Extinguish small fires using portable
extinguishers:
Electrical........................ X X
Manifold-flange................... X X
Drip-pan.......................... X X
Pump.............................. X X
Use self-contained breathing ............... X
apparatus (SCBA).................
Extinguish extensive fires with ............... X
water............................
Extinguish fires with foam, or ............... X
chemical.........................
Fight fire in smoke-filled ............... X
enclosed space wearing SCBA......
Extinguish fire with water fog in ............... X
an enclosed space with heavy
smoke............................
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Extinguish oil fire with fog ............... X
applicator and spray nozzles, dry-
chemical, or foam applicators....
Effect a rescue in a smoke-filled ............... X
space while wearing breathing
apparatus........................
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Column 1--Tank Barge-PIC.
Column 2--Tank Vessel-PIC, Tank Vessel-Engineer, and Tank Vessel-
Assistant.
Sec. 13.123 Recency of service or experience for original tank vessel
endorsements.
An applicant for an original tank vessel endorsement in subpart B,
C, D, or E of this part must have obtained at least 25 percent of the
qualifying service and, if the endorsement requires transfers, at least
two of the qualifying transfers, within 5 years of the date of
application.
Sec. 13.125 Physical and medical requirements.
Each applicant for an original tank vessel endorsement must meet
the physical requirements of part 10, subpart C, of this subchapter.
Sec. 13.127 Service: General.
(a) A service letter must be signed by the owner, operator, Master,
or Chief Engineer of the vessel and must specify the following:
(1) The name of the vessel, official number for the vessel, and
date of service for each vessel.
(2) For endorsements as Tank Vessel-PIC, Tank Barge-PIC, and Tank
Vessel-Assistant, the classification of cargo (DL, LG, or, for a
restricted endorsement, a specific product) handled while the applicant
accumulated the service.
(3) The dates, the numbers and kinds of transfers the applicant has
participated in, the ports or terminals, if applicable, and the number
of transfers that involved commencement or completion of loading or
discharge.
(4) For endorsements as Tank Vessel-PIC or Tank Barge-PIC, that the
applicant has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the signer that they
are fully capable of supervising transfers of liquid cargo, including--
(i) Pre-transfer inspection;
(ii) Pre-transfer conference and execution of the Declaration of
Inspection;
(iii) Connection of cargo hoses or loading-arms;
(iv) Line-up of the cargo system for loading and discharge;
(v) Start of liquid flow during loading;
(vi) Start of cargo pump and increase of pressure to normal
discharge pressure;
(vii) Calculation of loading-rates;
(viii) Monitoring;
(ix) Topping-off of cargo tanks during loading;
(x) Stripping of cargo tanks;
(xi) Ballasting and deballasting, if appropriate;
(xii) Disconnection of the cargo hoses or loading-arms; and
(xiii) Securing of cargo systems.
(5) For endorsements as Tank Vessel-Engineer, that the applicant
has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the signer that they are fully
capable of supervising transfers of fuel oil, including--
(i) Pre-transfer inspection;
(ii) Pre-transfer conference and execution of the Declaration of
Inspection;
(iii) Connection of hoses or loading-arms;
(iv) Line-up of the piping system for loading and transfer of fuel
oil;
(v) Start of liquid flow during loading;
(vi) Calculation of loading rates;
(vii) Monitoring;
(viii) Topping-off of tanks during loading;
(ix) Disconnection of the hoses or loading arms; and
(x) Securing of fuel oil systems.
(b) In determining the numbers and kinds of transfers that the
applicant has participated in under paragraph (a)(3) of this section,
the following rules apply:
(1) A transfer must involve the loading or discharge from at least
one of the vessel's cargo tanks to or from a shore facility or another
vessel. A shift of cargo from one tank to another tank is not a
transfer for this purpose.
(2) Regardless of how long the transfer lasts beyond 4 hours, it
counts as only one transfer.
(3) A transfer must include both a commencement and a completion.
(4) Regardless of how many tanks or products are being loaded or
discharged at the same time, a person may receive credit for only one
transfer, one loading, and one discharge conducted during each watch.
(5) Credit for a transfer during a watch of less than 4 hours
accrues only if the watch includes either the connection and the
commencement of transfer or the completion of transfer and the
disconnection.
(6) Credit for a commencement of loading accrues only if the
applicant participates in the pre-transfer inspection, the pre-transfer
conference including execution of the Declaration of Inspection, the
connection of hoses or loading-arms, the line-up of the system for the
loading, the start of liquid flow, and the calculation of loading-
rates, where applicable.
(7) Credit for a commencement of discharge accrues only if the
applicant participates in the pre-transfer inspection, the pre-transfer
conference including execution of the Declaration of Inspection, the
connection of hoses or loading-arms, the line-up of the cargo system
for the discharge, the start of the pump or pumps and increase of
pressure to normal pressure for discharge, and the monitoring of
discharge rates.
(8) Credit for a completion of transfer, whether loading or
discharge, accrues only if the applicant participates in the topping-
off at the loading port, or in the stripping of cargo tanks and the
commencement of ballasting, if required by the vessel's transfer
procedures, at the discharge port.
(9) Personnel desiring credit for transfers during off-duty hours
may satisfy requirements of competence through incremental training
periods that include segments of transfers. The cumulative number of
transfers must equal the minimum specified in Sec. Sec. 13.203(b) or
13.303(b) of this subchapter.
(c) Service on Articulated Tug Barges (ATBs). Service on ATBs with
an aggregate tonnage of 1,600 GRT or more will be creditable on a case-
by-case basis and with prior authorization by the Coast Guard, provided
the ATB equipment is comparable to tank vessel equipment. The Coast
Guard may issue blanket authorizations for classes of ATBs.
Sec. 13.129 Quick-reference table for tank vessel endorsements.
Table 1 to Sec. 13.129 provides a guide to the requirements for
various tank vessel endorsements. Provisions in the reference sections
are controlling.
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Table 1 to Sec. 13.129
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Recency of
Category Minimum age Physical required Service service Proof of service Firefighting Cargo training English language
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Tank Vessel-PIC Subpart B........ 18; 13.201(a)......... Yes; Part 10, 13.203........... 13.123........... 13.205........... 13.201(c)(3)..... 13.201(c)(4)..... 13.201(d).
subpart C.
Tank Barge-PIC Subpart C......... 18; 13.301(a)......... Yes; Part 10, 13.303........... 13.123........... 13.305........... 13.301(c)(3)..... 13.301(c)(4)..... 13.301(d).
subpart C.
Tank Vessel-Assistant Subpart D.. 18; 13.401(a)......... Yes; Part 10, 13.401(e)(2)..... 13.123........... 13.405........... 13.401(d)........ 13.401(e)(1)..... 13.401(f).
subpart C.
Tank Vessel-Engineer Subpart E... 18; 13.501(a)......... Yes; Part 10, 13.503........... 13.123........... 13.505........... 13.501(c)(3)..... 13.501(c)(4)..... 13.501(d).
subpart C.
Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC....... 18; 13.111(b)......... Yes; Part 10, 13.111(b)........ 13.111(b)........ 13.111(b)........ 13.111(b)........ No............... 13.111(b).
subpart C.
Restricted Tank Barge-PIC........ 18; 13.111(c)......... Yes; Part 10, 13.111(c)........ 13.111(c)........ 13.111(c)........ 13.111(c)........ No............... 13.111(c).
subpart C.
Restricted Tank Barge-PIC, 18; 13.111(d)(1)...... Yes; Part 10, 13.111(d)(4)..... No............... 13.111(d)(4)..... No............... No............... 13.111(d)(5).
Facility. subpart C.
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Subpart B--Requirements for Tank Vessel-PIC Endorsement
Sec. 13.201 Original application for Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement.
Each applicant for an original Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement must--
(a) Be at least 18 years old;
(b) Apply on a form provided by the Coast Guard;
(c) Present evidence of--
(1) Passing a physical and medical examination in accordance with
Sec. 13.125;
(2) Service on tankships in accordance with Sec. 13.203;
(3) Completion of an approved firefighting course that provides
training in the subjects listed in table 3 to Sec. 13.121(e) completed
within 5 years of the date of application for the endorsement, unless
they have previously submitted such a certificate for tank vessel
endorsement or officer endorsement on an MMC; and
(4) Completion of an approved course for Tankship: Dangerous
Liquids or Tankship: Liquefied Gases appropriate to the endorsement
applied for within the previous 5 years. A course certificate used for
original issuance or renewal of an endorsement cannot be used for a
subsequent renewal of the same endorsement; and
(d) Be capable of speaking and understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence, conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo, and be capable of reading and understanding the English language
found in the Declaration of Inspection, vessel response plans, and
Material Safety Data Sheet.
Sec. 13.203 Service requirements.
Each applicant for a Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement for DL or LG must
meet the requirements of either paragraphs (a) and (b) or paragraph (c)
of this section.
(a) Each applicant must present evidence of--
(1) At least 90 days of service as a deck officer or an engineering
officer on one or more tankships or self-propelled tank vessels
certified to carry DL or LG appropriate to the endorsement applied for;
(2) At least 90 days of rating or cadet service on deck or in the
engine department on one or more tankships or self-propelled tank
vessels certified to carry DL or LG appropriate to the endorsement
applied for; or
(3) A combination of the service in paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of
this section.
(b) Each applicant must present evidence of participation, under
the supervision of a Tank Vessel-PIC, in at least 10 transfers of
liquid cargo in bulk of the classification desired on tankships or
self-propelled tank vessels, including at least--
(1) Five loadings and five discharges;
(2) Two commencements of loading and two completions of loading;
and
(3) Two commencements of discharge and two completions of
discharge.
(c) Each applicant already holding an MMC endorsed as Tank Vessel-
PIC for DL and seeking an endorsement for LG, or the converse, must--
(1) Provide evidence of at least half the service required by
paragraph (a) of this section; and
(2) Comply with paragraph (b) of this section, except that they
need provide evidence of only three loadings and three discharges along
with evidence of compliance with paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) of this
section.
Sec. 13.205 Proof of service for Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement.
Proof of service must be provided in a letter on company letterhead
from the owner, operator, or Master of the vessel on which the
applicant obtained the service. The letter must contain the information
described in Sec. 13.127(a).
Subpart C--Requirements for Tank Barge-PIC Endorsement
Sec. 13.301 Original application for Tank Barge-PIC endorsement.
Each applicant for a Tank Barge-PIC endorsement must--
(a) Be at least 18 years old;
(b) Apply on a form provided by the Coast Guard;
(c) Present evidence of--
(1) Passing a physical and medical examination according to Sec.
13.125;
(2) Service on tank vessels in accordance with Sec. 13.303;
(3) Completion of an approved Tank Barge: Firefighting course
providing training in the subjects identified in table 3 to Sec.
13.121(e) completed within 5 years of the date of application for the
endorsement, unless they have previously submitted such a certificate
for a tank vessel endorsement or officer endorsement on an MMC; and
(4) Completion of an approved Tank Barge: Dangerous Liquids or Tank
Barge: Liquefied Gases course appropriate for the endorsement applied
for within the previous 5 years. A course certificate used for original
issuance or renewal of an endorsement cannot be used for a subsequent
renewal of the same endorsement; and
(d) Be capable of speaking, and understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence, conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo, and be capable of reading and understanding the English language
found in the Declaration of Inspection, vessel response plans, and
Material Safety Data Sheet.
Sec. 13.303 Service requirements.
Each applicant for a Tank Barge-PIC endorsement for DL or LG must
meet the requirements of either paragraphs (a) and (b) or paragraph (c)
of this section.
(a) Each applicant must present evidence of--
(1) At least 60 days of service, whether by shore-based or by
vessel-
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based personnel, on one or more tank vessels certified to carry DL or
LG appropriate to the endorsement applied for; or
(2) At least 6 months of closely related service directly involved
with tank barges appropriate to the endorsement applied for; and
(b) Participation, under the supervision of a Tank Vessel-PIC or
Tank Barge-PIC, in at least 10 transfers of liquid cargo in bulk of the
classification desired on any tank vessel, including at least--
(1) Five loadings and five discharges;
(2) Two commencements of loading and two completions of loading;
and
(3) Two commencements of discharge and two completions of
discharge.
(c) Each applicant already holding an MMC endorsed as Tank Barge-
PIC for DL and seeking an endorsement for LG, or the converse, must--
(1) Provide evidence of at least half the service required by
paragraph (a) of this section; and
(2) Comply with paragraph (b) of this section, except that they
need provide evidence of only three loadings and three discharges along
with evidence of compliance with paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) of this
section.
Sec. 13.305 Proof of service for Tank Barge-PIC.
Proof of service must be provided in a letter on company letterhead
from the owner or operator of a terminal; the owner or operator of a
tank barge; the owner, operator, or Master of a tank vessel; or the
employer of shore-based PICs. The letter must contain the information
required by Sec. 13.127(a), excluding paragraph (a)(4)(vii).
Subpart D--Requirements for Tank Vessel-Assistant Endorsement
Sec. 13.401 Original application for Tank Vessel-Assistant
endorsement.
Each applicant for a Tank Vessel-Assistant endorsement must--
(a) Be at least 18 years old;
(b) Apply on a form provided by the Coast Guard;
(c) Present evidence of passing a physical and medical examination
according to Sec. 13.125;
(d) Present evidence of completion of an approved firefighting
course providing training in the subjects identified in table 3 to
Sec. 13.121(e) completed within 5 years of the date of application for
the endorsement, unless they have previously submitted such a
certificate for a tank vessel endorsement or officer endorsement on an
MMC;
(e) Present evidence of either--
(1) Completion of an approved Tankship Familiarization course
providing training in the subjects identified in table 1 to Sec.
13.121(e) within the previous 5 years. A course certificate used for
original issuance or renewal of an endorsement cannot be used for a
subsequent renewal of the same endorsement; or
(2) At least 90 days of deck service on tankships or self-propelled
tank vessels certified to carry DL or LG appropriate to the endorsement
applied for and successfully complete a professional examination for
the topics identified in table 1 to Sec. 13.121(e); and
(f) Be capable of speaking and understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence, conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo.
Sec. 13.403 Service requirements.
(a) Each applicant already holding an MMC endorsed as Tank Vessel-
Assistant for DL and seeking one for LG, or the converse, must--
(1) Provide evidence of at least half the service required in Sec.
13.401(e)(2) and successfully complete a professional examination for
the topics identified in table 1 to Sec. 13.121(e) appropriate to the
endorsement applied for; or
(2) Complete a course in DL or LG appropriate to the endorsement
applied for as prescribed in Sec. 13.401(e)(1).
(b) [Reserved]
Sec. 13.405 Proof of service for Tank Vessel-Assistant endorsement.
Service must be proved by either--
(a) A letter on company letterhead from the owner, operator, or
Master of a tankship or self-propelled tank vessel. The letter must
specify--
(1) The name of the vessel(s), the applicable dates, and the
port(s) or terminal(s);
(2) The classification of cargo (DL or LG) carried while the
applicant accumulated the service;
(3) The number of days of deck service the applicant accumulated on
the tankship or self-propelled tank vessel; and
(4) That the applicant has demonstrated an understanding of cargo
transfer and a sense of responsibility that, in the opinion of the
signer, will allow the applicant to safely carry out duties respecting
cargo transfer and transfer equipment assigned by the PIC of the
transfer without direct supervision by the PIC; or
(b) Certificates of Discharge from tankships with the appropriate
classification of cargo (DL, LG, or both); and a letter on company
letterhead from the owner, operator, or Master of one of the tankships
or self-propelled tank vessels stating that they have demonstrated--
(1) An understanding of cargo transfers; and
(2) A sense of responsibility that, in the opinion of the signer,
will allow them to safely carry out duties respecting cargo and its
equipment assigned by the PIC of the transfer without direct
supervision by the PIC.
Subpart E--Requirements for Tank Vessel-Engineer Endorsement
Sec. 13.501 Original application for Tank Vessel-Engineer
endorsement.
Each applicant for a Tank Vessel-Engineer endorsement must--
(a) Be at least 18 years old;
(b) Apply on a form provided by the Coast Guard;
(c) Present evidence of--
(1) Passing a physical and medical examination according to Sec.
13.125;
(2) Service on tankships and self-propelled tank vessels in
accordance with Sec. 13.503;
(3) Completion of an approved firefighting course providing
training in the subjects identified in table 3 to Sec. 13.121(e)
completed within 5 years of the date of application for the
endorsement, unless they have previously submitted such a certificate
for a tank vessel endorsement or officer endorsement on an MMC; and
(4) Completion of an approved Tankship course in dangerous liquids
or liquefied gases, appropriate for the endorsement applied for within
the previous 5 years. A course certificate used for original issuance
or renewal of an endorsement cannot be used for a subsequent renewal of
the same endorsement; and
(d) Be capable of speaking and understanding, in English, all
instructions needed to commence, conduct, and complete a transfer of
cargo or fuel.
Sec. 13.503 Service requirements.
(a) Each applicant for a Tank Vessel-Engineer endorsement must
present evidence of at least--
(1) 90 days of service as an engineering officer on tankships or
self-propelled tank vessels certified to carry DL or LG appropriate to
the endorsement applied for;
(2) 90 days of rating or cadet service in the engine department on
tankships or self-propelled tank vessels certified to carry DL or LG
appropriate to the endorsement applied for; or
(3) A combination of the service in paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of
this section.
(b) Each applicant already holding an MMC endorsed as Tank Vessel-
Engineer
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for DL and seeking an endorsement for LG, or the converse, must prove
at least half the service required by paragraph (a) of this section.
Sec. 13.505 Proof of service for Tank Vessel-Engineer endorsement.
(a) Service must be proved by a letter on company letterhead from
the owner, operator, Master, or Chief Engineer of a tankship or self-
propelled tank vessel. The letter must specify--
(1) The classification of cargo (DL, LG, or both) carried while the
applicant accumulated the service; and
(2) The number of days of officer, rating, and cadet service in the
engine department on tankships or self-propelled tank vessels; or
(b) Service must be proved by certificates of discharge from
tankships or self-propelled tank vessels with the appropriate
classification of cargo (DL, LG, or both).
Subpart F--Requirements for STCW Tank Vessel Endorsements
Sec. 13.601 General.
(a) When all tank vessel endorsements are issued, renewed, or
otherwise modified, the Coast Guard will determine, upon request,
whether the applicant meets the requirements for an STCW tank vessel
endorsement for service on seagoing vessels. If the applicant is
qualified, the Coast Guard will issue the appropriate endorsement. An
applicant for any STCW endorsement must hold the appropriate national
endorsement unless otherwise specified.
(b) Applicants for an STCW tank vessel endorsement must--
(1) Meet the training and service requirements for the endorsement
sought; and
(2) Meet the appropriate standard of competence identified in the
STCW Code (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 13.103).
(c) The Coast Guard will accept the following as proof of meeting
the standards of competence:
(1) In-service experience: Documentation of successful completion
of assessments, approved or accepted by the Coast Guard, and signed by
a qualified assessor, deck or engineering, as appropriate.
(2) Training ship experience: Documentation of successful
completion of an approved training program involving formal training
and assessment onboard a school ship.
(3) Simulator training: Documentation of successful completion of
training and assessment from a Coast Guard-approved course involving
maritime simulation.
(4) Training program: Documentation of successful completion of an
approved training program involving formal training and assessments.
(d) The Coast Guard will publish guidelines that should be used to
document successful demonstrations of competence. Organizations may
develop alternative assessment documentation for demonstrations of
competence; however, such documentation must be approved by the Coast
Guard prior to its use and submittal with an application.
Sec. 13.603 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for
Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo Operations.
(a) Every applicant for an endorsement in Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo
Operations must--
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Vessel-PIC Dangerous
Liquids (DL);
(2) Meet the standards of competence identified in Table A-V/1-1-2
of the STCW Code (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 13.103); and
(3) Provide evidence of 90 days of sea service onboard oil tankers.
The Coast Guard will accept service submitted to qualify for a national
endorsement as required in Sec. 13.203, provided that the service was
on oil tankers.
(b) Applicants may qualify for an endorsement in Advanced Oil
Tanker Cargo Operations with a limitation to non-self-propelled
vessels. To qualify for this endorsement, an applicant must--
(1) Hold a national endorsement as Tank Barge-PIC DL;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standards of competence
identified in Table A-V/1-1-2 of the STCW Code; and
(3) Provide evidence of at least 90 days of service, whether shore-
based or vessel-based, on one or more oil tankers. The Coast Guard will
accept service submitted to qualify for a national endorsement required
in Sec. 13.303, provided that the service was on oil tankers.
(c) Applicants may qualify for an endorsement in Advanced Oil
Tanker Cargo Operations with a limitation to maintenance and repair of
cargo equipment. To qualify for this endorsement, an applicant must--
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Vessel-Engineer;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standards of competence
identified in Table A-V/1-1-2 of the STCW Code applicable to
maintenance and repair of cargo equipment; and
(3) Provide evidence of--
(i) At least 90 days of service as an engineering officer on oil
tankers;
(ii) At least 90 days of rating or cadet service on deck or in the
engine department on oil tankers; or
(iii) A combination of the service in paragraphs (c)(3)(i) and
(c)(3)(ii) of this section.
(d) Applicants holding an endorsement in Advanced Chemical Tanker
Cargo Operations or Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations may
qualify for an endorsement in Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo Operations by
completing, in a supernumerary capacity, an approved training program
onboard oil tankers. The program must be at least 1 month and include
at least three loading and three discharge operations.
Sec. 13.605 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for
Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations.
(a) Every applicant for an endorsement in Advanced Chemical Tanker
Cargo Operations must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Vessel-PIC DL;
(2) Meet the standards of competence identified in Table A-V/1-1-3
of the STCW Code (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 13.103); and
(3) Provide evidence of 90 days of sea service onboard chemical
tankers. The Coast Guard will accept service submitted to qualify for a
national endorsement as required in Sec. 13.203, provided that the
service was on chemical tankers.
(b) Applicants may qualify for an endorsement in Advanced Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operations with a limitation to non-self-propelled
vessels. To qualify for this endorsement, an applicant must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Barge-PIC DL;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standards of competence
identified in Table A-V/1-1-3 of the STCW Code; and
(3) Provide evidence of at least 90 days of service, whether shore-
based or vessel-based, on chemical tankers. The Coast Guard will accept
service submitted to qualify for a national endorsement as required in
Sec. 13.303, provided that the service was on chemical tankers.
(c) Applicants may qualify for an endorsement in Advanced Chemical
Tanker Cargo Operations with a limitation to maintenance and repair of
cargo equipment. To qualify for this endorsement, an applicant must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Vessel-Engineer;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standards of competence
identified in Table A-V/1-1-3 of the STCW Code
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applicable to maintenance and repair of cargo equipment; and
(3) Provide evidence of--
(i) At least 90 days of service as an engineering officer on
chemical tankers;
(ii) At least 90 days of rating or cadet service on deck or in the
engine department on chemical tankers; or
(iii) A combination of the service in paragraphs (c)(3)(i) and
(c)(3)(ii) of this section.
(d) Applicants holding an endorsement in Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo
Operations or Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations may
qualify for an endorsement in Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations
by completing, in a supernumerary capacity, an approved training
program onboard chemical tankers. The program must be at least 1 month
and include at least three loading and three discharge operations.
Sec. 13.607 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for
Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations.
(a) Every applicant for an endorsement in Advanced Liquefied Gas
Tanker Cargo Operations must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Vessel-PIC LG;
(2) Meet the standards of competence identified in Tables A-V/1-2-2
of the STCW Code (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 13.103); and
(3) Provide evidence of 90 days of service on liquefied gas
tankers. The Coast Guard will accept service submitted to qualify for a
national endorsement as required in Sec. 13.203, provided that the
service was on liquefied gas tankers.
(b) Applicants may qualify for an endorsement in Advanced Liquefied
Gas Tanker Cargo Operations with a limitation to non-self-propelled
vessels. To qualify for this endorsement, an applicant must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Barge-PIC LG;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standards of competence
identified in Table A-V/1-2-2 of the STCW Code; and
(3) Provide evidence of at least 90 days of service, whether shore-
based or vessel-based, on liquefied gas tankers. The Coast Guard will
accept service submitted to qualify for a national endorsement as
required in Sec. 13.303, provided that the service was on liquefied
gas tankers.
(c) Applicants may qualify for an endorsement in Advanced Liquefied
Gas Tanker Cargo Operations with a limitation to maintenance and repair
of cargo equipment. To qualify for this endorsement, an applicant must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Vessel-Engineer;
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standards of competence
identified in Table A-V/1-2-2 of the STCW Code applicable to
maintenance and repair of cargo equipment; and
(3) Provide evidence of--
(i) At least 90 days of service as an engineering officer on
liquefied gas tankers;
(ii) At least 90 days of rating or cadet service on deck or in the
engine department on liquefied gas tankers; or
(iii) A combination of the service in paragraphs (c)(3)(i) and
(c)(3)(ii) of this section.
(d) Applicants holding an endorsement in Advanced Oil Tanker Cargo
Operations or Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations may qualify for
an endorsement in Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations by
completing, in a supernumerary capacity, an approved training program
onboard liquefied gas tankers. The program must be at least 1 month and
include at least three loading and three discharge operations.
Sec. 13.609 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for Basic
Oil and Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations.
(a) Every applicant for an endorsement in Basic Oil and Chemical
Tanker Operations must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Vessel-Assistant DL;
and
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standards of competence
identified in Table A-V/1-1-1 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 13.103).
(b) [Reserved]
Sec. 13.611 Requirements to qualify for an STCW endorsement for Basic
Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations.
(a) Every applicant for an endorsement in Basic Liquefied Gas
Tanker Operations must:
(1) Qualify for a national endorsement as Tank Vessel-Assistant LG;
and
(2) Provide evidence of meeting the standards of competence
identified in Table A-V/1-2-1 of the STCW Code (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 13.103).
(b) [Reserved]
0
173. Revise and republish part 15, consisting of Sec. Sec. 15.101
through 15.1113, to read as follows:
PART 15--MANNING REQUIREMENTS
Subpart A--Purpose and Applicability
Sec. 15.101 Purpose of regulations.
Sec. 15.102 Paperwork approval.
Sec. 15.103 Incorporation by reference.
Sec. 15.105 General.
Subpart B-C [Reserved]
Subpart D--Manning Requirements; All Vessels
Sec. 15.401 Employment and service within restrictions of
credential.
Sec. 15.403 When credentials for ratings are required.
Sec. 15.404 Requirements for serving onboard a vessel.
Sec. 15.405 Familiarity with vessel characteristics.
Sec. 15.410 Credentialed individuals for assistance towing vessels.
Sec. 15.415 [Reserved]
Subpart E--Manning Requirements; Inspected Vessels
Sec. 15.501 Certificate of inspection.
Sec. 15.505 Changes in the certificate of inspection.
Sec. 15.510 Right of appeal.
Sec. 15.515 Compliance with certificate of inspection.
Sec. 15.520 Mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs).
Sec. 15.525 Additional manning requirements for tank vessels.
Sec. 15.530 Large passenger vessels.
Sec. 15.535 Towing vessels.
Subpart F--Manning Requirements; Uninspected Vessels
Sec. 15.601 General.
Sec. 15.605 Credentialed operators for uninspected passenger
vessels.
Sec. 15.610 Master and Mate (Pilot) of uninspected towing vessels.
Subpart G--Limitations and Qualifying Factors
Sec. 15.701 Officers Competency Certificates Convention, 1936.
Sec. 15.705 Watches.
Sec. 15.710 Working hours.
Sec. 15.715 Automated vessels.
Sec. 15.720 Use of non-U.S.-credentialed personnel.
Sec. 15.725 Sailing short.
Sec. 15.730 Language requirements.
Subpart H--Computations
Sec. 15.801 General.
Sec. 15.805 Master.
Sec. 15.810 Mates.
Sec. 15.812 Pilots.
Sec. 15.815 Radar Observers.
Sec. 15.816 Automatic radar plotting aids (ARPA).
Sec. 15.817 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
Radio Operator.
Sec. 15.818 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) At-
sea Maintainer.
Sec. 15.820 Chief Engineer.
Sec. 15.825 Engineers.
Sec. 15.830 Radio Officers.
Sec. 15.835 Staff officers.
Sec. 15.840 Able Seafarers.
Sec. 15.845 Lifeboat Operators.
Sec. 15.850 Lookouts.
Sec. 15.855 Cabin watchmen and fire patrolmen.
Sec. 15.860 Tank vessel endorsements.
Sec. 15.865 Qualified member of the engine department (QMED).
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Subpart I--Equivalents
Sec. 15.901 Inspected vessels of less than 100 GRT.
Sec. 15.905 Uninspected passenger vessels.
Sec. 15.910 Towing vessels.
Sec. 15.915 Engineer officer endorsements.
Subpart J--Vessels in Foreign Trade
Sec. 15.1001 General.
Sec. 15.1010 California.
Sec. 15.1020 Hawaii.
Sec. 15.1030 New York and New Jersey.
Sec. 15.1040 Massachusetts.
Sec. 15.1050 North Carolina.
Subpart K--Vessels Subject to Requirements of STCW
Sec. 15.1101 General.
Sec. 15.1103 Employment and service within the restrictions of an
STCW endorsement or of a certificate of training.
Sec. 15.1105 Familiarization and Basic Training (BT).
Sec. 15.1107 Maintenance of merchant mariners' records by owner or
operator.
Sec. 15.1109 Watches.
Sec. 15.1111 Work hours and rest periods.
Sec. 15.1113 Security personnel.
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 3306, 3703, 8101, 8102, 8103,
8104, 8105, 8301, 8304, 8502, 8503, 8701, 8702, 8901, 8902, 8903,
8904, 8905(b), 8906 and 9102; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat.
2905; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.
Subpart A--Purpose and Applicability
Sec. 15.101 Purpose of regulations.
The purpose of this part is to set forth uniform minimum
requirements for the manning of vessels. In general, they implement,
interpret, or apply the specific statutory manning requirements in
title 46, U.S.C., implement various international conventions which
affect merchant marine personnel, and provide the means for
establishing the complement necessary for safe operation of vessels.
Sec. 15.102 Paperwork approval.
(a) This section lists the control numbers assigned by the Office
of Management and Budget under the Paper Reduction Act of 1980 (Pub. L.
96-511) for the reporting and recordkeeping requirements in this part.
(b) The following control numbers have been assigned to the
sections indicated:
(1) OMB 1625-0079--46 CFR 15.1107.
(2) [Reserved]
Sec. 15.103 Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part
with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved incorporation by
reference (IBR) material is available for inspection at the Coast Guard
and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact
Coast Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing (CG-MMC), U.S.
Coast Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20593-7509, 202-372-1492; website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/. For information on
the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected]. The
material may be obtained from:
(b) International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4 Albert Embankment,
London, SE1 7SR England, phone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611; website:
www.imo.org.
(1) The International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended, 2011
(STCW Convention); incorporation by reference approved for Sec. Sec.
15.403, 15.404, 15.1103, 15.1105, and 15.1109.
(2) The Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code,
as amended, 2011 (STCW Code); incorporation by reference approved for
Sec. 15.1109.
(3) The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,
1974 (SOLAS); incorporation by reference approved for Sec. Sec. 15.818
and 15.1103.
Sec. 15.105 General.
(a) The regulations in this part apply to all vessels that are
subject to the manning requirements contained in the navigation and
shipping laws of the United States, including uninspected vessels (46
U.S.C. 7101-9308).
(b) The navigation and shipping laws state that a vessel may not be
operated unless certain manning requirements are met. In addition to
establishing a minimum number of officers and rated crew to be carried
onboard certain vessels, they establish minimum qualifications
concerning Licenses and MMC endorsements, citizenship, and conditions
of employment. It is the responsibility of the owner, charterer,
managing operator, Master, or Person in Charge or in command of the
vessel to ensure that appropriate personnel are carried to meet the
requirements of the applicable navigation and shipping laws and
regulations.
(c) Inspected vessels are issued a Certificate of Inspection (COI)
which indicates the minimum complement of officers and crew (including
Lifeboat Operators) considered necessary for safe operation. The COI
complements the statutory requirements but does not supersede them.
(d) Uninspected vessels operating on an international voyage may be
issued a safe manning certificate indicating the minimum complement of
qualified mariners necessary for safe operation.
(e) The regulations in subpart K of this part apply to seagoing
vessels subject to the International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as
amended (STCW).
(f) Persons serving on any of the following vessels, or any owner
or operator of any of these vessels, do not need to meet the
requirements of subpart K of this part, because the vessels are exempt
from application of STCW:
(1) Fishing vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(12).
(2) Fishing vessels used as fish-tender vessels as defined in 46
U.S.C. 2101(14).
(3) Barges as defined in 46 U.S.C. 102, including non-self-
propelled Mobile Offshore Drilling Units.
(4) Vessels operating exclusively on the Great Lakes or on the
inland waters of the U.S. in the Straits of Juan de Fuca or on the
Inside Passage between Puget Sound and Cape Spencer.
(5) Pilot vessels engaged on pilotage duty.
(g) Owners and operators, and personnel serving on the following
small vessels engaged exclusively on domestic, near-coastal voyages are
in compliance with subpart K of this part and are, therefore, not
subject to further requirements for the purposes of the STCW
Convention:
(1) Small passenger vessels subject to subchapter T or K of this
chapter.
(2) Vessels of less than 200 GRT, other than passenger vessels
subject to subchapter H of this chapter.
(3) Uninspected passenger vessels (UPVs) as defined in 46 U.S.C.
2101(42)(B).
(h) Personnel serving on vessels identified in paragraphs (g)(1)
and (2) of this section may be issued, without additional proof of
qualification, an appropriate STCW endorsement on their License or MMC
when the Coast Guard determines that such an endorsement is necessary
to enable the vessel to engage on a single international voyage of a
non-routine nature. The STCW endorsement will be expressly limited to
service on the vessel or the class of vessels and will not establish
qualification for any other purpose.
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Subpart B-C [Reserved]
Subpart D--Manning Requirements; All Vessels
Sec. 15.401 Employment and service within restrictions of credential.
(a) A person may not employ or engage an individual, and an
individual may not serve, in a position in which an individual is
required by law or regulation to hold a Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC) and/or Merchant Mariner Credential
(MMC), unless the individual holds all credentials required, as
appropriate, authorizing service in the capacity in which the
individual is engaged or employed, and the individual serves within any
restrictions placed on the credential. An individual holding an active
MMC issued by the Coast Guard must also hold a valid TWIC issued by the
Transportation Security Administration unless the individual is exempt
under Sec. 10.203(b)(1) of this subchapter.
(b) A person may not employ or engage an individual, and an
individual may not serve in a position in which it is required by law
or regulation that the individual hold an MMC endorsed with a national
endorsement, as well as a corresponding STCW endorsement for service
outside the boundary line.
(c) A person may not employ or engage an individual in a position
required to hold an MMC unless that individual maintains a current
medical certificate. Medical certificates must be issued and will
remain current for the following periods of time, unless otherwise
noted on the certificate:
(1) Two years for individuals serving on vessels to which STCW
applies unless the mariner is under the age of 18, in which case the
maximum period of validity will be 1 year.
(2) Five years for all other mariners.
(d) Each individual referred to in paragraph (a) of this section
must hold an MMC that serves as identification, with an appropriate
endorsement for the position in which the seafarer serves, and the MMC,
along with a valid medical certificate, must be presented to the Master
of the vessel at the time of employment or before signing Articles of
Agreement.
(e) Each individual below the grades of officer and staff officer
employed on any U.S.-flagged merchant vessel of 100 GRT or more must
possess a valid MMC issued by the Coast Guard, except as noted below:
(1) Mariners on vessels navigating exclusively on rivers and lakes,
except the Great Lakes, as defined in Sec. 10.107 of this subchapter.
(2) Mariners below the rank of officer employed on any non-self-
propelled vessel, except seagoing barges and barges to which 46 U.S.C.
chapter 37 applies.
(3) Personnel not designated with any safety or security duties
onboard casino vessels.
(f) Every person employed on a vessel with dual tonnages (both
domestic and international) must hold a credential authorizing service
appropriate to the tonnage scheme under which the vessel is manned and
operating.
Sec. 15.403 When credentials for ratings are required.
(a) Every seafarer referred to in this section, when required, must
produce a valid MMC with all applicable rating endorsements for the
position sought, a valid TWIC unless the mariner is exempt under Sec.
10.203(b)(2) of this subchapter, and a valid medical certificate, to
the Master of the vessel at the time of employment or before signing
Articles of Agreement. Seafarers who do not possess one of these
credentials may be employed at a foreign port or place within the
limitations specified in Sec. 15.720.
(b)(1) Every person below the grades of officer and staff officer
employed on any U.S.-flagged merchant vessel of 100 GRT or more, except
those navigating rivers exclusively and the smaller inland lakes, must
possess a valid MMC, along with a valid medical certificate, with all
appropriate endorsements for the positions served.
(2) No endorsements are required of any person below the rank of
officer employed on any barges except seagoing barges and barges to
which 46 U.S.C. chapter 37 applies.
(3) No endorsements are required of any person below the rank of
officer employed on any sail vessel of less than 500 net tons while not
carrying passengers for hire and while not operating outside the line
dividing inland waters from the high seas. 33 U.S.C. 151.
(c) Each person serving as an Able Seafarer-Deck or a Rating
Forming Part of a Navigational Watch (RFPNW) on a seagoing vessel of
500 GT or more must hold an STCW endorsement certifying them as
qualified to perform the navigational function at the support level, in
accordance with the STCW Convention (incorporated by reference, see
Sec. 15.103).
(d) Each person serving as an Able Seafarer-Engine or an RFPEW on a
seagoing vessel driven by main propulsion machinery of 1,000 HP/750 kW
propulsion power or more must hold an STCW endorsement certifying them
as qualified to perform the marine-engineering function at the support
level, in accordance with the STCW Convention.
(e) Notwithstanding any other rule in this part, no person subject
to this part serving on any of the following vessels needs an STCW
endorsement:
(1) Vessels exempted from the application of the STCW Convention,
including--
(i) Fishing vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(11)(a);
(ii) Fishing vessels used as fish-tender vessels as defined in 46
U.S.C. 2101(11)(c);
(iii) Barges as defined in 46 U.S.C. 102, including non-self-
propelled mobile offshore-drilling units;
(iv) Vessels operating exclusively on the Great Lakes; or
(v) Pilot vessels engaged in pilotage duty.
(2) Vessels not subject to any obligation under the STCW Convention
due to their special operating conditions as small vessels engaged in
domestic, near-coastal voyages, including--
(i) Small passenger vessels subject to subchapter T or K of this
chapter;
(ii) Vessels of less than 200 GRT (other than passenger vessels
subject to subchapter H of this chapter); or
(iii) Uninspected passenger vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C.
2101(42)(B).
Sec. 15.404 Requirements for serving onboard a vessel.
(a) Ratings Forming Part of a Navigational Watch (RFPNW). Each
person serving as an RFPNW on a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more,
subject to the STCW Convention (incorporated by reference, see Sec.
15.103), must hold an STCW endorsement attesting to their
qualifications to perform the navigational function at the support
level.
(b) Able Seafarer. Each person serving as a rating as Able Seafarer
on a U.S.-flagged vessel must hold an MMC endorsed as Able Seafarer,
except that no credential as Able Seafarer is required of any person
employed on any tug or towboat on the bays and sounds connected
directly with the seas, or on any barges except seagoing barges or tank
barges. Each person serving as an Able Seafarer on a seagoing vessel
subject to the STCW Convention must also hold an STCW endorsement as
Able Seafarer-Deck.
(c) Ratings Forming Part of an Engineering Watch (RFPEW). Each
person serving as an RFPEW in a manned engineroom or designated to
perform duties in a periodically unmanned engineroom, on a seagoing
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vessel driven by main propulsion machinery of 1,000 HP/750 kW
propulsion power or more, must hold an STCW endorsement attesting to
their qualifications to perform the marine-engineering function at the
support level.
(d) Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED). (1) The
holder of an MMC endorsed with one or more QMED ratings may serve in
any unqualified rating in the engine department without obtaining an
additional endorsement.
(2) A QMED may serve as a qualified rating in the engine department
only in the specific ratings endorsed on their MMC.
(3) Persons serving on vessels subject to the STCW Convention as
Junior Engineer, Pump Technician/Machinist, or Electrician/
Refrigeration Engineer must also hold an STCW endorsement as Able
Seafarer-Engine.
(e) Lifeboat Operator. Every person assigned duties as a Lifeboat
Operator must hold a credential attesting to such proficiency. Persons
serving on vessels subject to the STCW Convention must also hold an
STCW endorsement in Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats
other than Fast Rescue Boats (PSC).
(f) Lifeboat Operator-Limited. Every person assigned duties onboard
a vessel that is not required to carry lifeboats and is required to
employ a Lifeboat Operator must hold an endorsement as either Lifeboat
Operator or Lifeboat Operator-Limited. Persons serving on vessels
subject to the STCW Convention must also hold an STCW endorsement in
Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Lifeboats and
Fast Rescue Boats-Limited (PSC-Limited).
(g) Fast Rescue Boats. Every person engaged or employed in a
position requiring Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats must hold an
endorsement attesting to such proficiency.
(h) Entry level. Every person employed in a rating other than Able
Seafarer or QMED on a U.S. flagged vessel on which MMCs are required
must hold an MMC endorsed as Wiper, Ordinary Seafarer, Steward's
Department, or Steward's Department Food Handler (F.H.).
(i) Person in Charge of Medical Care. Every person designated to
take charge of medical care onboard vessels subject to the STCW
Convention must hold an MMC endorsed as Person in Charge of Medical
Care.
(j) Medical First-aid Provider. Every person designated to provide
medical first aid onboard vessels subject to the STCW Convention must
hold an MMC endorsed as Medical First-aid Provider or a deck or
engineer officer endorsement.
(k) GMDSS Radio Operator or Maintainer. Every person responsible
for the operation or shipboard maintenance of GMDSS radio equipment
onboard vessels subject to the STCW Convention must hold an MMC
endorsed as GMDSS Radio Operator or GMDSS Radio Maintainer, as
appropriate.
Sec. 15.405 Familiarity with vessel characteristics.
Each credentialed crewmember must become familiar with the relevant
characteristics of the vessel appropriate to their duties and
responsibilities prior to assuming those duties and responsibilities.
As appropriate, these may include, but are not limited to, general
arrangement of the vessel, maneuvering characteristics, proper
operation of the installed navigation equipment, proper operation of
firefighting and lifesaving equipment, stability and loading
characteristics, emergency duties, and main propulsion and auxiliary
machinery, including steering gear systems and controls.
Sec. 15.410 Credentialed individuals for assistance towing vessels.
Every assistance towing vessel must be under the direction and
control of an individual holding a License or MMC authorizing them to
engage in assistance towing under the provisions of Sec. 11.482 of
this subchapter.
Sec. 15.415 [Reserved]
Subpart E--Manning Requirements; Inspected Vessels
Sec. 15.501 Certificate of inspection.
(a) The certificate of inspection (COI) issued by an Officer in
Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI), to a vessel required to be inspected
under 46 U.S.C. 3301 specifies the minimum complement of officers and
crew necessary for the safe operation of the vessel.
(b) The manning requirements for a particular vessel are determined
by the OCMI after consideration of the applicable laws, the regulations
in this part, and all other factors involved, such as: emergency
situations, size and type of vessel, installed equipment, proposed
routes of operation including frequency of port calls, cargo carried,
type of service in which employed, degree of automation, use of labor
saving devices, and the organizational structure of the vessel.
Sec. 15.505 Changes in the certificate of inspection.
All requests for changes in manning as indicated on the COI must be
sent to--
(a) The Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI) who last issued
the COI; or
(b) The OCMI conducting the inspection, if the request is made in
conjunction with an inspection for certification.
Sec. 15.510 Right of appeal.
Any person directly affected by a decision or action taken under
this part, by or on behalf of the Coast Guard, may appeal in accordance
with subpart 1.03 of this chapter.
Sec. 15.515 Compliance with certificate of inspection.
(a) Except as provided by Sec. 15.725, no vessel may be navigated
unless it has in its service and onboard the crew complement required
by the COI.
(b) Any time passengers are embarked on a passenger vessel, the
vessel must have the crew complement required by the COI, whether the
vessel is underway, at anchor, made fast to shore, or aground. However,
the Master may allow reduced crew for limited or special operating
conditions subject to the approval of the OCMI.
(c) No vessel subject to inspection under 46 U.S.C. 3301 will be
navigated unless it is under the direction and control of an individual
who holds an appropriate License or officer endorsement on their MMC.
Sec. 15.520 Mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs).
(a) The requirements in this section for MODUs supplement other
requirements in this part.
(b) The OCMI determines the minimum number of officers and crew
(including Lifeboat Operators) required for the safe operation of
inspected MODUs. In addition to other factors listed in this part, the
specialized nature of the MODU is considered in determining the
specific manning levels.
(c) A License or officer endorsement on an MMC as Offshore
Installation Manager (OIM), Barge Supervisor (BS), or Ballast Control
Operator (BCO) authorizes service only on MODUs. A License or
endorsement as OIM is restricted to the MODU type and mode of operation
specified on the credential.
(d) When underway, a self-propelled MODU, other than a drillship,
must be under the command of an individual who holds a License as
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and OIM. When not underway, such a vessel must be under the command of
an individual holding the appropriate OIM credential.
(e) A drillship must be under the command of an individual who
holds a License or MMC officer endorsement as Master. When a drillship
is on location, or is maintaining its position with a dynamic
positioning system, the individual in command must hold a License as
Master endorsed as OIM or an MMC with Master and OIM officer
endorsements.
(f) A non-self-propelled MODU must be under the command of an
individual who holds a License or MMC officer endorsement as OIM.
(g) An individual serving as Mate on a self-propelled surface unit
when underway, other than a drillship, must hold an appropriate
License, or an MMC endorsed as Mate and BS or BCO. When not underway,
such a vessel may substitute an individual holding the appropriate BS
or BCO endorsement for the Mate, if permitted by the cognizant OCMI.
(h) An individual holding a License or MMC officer endorsement as
BS is required on a non-self-propelled surface unit other than a
drillship.
(i) An individual holding a License or MMC officer endorsement as
BS may serve as BCO.
(j) The OCMI issuing the MODU's COI may authorize the substitution
of Chief or Assistant Engineer-MODU for Chief or Assistant Engineer,
respectively, on self-propelled or propulsion-assisted surface units,
except drillships. The OCMI may also authorize the substitution of
Assistant Engineer-MODU for Assistant Engineer on drillships.
(k) Requirements in this part concerning Radar Observers do not
apply to non-self-propelled MODUs.
(l) A surface MODU underway or on location, when afloat and
equipped with a ballast control room, must have that ballast control
room manned by an individual holding a License or MMC officer
endorsement authorizing service as BCO.
Sec. 15.525 Additional manning requirements for tank vessels.
Parts 31 and 35 of this subchapter contain additional manning
requirements applicable to tank vessels.
Sec. 15.530 Large passenger vessels.
(a) The owner or operator of a U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel
must ensure that any non-resident alien holding a Coast Guard-issued
MMC described in part 12, subpart H of this subchapter is provided the
rights, protections, and benefits of the International Labor
Organization's Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention of
1976.
(b) On U.S-flagged large passenger vessels, non-resident aliens
holding a Coast Guard-issued MMC described in part 12, subpart H of
this subchapter--
(1) May only be employed in the steward's department on the
vessel(s) specified on the MMC or accompanying Coast Guard letter under
Sec. 12.811 of this subchapter;
(2) May only be employed for an aggregate period of 36 months of
actual service on all authorized U.S.-flagged large passenger vessels
combined, under Sec. 12.811 of this subchapter;
(3) May not perform watchstanding, engine room duty watch, or
vessel navigation functions, under Sec. 12.811 of this subchapter; and
(4) May perform emergency-related duties only if, under Sec.
12.811 of this subchapter--
(i) The emergency-related duties do not require any other rating or
endorsement, except Lifeboat Operator as specified in Sec. 12.811 of
this subchapter;
(ii) The non-resident alien has completed familiarization and Basic
Training, as required in Sec. 15.1105;
(iii) The non-resident alien, if serving as a Lifeboat Operator,
has the necessary Lifeboat Operator's endorsement; and
(iv) The non-resident alien has completed the training for
crewmembers on passenger ships performing duties involving safety or
care for passengers, as required in part 12, subpart I of this
subchapter.
(c) No more than 25 percent of the total number of ratings on a
U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel may be aliens, whether admitted to
the United States for permanent residence or authorized for employment
in the United States as non-resident aliens.
(d) The owner or operator of a U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel
employing non-resident aliens holding Coast Guard-issued MMCs described
in part 12, subpart H of this subchapter must--
(1) Retain custody of all non-resident alien MMCs for the duration
of employment, under Sec. 12.811 of this subchapter; and
(2) Return all non-resident alien MMCs to the Coast Guard upon
termination of employment, under Sec. 12.811 of this subchapter.
(e) The owner or operator of a U.S.-flagged large passenger vessel
employing non-resident aliens holding Coast Guard-issued MMCs described
in part 12, subpart H of this subchapter is subject to the civil
penalty provisions specified in 46 U.S.C. 8103(f), for any violation of
this section.
Sec. 15.535 Towing vessels.
(a) Applicability. Except as provided in this paragraph (a), the
requirements in this section apply to a towing vessel subject to
subchapter M of this chapter. Vessels subject to this section must also
meet the requirements in Sec. 15.515(c). A towing vessel at least 8
meters (26 feet) in length, measured from end to end over the deck
(excluding sheer), that is not subject to subchapter M must meet the
requirements in paragraph (b) of this section if it is--
(1) A seagoing towing vessel of 300 gross tons or more subject to
the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter;
(2) A vessel inspected under other subchapters of this chapter that
may perform occasional towing; or
(3) A public vessel as defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101.
(b) Towing vessels 8 meters or more in length. Every towing vessel
of at least 8 meters (26 feet) in length, measured from end to end over
the deck (excluding sheer), must be under the direction and control of
a person holding a MMC endorsed as Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing
Vessels or as Master or Mate of vessels of greater than 200 gross
register tons, holding a completed Towing Officer Assessment Record
signed by a designated examiner indicating that the officer is
proficient in the operation of towing vessels upon the appropriate
route.
(c) Towing Vessels of Any Length on the Lower Mississippi River. In
addition to the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section, any
towing vessel operating in the pilotage waters of the Lower Mississippi
River must be under the control of an officer who holds either a First-
Class Pilot's endorsement for that route, or MMC officer endorsement
for the Western Rivers, or who meets the requirements of either
paragraph (c)(1) or (2) of this section, as applicable.
(1) Moving tank or hazardous material barges. To operate a towing
vessel with tank barges or a tow of barges carrying hazardous material
regulated under subchapter N or O of this chapter, the officer in
charge of the towing vessel must have completed at least 12 round trips
over this route as an observer, with at least 3 of those trips during
hours of darkness, and must provide evidence to the Coast Guard upon
request that at least 1 of the 12 round trips occurred within the last
5 years.
(2) Moving uninspected barges or no barges. To operate a towing
vessel without barges or a tow of uninspected barges, the officer in
charge of the
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towing vessel must have completed at least 4 round trips over this
route as an observer, with at least 1 of those trips during hours of
darkness, and must provide evidence to the Coast Guard upon request
that at least 1 of the 4 round trips occurred within the last 5 years.
Subpart F--Manning Requirements; Uninspected Vessels
Sec. 15.601 General.
The following sections of subparts F, G, and H of this part contain
provisions concerning manning of uninspected vessels; Sec. Sec.
15.701, 15.705, 15.710, 15.720, 15.730, 15.801, 15.805, 15.810, 15.820,
15.825, 15.840, 15.850, 15.855, 15.905, 15.910, and 15.915.
Sec. 15.605 Credentialed operators for uninspected passenger vessels.
Each uninspected passenger vessel (UPV) must be under the direction
and control of an individual credentialed by the Coast Guard, as
follows:
(a) Every UPV of 100 GRT or more, as defined by 46 U.S.C.
2101(53)(A), must be under the command of an individual holding a
License or MMC endorsed as Master. When navigated, it must be under the
direction and control of a credentialed Master, Pilot, or Mate.
(b) Every self-propelled UPV as defined by 46 U.S.C. 2101(53)(B)
must be under the direction and control of an individual holding a
License or MMC endorsed as or equivalent to an Operator of an
Uninspected Passenger Vessel (OUPV).
(c) Personnel serving on UPVs engaged on international voyages must
meet the requirements of subpart K of this part.
Sec. 15.610 Master and Mate (Pilot) of uninspected towing vessels.
(a) The requirements in this section apply to towing vessels,
except for--
(1) Towing vessels that are subject to subchapter M in accordance
with Sec. 136.105 of this subchapter;
(2) Towing vessels that are seagoing and 300 gross or more tons
subject to the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter;
(3) Towing vessels that are inspected under other subchapters of
this chapter that may perform occasional towing; and
(4) Towing vessels that are public vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C.
2101.
(b) Except as provided in this paragraph, every towing vessel of at
least 8 meters (26 feet) in length, measured from end to end over the
deck (excluding sheer), must be under the direction and control of a
person holding a License or MMC officer endorsement as Master or Mate
(Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or as Master or Mate of vessels of greater
than 200 GRT, holding either an endorsement on their License or MMC for
towing vessels or a completed Towing Officer Assessment Record (TOAR)
signed by a designated examiner indicating that the officer is
proficient in the operation of towing vessels. This requirement does
not apply to any vessel engaged in assistance towing.
(c) Any towing vessel operating in the pilotage waters of the Lower
Mississippi River must be under the control of an officer meeting the
requirements of paragraph (b) of this section who holds either a First-
Class Pilot's endorsement for that route or MMC officer endorsement for
the Western Rivers, or who meets the requirements of paragraph (b) of
this section and meets the requirements of either paragraph (c)(1) or
(2) of this section as applicable:
(1) To operate a towing vessel with tank barges, or a tow of barges
carrying hazardous materials regulated under subchapters N or O of this
chapter, an officer in charge of the towing vessel must have completed
12 roundtrips over this route as an observer, with at least three of
those trips during hours of darkness, and provide evidence to the Coast
Guard that at least one of the 12 roundtrips was completed within the
last 5 years.
(2) To operate a towing vessel without barges, or a tow of
uninspected barges, an officer in charge of the towing vessel must have
completed at least four round trips over this route as an observer,
with at least one of those trips during hours of darkness, and provide
evidence to the Coast Guard that at least one of the four roundtrips
was within the last 5 years.
Subpart G--Limitations and Qualifying Factors
Sec. 15.701 Officers Competency Certificates Convention, 1936.
(a) This section implements the Officers Competency Certificates
Convention, 1936 (see 46 U.S.C. 8304), and applies to each vessel
documented under the laws of the United States navigating seaward of
the Boundary Lines in part 7 of this chapter, except:
(1) A public vessel;
(2) A wooden vessel of primitive build, such as a dhow or junk;
(3) A barge; or
(4) A vessel of less than 200 gross tons.
(b) The Master, Mates and engineers on any vessel to which this
section applies must hold a License or MMC officer endorsement to serve
in that capacity issued by the Coast Guard under parts 10 and 11 of
this subchapter.
(c) A vessel to which this section applies, or a foreign flagged
vessel to which the Officers Competency Certificates Convention
applies, may be detained by a designated official until that official
is satisfied that the vessel is in compliance with the Convention.
Designated official includes Coast Guard officers, Coast Guard petty
officers and officers or employees of the Customs and Border Protection
Service.
(d) Whenever a vessel is detained, the owner, charterer, managing
operator, agent, Master, or individual in charge may appeal the
detention within 5 days under the provisions of Sec. 2.01-70 of this
chapter.
Sec. 15.705 Watches.
(a) 46 U.S.C. 8104 applies to the establishment of watches aboard
certain U.S. vessels. The establishment of adequate watches is the
responsibility of the vessel's Master. The Coast Guard interprets the
term ``watch'' to be the direct performance of vessel operations,
whether deck or engine, where such operations would routinely be
controlled and performed in a scheduled and fixed rotation. The
performance of maintenance or work necessary to the vessel's safe
operation on a daily basis does not in itself constitute the
establishment of a watch. The minimum safe manning levels specified in
a vessel's COI or other safe manning document take into consideration
routine maintenance requirements and ability of the crew to perform all
operational evolutions, including emergencies, as well as those
functions which may be assigned to persons in watches.
(b) Subject to exceptions, 46 U.S.C. 8104 requires that when a
Master of a seagoing vessel of more than 100 GRT establishes watches
for the officers, sailors, and Oilers, ``the personnel shall be
divided, when at sea, into at least three watches and shall be kept on
duty successively to perform ordinary work incidental to the operation
and management of the vessel.'' Solely for the purposes of this part,
the Coast Guard interprets ``sailors'' to mean those members of the
deck department other than officers, whose duties involve the mechanics
of conducting the ship on its voyage, such as helmsman (wheelsman),
lookout, etc., and which are necessary to the maintenance of a
continuous watch. The term ``sailors'' is not interpreted to include
Able Seafarers and Ordinary Seafarers not performing these duties.
(c)(1) Subject to exceptions, 46 U.S.C. 8104(g) permits the
officers and crew members to be divided into two watches
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when at sea and engaged on a voyage of less than 600 miles on the
following categories of vessels--
(i) Towing vessel;
(ii) Offshore supply vessel, except as provided by paragraph (c)(2)
of this section; or
(iii) Barge.
(2) Paragraph (c)(1) of this section applies to an OSV of at least
6,000 GT ITC (500 GRT if GT ITC is not assigned), as defined in Sec.
125.160 of this subchapter, if the individuals engaged on the vessel
are in compliance with the work hours and rest period requirements in
Sec. 15.1111.
(d) Subject to exceptions, 46 U.S.C. 8104(h) permits a Master or
Mate (Pilot) operating a towing vessel that is at least 8 meters (26
feet) in length measured from end to end over the deck (excluding
sheer) to work not more than 12 hours in a consecutive 24-hour period
except in an emergency. The Coast Guard interprets this, in conjunction
with other provisions of the law, to permit Masters or Mates (Pilots)
serving as operators of towing vessels that are not subject to the
provisions of the Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936
(see 46 U.S.C. 8304), to be divided into two watches regardless of the
length of the voyage.
(e) Fish processing vessels are subject to various provisions of 46
U.S.C. 8104 concerning watches, including--
(1) For fish processing vessels that entered into service before
January 1, 1988, the following watch requirements apply to the officers
and deck crew:
(i) If more than 5,000 GRT--three watches.
(ii) If more than 1,600 GRT and not more than 5,000 GRT--two
watches.
(iii) If not more than 1,600 GRT--no watch division specified; or
(2) For fish processing vessels that entered into service after
December 31, 1987, the following watch requirements apply to the
officers and deck crew:
(i) If more than 5,000 GRT--three watches.
(ii) If not more than 5,000 GRT and having more than 16 individuals
onboard, primarily employed in the preparation of fish or fish
products--two watches.
(iii) If not more than 5,000 GRT and having not more than 16
individuals onboard, primarily employed in the preparation of fish or
fish products--no watch division specified.
(f) Properly manned uninspected passenger vessels of at least 100
GRT--
(1) Which are underway for no more than 12 hours in any 24-hour
period, and which are adequately moored, anchored, or otherwise secured
in a harbor of safe refuge for the remainder of that 24-hour period,
may operate with one navigational watch;
(2) Which are underway more than 12 hours in any 24-hour period,
must provide a minimum of a two-watch system;
(3) In no case may the crew of any watch work more than 12 hours in
any 24-hour period, except in an emergency.
Sec. 15.710 Working hours.
In addition to prescribing watch requirements, 46 U.S.C. 8104 sets
limitations on the working hours of credentialed officers and crew
members, prescribes certain rest periods, and prohibits unnecessary
work on Sundays and certain holidays when the vessel is in a safe
harbor. It is the responsibility of the Master or Person in Charge to
ensure that these limitations are met. However, under 46 U.S.C.
8104(f), the Master or other credentialed officer can require any part
of the crew to work when, in their judgment, they are needed for:
(a) Maneuvering, shifting berth, mooring, unmooring;
(b) Performing work necessary for the safety of the vessel, or the
vessel's passengers, crew, or cargo;
(c) Saving of life onboard another vessel in jeopardy; or,
(d) Performing fire, lifeboat, or other drills in port or at sea.
Sec. 15.715 Automated vessels.
(a) Coast Guard acceptance of automated systems to replace specific
personnel or to reduce overall crew requirements is predicated upon the
capabilities of the system, the system's demonstrated and continuing
reliability, and a planned maintenance program that ensures continued
safe operation of the vessel.
(b) The OCMI considers the capabilities of an automated system in
establishing initial manning levels; however, until the system is
proven reliable, a manning level adequate to operate in a continuously
attended mode will be specified on a vessel's COI. It remains the
responsibility of the vessel's Master to determine when a continuous
watch is necessary.
Sec. 15.720 Use of non-U.S.-credentialed personnel.
(a) United States vessels which need to replace one or more persons
while on a foreign voyage and outside the jurisdiction of the United
States, in order to meet manning requirements, may use non-U.S.
credentialed personnel without a TWIC, except for the positions of
Master and Radio Officer, until the vessel returns to a port at which
in the most expeditious manner replacements who are citizens of the
United States can be obtained.
(b) The citizenship requirements of 46 U.S.C. 8103(a) and (b) and
the TWIC requirement of 46 U.S.C. 70105 are waived, except for the
requirement that the Master must be a U.S. citizen holding a TWIC, with
respect to the following vessels:
(1) A U.S.-documented offshore supply vessel (OSV) (as that term is
defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(19)) that is operating from a foreign port;
and
(2) A U.S.-documented mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) (as that
term is defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(15a)) that is operating beyond the
water above the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
(c) The waiver provided in paragraph (b) of this section does not
apply to any vessel operating in water above the U.S. Outer Continental
Shelf (as that term is defined in 43 U.S.C. 1331(a)).
(d) The Master must assure that any replacements of crewmembers by
non-U.S. citizens made in accordance with this section will be with an
individual who holds a credential that required experience, training,
and other qualifications equivalent to the U.S. credential required for
the position and that the person possesses or will possess the training
required to communicate to the extent required by Sec. 15.730.
(e) Non-U.S.-credentialed officers serving onboard vessels subject
to STCW must hold a ``Certificate attesting recognition'' in accordance
with part 11, subpart J of this subchapter. A mariner may serve for a
period not to exceed 3 months onboard the vessel while the Coast Guard
is processing their application for such a certificate.
Sec. 15.725 Sailing short.
Whenever a vessel is deprived of the service of a member of its
complement, and the Master or Person in Charge is unable to find
appropriate credentialed personnel to man the vessel, the Master or
Person in Charge may proceed on the voyage, having determined the
vessel is sufficiently manned for the voyage. A report of sailing short
must be filed with the OCMI having cognizance for inspection in the
area in which the vessel is operating, or the OCMI within whose
jurisdiction the voyage is completed. The report must explain the cause
of each deficiency and be submitted within 12 hours after arrival at
the next port. The actions of the Master or Person in Charge in such
instances are subject to review and it must be shown the vacancy was
not due to the consent, fault or collusion of the Master or other
individuals specified in 46 U.S.C. 8101(e). A civil penalty may be
assessed against the Master or Person
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in Charge for failure to submit the report.
Sec. 15.730 Language requirements.
(a) The provisions of 46 U.S.C. 8702 relating to language apply
generally to vessels of at least 100 GRT except:
(1) Vessels operating on rivers and lakes except the Great Lakes;
(2) A manned barge except a seagoing barge or a barge to which
chapter 37 of 46 U.S.C. applies;
(3) A fishing vessel, fish tender vessel, whaling vessel, or yacht;
(4) A sailing school vessel with respect to sailing school
instructors and sailing school students;
(5) An oceanographic research vessel with respect to scientific
personnel;
(6) A fish processing vessel which entered into service before
January 1, 1988, and is not more than 1,600 GRT or which entered into
service after December 31, 1987, and has not more than 16 individuals
onboard primarily employed in the preparation of fish or fish products;
and
(7) All fish processing vessels with respect to those personnel
primarily employed in the preparation of fish or fish products or in a
support position not related to navigation.
(b) 46 U.S.C. 8702(b) requires that onboard vessels departing U.S.
ports 75 percent of the crew in each department onboard is able to
understand any order spoken by the officers.
(c) The words able to understand any order spoken by the officers
relates to any order to a member of the crew when directing the
performance of that person's duties and orders relating to emergency
situations such as used for response to a fire or in using lifesaving
equipment. It is not expected that a member of the deck department
understand terminology normally used only in the engineroom or vice
versa.
(d) Whenever information is presented to the Coast Guard that a
vessel fails to comply with the specified language requirements the
Coast Guard investigates the allegation to determine its validity. In
determining if an allegation is factual, the Coast Guard may require a
demonstration by the officers and crew that appropriate orders are
understood. The demonstration will require that orders be spoken to the
individual members of the crew by the officers in the language
ordinarily and customarily used by the officers. The orders must be
spoken directly by the officer to the crew member and not through an
interpreter. Signs, gestures, or signals may not be used in the test.
The Coast Guard representative will specify the orders to be given and
will include not only daily routine but orders involving emergencies,
either of a departmental or of a general nature. This test will be
conducted, if possible, at a time reasonably in advance of the vessel's
departure, to avoid delays.
Subpart H--Computations
Sec. 15.801 General.
The OCMI will determine the specific manning levels for vessels
required to have certificates of inspection by part B of subtitle II of
title 46 U.S.C. The Masters or individuals in command of all vessels,
whether required to be inspected under 46 U.S.C. 3301 or not, are
responsible for properly manning vessels in accordance with the
applicable laws, regulations, and international conventions.
Sec. 15.805 Master.
(a) There must be an individual holding an appropriate License as
or a valid MMC with endorsement as Master in command of each of the
following vessels:
(1) Every self-propelled, seagoing documented vessel of 200 GRT and
over.
(2) Every self-propelled inspected vessel;
(3) Every inspected passenger vessel;
(4) Every inspected small passenger vessel; and
(5) Every towing vessel of at least 8 meters (26 feet) or more in
length must be in command of a Master of Towing Vessels, or a mariner
holding a License or MMC endorsed as Master of inspected, self-
propelled vessels greater than 200 GRT holding either--
(i) A completed Towing Officer's Assessment Record (TOAR), bearing
the signature of a Designated Examiner and stating that the Examiner
found the candidate proficient; or
(ii) A License or MMC endorsed for Master of Towing Vessels.
(6) Every uninspected passenger vessel of at least 100 GRT.
(7) Every uninspected passenger vessel engaged on an international
voyage.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the individual meeting the
requirement of this section must also hold an STCW endorsement as
Master with the appropriate tonnage for the vessel which he or she is
operating, except as noted in Sec. 15.105(g) for vessels on domestic
near-coastal voyages.
(c) Every vessel documented under the laws of the United States,
other than a vessel with only a recreational endorsement, must be under
the command of a U.S. citizen.
Sec. 15.810 Mates.
(a) The OCMI determines the minimum number of Mates required for
the safe operation of inspected vessels.
(b) The minimum number of mariners holding a License or MMC officer
endorsement as Mate required to be carried on every inspected, self-
propelled, seagoing and Great Lakes vessel, and every inspected,
seagoing, passenger vessel must not be less than the following, except
when reductions are authorized under paragraph (e) of this section:
(1) Vessels of 1,000 GRT or more (except MODUs)--three Mates
(except when on a voyage of less than 400 miles from port of departure
to port of final destination--two Mates).
(2) MODUs of 1,000 GRT or more:
(i) Three Mates when on a voyage of more than 72 hours.
(ii) Two Mates when on a voyage of more than 16 but not more than
72 hours.
(iii) One Mate when on a voyage of not more than 16 hours.
(3) Vessels of 100 GRT or more but less than 1,000 GRT--two Mates
(except vessels of at least 100 but less than 200 GRT on voyages which
do not exceed 24 hours in duration--one Mate).
(4) All vessels of less than 100 GRT--one Mate (except vessels on
voyages not exceeding 12 hours in duration may, if the OCMI determines
it to be safe, be operated without Mates).
(5) An offshore supply vessel of 100 GRT (100 GT ITC if GRT is not
assigned) or more, but less than 6,000 GT ITC (500 GRT if GT ITC is not
assigned) as defined in Sec. 125.160 of this subchapter--one
credentialed Mate (except when on a voyage of at least 600 miles--two
credentialed Mates). A voyage includes the accrued distance from port
of departure to port of arrival and does not include stops at offshore
points.
(6) An offshore supply vessel of at least 6,000 GT ITC (500 GRT if
GT ITC is not assigned) as defined in Sec. 125.160 of this chapter--
two credentialed Mates provided that the OSV meets the requirements in
Sec. 15.1111 (except when on a voyage of more than 600 miles--three
credentialed Mates). A voyage includes the accrued distance from the
vessel's port of departure to the vessel's port of arrival. Stops at
offshore points or facilities do not constitute separate voyages; stops
at offshore points or facilities are included in the total accrued
distance between the vessel's port of departure and the vessel's port
of arrival.
(c) An individual in charge of the navigation or maneuvering of a
self-propelled, uninspected, documented,
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seagoing vessel of 200 GRT or over must hold an appropriate License or
MMC authorizing service as Mate.
(d) Each Person in Charge of the navigation or maneuvering of a
towing vessel of at least 8 meters (26 feet) in length must satisfy the
requirements of Sec. 15.805(a)(5) or hold a License or MMC authorizing
service as either--
(1) Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels; or
(2) Mate of inspected self-propelled vessels greater than 200 GRT
within any other restrictions on the officer's License or MMC, holding
either--
(i) A completed TOAR bearing the signature from a Designated
Examiner (DE) and stating that the DE found the candidate proficient;
or
(ii) A License or MMC with officer endorsement for towing vessels.
(e) The OCMI may increase the minimum number of Mates indicated in
paragraph (b) of this section where they determine that the vessel's
characteristics, route, or other operating conditions create special
circumstances warranting an increase.
(f) The Commandant will consider reductions to the number of Mates
required by this section when special circumstances allowing a vessel
to be safely operated can be demonstrated.
(g) On vessels subject to STCW, the individual meeting the
requirement of this section must also hold an STCW endorsement as
Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch with the appropriate tonnage
for the vessel which they are operating, except as noted in Sec.
15.105 (g) for vessels on domestic near-coastal voyages.
Sec. 15.812 Pilots.
(a) Except as specified in paragraph (f) of this section, the
following vessels, not sailing on register, when underway on the
navigable waters of the United States, must be under the direction and
control of an individual qualified to serve as Pilot under paragraph
(b) or (c) of this section, as appropriate:
(1) Coastwise seagoing vessels propelled by machinery and subject
to inspection under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 33, and coastwise seagoing tank
barges subject to inspection under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 37.
(2) Vessels that are not authorized by their COI to proceed beyond
the Boundary Line established in part 7 of this chapter, are in excess
of 1,600 GRT propelled by machinery, and are subject to inspection
under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 33.
(3) Vessels operating on the Great Lakes, that are propelled by
machinery and subject to inspection under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 33, or are
tank barges subject to inspection under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 37.
(b) The following individuals may serve as a Pilot on a vessel
subject to paragraph (a) of this section, when underway on the
navigable waters of the United States that are designated areas:
(1) An individual holding a valid First-Class Pilot's License or
MMC officer endorsement as First-Class Pilot, operating within the
restrictions of their credential, may serve as Pilot on any vessel to
which this section applies.
(2) An individual holding a valid License or MMC officer
endorsement as Master or Mate, employed aboard a vessel within the
restrictions of their credential, may serve as Pilot on a vessel of not
more than 1,600 GRT propelled by machinery, described in paragraphs
(a)(1) and (3) of this section, provided they are--
(i) At least 21 years old;
(ii) Able to show current knowledge of the waters to be navigated,
as required in Sec. 11.713 of this subchapter; and
(iii) Able to provide evidence of completing a minimum of four
roundtrips over the route to be traversed while in the wheelhouse as
watchstander or observer. At least one of the roundtrips must be made
during the hours of darkness if the route is to be traversed during
darkness.
(3) An individual holding a valid License or MMC officer
endorsement as Master, Mate, or operator employed aboard a vessel
within the restrictions of their credential, may serve as Pilot on a
tank barge or tank barges totaling not more than 10,000 GRT/GT,
described in paragraphs (a)(1) and (3) of this section, provided they--
(i) Are at least 21 years old
(ii) Are able to show current knowledge of the waters to be
navigated, as required in Sec. 11.713 of this subchapter
(iii) Have a current physical examination in accordance with the
provisions of Sec. 11.709 of this subchapter
(iv) Have at least 6 months of service in the deck department on
towing vessels engaged in towing operations; and
(v) Provide evidence of completing a minimum of 12 roundtrips over
the route to be traversed, as an observer or under instruction in the
wheelhouse. At least three of the roundtrips must be made during the
hours of darkness if the route is to be traversed during darkness
(c) An individual holding a valid License or MMC officer
endorsement as Master, Mate, or operator, employed aboard a vessel
within the restrictions of their credential, may serve as a Pilot for a
vessel subject to paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section, when
underway on the navigable waters of the United States that are not
designated areas of pilotage waters, provided they--
(1) Are at least 21 years old
(2) Are able to show current knowledge of the waters to be
navigated, as required in Sec. 11.713 of this subchapter; and
(3) Have a current physical examination in accordance with the
provisions of Sec. 11.709 of this subchapter
(d) In any instance in which the qualifications of a person
satisfying the requirements for pilotage through the provisions of this
subpart are questioned by the Coast Guard, the individual must, within
a reasonable time, provide the Coast Guard with documentation proving
compliance with the applicable portions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of
this section
(e) Federal pilotage requirements contained in paragraphs (a)
through (d) of this section are summarized in the following two quick
reference tables
(1) Table 1 to Sec. 15.812(e)(1) provides a guide to the pilotage
requirements for inspected, self-propelled vessels.
Table 1 to Sec. 15.812(e)(1)--Quick Reference Table for Federal
Pilotage Requirements for U.S.-Inspected, Self-Propelled Vessels, Not
Sailing on Register
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Designated areas of
pilotage waters Non-designated areas
(routes for which of pilotage waters
First- Class Pilot's (between the 3-mile
licenses or MMC line and the start
officer endorsements of traditional
are issued) pilotage routes)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inspected self-propelled First-Class Pilot... Master or Mate may
vessels greater than 1,600 serve as Pilot if
GRT, authorized by their they--
COI to proceed beyond the 1. Are at least 21
Boundary Line, or operating years old;
on the Great Lakes. 2. Have an annual
physical exam; and
3. Maintain current
knowledge of the
waters to be
navigated.\1\
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Inspected self-propelled First-Class Pilot, Master or Mate may
vessels not more than 1,600 or Master or Mate serve as Pilot if
GRT, authorized by their may serve as Pilot they--
COI to proceed beyond the if they-- 1. Are at least 21
Boundary Line, or operating 1. Are at least 21 years old; and
on the Great Lakes. years old;. 2. Maintain current
2. Maintain current knowledge of the
knowledge of the waters to be
waters to be navigated.\1\
navigated; and \1\.
3. Have four
roundtrips over the
route.\2\.
Inspected self-propelled First-Class Pilot... Master or Mate may
vessels greater than 1,600 serve as Pilot if
GRT, not authorized by they--
their COI to proceed beyond 1. Are at least 21
the Boundary Line (inland years old;
route vessels); other than 2. Have an annual
vessels operating on the physical exam; and
Great Lakes. 3. Maintain current
knowledge of the
waters to be
navigated.\1\
Inspected self-propelled No pilotage No pilotage
vessels not more than 1,600 requirement. requirement.
GRT, not authorized by
their COI to proceed beyond
the Boundary Line (inland
route vessels); other than
vessels operating on the
Great Lakes.
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\1\ One roundtrip within the past 60 months.
\2\ If the route is to be traversed during darkness, one of the four
roundtrips must be made during darkness.
(2) Table 2 to Sec. 15.812(e)(2) provides a guide to the pilotage
requirements for tank barges.
Table 2 to Sec. 15.812(e)(2)--Quick Reference Table for Federal
Pilotage Requirements for U.S.-Inspected Tank Barges, Not Sailing on
Register
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Designated areas of
pilotage waters Non-designated areas
(routes for which of pilotage waters
First- Class Pilot's (between the 3-mile
Licenses or MMC line and the start
officer endorsements of traditional
are issued) pilotage routes)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tank Barges greater than First-Class Pilot... Master, Mate, or
10,000 GRT/GT, authorized Master, Mate
by their COI to proceed (Pilot) of Towing
beyond the Boundary Line, Vessels may serve
or operating on the Great as Pilot if they:
Lakes. 1. Are at least 21
years old;
2. Have an annual
physical exam; \2\
3. Maintain current
knowledge of the
waters to be
navigated; \1\ and
4. Have at least 6
months' service in
the deck department
on towing vessels
engaged in towing
operations.
Tank Barges 10,000 GRT/GT or First-Class Pilot,
less, authorized by their or Master, Mate, or
COI to proceed beyond the Master, Mate
Boundary Line, or operating (Pilot) of Towing
on the Great Lakes. Vessels may serve
as Pilot if they:
1. Are at least 21
years old;.
2. Have an annual
physical exam; \2\.
3. Maintain current
knowledge of the
waters to be
navigated; \1\.
4. Have at least 6
months' service in
the deck department
on towing vessels
engaged in towing
operations; and.
5. Have 12
roundtrips over the
route.\3\.
Tank Barges authorized by No pilotage No pilotage
their COI for inland routes requirement. requirement.
only (lakes, bays, and
sounds/rivers); other than
vessels operating on the
Great Lakes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ One roundtrip within the past 60 months.
\2\ Annual physical exam does not apply to an individual who will serve
as a Pilot of a tank barge of less than 1,600 GRT.
\3\ If the route is to be traversed during darkness, three of the 12
roundtrips must be made during darkness.
(f) In Prince William Sound, Alaska, coastwise seagoing vessels
over 1,600 GRT and propelled by machinery and subject to inspection
under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 37 must--
(1) When operating from 60[deg]49' north latitude to the Port of
Valdez, be under the direction and control of an individual holding a
valid License or MMC endorsed as Pilot who--
(i) Is operating under the authority of a License or MMC;
(ii) Holds a License issued by the State of Alaska; and
(iii) Is not a crewmember of the vessel; and
(2) Navigate with either two credentialed deck officers on the
bridge or an individual holding a valid License or MMC endorsed as
Pilot, when operating south of 60[deg]49' north latitude and in the
approaches through Hinchinbrook Entrance and in the area bounded--
(i) On the West by a line 1 mile west of the western boundary of
the Traffic Separation Scheme
(ii) On the East by 146[deg]00' West longitude;
(iii) On the North by 60[deg]49' North latitude; and
(iv) On the South by that area of Hinchinbrook Entrance within the
territorial sea bounded by 60[deg]07' North latitude and 146[deg]31.5'
West longitude
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Sec. 15.815 Radar Observers.
(a) Each person in the required complement of deck officers,
including the Master, on inspected vessels of 300 GRT or over which are
radar equipped, must hold an endorsement as Radar Observer.
(b) Each person who is employed or serves as Pilot in accordance
with Federal law onboard radar-equipped vessels of 300 GRT or over must
hold an endorsement as Radar Observer.
(c) Each person having to hold a License or MMC officer endorsement
under 46 U.S.C. 8904(a) for employment or service as Master or Mate
onboard a towing vessel of 8 meters (26 feet) or more in length must,
if the vessel is equipped with radar, hold an endorsement as Radar
Observer.
(d) Until July 22, 2024, a person may satisfy the requirements in
paragraph (a), (b), or (c) by having immediately available a valid
course completion certificate from an appropriate Coast Guard-approved
or accepted radar course that was issued within the previous 5 years.
Sec. 15.816 Automatic radar plotting aids (ARPA).
Every person in the required complement of deck officers, including
the Master, on seagoing vessels equipped with automatic radar plotting
aids (ARPA), except those vessels listed in Sec. 15.105(f) and (g),
must hold an appropriate STCW endorsement valid for vessels equipped
with ARPA.
Sec. 15.817 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Radio
Operator.
Every person in the required complement of deck officers, including
the Master, on seagoing vessels equipped with a GMDSS, except those
vessels listed in Sec. 15.105(f) and (g), must provide evidence of a
valid STCW endorsement as GMDSS Radio Operator.
Sec. 15.818 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) At-sea
Maintainer.
Every person employed or engaged to maintain GMDSS equipment at
sea, when the service of a person so designated is used to meet the
maintenance requirements of SOLAS Regulation IV/15 (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 15.103), must provide documentary evidence that
they are competent to maintain GMDSS equipment at sea.
Sec. 15.820 Chief Engineer.
(a) There must be an individual holding an MMC or License endorsed
as Chief Engineer or other credential authorizing service as Chief
Engineer employed onboard the following mechanically propelled
inspected vessels:
(1) Seagoing or Great Lakes vessels of 200 GRT and over;
(2) Offshore supply vessels of more than 200 GRT;
(3) Inland (other than Great Lakes) vessels of 300 GRT or more, if
the OCMI determines that an individual with a license or the
appropriate MMC officer endorsement responsible for the vessel's
mechanical propulsion is necessary.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the individual meeting the
requirement of this section must also hold an STCW endorsement as Chief
Engineer with the appropriate propulsion power for the vessel upon
which they are operating, except as noted in Sec. 15.105(g) for
vessels on domestic near-coastal voyages.
(c) An individual engaged or employed to perform the duties of
Chief Engineer on a mechanically propelled, uninspected, seagoing,
documented vessel of 200 GRT or more must hold an appropriately
endorsed License or MMC authorizing service as a Chief Engineer.
Sec. 15.825 Engineers.
(a) An individual in charge of an engineering watch on a
mechanically propelled, seagoing, documented vessel of 200 GRT or more,
other than an individual described in Sec. 15.820, must hold an
appropriately endorsed License or MMC authorizing service as an
Assistant Engineer.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the individual meeting the
requirement of this section must also hold an STCW endorsement as
Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch with the appropriate
propulsion power for the vessel upon which they are operating, except
as noted in Sec. 15.105(g) for vessels on domestic near-coastal
voyages.
(c) An offshore supply vessel of at least 6,000 GT ITC (500 GRT if
GT ITC is not assigned) as defined in Sec. 125.160 of this chapter,
for which the Coast Guard has accepted the use of automated systems to
replace specific personnel pursuant to subpart 62.50 of this chapter,
must carry at least one credentialed Assistant Engineer, in addition to
the individual described in Sec. 15.820.
(d) The OCMI determines the minimum number of credentialed
engineers required for the safe operation of inspected vessels.
Sec. 15.830 Radio Officers.
Radio Officers are required on certain merchant vessels of the
United States. The determination of when a Radio Officer is required is
based on the Federal Communications Commission requirements as found in
47 CFR parts 13 and 80.
Sec. 15.835 Staff officers.
Staff officers, when carried, must be registered as specified in
part 11 of this subchapter.
Sec. 15.840 Able Seafarers.
(a) With certain exceptions, 46 U.S.C. 8702 applies to all vessels
of at least 100 GRT. At least 65 percent of the deck crew of these
vessels, excluding individuals serving as officers, must be Able
Seafarers. For vessels permitted to maintain a two-watch system, the
percentage of Able Seafarers may be reduced to 50 percent.
(b) Able Seafarers are rated as: Unlimited, Limited, Special, OSV,
Sail, and Fishing Industry, under the provisions of part 12 of this
subchapter. 46 U.S.C. 7312 specifies the categories of Able Seafarers
(i.e., Unlimited, Limited, etc.) necessary to meet the requirements of
46 U.S.C. 8702.
(c) On vessels subject to STCW, the individual meeting the
requirement of this section must also hold an STCW endorsement as
Rating Forming Part of a Navigational Watch (RFPNW) or Able Seafarer-
Deck (according to Sec. 15.404(a) and (b)), except as noted in Sec.
15.105 (g) for vessels on domestic near-coastal voyages.
(d) It is the responsibility of the Master or Person in Charge
(PIC) to ensure that the Able Seafarers in the service of the vessel
meet the requirements of 46 U.S.C. 7312 and 8702.
Sec. 15.845 Lifeboat Operators.
(a) The number of Lifeboat Operators required for a vessel is
specified in part 199 of this chapter; however, on vessels not equipped
with lifeboats, a Lifeboat Operator may be replaced by a Lifeboat
Operator-Limited.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the individual meeting the
requirement of this section must also hold an STCW endorsement for
Proficiency in Survival Craft, except as noted in Sec. 15.105 (g) for
vessels on domestic near-coastal voyages.
Sec. 15.850 Lookouts.
(a) The requirements for the maintenance of a proper lookout are
specified in Rule 5 of the International Regulations for Preventing
Collisions at Sea, 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1602(c)), and Rule 5 of the Inland
Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (33 CFR part 83). Lookout is a function
to be performed by a member of a navigational watch.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, the individual meeting the
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this section must also hold at least an STCW deck endorsement as Rating
Forming Part of a Navigational Watch (RFPNW), except as noted in Sec.
15.105(g) for vessels on domestic near-coastal voyages.
Sec. 15.855 Cabin watchmen and fire patrolmen.
(a) On vessels carrying passengers at night, the Master or Person
in Charge must ensure that a suitable number of watchmen are in the
vicinity of the cabins or staterooms and on each deck, to guard against
and give alarm in case of fire or other danger.
(b) On a fish processing vessel of more than 100 GRT, there must be
a suitable number of watchmen trained in firefighting onboard when hot
work is being done, to guard against and give alarm in case of a fire.
(c) For the watchmen described in paragraph (a) of this section,
the owner or operator of an uninspected passenger vessel not more than
300 GRT may substitute the use of fire detectors, heat detectors, smoke
detectors, and high-water alarms with audible- and visual-warning
indicators, in addition to other required safety alarms, only when each
of the following conditions are met:
(1) Fire detectors are located in each space containing machinery
or fuel tanks per Sec. 181.400(c) of this chapter.
(2) All grills, broilers, and deep-fat fryers are fitted with a
grease extraction hood per Sec. 181.425 of this chapter.
(3) Heat and/or smoke detectors are located in each galley, public
accommodation space, enclosed passageway, berthing space, and all crew
spaces.
(4) High-water alarms are located in each space with a through hull
fitting below the deepest load waterline, a machinery space bilge,
bilge well, shaft alley bilge, or other space subject to flooding from
sea water piping within the space, and a space below the waterline with
non-watertight closure such as a space with a non-watertight hatch on
the main deck.
(5) Each alarm has an audible- and visual-alarm indicator located
at the normal operating station and, if the normal operating position
is not continually manned and not navigating underway, in an alternate
location that must provide the crew, and may at all times provide the
passengers, immediate warning of a hazardous condition.
(6) The vessel is underway for no more than 12 hours in any 24-hour
period, and the Master of the vessel has chosen to operate with less
than a three-watch system in accordance with Sec. 15.705.
Sec. 15.860 Tank vessel endorsements.
(a) The OCMI enters on the COI issued to each manned tank vessel
subject to the regulations in this chapter the number of crewmembers
required to hold valid MMCs with the proper tank vessel endorsement.
Table 1 to Sec. 15.860(a) of this section provides the minimum
requirements for manned tank vessels. Table 2 to Sec. 15.860(a) of
this section provides the tank vessel endorsements required for
personnel aboard tankships.
Table 1 to Sec. 15.860(a)--Minimum Requirements for Manned Tank Vessels
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Tank Vessel-
Tank vessels Tank vessel- Tank Vessel- Tank Vessel- PIC or tank
PIC assistant engineer barge-PIC
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Tankship Certified for Voyages Beyond Boundary
Line:
Over 5,000 GRT.............................. 2 3 2
5,000 GRT or less........................... 2 .............. \1\ 2
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Tankship Not Certified for Voyages Beyond \2\ 2
Boundary Line..................................
Tank Barge.............................. .............. .............. .............. \2\ 2
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\1\ If only one engineer is required, then only one Tank Vessel-Engineer is required.
\2\ If the total crew complement is one or two persons, then only one Tank Vessel-PIC is required.
\3\ If the total crew complement is one or two persons, then only one Tank Vessel-PIC or Tank Barge-PIC is
required.
Table 2 to Sec. 15.860(a)--Tank Vessel Endorsements Required for Personnel Aboard Tankships
[Endorsement for the classification of the bulk liquid cargo or residues carried]
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Tank vessel- Tank vessel-
Tankship certified for voyages beyond boundary line Tank vessel-PIC engineer assistant
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Master............................................... X
Chief Mate........................................... X
Chief Engineer....................................... X or X
First Assistant Engineer............................. X or X
Cargo Engineer....................................... X or X
Credentialed officer Acting as PIC of Transfer of X
Liquid Cargo in Bulk................................
Credentialed Officer or Crewmember Not Directly ............... ...... ............... X
Supervised by PIC...................................
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(b) For each tankship of more than 5,000 GRT certified for voyages
beyond the boundary line as described in part 7 of this chapter--
(1) At least two Tank Vessel-PICs or Restricted Tank Vessel-PICs
must be carried;
(2) At least three Tank Vessel-Assistants must be carried; and
(3) At least two Tank Vessel-Engineers must be carried.
(c) For each tankship of 5,000 GRT or less certified for voyages
beyond the boundary line, as described in part 7 of this chapter
(1) At least two Tank Vessel-PICs or Restricted Tank Vessel-PICs
must be carried; and
(2) At least two Tank Vessel-Engineers must be carried, unless only
one engineer is required, in which case at least one Tank Vessel-
Engineer must be carried.
(d) For each tankship not certified for voyages beyond the boundary
line, as described in part 7 of this chapter, if the total crew
complement is--
(1) One or two, at least one Tank Vessel-PIC or Restricted Tank
Vessel-PIC must be carried; or
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(2) More than two, at least two Tank Vessel-PICs or Restricted Tank
Vessel-PICs must be carried.
(e) For each Tank Barge-PIC manned under Sec. 31.15-5 of this
chapter, if the total crew complement is--
(1) One or two, at least one Tank Vessel-PIC, restricted Tank
Vessel-PIC, Tank Barge-PIC, or Restricted Tank Barge-PIC must be
carried; or
(2) More than two, at least two Tank Vessel-PICs, Restricted Tank
Vessel-PICs, Tank Barge-PICs, or Restricted Tank Barge-PICs must be
carried.
(f) The following personnel aboard each tankship certified for
voyages beyond the boundary line, as described in part 7 of this
chapter, must hold valid MMCs, endorsed as follows:
(1) The Master and Chief Mate must each hold a Tank Vessel-PIC or
Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement.
(2) The Chief, First Assistant, and cargo engineers must each hold
a Tank Vessel-Engineer or Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement.
(3) Each credentialed officer acting as the PIC of a transfer of
liquid cargo in bulk must hold a Tank Vessel-PIC or Restricted Tank
Vessel-PIC endorsement.
(4) Each officer or crewmember who is assigned by the PIC duties
and responsibilities related to the cargo or cargo-handling equipment
during a transfer of liquid cargo in bulk, but is not directly
supervised by the PIC, must hold a Tank Vessel-Assistant endorsement.
(g) The endorsements required by this section must be for the
classification of the liquid cargo in bulk or of the cargo residue
being carried.
(h) All individuals serving on tankships certified for voyages
beyond the boundary line, as described in part 7 of this chapter, must
hold an appropriate STCW endorsement, as follows:
(1) For Tank Vessel-PIC, an STCW endorsement as Advanced Oil Tanker
Cargo Operations, Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations, or
Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations, as appropriate.
(2) For Tank Vessel-Assistant, an STCW endorsement as Basic Oil and
Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations, or Basic Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo
Operations, as appropriate.
(3) For a Tank Barge-PIC, an STCW endorsement as Advanced Oil
Tanker Cargo Operations, Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations, or
Advanced Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations, as appropriate,
including endorsements with a limitation for non-self-propelled
vessels.
(4) For a Tank Vessel-Engineer, an STCW endorsement as Advanced Oil
Tanker Cargo Operations, or Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations,
as appropriate, including endorsements with a limitation to maintenance
and repair of cargo equipment.
Sec. 15.865 Qualified Member of the Engine Department.
(a) Every person serving under the authority of a rating
endorsement as Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED) on any
United States vessel requiring QMED must hold an endorsement as QMED.
(b) On vessels subject to STCW, certain seafarers meeting the
requirement of this section must also hold either an STCW endorsement
as Able Seafarer-Engine or Rating Forming Part of an Engineering Watch
(RFPEW) or designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned
engineroom (according to Sec. 15.404(c) and (d)), except as noted in
Sec. 15.105(g) for vessels on domestic near-coastal voyages.
Subpart I--Equivalents
Sec. 15.901 Inspected vessels of less than 100 GRT.
(a) An individual holding a License or MMC endorsed as Mate or
Pilot of inspected, self-propelled vessels of 200 GRT or more is
authorized to serve as Master on inspected vessels of less than 100 GRT
within any restrictions on the individual's License or MMC, without
further endorsement.
(b) An individual holding a License or MMC endorsed as Master or
Mate of inspected self-propelled vessels is authorized to serve as
Master or Mate, respectively, of non-self-propelled vessels other than
sail vessels, within any restrictions on the individual's License or
MMC, without further endorsement.
(c) An individual holding a License or MMC endorsed as Master or
Mate of inspected sail vessels is authorized to serve as Master or
Mate, respectively, of other non-self-propelled vessels, within any
restrictions on the individual's License or MMC, without further
endorsement.
(d) An individual holding a License or MMC endorsed as Master or
Mate of inspected auxiliary sail vessels, is authorized to serve as
Master or Mate, respectively, of self-propelled and non-self-propelled
vessels, within any restrictions on the individual's License or MMC,
without further endorsement.
Sec. 15.905 Uninspected passenger vessels.
(a) An individual holding a License or MMC endorsed as Master or
Pilot of an inspected self-propelled vessel is authorized to serve as
operator of an uninspected passenger vessel of less than 100 GRT within
any restrictions, other than tonnage limitations, on the individual's
License or MMC.
(b) An individual holding a License or MMC endorsed as a Master or
Pilot of an inspected self-propelled vessel is authorized to serve as
Master, as required by 46 CFR 15.805(a)(6), of an uninspected passenger
vessel of 100 GRT or more within any restrictions, including gross
tonnage and route, on the individual's License or MMC.
(c) An individual holding a License or MMC endorsed as Mate of an
inspected self-propelled vessel (other than Great Lakes, inland, or
river vessels of less than 200 GRT) is authorized to serve as Operator
of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) of less than 100 GRT within any
restrictions, other than tonnage limitations, on the individual's
License or MMC.
Sec. 15.910 Towing vessels.
No person may serve as a Master or Mate (Pilot) of any towing
vessel without meeting the requirements of Sec. 15.805(a)(5) or
15.810(d).
Sec. 15.915 Engineer officer endorsements.
The following Licenses and MMC officer endorsements authorize the
holder to serve as noted, within any restrictions on the License or
MMC, and as provided by Sec. 15.401:
(a) A Designated Duty Engineer (DDE) License or endorsement
authorizes service as Chief or Assistant Engineer on vessels of less
than 500 GT in the following manners:
(1) A DDE limited to vessels of less than 1,000 horsepower or less
than 4,000 horsepower may serve only on near-coastal, Great Lakes, or
inland waters.
(2) A DDE with no horsepower limitations may serve on any waters.
(3) When serving on a vessel to which STCW applies, the appropriate
STCW endorsement must also be held.
(b) A Chief Engineer-Limited License or endorsement authorizes
service as Chief or Assistant Engineer on vessels of any gross tons on
inland waters and of less than 1,600 GRT on ocean, near-coastal, or
Great Lakes waters.
(c) An Assistant Engineer-Limited License or endorsement authorizes
service on vessels of any gross tons on inland waters and of less than
1,600 GRT on ocean, near-coastal, or Great Lakes waters.
Subpart J--Vessels in Foreign Trade
Sec. 15.1001 General.
Self-propelled vessels engaged in foreign commerce are required to
use a
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Pilot holding a valid MMC or License with appropriate endorsement as a
First-Class Pilot when operating in the navigable waters of the United
States specified in this subpart.
Sec. 15.1010 California.
The following offshore marine oil terminals located within U.S.
navigable waters of the State of California:
(a) Carlsbad, CA. The waters including the San Diego Gas and
Electric, Encina Power Plant, lying within an area bounded by a line
beginning at latitude 33[deg]10'06'' N, longitude 117[deg]21'42'' W,
thence southwesterly to latitude 33[deg]08'54'' N, longitude
117[deg]24'36'' W, thence southwesterly to latitude 33[deg]04'30'' N,
longitude 117[deg]21'42'' W, thence northeasterly to latitude
33[deg]05'36'' N, longitude 117[deg]18'54'' W, thence northwesterly
along the shoreline to latitude 33[deg]10'06'' N, longitude
117[deg]21'42'' W.
(b) Huntington Beach, CA. The waters including the Golden West
Refining Company, Huntington Beach Marine Terminal, lying within an
area bounded by a line beginning at latitude 33[deg]39'06'' N,
longitude 118[deg]00'0'' W, thence westerly to latitude 33[deg]39'18''
N, longitude 118[deg]05'12'' W, thence southeasterly along a line drawn
three nautical miles from the baseline to latitude 33[deg]35'30'' N,
longitude 118[deg]00'00'' W, thence easterly to latitude 33[deg]35'30''
N, longitude 117[deg]52'30'' W, thence northwesterly along the
shoreline to latitude 33[deg]39'06'' N, longitude 118[deg]00'00'' W.
(c) El Segundo, CA. The waters including the Chevron USA, El
Segundo Marine Terminal, lying within an area bounded by a line
beginning at latitude 33[deg]56'18'' N, longitude 118[deg]26'18'' W,
thence westerly to latitude 33[deg]56'18'' N, longitude 118[deg]30'48''
W, thence southeasterly along a line drawn three nautical miles from
the baseline to latitude 33[deg]51'48'' N, longitude 118[deg]27'54'' W,
thence easterly to latitude 33[deg]51'48'' N, longitude 118[deg]24'00''
W, thence northwesterly along the shoreline to latitude 33[deg]56'18''
N, longitude 118[deg]26'18'' W.
(d) Oxnard, CA. The waters including the Southern California Edison
Company, Mandalay Generating Station, lying within an area bounded by a
line beginning at latitude 34[deg]14'12'' N, longitude 119[deg]16'00''
W, thence westerly to latitude 34[deg]14'12'' N, longitude
119[deg]19'36'' W, thence southeasterly along a line drawn three
nautical miles from the baseline to latitude 34[deg]09'24'' N,
longitude 119[deg]17'20'' W, thence easterly to latitude 34[deg]09'24''
N, longitude 119[deg]13'24'' W, thence northwesterly along the
shoreline to latitude 34[deg]14'24'' N, longitude 119[deg]16'00'' W.
(e) Goleta, CA. The waters including the ARCO, Ellwood Marine
Terminal, lying within an area bounded by a line beginning at latitude
34[deg]26'12'' N, longitude 119[deg]57'00'' W, thence southerly to
latitude 34[deg]22'48'' N, longitude 119[deg]57'00'' W, thence
southeasterly along a line drawn three nautical miles from the baseline
to latitude 34[deg]21'06'' N, longitude 119[deg]50'30.5'' W, thence
northerly to latitude 34[deg]24'18'' N, longitude 119[deg]50'30'' W,
thence northwesterly along the shoreline to latitude 34[deg]26'12'' N,
longitude 119[deg]57'00'' W.
(f) Gaviota, CA. The waters including the Texaco Trading and
Transportation, Gaviota Marine Terminal, lying within an area bounded
by a line beginning at latitude 34[deg]28'06'' N, longitude
120[deg]16'00'' W, thence southerly to latitude 34[deg]25'06'' N,
longitude 120[deg]16'00'' W, thence easterly along a line drawn three
nautical miles from the baseline to latitude 34[deg]25'24'' N,
longitude 120[deg]08'30'' W, thence northerly to latitude
34[deg]28'24'' N, longitude 120[deg]08'30'' W, thence westerly along
the shoreline to latitude 34[deg]28'06'' N, longitude 120[deg]16'00''
W.
(g) Moss Landing, CA. The waters including the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company Power Plant, lying within an area bounded by a line
beginning at latitude 36[deg]49'00'' N, longitude 121[deg]47'42'' W,
thence westerly to latitude 36[deg]49'00'' N, longitude 121[deg]51'00''
W, thence southerly to latitude 36[deg]47'00'' N, longitude
121[deg]51'00'' W thence easterly to latitude 36[deg]47'00'' N,
longitude 121[deg]47'54'' W, thence northerly along the shoreline to
latitude 36[deg]49'00'' N, longitude 121[deg]47'42'' W.
(h) Estero Bay, CA. The waters including various moorings,
including the Pacific Gas and Electric Company mooring and the two
Chevron Oil Company Terminals lying within an area bounded by a line
beginning at latitude 36[deg]25'00'' N, longitude 120[deg]52'30'' W,
thence westerly to latitude 36[deg]25'00'' N, longitude 120[deg]56'00''
W, thence southerly to latitude 36[deg]22'00'' N, longitude
120[deg]56'00'' W, thence easterly to latitude 36[deg]22'00'' N,
longitude 120[deg]52'12'' W, thence northerly along the shoreline to
latitude 36[deg]25'00'' N, longitude 120[deg]52'30'' W.
(i) San Luis Obispo Bay, CA. The waters including the Unocal
Corporation Avila Terminal and the approaches thereto, lying in an area
bounded by a line beginning at latitude 35[deg]09'42'' N, longitude
120[deg]46'00'' W, thence southerly to latitude 35[deg]07'00'' N,
longitude 120[deg]46'00'' W, thence easterly to latitude 35[deg]07'00''
N, longitude 120[deg]43'00'' W, thence northerly to latitude
35[deg]10'24'' N, longitude 120[deg]43'00'' W, thence westerly along
the shoreline to latitude 35[deg]09'42'' N, longitude 120[deg]46'00''
W.
Sec. 15.1020 Hawaii.
The following offshore marine oil terminals located within U.S.
navigable waters of the State of Hawaii: Barbers Point, Island of Oahu.
The waters including the Hawaiian Independent Refinery, Inc. and the
Chevron moorings lying within an area bounded by a line bearing 180
degrees true from Barbers Point Light to latitude 21[deg]14.8'N,
longitude 158[deg]06.4'W, thence easterly to latitude 21[deg]14.8'N,
longitude 158[deg]03.3'W, thence northeasterly to latitude
21[deg]15.6'N, longitude 158[deg]01.1'W, thence northwesterly to
latitude 21[deg]18.5'N, longitude 158[deg]02.0'W, thence westerly along
the shoreline to latitude 21[deg]17.8'N, longitude 158[deg]06.4'W.
Sec. 15.1030 New York and New Jersey.
The following U.S. navigable waters located within the States of
New York and New Jersey when the vessel is making an intra-port
transit, to include, but not limited to, a movement from a dock to a
dock, from a dock to an anchorage, from an anchorage to a dock, or from
an anchorage to an anchorage, within the following listed operating
areas:
(a) East River from Execution Rocks to New York Harbor, Upper Bay;
(b) Hudson River from Yonkers, New York to New York Harbor, Upper
Bay;
(c) Raritan River from Grossman Dock/Arsenal to New York Harbor,
Lower Bay;
(d) Arthur Kill Channel;
(e) Kill Van Kull Channel;
(f) Newark Bay;
(g) Passaic River from Point No Point to Newark Bay;
(h) Hackensack River from the turning basin to Newark Bay; and
(i) New York Harbor, Upper and Lower Bay.
Note to Sec. 15.1030: ``Intra-port transit'' as used in this
section includes the movement of a foreign-trade vessel inbound from
sea from the point where a State-licensed Pilot ceases providing
pilotage to another point within the identified areas (i.e., a dock or
anchorage). Likewise, intra-port transit also includes the movement of
a foreign-trade vessel outbound to sea from a point within the
identified areas (i.e., a dock or anchorage) to the point where a
State-licensed Pilot begins providing pilotage.
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Sec. 15.1040 Massachusetts.
The following U.S. navigable waters located within the State of
Massachusetts when the vessel is in transit, but not bound to or
departing from a port within the following listed operating areas:
(a) Cape Cod Bay south of latitude 41[deg]48'54'' N;
(b) The Cape Cod Canal; and
(c) Buzzards Bay east of a line extending from the southernmost
point of Wilbur Point (latitude 41[deg]34'55'' N longitude
70[deg]51'15'' W) to the easternmost point of Pasque Island (latitude
41[deg]26'55'' N longitude 70[deg]50'30'' W).
Sec. 15.1050 North Carolina.
(a) The following navigable waters of the United States within the
State of North Carolina when the vessel is maneuvering while berthing
or unberthing, is approaching or passing through a bridge, or is making
any intra-port transit, which transit may include but is not limited to
movement from a dock to a dock, from a dock to an anchorage, from an
anchorage to a dock, or from an anchorage to an anchorage, within
either of the following areas:
(1) The waters of the Cape Fear River from the boundary line
established by 46 CFR 7.60 to Latitude 34[deg]16.5' N.
(2) The waters of the Northeast Cape Fear River from its confluence
with the Cape Fear River at Point Peter to Latitude 34[deg]17' N.
(b) This subpart does not apply to any vessel on the waters
specified in paragraph (a) of this section if the laws of the State of
North Carolina require a State-licensed Pilot on the vessel.
Subpart K--Vessels Subject to Requirements of STCW
Sec. 15.1101 General.
(a) Except as noted in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section,
the regulations in this subpart apply to seagoing vessels as defined in
Sec. 10.107 of this subchapter.
(1) The following vessels are exempt from application of the STCW
Convention:
(i) Fishing vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(11)(a).
(ii) Fishing vessels used as fish-tender vessels as defined in 46
U.S.C. 2101(11)(c).
(iii) Barges as defined in 46 U.S.C. 102, including non-self-
propelled MODUs.
(iv) Vessels operating exclusively on the Great Lakes or on the
inland waters of the U.S., in the Straits of Juan de Fuca, or on the
Inside Passage between Puget Sound and Cape Spencer.
(v) Pilot vessels engaged on pilotage duty.
(2) The following small vessels engaged exclusively on domestic,
near-coastal voyages are not subject to any obligation for the purposes
of the STCW Convention:
(i) Small passenger vessels subject to subchapter T or K of this
chapter.
(ii) Vessels of less than 200 GRT (other than passenger vessels
subject to subchapter H of this chapter).
(iii) Uninspected passenger vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C.
2101(42)(B).
(b) Masters, Mates, and engineers serving on vessels identified in
paragraphs (a)(2)(i) and (ii) of this section may be issued, without
additional proof of qualification, an appropriate STCW endorsement when
the Coast Guard determines that such a document is necessary to enable
the vessel to engage on a single international voyage of a non-routine
nature. The STCW endorsement will be expressly limited to service on
the vessel or the class of vessels and will not establish qualification
for any other purpose.
Sec. 15.1103 Employment and service within the restrictions of an
STCW endorsement or of a certificate of training.
(a) Onboard a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more, driven by main
propulsion machinery of 1,000 HP/750 kW propulsion power or more or on
an international voyage beyond the boundary line as described in part 7
of this chapter, no person may employ or engage any person to serve,
and no person may serve, in a position requiring a person to hold an
STCW endorsement, including Master, Chief Mate, Chief Engineer Officer,
Second Engineer Officer, Officer of the Navigational or Engineering
Watch, or GMDSS Radio Operator, unless the person serving holds an
appropriate, valid STCW endorsement issued in accordance with part 11
of this subchapter.
(b) Onboard a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more, no person may
employ or engage any person to serve, and no person may serve, as an
RFPNW, except for training, unless the person serving holds an
appropriate, valid STCW endorsement issued in accordance with part 12
of this subchapter.
(c) As of January 1, 2017, onboard a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or
more, no person may employ or engage any person to serve, and no person
may serve, as an Able Seafarer-Deck, except for training, unless the
person serving holds an appropriate, valid STCW endorsement issued in
accordance with part 12 of this subchapter.
(d) Onboard a seagoing vessel driven by main propulsion machinery
of 1,000 HP/750 kW propulsion power or more, no person may employ or
engage any person to serve, and no person may serve as an RFPEW, nor
may any person be designated to perform duties in a periodically
unmanned engineroom, except for training or for the performance of
duties of an unskilled nature, unless the person serving holds an
appropriate, valid STCW endorsement issued in accordance with part 12
of this subchapter.
(e) As of January 1, 2017, onboard a seagoing vessel driven by main
propulsion machinery of 1,000 HP/750 kW propulsion power or more, no
person may employ or engage any person to serve, and no person may
serve as an Able Seafarer-Engine, except for training, unless the
person serving holds an appropriate valid STCW endorsement issued in
accordance with part 12 of this subchapter.
(f) Onboard a passenger ship, as defined by the Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (SOLAS) (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 15.103), on an international voyage, any person
serving as Master, Chief Mate, Mate, Chief Engineer, engineer officer,
or any person holding an MMC and performing duties relating to safety,
cargo handling, or care for passengers, must meet the appropriate
requirements of Regulation V/2 of the STCW Convention (incorporated by
reference, see Sec. 15.103). These individuals must hold documentary
evidence to show they meet these requirements.
(g) Onboard a seagoing vessel required to comply with provisions of
the GMDSS in Chapter IV of SOLAS, no person may employ or engage any
person to serve, and no person may serve, as the person designated to
maintain GMDSS equipment at sea, when the service of a person so
designated is used to meet the maintenance requirements of SOLAS
Regulation IV/15, which allows for capability of at-sea electronic
maintenance to ensure that radio equipment is available for radio
communication, unless the person so serving holds documentary evidence
that they are competent to maintain GMDSS equipment at sea.
(h) Medical certificate. (1) A person may not employ or engage an
individual unless that individual maintains a current medical
certificate.
(2) After January 1, 2017, all persons employed or engaged onboard
vessels to which STCW applies must hold a medical certificate valid for
2 years unless the mariner is under the age of
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18, in which case the maximum period of validity will be 1 year.
(3) If a mariner's medical certificate expires during a voyage, it
will remain valid until the next United States port of call, provided
that the period after expiration does not exceed 90 days.
Sec. 15.1105 Familiarization and Basic Training (BT).
(a) Onboard a seagoing vessel to which this subpart applies, no
person may assign any person to perform shipboard duties, and no person
may perform those duties, unless the person performing them has
received--
(1) Training in personal survival techniques as set out in the
standard of competence under Regulation VI/1 of the STCW Convention
(incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.103); or
(2) Sufficient familiarization training or instruction that they--
(i) Can communicate with other persons onboard about elementary
safety matters and understand informational symbols, signs, and alarm
signals concerning safety;
(ii) Know what to do if a person falls overboard; if fire or smoke
is detected; or if the fire alarm or abandon-ship alarm sounds;
(iii) Can identify stations for muster and embarkation, and
emergency-escape routes;
(iv) Can locate and don life jackets;
(v) Can raise the alarm and knows the use of portable fire
extinguishers;
(vi) Can take immediate action upon encountering an accident or
other medical emergency before seeking further medical assistance
onboard; and
(vii) Can close and open the fire doors, weather-tight doors, and
watertight doors fitted in the vessel other than those for hull
openings.
(b) Onboard a seagoing vessel to which this subpart applies, no
person may assign a shipboard duty or responsibility to any person who
is serving in a position that must be filled as part of the required
crew complement, and no person may perform any such duty or
responsibility, unless they are familiar with it and with all of the
vessel's arrangements, installations, equipment, procedures, and
characteristics relevant to their routine and emergency duties or
responsibilities, in accordance with Regulation I/14 of the STCW
Convention.
(c) Onboard a seagoing vessel to which this subpart applies, no
person may assign a shipboard duty or responsibility to any person who
is serving in a position that must be filled as part of the required
crew complement or who is assigned a responsibility on the muster list,
and no person may perform any such duty or responsibility, unless the
person performing it can produce evidence of having--
(1) Received appropriate approved Basic Training or instruction as
set out in the standards of competence under Regulation VI/1 of the
STCW Convention, with respect to personal survival techniques, fire
prevention and fire-fighting, elementary first aid, and personal safety
and social responsibilities; and
(2) Maintained the standard of competence under Regulation VI/1 of
the STCW Convention, with respect to personal survival techniques, fire
prevention and fire-fighting, elementary first aid, and personal safety
and social responsibilities, every 5 years.
(d) Fish-processing vessels in compliance with the provisions of
part 28 of this chapter on instructions, drills, and safety orientation
are deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this section on
familiarization and Basic Training.
Sec. 15.1107 Maintenance of merchant mariners' records by owner or
operator.
For every credentialed mariner employed on a U.S.-documented
seagoing vessel, the owner or operator must ensure that the following
information is maintained and readily accessible to those in management
positions, including the Master of the vessel, who are responsible for
the safety of the vessel, compliance with laws and regulations, and for
the prevention of marine pollution:
(a) Experience and training relevant to assigned shipboard duties
(i.e., record of training completed, ship-specific familiarization and
of relevant on-the-job experience acquired).
(b) Copies of the mariner's current credentials.
Sec. 15.1109 Watches.
Except those serving on vessels listed in Sec. 15.105(f) and (g),
each Master of a vessel that operates beyond the boundary line, as
described in part 7 of this chapter, must ensure observance of the
principles concerning watchkeeping set out in Regulation VIII/2 of the
STCW Convention and section A-VIII/2 of the STCW Code (both
incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.103).
Sec. 15.1111 Work hours and rest periods.
(a) Every person assigned duty as Officer in Charge of a
Navigational or Engineering Watch, or duty as Ratings Forming Part of a
Navigational or Engineering Watch, or designated safety, prevention of
pollution, and security duties onboard any vessel that operates beyond
the boundary line, as described in part 7 of this chapter, must
receive--
(1) A minimum of 10 hours of rest in any 24-hour period; and
(2) 77 hours of rest in any 7-day period.
(b) The hours of rest required under paragraph (a) of this section
may be divided into no more than two periods in any 24-hour period, one
of which must be at least 6 hours in length, and the interval between
consecutive periods of rest must not exceed 14 hours.
(c) The requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section need
not be maintained in the case of an emergency or drill or in other
overriding operational conditions.
(d) The minimum period of rest required under paragraph (a) of this
section may not be devoted to watchkeeping or other duties.
(e) Watchkeeping personnel remain subject to the work-hour limits
in 46 U.S.C. 8104 and to the conditions under which crewmembers may be
required to work.
(f) The Master must post watch schedules where they are easily
accessible. They must cover each affected person under paragraph (a) of
this section, and must take into account the rest requirements of this
section as well as port rotations and changes in the vessel's
itinerary.
(g) Records of daily hours of rest must be maintained onboard the
vessel. Each affected person under paragraph (a) of this section must
receive a copy of the records pertaining to them, which will be
endorsed by the Master or by a person authorized by the Master and by
the seafarer.
(h) For every seafarer on call, such as when a machinery space is
unattended, the seafarer must have an adequate compensatory rest period
if the normal period of rest is disturbed by call-outs to work.
(i) The Master of the vessel may suspend the schedule of hours of
rest and require a seafarer to perform any hours of work necessary for
the immediate safety of the ship, persons onboard, or cargo, or for the
purpose of giving assistance to other ships or persons in distress at
sea. As soon as practicable after the situation has been restored, the
Master must ensure that any seafarer who has performed work in a
scheduled rest period is provided with an adequate period of rest.
(j) In exceptional circumstances, the Master may authorize
exceptions from the hours of rest required under paragraphs (a) and (b)
of this section provided that:
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(1) The hours of rest provided for in paragraph (a)(1) of this
section may be divided into no more than three periods, one of which
must be at least 6 hours in length, and neither of the other two
periods are permitted to be less than one hour in length.
(i) Exceptions to paragraph (a)(1) of this section must not extend
beyond two 24-hour periods in any 7-day period; and,
(ii) The intervals between consecutive periods of rest must not
exceed 14 hours.
(2) Exceptions to paragraphs (a)(2) and (b) of this section must
not be less than 70 hours of rest in any 7-day period.
(3) Exceptions to paragraph (a)(2) of this section are not allowed
for more than two consecutive weeks, and the intervals between two
periods of exceptions to paragraph (a)(2) must not be less than twice
the duration of the longer exception.
Sec. 15.1113 Security personnel.
(a) Onboard a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or more to which the
International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code applies, all
persons performing duties as Vessel Security Officer (VSO) must hold a
valid endorsement as VSO.
(b) Persons who hold an endorsement as VSO will be deemed to
satisfy the requirements for vessel personnel with designated security
duties in paragraph (c) of this section.
(c) After March 24, 2014, onboard a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or
more to which the ISPS Code applies, all personnel with designated
security duties must hold a valid endorsement as vessel personnel with
designated security duties, or a certificate of course completion or
documentary evidence of onboard training from an appropriate Coast
Guard-accepted or Coast Guard-approved course meeting the requirements
of 33 CFR 104.220.
(d) Persons who hold an endorsement as vessel personnel with
designated security duties, or a certificate of course completion or
documentary evidence of onboard training from an appropriate Coast
Guard-accepted or Coast Guard-approved course for vessel personnel with
designated security duties, will be deemed to satisfy the requirements
for all other vessel personnel in paragraph (e) of this section.
(e) After March 24, 2014, onboard a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or
more to which the ISPS Code applies, all other vessel personnel must
hold a valid endorsement in security awareness, or a certificate of
course completion from an appropriate Coast Guard-accepted or Coast
Guard-approved course, or documentary evidence of onboard training
meeting the requirements of 33 CFR 104.225.
(f) After March 24, 2014, onboard a seagoing vessel of 500 GT or
more to which the ISPS Code applies, all contractors, whether part-
time, full-time, temporary, or permanent, must have knowledge of the
requirements in 33 CFR 104.225, through training or equivalent job
experience. Vessel owners and operators must maintain records
documenting this requirement and produce those records to the Coast
Guard upon request.
PART 16--CHEMICAL TESTING
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174. The authority citation for part 16 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 7101, 7301, and 7701; DHS
Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.
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175. Amend Sec. 16.105 by revising the definitions for the terms
``Credential'' and ``Marine employer'' to read as follows:
Sec. 16.105 Definitions of terms used in this part.
* * * * *
Credential is a term used to refer to any or all of the following:
(1) Merchant Mariner's Document (MMD).
(2) Merchant Mariner's License.
(3) STCW endorsement.
(4) Certificate of Registry (COR).
(5) Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC).
* * * * *
Marine employer means the owner, managing operator, charterer,
agent, Master, or Person in Charge of a vessel, other than a
recreational vessel.
* * * * *
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176. Revise and republish subpart B, consisting of Sec. Sec. 16.201
through 16.260, to read as follows:
Subpart B--Required Chemical Testing
Sec. 16.201 Application.
(a) Chemical testing of personnel must be conducted as required by
this subpart and in accordance with the procedures detailed in 49 CFR
part 40.
(b) If an individual fails a chemical test for dangerous drugs
under this part, the individual will be presumed to be a user of
dangerous drugs.
(c) If an individual holding a credential fails a chemical test for
dangerous drugs, the individual's employer, prospective employer, or
sponsoring organization must report the test results in writing to the
nearest Coast Guard Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI). The
individual must be denied employment as a crewmember or must be removed
from duties which directly affect the safe operation of the vessel as
soon as practicable and is subject to suspension and revocation
proceedings against their credential under part 5 of this chapter.
(d) If an individual who does not hold a credential fails a
chemical test for dangerous drugs, the individual will be denied
employment as a crewmember or removed from duties that directly affect
the safe operation of the vessel, as soon as possible.
(e) An individual who has failed a required chemical test for
dangerous drugs may not be re-employed aboard a vessel until the
requirements of paragraph (f) of this section and part 5 of this
chapter, if applicable, have been satisfied.
(f) Before an individual who has failed a required chemical test
for dangerous drugs may return to work aboard a vessel, the MRO must
determine that the individual is drug-free and the risk of subsequent
use of dangerous drugs by that person is sufficiently low to justify
their return to work. In addition, the individual must agree to be
subject to increased unannounced testing--
(1) For a minimum of six (6) tests in the first year after the
individual returns to work as required in 49 CFR part 40; and
(2) For any additional period as determined by the MRO up to a
total of 60 months.
Sec. 16.203 Employer, MRO, and SAP responsibilities.
(a) Employers. (1) Employers must ensure that they and their
crewmembers meet the requirements of this part.
(2) Employers are responsible for all the actions of their
officials, representatives, and agents in carrying out the requirements
of this part.
(3) All agreements and arrangements, written or unwritten, between
and among employers and service agents concerning the implementation of
DOT drug testing requirements are deemed, as a matter of law, to
require compliance with all applicable provisions of this part and DOT
agency drug testing regulations. Compliance with these provisions is a
material term of all such agreements and arrangements.
(b) Medical Review Officer (MRO). (1) Individuals performing MRO
functions must meet the training requirements and follow the procedures
in 49 CFR part 40.
(2) MROs may report chemical drug test results to the Coast Guard
for unemployed, self-employed, or individual mariners.
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(c) Substance Abuse Professional (SAP). Individuals performing SAP
functions must meet the training requirements and follow the procedures
in 49 CFR part 40.
Sec. 16.205 Implementation of chemical testing programs.
(a) When a vessel owned in the United States is operating in waters
that are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, the
testing requirements of Sec. Sec. 16.210 and 16.230 do not apply to a
citizen of a foreign country engaged or employed as Pilot in accordance
with the laws or customs of that foreign country.
(b) Upon written request of an employer, Commandant (CG-INV) will
review the employer's chemical testing program to determine compliance
with the provisions of this part.
Sec. 16.210 Pre-employment testing requirements.
(a) No marine employer may engage or employ any individual to serve
as a crewmember unless the individual passes a chemical test for
dangerous drugs for that employer.
(b) An employer may waive a pre-employment test required for a job
applicant by paragraph (a) of this section if the individual provides
satisfactory evidence that they have:
(1) Passed a chemical test for dangerous drugs, required by this
part, within the previous six months with no subsequent positive drug
tests during the remainder of the six-month period; or
(2) During the previous 185 days been subject to a random testing
program required by Sec. 16.230 for at least 60 days and did not fail
or refuse to participate in a chemical test for dangerous drugs
required by this part.
Sec. 16.220 Periodic testing requirements.
(a) Except as provided by paragraph (c) of this section and Sec.
10.227(g) of this subchapter, an applicant must pass a chemical test
for dangerous drugs for--
(1) An original issuance of a License, Certificate of Registry
(COR), MMD, or Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC);
(2) The first issuance, raise of grade, or renewal of an officer
endorsement on an MMC;
(3) A raise of grade of a License or COR;
(4) The first endorsement as an Able Seafarer, Lifeboat Operator,
Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED), or a tank vessel
endorsement; or
(5) A reissuance of a credential with a new expiration date. The
applicant must provide the results of the test to the Coast Guard
Regional Examination Center (REC) at the time of submitting an
application. The test results must be completed and dated not more than
185 days before submission of the application.
(b) Unless excepted under paragraph (c) of this section, each Pilot
required by this subchapter to receive an annual physical examination
must pass a chemical test for dangerous drugs as a part of that
examination, and provide the results to the Coast Guard. Applicants
need not submit additional copies of their annual chemical test for
dangerous drugs pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section if the
applicant submitted passing results of a chemical test for dangerous
drugs to the Coast Guard within 12 months of the date of application.
(c) An applicant need not submit evidence of passing a chemical
test for dangerous drugs required by paragraph (a) or (b) of this
section if they provide satisfactory evidence that they have--
(1) Passed a chemical test for dangerous drugs required by this
part within the previous 6 months with no subsequent positive chemical
tests during the remainder of the 6-month period; or
(2) During the previous 185 days been subject to a random testing
program required by Sec. 16.230 for at least 60 days and did not fail
or refuse to participate in a chemical test for dangerous drugs
required by this part.
(d) Except as provided by paragraph (b) of this section, an
applicant is required to provide the results of only one chemical test
for dangerous drugs when multiple transactions are covered by or
requested in a single application.
Sec. 16.230 Random testing requirements.
(a) Marine employers must establish programs for the chemical
testing for dangerous drugs on a random basis of crewmembers on
inspected vessels who:
(1) Occupy a position, or perform the duties and functions of a
position, required by the vessel's Certificate of Inspection;
(2) Perform the duties and functions of patrolmen or watchmen
required by this chapter; or,
(3) Are specifically assigned the duties of warning, mustering,
assembling, assisting, or controlling the movement of passengers during
emergencies.
(b) Marine employers must establish programs for the chemical
testing for dangerous drugs on a random basis of crewmembers on
uninspected vessels who:
(1) Are required by law or regulation to hold a License issued by
the Coast Guard in order to perform their duties on the vessel;
(2) Perform duties and functions directly related to the safe
operation of the vessel;
(3) Perform the duties and functions of patrolmen or watchmen
required by this chapter; or,
(4) Are specifically assigned the duties of warning, mustering,
assembling, assisting, or controlling the movement of passengers during
emergencies.
(c) The selection of crewmembers for random drug testing must be
made by a scientifically valid method, such as a random number table or
a computer-based random number generator that is matched with
crewmembers' Social Security numbers, payroll identification numbers,
or other comparable identifying numbers. Under the testing frequency
and selection process used, each covered crewmember will have an equal
chance of being tested each time selections are made and an employee's
chance of selection will continue to exist throughout their employment.
As an alternative, random selection may be accomplished by periodically
selecting one or more vessels and testing all crewmembers covered by
this section, provided that each vessel subject to the marine
employer's test program remains equally subject to selection.
(d) Marine employers may form or otherwise use sponsoring
organizations, or may use contractors, to conduct the random chemical
testing programs required by this part.
(e) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, the
minimum annual percentage rate for random drug testing must be 50
percent of covered crewmembers.
(f) The annual rate for random drug testing may be adjusted in
accordance with this paragraph.
(1) The Commandant's decision to increase or decrease the minimum
annual percentage rate for random drug testing is based on the reported
random positive rate for the entire industry. All information used for
this determination is drawn from the drug MIS reports required by this
part. In order to ensure reliability of the data, the Commandant
considers the quality and completeness of the reported data, may obtain
additional information or reports from marine employers, and may make
appropriate modifications in calculating the industry random positive
rate. Each year, the Commandant will publish in the Federal Register
the minimum annual percentage rate for random drug testing of covered
crewmembers. The new minimum annual percentage rate for random drug
testing will be
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applicable starting January 1 of the calendar year following
publication.
(2) When the minimum annual percentage rate for random drug testing
is 50 percent, the Commandant may lower this rate to 25 percent of all
covered crewmembers if the Commandant determines that the data received
under the reporting requirements of 46 CFR 16.500 for two consecutive
calendar years indicate that the positive rate is less than 1.0
percent.
(3) When the minimum annual percentage rate for random drug testing
is 25 percent, and the data received under the reporting requirements
of 46 CFR 16.500 for any calendar year indicate that the positive rate
is equal to or greater than 1.0 percent, the Commandant will increase
the minimum annual percentage rate for random drug testing to 50
percent of all covered crewmembers.
(g) Marine employers will randomly select a sufficient number of
covered crewmembers for testing during each calendar year to equal an
annual rate not less than the minimum annual percentage rate for random
drug testing determined by the Commandant. If the marine employer
conducts random drug testing through a consortium, the number of
crewmembers to be tested may be calculated for each individual marine
employer or may be based on the total number of covered crewmembers
covered by the consortium who are subject to random drug testing at the
same minimum annual percentage rate under this part or any DOT drug
testing rule.
(h) Each marine employer must ensure that random drug tests
conducted under this part are unannounced and that the dates for
administering random tests are spread reasonably throughout the
calendar year.
(i) If a given covered crewmember is subject to random drug testing
under the drug testing rules of more than one DOT agency for the same
marine employer, the crewmember will be subject to random drug testing
at the percentage rate established for the calendar year by the DOT
agency regulating more than 50 percent of the crewmember's function.
(j) If a marine employer is required to conduct random drug testing
under the drug testing rules of more than one DOT agency, the marine
employer may--
(1) Establish separate pools for random selection, with each pool
containing the covered crewmembers who are subject to testing at the
same required rate; or
(2) Randomly select such crewmembers for testing at the highest
percentage rate established for the calendar year by any DOT agency to
which the marine employer is subject.
(k) An individual may not be engaged or employed, including self-
employment, on a vessel in a position as Master, operator, or Person in
Charge for which a credential is required by law or regulation unless
all crewmembers covered by this section are subject to the random
testing requirements of this section.
Sec. 16.240 Serious marine incident testing requirements.
The marine employer must ensure that all persons directly involved
in a serious marine incident are chemically tested for evidence of
dangerous drugs and alcohol in accordance with the requirements of
subpart 4.06 of this chapter.
Sec. 16.250 Reasonable cause testing requirements.
(a) The marine employer must require any crewmember engaged or
employed on board a vessel owned in the United States that is required
by law or regulation to engage, employ or be operated by an individual
holding a credential issued under this subchapter, who is reasonably
suspected of using a dangerous drug to be chemically tested for
dangerous drugs.
(b) The marine employer's decision to test must be based on a
reasonable and articulable belief that the individual has used a
dangerous drug based on direct observation of specific, contemporaneous
physical, behavioral, or performance indicators of probable use. Where
practicable, this belief should be based on the observation of the
individual by two persons in supervisory positions.
(c) When the marine employer requires testing of an individual
under the provisions of this section, the individual must be informed
of that fact and directed to provide a urine specimen as soon as
practicable. This fact will be entered in the vessel's official
logbook, if one is required.
(d) If an individual refuses to provide a urine specimen when
directed to do so by the employer under the provisions of this section,
this fact will be entered in the vessel's official logbook, if one is
required.
Sec. 16.260 Records.
(a) Employers must maintain records of chemical tests as provided
in 49 CFR 40.333 and must make these records available to Coast Guard
officials upon request.
(b) The records must be sufficient to:
(1) Satisfy the requirements of Sec. Sec. 16.210(b) and 16.220(c).
(2) Identify the total number of individuals chemically tested
annually for dangerous drugs in each of the categories of testing
required by this part including the annual number of individuals
failing chemical tests and the number and types of drugs for which
individuals tested positive.
PART 30--GENERAL PROVISIONS
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177. The authority citation for part 30 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation No.
00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.
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178. Revise Sec. 30.10-7 to read as follows:
Sec. 30.10-7 Certificated--TB/ALL.
The term certificated when applied to tank vessels refers to a
vessel covered by a certificate of inspection issued by the Coast
Guard; when applied to mariners employed on tank vessels, the term
refers to a certificate of ability issued by the Coast Guard.
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179. Revise Sec. 30.10-71 to read as follows:
Sec. 30.10-71 Tank vessel endorsements--TB/ALL.
The following ratings are established in part 13 of this chapter.
The terms for the ratings identify persons holding valid endorsements
for service in the ratings issued under that part:
(a) Tank Vessel-PIC.
(b) Tank Barge-PIC.
(c) Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC.
(d) Restricted Tank Barge-PIC.
(e) Tank Vessel-Assistant.
(f) Tank Vessel-Engineer.
PART 35--OPERATIONS
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180. The authority citation for part 35 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 6101, 70011,
70034; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; Executive Order 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3
CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Executive Order 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR,
1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.
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181. Revise Sec. 35.01-3 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.01-3 Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part
with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved incorporation by
reference material (IBR) is available for inspection at the Coast Guard
and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact
Coast Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner
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Credentialing (CG-MMC), U.S. Coast Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20593-7509; phone: 202-372-1492;
website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/. For
information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email
[email protected]. The material may be obtained from:
(b) ASTM, International (ASTM), 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West
Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959; phone 610-832-9500; website: https://www.astm.org/contact.
(1) ASTM F1014-92, Standard Specification for Flashlights on
Vessels, 1992;Sec. 35.30-20(c).
(2) ASTM Adjunct F1626, Symbols for Use in Accordance with
Regulation II-2/20 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, PCN 12-616260-01,
1996; Sec. 35.10-3.
(3) ASTM D 93-97, Standard Test Methods for Flash-Point by Pensky-
Martens Closed Cup Tester, 1997; Sec. 35.25-10.
(c) International Maritime Organization (IMO), Publications
Section, 4 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7SR United Kingdom; phone:
+44 (0)20 7735 7611; website: www.imo.org.
(1) Resolution A.654(16), Graphical Symbols for Fire Control Plans,
19 October, 1989; Sec. 35.10-3.
(2) Reserved
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182. Revise Sec. 35.01-5 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.01-5 Sanitary condition and crew quarters--T/ALL.
It is the duty of the Master and Chief Engineer of every tankship
to see that such vessel and crew's quarters are kept in a sanitary
condition.
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183. Revise Sec. 35.01-10 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.01-10 Shipping papers--TB/ALL.
Each loaded tank vessel must have on board a bill of lading,
manifest, or shipping document giving the name of the consignee and the
location of the delivery point, the kind, grades, and approximate
quantity of each kind and grade of cargo, and for whose account the
cargo is being handled. The tank vessel must not be delayed in order to
secure exact quantities of cargo. Such manifests or bills of lading may
be made out by the Master, Master of the towing vessel, owner, or agent
of the owner. In the case of unmanned barges where shipping papers are
not available, an entry in the logbook of the towing vessel giving the
name of the shipper and location of shipping point, the name of the
consignee and location of delivery point, the approximate kind, grade,
and quantity of cargo in each barge of the tow, and for whose account
the cargo is being handled, will be considered as complying with the
requirements of this section.
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184. Amend Sec. 35.01-45 by revising paragraphs (b) through (d) to
read as follows:
Sec. 35.01-45 Open hopper type barges--B/ALL.
* * * * *
(b) All open hopper type barges, while carrying in bulk any of the
cargoes described in paragraph (a) of this section, must be operated in
conformance with the provisions in this section. However, the
provisions in this section are not applicable to such barges when empty
(not necessarily cleaned or gas-freed).
(c)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no such open
hopper type barge must be placed as a lead barge in any tow. Such
barges must be placed in protected positions within the tow so that the
danger from diving or swamping will be minimized. Where, due to
operating conditions, compliance with this paragraph is impossible, the
provisions of paragraph (c)(3) of this section apply. The Person in
Charge of the towing vessels is responsible for compliance with this
paragraph.
(2) No such open hopper type barge may be moved from a loading
facility unless all void spaces and bilges are substantially free of
water. Periodic inspections and necessary pumping must be carried out
to ensure the maintenance of such water-free conditions, in order to
minimize the free surface effect in both the longitudinal and
transverse directions. Except when otherwise considered necessary for
inspection or pumping, all hatch covers and other hull closure devices
for void spaces and hull compartments must be closed and secured at all
times. In the case of unmanned barges, the Person in Charge of the
towing vessel is deemed to be in charge of the barge, and all
requirements to be carried out on the barge will be carried out by or
under the direction of such person.
(3) When an open hopper type barge is in an exposed position, such
that protection from swamping provided by adjoining barges cannot be
obtained from location within the two alone, it is the responsibility
of the Person in Charge of the towing vessel to control speed so as to
ensure protection against diving and swamping of the barge, having due
regard to its design and freeboard, and to the operating conditions.
(d) To show that special operating requirements apply to a specific
open hopper type barge, additional placards or signs must be displayed
in at least four different locations on the barge when the cargoes
described in paragraph (a) of this section are carried in any form in
the cargo tanks. The placards or signs must be posted on the barge
approximately amidships on each side and near the centerline of each
end, facing outboard. Racks, or other suitable means, for mounting such
placards or signs must be so arranged as to provide clear visibility
and shall be protected from becoming readily damaged or obscured. The
placards or signs must be at least equal in dimensions to the DOT
standard tank car ``Dangerous'' placard (10\3/4\ inches square or
larger), and must display a circle (10 inches in diameter or larger)
with alternating quadrants of white and red, and so mounted that the
red quadrants are centered on the vertical axis. The shipper and/or
owner of the barge will be responsible for the installation of the
required placards or signs, including maintenance of them while such
barge is in temporary storage with cargo aboard. The Person in Charge
of the towing vessel is responsible for the continued maintenance of
the placards or signs while such barge is in transit.
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185. Amend Sec. 35.01-50 by revising paragraph (a) introductory text
and paragraphs (c) through (g) to read as follows:
Sec. 35.01-50 Special operating requirements for tank barges carrying
certain dangerous bulk cargoes--B/ALL.
(a) The requirements of this section apply to all tank barges
carrying those cargoes listed on table 30.25-1, of this subchapter,
which are defined as:
* * * * *
(c) When it is necessary to operate box or square-end barges as
lead barges of tows, the Person in Charge of the towing vessel must
control the speed to ensure protection against diving and swamping of
such barges, having due regard to their design and freeboard, and to
the operating conditions.
(d) All barges, while carrying in bulk any of the cargoes described
in paragraph (a) of this section, must be operated in conformance with
the provisions of this section. However, the provisions of this section
are not applicable to such barges when empty and gas-freed.
(e) Barges must not be moved from a loading facility unless all
bilges and void spaces (except those used for ballasting) are
substantially free of water. Periodic inspections and necessary pumping
must be carried out to ensure maintenance of such water-free condition
in order to minimize the
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free surface effects, both in the longitudinal and transverse
directions. Except when otherwise considered necessary for inspection
or pumping, all hatch covers and other hull closure devices for void
spaces and hull compartments other than cargo spaces must be closed and
secured at all times.
(f) During the time the cargo tanks contain dangerous cargoes
described in paragraph (a) of this section in any amount, in the liquid
or gaseous state, the barge must be under constant surveillance.
(1) A strict watch of each unmanned barge in tow must be maintained
from the towing vessel while underway.
(2) A towing vessel engaged in transporting such unmanned barges
must not leave them unattended. When a barge is moored, but not gas
free, it must be under the observation of a watchman who may be a
member of the complement of the towing vessel, or a terminal employee,
or other person. Such person will be responsible for the security of
the barge and for keeping unauthorized persons off the barge.
(g) The owner, operator, Master, or Person in Charge of any barge
carrying dangerous cargoes described in paragraph (a) of this section
must ensure that, while the barge is being towed, and during cargo
transfer operations, the persons as required by Sec. 31.15-5 of this
subchapter and Sec. 35.35-1 are provided.
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186. Amend Sec. 35.01-55 by revising paragraph (a) introductory text,
paragraph (b) introductory text, and paragraph (b)(4) to read as
follows:
Sec. 35.01-55 Pilot boarding operation.
(a) The Master must ensure that pilot boarding equipment is
maintained as follows:
* * * * *
(b) The Master must ensure compliance with the following during
Pilot boarding operations:
* * * * *
(4) Rigging of the equipment and embarkation/debarkation of a Pilot
must be supervised in person by a deck officer.
* * * * *
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187. Revise Sec. 35.01-60 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.01-60 Person excluded.
Masters and Pilots must exclude from the pilothouse and navigation
bridge, while underway, all persons not connected with the navigation
of the vessel. However, licensed officers of vessels, persons regularly
engaged in training, regulating, evaluating, or learning the profession
of Pilot, officials of the United States Coast Guard, United States
Navy, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Army Corps
of Engineers, Maritime Administration, and National Transportation
Safety Board may be allowed in the pilothouse or upon the navigation
bridge upon the responsibility of the Master or Pilot.
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188. Revise Sec. 35.05-1 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.05-1 Officers and crews of tankships--T/ALL.
No tankship of the United States may be navigated unless it has in
its service and on board such complement of officers and crew,
including Lifeboat Operators and those who hold the proper tank vessel
endorsements where required by the regulations in this subchapter,
separately stated, as called for in its certificate of inspection.
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189. Amend Sec. 35.05-15 by revising paragraph (a) and paragraph
(b)(1) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 35.05-15 Tank vessel security--TB/ALL.
(a) Manned tank vessel. At least one member of the crew of a manned
tank vessel must be on board at all times except when the vessel is gas
free or is moored at a dock or terminal at which watchman service is
provided.
(b) * * *
(1) The owner, managing operator, Master, and Person in Charge of a
vessel towing a tank barge that need not be manned, and each of them is
responsible for monitoring the security and integrity of the tank barge
and for ensuring adherence to proper safety precautions. These
responsibilities include, but are not limited to--
* * * * *
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190. Revise Sec. 35.07-1 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.07-1 Application--TB/ALL.
Except as specifically noted, the provisions of this subpart apply
to all tank vessels.
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191. Revise Sec. 35.07-5 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.07-5 Logbooks and records--TB/ALL.
(a) The Master or Person in Charge of a vessel that is required by
46 U.S.C. 11301 to have an official logbook must maintain the logbook
on form CG-706. The official logbook is available free to Masters of
U.S.-flagged vessels from the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, as
form CG-706B or CG-706C, depending on the number of persons employed in
the crew. When the voyage is completed, the Master or Person in Charge
must file the logbook with the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection.
(b) The Master or Person in Charge of a vessel that is not required
by 46 U.S.C. 11301 to have an official logbook, must maintain, on
board, an unofficial logbook or record in any form desired for the
purposes of making entries therein as required by law or regulations in
this subchapter. Such logs or records are not filed with the Officer in
Charge, Marine Inspection, but must be kept available for review by a
marine inspector for a period of 1 year after the date to which the
records refer. Separate records of tests and inspections of
firefighting equipment must be maintained with the vessel's logs for
the period of validity of the vessel's certificate of inspection.
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192. Revise Sec. 35.10-15 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.10-15 Emergency lighting and power systems--T/ALL.
(a) Where fitted, it is the duty of the Master to see that the
emergency lighting and power systems are tested and inspected at least
once in each week that the vessel is navigated to be assured that the
system is in proper operating condition.
(b) Internal combustion engine driven emergency generators must be
tested under load for at least 2 hours, at least once in each month
that the vessel is navigated.
(c) Storage batteries for emergency lighting and power systems must
be tested at least once in each 6-month period that the vessel is
navigated to demonstrate the ability of the storage battery to supply
the emergency loads for the period of time specified in table 112.05-
5(a) of this subchapter.
(d) The date of the tests required by this section and the
condition and performance of the apparatus must be noted in the
vessel's official logbook or in logs or records considered to take the
place of the official logbook.
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193. Revise Sec. 35.20-5 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.20-5 Draft of tankships--T/OC.
The Master of every tankship must, whenever leaving port, enter the
maximum draft of the vessel in the logbook.
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194. Amend Sec. 35.20-7 by revising paragraphs (a) and (c) to read as
follows:
Sec. 35.20-7 Verification of vessel compliance with applicable
stability requirements--TB/ALL.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, after
loading and prior to departure and at all other times necessary to
assure the safety of the vessel, the Master or Person in Charge must
determine that the vessel complies
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with all applicable stability requirements in the vessel's trim and
stability book, stability letter, Certificate of Inspection, and Load
Line Certificate, as the case may be. The vessel may not depart until
it is in compliance with these requirements.
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(c) If a logbook is required by Sec. 35.07-5, then the Master or
Person in Charge must enter an attestation statement verifying that the
vessel complies with the applicable stability requirements at the times
specified in paragraph (a) and any stability calculations made in
support of the determination must be retained on board the vessel for
the duration of the voyage.
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195. Revise Sec. 35.20-20 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.20-20 Master's and officer's responsibility--TB/ALL.
Nothing in this part exonerates any Master or officer in command
from the consequences of any neglect to keep a proper lookout or the
neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary
practice of seafarers or by the special circumstances of the case.
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196. Revise Sec. 35.25-1 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.25-1 Examination of boilers and machinery by engineer--T/ALL.
It is the duty of an engineer when assuming charge of the boilers
to examine the same forthwith and thoroughly. If any part thereof is
found in bad condition, the engineer must immediately report the facts
to the Master, owner, or agent, and to the nearest Officer in Charge,
Marine Inspection.
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197. Revise Sec. 35.25-5 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.25-5 Repairs of boilers and unfired pressure vessels and
reports of repairs or accidents by Chief Engineer--TB/ALL.
(a) Before making any repairs to boilers or unfired pressure
vessels, the Chief Engineer must submit a report covering the nature of
the repairs to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, at or nearest
to the port where the repairs are to be made.
(b) In the event of an accident to a boiler, unfired pressure
vessel, or machinery tending to render the further use of the item
itself unsafe until repairs are made, or if by ordinary wear such items
become unsafe, a report must be made by the Chief Engineer immediately
to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, or, if at sea, immediately
upon arrival at port.
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198. Revise Sec. 35.25-10 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.25-10 Requirements for fuel oil--T/ALL.
(a) Oil to be used as fuel to be burned under boilers on tankships
must have a flashpoint of not less than 140 [deg]F. (Pensky-Martens
Closed Cup Method, ASTM D 93) (incorporated by reference, see Sec.
35.01-3).
(b) It is the duty of the Chief Engineer to make an entry in the
log of each supply of fuel oil received on board, stating the quantity
received, the name of the vendor, the name of the oil producer, and the
flashpoint (Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Method, ASTM D93) (incorporated
by reference, see Sec. 35.01-3) for which it is certified by the
producer.
(c) It is the further duty of the Chief Engineer to draw and seal
at the time the supply is received on board, a half-pint sample of each
lot of fuel oil, such sample to be preserved until that particular
supply of oil is exhausted.
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199. Revise Sec. 35.25-15 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.25-15 Carrying of excess steam--TB/ALL.
It is the duty of the Chief Engineer of any tank vessel to see that
a steam pressure is not carried in excess of that allowed by the
certificate of inspection, and to see that the safety valves, once set
by the inspector, are in no way tampered with or made inoperative.
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200. Amend Sec. 35.30-5 by revising paragraphs (a) through (c) to read
as follows:
Sec. 35.30-5 Fires, matches, and smoking--TB/ALL.
(a) General. In making the determinations required under paragraphs
(b), (c), and (d) of this section, the senior deck officer on duty, who
must be a licensed officer or hold the proper tank vessel endorsements,
must exercise skill and experience with due regard to attendant
conditions and circumstances, including consideration for location of
shoreside facilities, maintenance of mobility, provision for fire
protection, state or change of winds, tides, sea, weather conditions,
forces of nature and other circumstances generally beyond human
control.
(b) Boiler fires. Boiler fires are permitted during cargo transfer
operations if and only if prior to loading Grades A, B, and C cargoes,
the senior deck officer on duty, who must be a licensed officer or hold
the proper tank vessel endorsements, must make an inspection to
determine whether, in their judgment, boiler fires may be maintained
with reasonable safety during the loading operation.
(c) Smoking. Smoking is prohibited on the weather decks of tank
vessels when they are not gas free or are alongside docks. At other
times and places, the senior deck officer on duty, who must be a
licensed officer or hold the proper tank vessel endorsements, must
designate when and where the crew may smoke: Provided, That prior to
loading Grade A, B, or C cargo the Master or senior deck officer on
duty must make an inspection to determine if and where, in their
judgment, smoking may be permitted with reasonable safety during the
loading operation.
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201. Revise Sec. 35.35-1 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.35-1 Persons on duty--TB/ALL.
(a) On each tankship required to be documented under the laws of
the United States, the owner, managing operator, Master, and Person in
Charge of the vessel, and each of them, must ensure that--
(1) Enough Tank Vessel-PICs or Restricted Tank Vessel-PICs and Tank
Vessel-Assistants authorized for the classification of cargo carried
are on duty to safely transfer liquid cargo in bulk or safely clean
cargo tanks; and
(2) Each transfer of liquid cargo in bulk and each cleaning of a
cargo tank is supervised by a person qualified to be the Person in
Charge of the transfer or the cleaning under subpart C of 33 CFR part
155.
(b) On each United States tank barge subject to inspection--
(1) The owner, managing operator, Master, and Person in Charge of
the vessel, and each of them, must ensure that no transfer of liquid
cargo in bulk or cleaning of a cargo tank takes place unless under the
supervision of a qualified person designated as the Person in Charge of
the transfer or the cleaning under subpart C of 33 CFR part 155; and
(2) The person designated as the Person in Charge of the transfer
must ensure that--
(i) Enough qualified personnel are on duty to safely transfer
liquid cargo in bulk or safely clean cargo tanks; and
(ii) The approved portable extinguishers required by table 34.50-
10(a) of this subchapter are aboard and readily available before any
transfer of liquid cargo in bulk or any operation of barge machinery or
boilers.
(c) On each foreign tankship, the owner, managing operator, Master,
and Person in Charge of the vessel, and each of them, must ensure
that--
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(1) Enough personnel, qualified for the classification of cargo
carried, are on duty to safely transfer liquid cargo in bulk or safely
clean cargo tanks; and
(2) Each transfer of liquid cargo in bulk and each cleaning of a
cargo tank is supervised by a qualified person designated as a Person
in Charge of the transfer or the cleaning under subpart C of 33 CFR
part 155.
(d) On each foreign tank barge--
(1) The owner, managing operator, Master, and Person in Charge of
the vessel, and each of them, must ensure that no transfer of liquid
cargo in bulk or cleaning of a cargo tank takes place unless under the
supervision of a qualified person designated as the Person in Charge of
the transfer or the cleaning under subpart C of 33 CFR part 155.
(2) The person designated as the Person in Charge of the transfer
must ensure that enough qualified personnel are on duty to safely
transfer liquid cargo in bulk or safely clean cargo tanks.
(e) The Person in Charge of the transfer of liquid cargo in bulk on
the tank vessel will be responsible for the safe loading and discharge
of the liquid cargo in bulk.
(f) The Person in Charge of the transfer of liquid cargo in bulk on
each United States tank vessel, when lightering to or from a foreign
tank vessel, must ensure that the Person in Charge on the foreign tank
vessel, or their interpreter, is capable of reading, speaking, and
understanding the English language well enough to allow a safe
transfer.
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202. Revise Sec. 35.35-10 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.35-10 Closing of freeing-ports, scuppers, and sea valves--TB/
ALL.
The Person in Charge of each transfer of liquid cargo in bulk must
ensure that all freeing-ports and scuppers are properly plugged during
the transfer except on tank vessels using water for cooling decks.
Although under no circumstances may sea valves be secured by locks, the
valves must be closed, and lashed or sealed, to indicate that they
should not be opened during the transfer.
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203. Amend Sec. 35.35-20 by revising the introductory text to read as
follows:
Sec. 35.35-20 Inspection before transfer of cargo--TB/ALL.
Before the transfer of liquid cargo in bulk, the Person in Charge
of the transfer must inspect the vessel to ensure the following:
* * * * *
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204. Revise Sec. 35.35-25 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.35-25 Approval to start transfer of cargo--TB/ALL.
When the Person in Charge of the transfer of liquid cargo in bulk
has ensured that the requirements of Sec. Sec. 35.35-20 and 35.35-30
have been met, they may give approval to start the transfer.
Sec. 35.35-30 [Amended]
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205. Amend Sec. 35.35-30 by removing the words ``person in charge''
wherever they appear in the section and adding, in their place, the
words ``Person in Charge''.
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206. Amend Sec. 35.35-35 by revising the section heading and
introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 35.35-35 Duties of Person in Charge of transfer--TB/ALL.
The Person in Charge of the transfer of liquid cargo in bulk, fuel
oil in bulk, or bunkers in bulk must control the transfer as follows:
* * * * *
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207. Revise Sec. 35.35-42 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.35-42 Restrictions on vessels alongside a tank vessel loading
or unloading cargo of Grade A, B, or C--TB/ALL.
(a) No vessel may come alongside or remain alongside a tank vessel
in way of its cargo tanks while it is loading or unloading cargo of
Grade A, B, or C without permission of the Person in Charge of the
transfer on the tank vessel.
(b) No vessel may come alongside or remain alongside a tank vessel
in way of its cargo tanks while it is loading or unloading cargo of
Grade A, B, or C unless the conditions then prevailing are acceptable
to the Persons in Charge of cargo handling on both vessels.
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208. Amend Sec. 35.35-55 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 35.35-55 Transfer of other cargo or stores on tank vessels--TB/
ALL.
(a) No packaged goods, freight, or ship's stores may be loaded or
unloaded during the loading or unloading of cargo of Grade A, B, or C
except by permission of the Person in Charge of the transfer of liquid
cargo in bulk. No explosives may be loaded, unloaded, or carried as
cargo on any tank vessel containing cargo of Grade A, B, or C.
* * * * *
PART 39--VAPOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
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209. The authority citation for part 39 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7511b(f)(2); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 3715(b),
70011, 70034; Executive Order 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp.,
p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.
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210. Amend Sec. 39.5003 by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 39.5003 Additional requirements for multi-breasted loading using
an inboard barge vapor collection system--B/CLBR.
* * * * *
(c) Persons holding an appropriate tank vessel endorsement trained
in and familiar with multi-breasted loading operations, must be onboard
each barge during transfer operations. The Tank Barge-PIC serves as the
barge Person in Charge (PIC). During transfer operations, the barge
PICs must maintain constant communication with each other as well as
with the facility PIC.
* * * * *
Dated: October 15, 2024.
W.R. Arguin,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Prevention
Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-24271 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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