Coast Guard February 16, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Coast Guard announces the availability of a document that provides interim guidelines for the development and review of plans for responding to a discharge, or threat of a discharge, of oil from nontank vessels. The document, in the form of a Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular, is available as indicated in this notice. Federal law requires that these response plans be prepared and submitted to the Coast Guard no later than August 8, 2005.