MARITIME
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a Notice of Availability and Request
for Comments ("Notice") on January 14, 2014 for a draft
Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular ("NVIC") that
is intended to provide guidance for the identification and
reporting of marine casualties and provide clear policy
interpretations to facilitate compliance with casualty reporting
requirements. 79 Fed. Reg. 2466 (January 14, 2014). The Notice is
available at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-01-14/pdf/2014-00443.pdf.
The draft NVIC is available at: www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=USCG-2013-1047-0002.
Comments are due by April 14, 2014.
In addition, on January 10, 2014, the U.S. Coast Guard issued a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") that seeks to
broaden existing regulatory requirements for reporting marine
casualties that occur on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
("OCS"). The primary intent of the NPRM is to expand
reporting requirements applicable to
