Document ID: USCG-2023-0098-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Publication of Vessel Traffic Services National Standards for Operating COMDTINST 16630.3B
Posted Date: 2023-03-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 13838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04468]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0098]

Notice of Publication of Vessel Traffic Services National 
Standards for Operating COMDTINST 16630.3B

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the publication of the Vessel 
Traffic Services National Standards of Operating Commandant Instruction 
(COMDTINST) 16630.3B. This instruction replaces the Vessel Traffic 
Services National Standards of Operating Procedures COMDTINST 
M16630.3A. This instruction provides programmatic guidance to all Coast 
Guard Sectors and Vessel Traffic Services.

ADDRESSES: You can find a copy of the COMDTINST 16630.3B posted in the 
docket by searching docket number USCG-2023-0098 at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email Darin Mathis, Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1559, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion

    The Coast Guard announces the publication and availability of the 
COMDTINST 16630.3B. This COMDTINST includes information on the use of 
communications, surveillance equipment and Captain of the Port or VTS 
specific regulatory authority. We have posted a copy of the COMDTINST 
16630.3B in the docket where indicated under the ADDRESSES section.
    Section 70001 of Title 46, United States Code, delegated to the 
Coast Guard in Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170, 
Revision No. 01.3, requires the Coast Guard to establish a national 
policy which is inclusive of local variances and publish such policy in 
the Federal Register. This Federal Register notice is intended to meet 
this requirement.
    This notice is issued under authority of 46 U.S.C. 70001.

    Dated: February 28, 2023.
Michael D. Emerson,
Director, Marine Transportation System, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2023-04468 Filed 3-3-23; 8:45 am]
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