Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXX - River Pilots › Subpart 4 - Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners › Chapter 91 - Calcasieu River Waterway River Port Pilots › Section LXX-9101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Agent
-an authorized representative of the
					 vessel owner.
Apprentice Pilot Review Committee
-a
					 committee selected by the general membership of the Associated Branch Pilots of
					 the Port of Lake Charles to receive and review applications, interview pilot
					 candidates, and monitor training progress. Membership on this committee is
					 determined by vote of the association.
Associated Branch Pilots of the Port of Lake
					 Charles Fee Commission
-the fee commission established under
					 R.S.
					 34:1121 et seq., composed of eight members
					 and eight alternates to represent the respective interests of the association
					 and the steamship industry.
Associatio
n-pilot members of the
					 Associated Branch Pilots of the Port of Lake Charles who have incorporated the
					 association permitted by R.S. 34:1175 as "Lake Charles Pilots, Inc."
Board of Commissioners and
					 Examiner
s-(hereinafter used interchangeably as Board of Examiners,
					 Board, Commission, Examiners or Board of Examiners) shall mean the Board of
					 River Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners for the pilotage area defined in
					 R.S.
					 34:1072.
Examine
rs-those individuals appointed
					 pursuant to
					 R.S.
					 34:1072.
Harbormaster
-the Lake Charles Harbor and
					 Terminal District agent who acts as authorized by
					 R.S.
					 34:215(2), to operate the
					 navigable Calcasieu River Waterway system, coordinate and implement necessary
					 navigation operating controls and, through liaison, cooperation and mediation,
					 establish priorities for safe, secure and efficient waterway system
					 operation.
Louisiana Public Service Commission
-the
					 body, which constitutes the fee commission (see
					 R.S.
					 34:1121.C) for the purpose of making fee
					 decisions in the event of unresolved disputes within the Associated Branch
					 Pilots of the Port of Lake Charles Fee Commission.
Marine Casualty
- any occurrence involving
					 a vessel which results in damage by or to the vessel, its apparel, gear, or
					 cargo, or injury or loss of life of any person; and includes among other
					 things, collisions, allisions, strandings, groundings, founderings, heavy
					 weather damage, fires, explosions, failure of gear and equipment and any other
					 damage which might affect or impair the seaworthiness of a vessel. Momentarily
					 touching soft bottom while maintaining headway is considered a "near-miss"
					 grounding within the dredged channel project reaches of the pilotage
					 area.
Master Licens
e-the license issued by the
					 United States Coast Guard.
Nepotism
- favoritism shown to a relative
					 as designated in
					 R.S.
					 42:1119 of the Code of Governmental
					 Ethics.
Pilo
t-a river port pilot as designated in
					 R.S.
					 34:1073.
Pilotage Area
-navigable streams, channels
					 and boundary waters, including the Intracoastal Canal, Calcasieu River and the
					 Calcasieu Ship Channel, within the Parishes of Calcasieu and Cameron, and
					 across bars and passes, and on the adjacent waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the
					 latter being out to a distance beyond the state's geographic boundary to any
					 point in the Gulf of Mexico at which pilot assistance may be required by the
					 master of a vessel.
Port
-waterways and facilities under the
					 jurisdiction of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, including
agents
who may be designated as harbormaster who are
					 authorized by
					 R.S.
					 34:215(2), to operate the
					 navigable Calcasieu River Waterway system. Through state-authorized waterway
					 operation, port entities strive with liaison, cooperation, and mediation to
					 ensure a safe, secure and efficient Calcasieu River Waterway.
Service Tim
e-the applicant's service time
					 on the designated pilotage area, inland waters of the United States, or the
					 oceans of the world.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 34:1072.