[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 231 (Friday, December 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69580-69581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20357]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-26115]


Ship Security Alert System Notices

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces a change in the e-mail address that 
U.S. vessels equipped with a Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) can use 
to send emergency notices to the Coast Guard when their security is 
threatened. In these emergencies, a vessel notifies the Coast Guard of 
the incident directly or through a third party. The SSAS notice may be 
communicated through various media. If it is sent as an e-mail, it must 
be sent to the new address: [email protected].

DATES: The new e-mail address is already functional. The current e-mail 
address will continue to accept Ship Security Alert System notices in 
the near term. All equipment must use the new e-mail address before May 
2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions regarding this 
notice, call LT Frances Fazio, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-1235 
or via e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Certain U.S. vessels must comply with the 
requirement of the International Convention of Safety of Life at Sea 
(SOLAS), Regulation XI-2/6, that the vessel must be fitted with an 
SSAS. The Coast Guard provides guidance on implementing this 
requirement, in Enclosure 5 of Navigation and Vessel Information 
Circular (NVIC) 04-03, available on the Internet at http://

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www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nvic/03/NVIC--04-03--CH-1.pdf. SSAS notices can be 
provided through various media. The Coast Guard recently upgraded some 
of its internal communication systems, and as part of the upgrade, SSAS 
notices sent via e-mail will be redundantly routed so that a notice 
will reach the Coast Guard even if one Coast Guard computer network 
fails. The upgrade also required the revision of all Coast Guard e-mail 
addresses. Any vessel owner or operator whose SSAS relies on e-mail 
must make sure their equipment is updated with the new address, 
[email protected], and must correct the address (``pen and ink'' will 
suffice) in the vessel's approved vessel security plan or SSAS annex. 
Include the new e-mail address in your next plan or SSAS annex 
submission to the Coast Guard's Marine Safety Center; but if this is 
the only change you are making to an approved plan or annex, you do not 
need to resubmit the plan or annex for re-approval, solely for that 
reason.

    Dated: November 28, 2006.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of National and International Standards, Assistant Commandant 
for Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-20357 Filed 11-30-06; 8:45 am]
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