Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 3220 NOVEMBER 2016 • FOGHORN REGULATORYREPORT By Peter Lauridsen, PV A Regulatory Affairs Consultant +1 920.686.5117 sales@burgerboat.com burgerboat.com/commercial Proudly built in the USA Burger is recognized worldwide for quality custom vessels that provide years of dependable service. Quality Commercial Vessels... Built by Burger to Your Requirements • Aluminum and Steel Fabrication • Passenger Vessels • Research Vessels • Fast Crew Boats • Fast Supply Boats • Wind Farm Support Vessels • Fishing Vessels • Other Vessels to 260' (80m) See us at the W orkBoat Show N ov 30 - Dec 2, Booth 4065 Under Construction 103’ (31m) Steel Explorer Vessel D uring the last eighteen months, the U.S. Coast Guard has systematically improved the burden of incident reporting for the marine industry. In July 2015, it released Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 01-15, Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 4 Marine Casualty Reporting Procedures with Associated Standard Interpretations, more commonly known as the CG 2692 NVIC. This NVIC clarified the differences of reporting navigation hazards under Title 33 of the Code of Federal of Regulations and the reporting of marine casualties under Title 46. Areport of a navigation hazard is meant to give the Coast Guard notice of an incident that may require an immediate response such as a vessel with limited maneuverability hence a danger to other vessels in the waterway or a grounding that indicates a change to the waterway capabilities. Areport of a casualty is an incident that involves the vessel itself as the location of or the instrument of any one of a dozen or more incidents defined as reportable such as damage to the vessel or personnel injury or death. A Title 33 navigation hazard may also be a Title 46 casualty if it meets the casualty reporting definitions.ATitle 33 report requires immediate no- tification but absent a casualty no follow up written reports. A Title 46 casualty requires an immediate report but also has a written report within 5 days requirement on CG Form 2692. Following the issuance of the NVIC by about a year, the Coast Guard revised the CG Form 2692 to make reporting a casualty a clearer--and potentially simpler--process. To date, we at PVA have informed members of these new initiatives by Member Update, FOGHORN Magazine, and information sessions at PVA Region Meetings and the PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends. Even before Casualty and Navigation Hazard Reporting