b'Coast Guard is not actively workingwebsite is under development to makeNMC and will leverage technology to on those rulemaking projects.use of the new application and com- reduceapplicationerrorsandomis-munication processes. sions. Improvements to documenting Jones went over PVAs letter to Of- sea service will also be implemented.ficeofManagementandBudgetCAPT Drayer mentioned the rollout (OMB) on desired deregulatory listof new credential application and ver- Speakingofseaservice,PVAstaff which includes:ificationtoolsfollowingthesuddenbriefed the QP on a letter submitted to decommissioningoftheHomeportthe Office of Merchant Mariner Cre- Eliminate annual reporting for site.Thesetoolsweredevelopedin- dentialing requesting clarification thatEPA permits house at the NMC and have had fa- documented sea service includes work vorable customer satisfaction reviews.done on the vessel while not underwayTransportation Worker Identifica- The notice announcing the new toolsandrecommendingthattheCoasttion Card reforms and exemptionscan be found here. Guard establish half-day sea service for for certain mariners crewmembers on vessel of at least 100 CAPTDrayerconcludedwiththegross tons that work more than four Extending inflatable buoyantannouncement that a $49 million con- but less than eight hours a day. Right apparatus service intervals tract was awarded on Sept. 16 for thenow, that service is lost due to being developmentandimplementationofless than eight hours. Removing outdated regulations a new mariner credentialing process.and accepting new technology The process will not rely on movingCYBERSECURITYpaperwork from place to place withinWiththecybersecurityfinalrule Mariner credentialing relief on inland watersElimination of day shapes and flares on the inland riversRADM Arguin encouraged PVA to submitregulatoryreliefideasatany time and they will be forwarded to the PIT Crew for assessment.MARINER CREDENTIALINGThe new Commanding Officer of the NationalMaritimeCenter(NMC), CAPT Patrick Drayer, provided infor-mation on the modernization updates going on at the NMC. There are sev-eral technical upgrades in the works at NMC. The use of Microsoft Power Pageswillallowapplicationsubmis-sions without sending via email. Ex-panded hours for the call center will beachievedusingageographically diverseworkforcesothatwestcoast and beyond mariners will have access to the call center during regular busi-ness hours in their time zone. A new 45 OCTOBER 2025'