[Federal Register: December 1, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 231)]
[Notices]
[Page 69580-69581]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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: ssas@uscg.mil.
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 frances.fazio@uscg.mil.
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
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http://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,
ssas@uscg.mil, 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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