[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR160.210]

[Page 557-558]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 160--PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Notification of Arrival, Hazardous Conditions, and Certain 
                            Dangerous Cargos
 
Sec. 160.210  Methods for submitting an NOA.

    (a) Submission to the National Vessel Movement Center (NVMC). Except 
as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, all vessels 
required to submit NOA information in Sec. 160.206 (entries 1-7 to Table 
160.206) to the NVMC, United States Coast Guard, 408 Coast Guard Drive, 
Kearneysville, WV, 25430, shall do so by:
    (1) Telephone at 1-800-708-9823 or 304-264-2502;
    (2) Fax at 1-800-547-8724 or 304-264-2684; or
    (3) E-mail at SANS@NVMC.USCG.gov.
    Note to paragraph (a): Information about the National Vessel 
Movement Center is available on its Web site at http://
www.nvmc.uscg.gov/. You may submit the notice using any electronic 
format available on the NVMC website.
    (b) Saint Lawrence Seaway transits. Those vessels transiting the 
Saint Lawrence Seaway inbound, bound for a port or place in the United 
States, may meet the submission requirements of paragraph (a) of this 
section by submitting the required information to the Saint Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation and the Saint Lawrence Seaway Management 
Corporation of Canada by fax at 315-764-3235 or at 315-764-3200. The 
Cargo Declaration (Customs Form 1302) in entry (8) in Table 160.206 must 
be submitted electronically to the USCS, as required by paragraph (d) of 
this section.
    (c) Seventh Coast Guard District. Those vessels 300 or less gross 
tons operating in the Seventh Coast Guard District must submit an NOA to 
the cognizant Captain of the Port (COTP). The Cargo Declaration (Customs 
Form 1302) in entry (8) in Table 160.206 must be submitted 
electronically to the USCS, as required by paragraph (d) of this 
section.
    (d) Submission to the United States Customs Service's Sea Automated 
Manifest System (AMS).
    (1) Beginning July 1, 2003, the Cargo Declaration (Customs Form 
1302) in entry (8) in Table 160.206 must be submitted electronically to 
the USCS Sea AMS by one of the following methods:
    (i) By direct connection with USCS or by purchasing the proper 
software; or
    (ii) Using a service provider or a Port Authority.
    (2) To become a participant in Sea AMS, submitters must provide a 
letter of intent to USCS prior to first submission.

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    Effective Date Note: By USCG-2002-11865, 68 FR 27908, May 22, 2003, 
in Sec. 160.210, the last sentence of paragraph (b), the last sentence 
of paragraph (c), and paragraph (d) were suspended, effective May 22, 
2003.