[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR101.205]

[Page 338]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELANDSECURITY
 
PART 101_MARITIME SECURITY: GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B_Maritime Security (MARSEC) Levels
 
Sec. 101.205  Department of Homeland Security alignment.

    The MARSEC Levels are aligned with the Department of 
HomelandSecurity's Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), established 
byHomeland Security Presidential Directive 3. Table 101.205, 
titled``Relation between HSAS and MARSEC Levels'' in thissection, shows 
this alignment.

          Table 101.205--Relation Between HSAS andMARSEC Levels
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  Homeland security advisory system       Equivalent maritime security
        (HSAS) threatcondition                   (MARSEC) level
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Low: Green...........................  MARSEC Level 1.
Guarded: Blue........................
Elevated: Yellow.....................
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High: Orange.........................  MARSEC Level 2.
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Severe: Red..........................  MARSEC Level 3.
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[USCG-2003-14792, 68 FR 39278, July 1, 2003, asamended at 68 FR 60472, 
Oct. 22, 2003]