[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: 33CFR101.505]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELANDSECURITY
 
PART 101_MARITIME SECURITY: GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart E_Other Provisions
 
Sec. 101.505  Declaration of Security (DoS).

    (a) The purpose of a DoS, as described in SOLAS ChapterXI-2, 
Regulation 10, and the ISPS Code (Incorporated byreference, see Sec. 
101.115), is to state the agreementreached between a vessel and a 
facility, or between vessels in thecase of a vessel-to-vessel activity, 
as to the respective securitymeasures each must undertake during a 
specific vessel-to-facilityinterface, during a series of interfaces 
between the vessel and

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the facility, or during a vessel-to-vessel activity.
    (b) Details as to who must complete a DoS, when a DoS must 
becompleted, and how long a DoS must be retained are included in 
parts104 through 106 of this subchapter. A DoS must, at a minimum, 
includethe information found in the ISPS Code, part B, appendix 
1(Incorporated by reference, see Sec. 101.115).
    (c) All vessels and facilities required to comply with parts 
104,105, and 106 of this subchapter must, at a minimum, comply with 
theDoS requirements of the MARSEC Level set for the port.
    (d) The COTP may also require a DoS be completed for vessels 
andfacilities during periods of critical port operations, special 
marineevents, or when vessels give notification of a higher MARSEC 
Levelthan that set in the COTP's Area of Responsibility (AOR).

[USCG-2003-14792, 68 FR 39278, July 1, 2003, asamended at 68 FR 60472, 
Oct. 22, 2003]