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Towing Vessel Bridging Program Mr. Mike White Towing Vessel Branch Coast Guard District Eight

Towing Vessel Bridging Program Mr. Mike White Towing Vessel Branch Coast Guard District Eight. Purpose of the TVBP. Ease the transition from Uninspected to Inspected Regime Prepare and inform both CG and TV Industry on Subchapter “M” – 46 CFR. How it all started….

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Towing Vessel Bridging Program Mr. Mike White Towing Vessel Branch Coast Guard District Eight

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  1. Towing Vessel Bridging Program Mr. Mike White Towing Vessel Branch Coast Guard District Eight Coast Guard District Eight, Marine Inspections & Investigations branch

  2. Purpose of the TVBP • Ease the transition from Uninspected to Inspected Regime • Prepare and inform both CG and TV Industry on Subchapter “M” – 46 CFR Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise

  3. How it all started… • Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (MTSA 2004 or Public Law 108-293)

  4. CG 543 promulgated via memo on 12 June 2009 • Phased approach • 5 Key Elements • Industry Outreach • Education & Qualification • Industry Initiated Exams • Risked Based Targeting • LE Boardings/Surge Ops

  5. A Phased Approach… • Phase 3 • COI Issuance • Formal Training • Phase 2 • Risk Based Exams • Course Development • Comments on NPRM • 100% FOFRs examined • Phase 1 • Outreach & Education • IIEs • Testing of Risk Tool • Qualification/PQS • Id of FOFRs Subchapter “M” Published 18-24 months later (scaled) Summer 2009 Law Enforcement Boardings & Surge Operations Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise

  6. UTV Dashboard – Fleet of Responsibility 101 230 193 341 3738 267 91 340 46

  7. Total FOFR = 68 MSD Victoria/Port Lavaca = 0 Sector CC = 68 MSD Brownsville = 0

  8. Total FOFR = 486 MSU Port Arthur = 52 Sector H/G = 309 MSU Lake Charles = 77 MSU Galveston = 48

  9. MSU Baton Rouge = 143 Sector NOLA = 652 MSU Houma = 376 MSU Morgan City = 291 Total FOFR = 1462

  10. Sector Mobile = 204 MSD Panama City = 0 Total FOFR = 204

  11. Total FOFR = 207 MSD Fort Smith = 6 Sector LMR = 108 MSD Vicksburg = 93

  12. Total FOFR = 438 MSD St Paul = 0 MSD Quad Cities = 48 MSD Peoria = 24 Sector UMR = 366

  13. MSU Paducah = 248 MSD Nashville = 81 MSU Huntington = 157 MSU Pittsburgh = 181 MSD Cincinnati = 56 Sector OHV = 253 Total FOFR = 976

  14. Sector Houston – 486 • Sector Corpus – 68 • Sector New Orleans – 1462 • Sector Mobile – 204 • Sector Lower – 207 • Sector Upper – 438 • Sector Ohio Valley – 976 • D8 Total 3738 Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise

  15. D8’s efforts thus far… • D8 Fleet of Responsibility Assigned • 3738 vessels out of 6065 • 134 UTV Examiners in D8 • On track to issue over 1200 decals by December 2010 • Participating in all WGs, TSAC, OMSA, and AWO meetings

  16. Common Exam Issues(46 CFR Part 27) • General Alarm issues, Blue Light, Signage • Fire detection – Hilersafe, PE letters • Fixed Systems – CO2, Plan Review • PFF Brackets – Belly Bans Coast Guard Eighth District Prevention

  17. Issues Continued • Fuel Shutoffs – Missing/Location • Pressure vessels – Data Plate (MAWP) No Relief Valve • Nav Lights – Missing/Bulbs Coast Guard Eighth District Prevention

  18. Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise

  19. Where’s M? • M does not stand for “Mystery” • NPRM is in clearance between the Department and the Agency • Next stop will be OMB (90 Days) • Once the NPRM is released there will be a minimum 90 day comment period; could be 180 days • Encourage everyone to submit comments to the docket M

  20. Questions? Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise 20

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