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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

USCG Reaches Out

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is in the midst of an aggressive cam- paign to work with the internation- al maritime community to create, alter and eliminate rules and regu- lations in order to streamline processes for shipowners.

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Conference, held in conjunction with the SMM '96 exhibition last month. Here are some excerpts from his presentation.

The world is constantly in a state of flux and the methods to achieve or attain our goals must change also. The USCG began a regulato- ry reform program to reduce the economic burden of regulation 25 years ago. Some will say, if so, then progress is slow. Yes, progress may be slow, but nonethe- less it has been steady. Over the past two years the pace has increased and the programs that are evolving now show real eco- nomic promise and financial return to both industry and the

USCG.

The USCG, working domestical- ly and internationally, has devel- oped the groundwork for some very important program and regu- latory changes.

The U.S. federal government is in the midst of a process we call "downsizing." The USCG will cer- tainly survive and even thrive in these challenging times. By rethinking how we do business and focusing our efforts and resources to provide the maximum return on investment, we are meeting these difficult challenges.

Here are the major steps we are taking to do this:

Coast Guard Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection, the office involved with the safety and environmental protection for mer- chant vessels, has already reorga- nized to align itself to better meet the needs of the maritime indus- try. As part of this reorganization we have established a new

National Maritime Center as the means to serve the private sector and provide support to the USCG's marine safety field offices. The

National Maritime Center consists of the once self-standing Marine

Safety Center, which does plan reviews of new U.S. ships and for- eign passenger ships having U.S. ports of call; a centralized

National Vessel Documentation

Center, which is a consolidation of our regional vessel documentation system; an Office of Marine

Personnel Administration to han- dle licensing, personnel, training and certification issues; an Office of Shipbuilding, Design and 106 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News