CG Announces NMSAC Meeting – August 2023

Today, the Coast Guard published a meeting notice in the Federal Register (88 FR 45435-45436) for a two-day meeting of the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) on August 22^nd and 23^rd in Arlington, VA. The public is invited to attend either the actual meeting or the virtual version.

NOTE: The ‘HomePort’ NMSAC link (https://homeport.uscg.mil/NMSAC) in the notice is worthless. There is an imperceptible space between the ‘/’ and ‘NMSAC’ which generates extra characters and external links generally do not work on the CG’s ‘HomePort’ network. A search on the HomePort web page shows no entry for ‘NMSAC’ or ‘National Maritime Security Advisory Committee’.

Cybersecurity Update

During the first day of the meeting, the Committee will provide an update on Task T–2022–5: Working Group on Cybersecurity Information Sharing.

New NMSAC Tasks

Also on the first day, there will be a discussion of three new tasks that the Committee has been requested to consider:

• Task T–2023–1: Update of NVIC 03–03, “Implementation Guidance for the Regulations Mandated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 for Facilities.” The MTSA regulations for facilities provide the basis for chemical facilities covered under that program being exempted from the CFATS regulation reporting requirements.

• Task T–2023–2: Active Shooter/Active Threat in the Maritime Environment

• Task T–2023–3: Unmanned Systems in the Maritime Environment

Public Comments

Personnel wishing to participate in the limited personal or virtual meeting need to register. You can register by contacting Ryan Owens at ryan.f.owens@uscg.mil by August 15^th, 2023. Personnel wishing to submit written comments on the above topics may do so by posting to the Federal eRulemaking Portal (www.regulations.gov; docket # USCG-2023-0396).