CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER H—MARITIME SECURITY (parts 101 to 107) > PART 101—MARITIME SECURITY: GENERAL > SUBPART B—Maritime Security (MARSEC) Levels (§101.200 to §101.205) > 101.205—Department of Homeland Security alignment.

101.205—Department of Homeland Security alignment.

The MARSEC Levels are aligned with the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), established by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 3. Table 101.205, titled “Relation between HSAS and MARSEC Levels” in this section, shows this alignment.
Table 101.205—Relation Between HSAS and MARSEC Levels
Homeland security advisory system (HSAS) threat condition Equivalent maritime security (MARSEC) level
Low: Green MARSEC Level 1.
Guarded: Blue
Elevated: Yellow
High: Orange MARSEC Level 2.
Severe: Red MARSEC Level 3.

Code of Federal Regulations

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