CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER P—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY (parts 160 to 169) > PART 160—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY—GENERAL > SUBPART C—Notification of Arrival, Hazardous Conditions, and Certain Dangerous Cargos (§160.201 to §160.215) > 160.210—Methods for submitting an NOA.

160.210—Methods for submitting an NOA.

(a) Submission to the National Vessel Movement Center (NVMC). Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, vessels must submit NOA information required by § 160.206 (entries 1 through 9 in Table 160.206) to the NVMC, United States Coast Guard, 408 Coast Guard Drive, Kearneysville, WV 25430, by:
(1) Electronic submission via the electronic Notice of Arrival and Departure (eNOAD) and consisting of the following three formats:
(i) A Web site that can be used to submit NOA information directly to the NVMC, accessible from the NVMC web site at http://www.nvmc.uscg.gov;
(ii) Electronic submission of Extensible Markup Language (XML) formatted documents via web service;
(iii) Electronic submission via Microsoft InfoPath; contact the NVMC at sans@nvmc.uscg.gov or by telephone at 1-800-708-9823 or 304-264-2502 for more information;
(2) E-mail at sans@nvmc.uscg.gov. Workbook available at http://www.nvmc.uscg.gov;
(3) Fax at 1-800-547-8724 or 304-264-2684. Workbook available at http://www.nvmc.uscg.gov; or,
(4) Telephone at 1-800-708-9823 or 304-264-2502.
(b) Saint Lawrence Seaway transits. Those vessels transiting the Saint Lawrence Seaway inbound, bound for a port or place in the United States, may meet the submission requirements of paragraph (a) of this section by submitting the required information to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and the Saint Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation of Canada by fax at 315-764-3235 or at 315-764-3200. The Cargo Declaration (Customs Form 1302) in entry (8) in Table 160.206 must be submitted electronically to the USCS, as required by paragraph (d) of this section.
(c) Seventh Coast Guard District. Those foreign vessels 300 or less gross tons operating in the Seventh Coast Guard District must submit an NOA to the cognizant Captain of the Port (COTP). The Cargo Declaration (Customs Form 1302) in entry (8) in Table 160.206 must be submitted electronically to the USCS, as required by paragraph (d) of this section.
(d) Submission to the United States Customs Service's Sea Automated Manifest System (AMS). (1) Beginning July 1, 2003, the Cargo Declaration (Customs Form 1302) in entry (8) in Table 160.206 must be submitted electronically to the USCS Sea AMS by one of the following methods:
(i) By direct connection with USCS or by purchasing the proper software; or
(ii) Using a service provider or a Port Authority.
(2) To become a participant in Sea AMS, submitters must provide a letter of intent to USCS prior to first submission.

Code of Federal Regulations

[USCG-2002-11865, 68 FR 9543, Feb. 28, 2003; 68 FR 63735, Nov. 10, 2003, as amended by USCG-2004-19963, 70 FR 74669, Dec. 16, 2005]

Code of Federal Regulations

Effective Date Note: By USCG-2002-11865, 68 FR 27908, May 22, 2003, in § 160.210 , the last sentence of paragraph (b), the last sentence of paragraph (c), and paragraph (d) were suspended, effective May 22, 2003.