b'SAFETYMATTERSvessels inspection history. In otherCoast Guard Policy independently or in cooperation with words, the Coast Guard unit thatTitle 46 U.S. Code 3310 requiresthe MSC. Certain of these plans willinspected and issued the COI kept thethe Coast Guard to keep adequatebe retained by the cognizant OCMI. records locally. When a vessel movedinspection records. Looking at theThe following procedures apply, or from one OCMI zone to another, the fi leCoast Guards Marine Safety Manualotherwise should be followed by the was packed up and shipped to the next(MSM), Vol I, Chapter 12, it is clear thatOCMI in retention of vessel plans for unit. For domestic passenger vessels,the Coast Guard has responsibility tothe record: this was a rare event and Coast Guardmaintain a vessel file including con- (1) Subchapter T Vessels. All ap-inspection offi ces dedicated signifi cantstruction plans.propriate plans for T-Boats shall be space to vessel fi les. Certain informa- OCMI Procedures. The OCMI mayretained by the cognizant OCMI. In tion was required to be retained for thereview and approve certain plans eithercases when the MSC cooperates in the life of the vessel; see below under Coast Guard Policy. Other information was either archived at a Federal Records Center or destroyed. For older vessels, this is still the case; however, the quality of the Coast Guards documentation efforts varies from unit to unit. In some cases, such as hurricane or fl ood prone areas certain paper records have been lost forever.Starting in the mid-1980s, the Coast Guard began documenting vessel in-spections digitally, fi rst in the Marine Safety Information System (MSIS) and then in the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE) database. In the beginning there was limited opportunity to upload docu-mentation, but that has changed withwww.imtra.comimprovements in technology. Today, all inspection activities are documented digitally. Inspection narratives, stability information, CG-835s, and all relevant documentation should be in MISLE.Marine Safety CenterAccording to LT John Di Nino, Chief of the Major Vessel Branch at the Coast Guard Marine Safety Center (MSC), plan review and approval has transi-tioned over the last decade from paper to over 90 percent digital submissions of plans. This makes retrieval of plans and stability information by the MSC and local Coast Guard inspector much easier. IMTRA COLORS 2016Additionally, when I spoke to PVALEDAssociate member Andy Lebet ofSecondary UsePrimary Use DeJong & Lebet, Inc. in Jacksonville, FL, he indicated that he has supplied MSC with older vessel plans when he getsThe Trusted Source for Advanced LED Lightingthem as part of a new project. UponNAVIGATION LIGHTSDECK LIGHTINGENGINE ROOM LIGHTSSEARCHLIGHTSCABIN LIGHTINGrequest, MSC will upload the electronic508.995.7000 www.imtra.comfi les into the MSCs database to allowPantone Cool Gray 7 Pantone Cool Gray 2 Black Pantone 368 Pantone 629Blue Pantone 647for easier plan retrieval.96C 54M 5Y 27K 20C 14M 12Y 40K 5C 3M 5Y 11K 0C 0M 0Y 100K 65C 0M 100Y 0K 36C 0M 9Y 0KAUGUST 2019FOGHORN 29'