b'SAFETY MATTERS:Commenting to the Coast SAFETYGuards ADVANCED NOTICE ON SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS for Domestic ERIC CHRISTENSEN // PVA DIRECTOR Passenger Vessels OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS & RISK MANAGEMENTF ollowingthepublicationoftheANPRM.TheworkinggroupwasledbyStreamlined Inspection Program (SIP).Some AdvancedNoticeofProposedCapt. Dave Anderson, Fire Island Ferries, andoperated fl eets and others a single vessel. Nearly Rulemaking(ANPRM)addressingCapt. Richard Paine, Hornblower Group. all represented small businesses and provided SafetyManagementSystems(SMS)forinsightonthepotentialimpacts(positive DomesticPassengerVesselsintheFederalTHE WORKING GROUP PROCESS andnegative)ofimplementingSMSonthe RegisteronJanuary15,2021,PVAwastedCapt. Paine identifi ed areas of expertise amongdomestic passenger vessel fl eet.no time in putting together a working groupthe members of the working group. Over the to answer the 22 questions posed by the U.S.course of six weeks, the larger working groupAllanswerswereconsolidatedandreviewed Coast Guard. Over 20 members of the PVAwasbrokenintofourteamsandeachteamby the working group.Contradictory answers Regulatory and Safety & Security Committeeswasassignedfi tosixquestionsbasedonwere removed, and the working group avoidedve volunteeredtobepartofaworkinggrouptheir areas of expertise.Some members havecompanyspecifi cexamplessinceitwillbe toprovidetheassociationsresponsetotheexperiencewithSMSandotherswiththeimportant for individual companies to provide their insight to the ANPRM separately.STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONSPVA,asanassociation,mustlookatthis potentialrulemakingstrategically;therefore, theworkinggroupdevelopedfi vecore USCG-Certied Light-WeightrecommendationstotheCoastGuard regarding SMS on domestic passenger vessels. Aluminum Honeycomb PanelsThefollowingrecommendationswere for Passenger Ferries presented to and approved by the PVA Board ofDirectorsattheMarch9,2021virtual meeting:decorative | durable | functional AcceptPVAsFlagshipSMSas rigidized.com/markets/marine analternativetoanyprescriptive requirementssuchasthecomplete adoption of 33 CFR Part 96. Allow qualifi ed companies to implement the Streamlined Inspection Program (46 CFR Part 8) in lieu of an SMS.RetainCoastGuardasprimary authority responsible for inspection and auditoversightofaSMSondomestic passenger vessels.AllowThirdPartyauditsas anoptionforcompliancenota mandate.658 Ohio Street | Buffalo, NY 14203 | marine@rigidized.comSAFETY MATTERS 28 FOGHORN'