b'COAST GUARD REPORT:Coast Guard Enforces Illegal Charter COAST GUARDRegulations in Florida and MissouriT he U.S. Coast Guard and local lawCredentialedseafarershavemetfederal enforcement officers continue to berequirementsandinspectedvesselshave busy this summer identifying andsatisfi ed high safety standards, Capt. Scott terminatingillegalchartersonAmericassaid. Paying passengers are taking an undue waterways. safety risk by riding on a vessel that has not been inspected as required by federal law. TheCoastGuardconductedanThey also add to that risk when there is not enforcementoperationonLakeofthea credentialed mariner in charge.Ozarks in Missouri in mid June ensuring passenger for hire vessels were operating inCharterservicesthatarefoundtobe accordance with federal law. operating illegally can be subject to criminal or civil penalties. The total penalty under Followingmultiplereportsofillegalfederal law that could be levied against the commercialchartervessels,CoastGuardoperators of the terminated vessels could be SectorUpperMississippiRiverboardingas high as $50,000 to $60,00. teamsterminatedthevoyagesofthe motorvesselsTiki1,Tiki2,FullhouseAnd, in Florida, a Coast Guard Sector St.Photo: U.S. Coast Guard1andFullhouse2.AllfourvesselswerePetersburg investigating officerterminated conductingunlawfuloperationswiththevoyageofa50-footuninspectedThe Coast Guard will continue to aggressively passenger-for-hireexcursions,toincludepassengervesselwithninepassengersforpursuevesseloperatorswhoneedlesslyplace nothavingaproperinspectionandnothireinearlyJuly. Duringthecourseofthelives of patrons at risk by not complying having a credentialed mariner in charge. theboarding,theinvestigatingofficerwith Coast Guard passenger vessel regulations, determined the vessel wasnot an inspectedsaid Mr.BrianKnapp,seniorinvestigating After the termination of this charter, Capt.passengervesseland,accordingtoCoastofficer, Sector St. Petersburg. Mick Scott, Coast Guard Captain of theGuardregulations,vesselsareonly Port, St. Louis, cautioned the public aboutpermitted to carry sixpassengers for hire. Owners and operators of illegal charter vessels can the dangers associated with illegal chartersHillsboroughCountySheriff sOfficeface civil penalties for illegal passenger-for-hirePartnering for success.andencouragingpassengerstobealertoperations. 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