{"abstract":"On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the coastlines of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The Regional Examination Center (REC) at New Orleans, which provided credentialing services to approximately 29,000 mariners in those three states and 14 percent of mariners nationwide, was completely flooded, destroying vital records and equipment and rendering the facility inoperable for a considerable period of time. As a result, many mariners in the area are in possession of merchant mariner's documents, licenses and/or certificates of registry (collectively referred to as \"credentials\") that either have expired or may expire before the Coast Guard will be able to process these mariners' applications for renewal or upgraded credentials. With the authority Congress has granted, the Coast Guard is temporarily extending the expiration dates for credentials of eligible mariners for up to one year.","action":"Notice of extension of validity for merchant mariner credentials.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Coast Guard","name":"Coast Guard","id":53,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/coast-guard","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/53","parent_id":227,"slug":"coast-guard"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2006/08/16/06-6978.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"71 FR 47238","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This notice is effective August 16, 2006.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["USCG-2005-22541"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"06-6978","effective_on":"2006-08-16","end_page":47239,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2006/08/16/06-6978.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/08/16/06-6978/merchant-mariner-credentials-temporary-procedures","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/06-6978?publication_date=2006-08-16","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2006-08-16/06-6978/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":21,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 16:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-08-16/pdf/06-6978.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2006-08-16","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2006/08/16/06-6978.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T19:56:36Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":47238,"subtype":null,"title":"Merchant Mariner Credentials: Temporary Procedures","toc_doc":"Credential validity; expiration dates extended","toc_subject":"Merchant mariner credentials; temporary procedures:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":71}