Commandant
United States Coast Guard
2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
Washington, DC 20593-7618
Staff Symbol: CG-FAC
Phone: (202) 372-1080
COMDTINST 16000.28B
06 FEB 2019
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 16000.28B
Subj: MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM RECOVERY PLANNING AND
National Response Framework
(b) National Incident Management System
(c) National Disaster Response Framework
(d) Guidelines for Drafting the Marine Transportation System Recovery Plan, Navigation
and Vessel Inspection Circular, NVIC 04-18
(e) Guidelines for the Area Maritime Security Committees and Area Maritime Security
Plans Required for U.S. Ports, Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular NVIC 09-
02, COMDTPUB P16700.4 (series)
(f) Common Assessment & Reporting Tool (CART) User Manual (series)
(g) Contingency Preparedness Planning Manual, Volume 4: Incident Management and
Crisis Response, COMDTINST M3010.24 (series)
(h) Coast Guard After Action Program, COMDTINST 3010.19 (series)
(i) Marine Transportation System Recovery, LANTAREAINST 16601 (series)
(j) Marine Transportation System Recovery, PACAREAINST 16001.1 (series)
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction provides policy on Marine Transportation System (MTS)
recovery planning and operations following a natural (e.g., severe weather, earthquake) or
man-made (e.g., Transportation Security Incident) event that significantly impacts regional or
national MTS capability or capacity.
2. ACTION. Area, District, and Sector Commanders, Marine Safety Unit Commanding
Officers, Force Readiness Command, Commanding Officers of Headquarters Units, and
Assistant Commandants for directorates must ensure the provisions of this Instruction are
implemented. Internet release is authorized.
3. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. Marine Transportation System Recovery Planning and
Operations, COMDTINST 16000.28A, dated June 26, 2014, and Commandant (CG-FAC)
Policy Letter 13-10, dated April 3, 2013, are cancelled.
4. BACKGROUND. The MTS is an integral part of the nation’s overall transportation and
energy systems that serve 361 ports, 3,700 marine terminals and 25,000 miles of inland and
coastal waterways. The system also includes 1,500 miles of international maritime border
with Canada, connecting population centers to the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes
and the St. Lawrence Seaway System. The MTS depends on a series of functional
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