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Recommendations Following this incident, the Marine Board of Investigations made several recommendations. Of note: Recommendation: The Coast Guard should initiate a legislative change pro- posal to amend 46 USC 2101 (11b), de- tailing the activities that would exempt a YHVVHO IURP TXDOLI\LQJ DV D ÀVK SURFHVV- ing vessel, including identifying safety concerns resulting from the vessel being FODVVLÀHG DV ´XQLQVSHFWHG µ 7KH GHÀQL- WLRQ RI ÀVK SURFHVVLQJ YHVVHOV VKRXOG DOVR EH FKDQJHG WR LQFOXGH ´KHDG DQG JXWµ RSHUDWLRQV RQ YHVVHOV HPSOR\LQJ PRUH WKDQ VL[ FUHZPHPEHUV The Coast Guard is using information from com- PHUFLDO ÀVKLQJ YHVVHOV DV UHSRUWHG LQ WKH 1DWLRQDO 0DULQH )LVKHULHV 6HUYLFH 3URGXFW DQG 'HOLYHU\ &RGHV; SXEOLVKHG LQ 7DEOH WR &)5 WKH GHÀQLWLRQ RI D ÀVK SUR- Recommendation: A legislative change proposal should be considered to re- TXLUH PDVWHUV RI FRPPHUFLDO ÀVKLQJ vessels 30 feet or longer to hold opera- tors licenses for the position based on VSHFLÀF URXWH DQG WRQQDJH RI WKH YHV- VHO 5HTXLULQJ PDVWHUV RI YHVVHOV WR KROG operator licenses would allow the Coast Guard the ability to set minimum compe- tency and training levels by setting them DV D UHTXLUHPHQW WR REWDLQ WKH OLFHQVH The 2010 Coast Guard Authorization $FW UHTXLUHV FRPSHWHQF\ WUDLQLQJ IRU operators. 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These studies are EHLQJ XVHG WR GHYHORS SURSRVHG DPHQG- PHQWV WR WKH ÀVKLQJ LQGXVWU\ UHJXODWLRQV DQG QR VXEVWDQWLDO EHQHÀW ZRXOG FRPH IURP FRQGXFWLQJ DQ DGGLWLRQDO ULVN EDVHG DQDO\VLV Recommendation: The Coast Guard should seek legislation to require owners DQG PDVWHUV RI FRPPHUFLDO ÀVKLQJ YHV- sels to have stability training to minimize the chances of preventive vessel losses IURP LPSURSHU ORDGLQJ DQG RSHUDWLRQ 7KLV ZDV DOVR DGGUHVVHG LQ WKH Coast Guard Authorization Act. Recommendation: Legislation should EH VRXJKW WR UHTXLUH WKDW DOO ÀVKLQJ YHV- sels be inspected regularly to verify com- pliance with the requirements detailed in 46 CFR Part 28; inspections should be performed by appropriate Coast Guard personnel or a Coast Guard-recognized WKLUG SDUW\ VXUYH\RU Congress has SDVVHG OHJLVODWLRQ UHTXLULQJ GRFNVLGH examinations of uninspected commer- FLDO ÀVKLQJ YHVVHOV DW OHDVW RQFH HYHU\ WZR \HDUV Recommendation: The Coast Guard should review and revise requirements of 46 CFR Part 28 as soon as possible to HQVXUH FRPPHUFLDO ÀVKLQJ YHVVHO VDIHW\ concerns are all adequately addressed DQG KDYH EHHQ LGHQWLÀHG LQ SUHYLRXV FRPPHUFLDO ÀVKLQJ YHVVHO PDULQH FDX- VDOLWLHV $ UHYLHZ RI WKH UHTXLUHPHQWV LQ &)5 3DUW LV EHLQJ FRQGXFWHG WKDW LQFOXGHV DQDO\VLV RI SDVW ÀVKLQJ YHVVHO FDXVDOLW\ UHSRUWV $ UXOHPDNLQJ SURMHFW LV LQ GHYHORSPHQW Recommendation: The current require- PHQWV LQ &)5 VKRXOG be changed to require that the servic- ing of Coast Guard-approved life rafts be witnessed by a Coast Guard marine inspector or an accepted third-party in- VSHFWRU 7KRXJK LW ZDV QRW DJUHHG WR EH QHFHVVDU\ WR ZLWQHVV DOO DSSURYHG OLIH UDIW VHUYLFLQJ LW ZDV IRXQG WKDW D PRUH FRQVLVWHQW RYHUVLJKW LV QHHGHG $ ULVN EDVHG JXLGDQFH IRU VXFK RYHUVLJKW LV EHLQJ GHYHORSHG LQ WKH IRUP RI D SROLF\ letter. 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