# 2026-16337: Coast Guard Tosses Out Dusty Old Inspection Memo

2026-16337, Cancellation of Obsolete Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular, is a Federal Register rule from Homeland Security Department, Coast Guard published 2026-08-11, effective 2025-12-02; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16337
- As of: 2026-08-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16337
- Title: Cancellation of Obsolete Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Citation: 91 FR 51592
- Published: 2026-08-11
- Effective: 2025-12-02
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-18

## In one line

Coast Guard Tosses Out Dusty Old Inspection Memo

## Summary

The Coast Guard announces the cancellation of an obsolete Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC). NVICs are guidance documents issued by the Coast Guard. While they do not have the force of law, NVICs help ensure Coast Guard inspections and other regulatory actions conducted by field personnel are complete and consistent. Similarly, the marine industry and the general public rely on NVICs to assess how the Coast Guard will enforce certain regulations or conduct various marine safety programs. Thus, to avoid confusion, it is important that the public be notified when NVICs are cancelled.

## Effects PRIA read

- Coast Guard cancels STEP guidance: benefit, low. If you operate a vessel subject to the Coast Guard's Ballast Water Management regulations (33 CFR 151.2005), the Coast Guard cancelled Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 01-04 on December 2, 2025. The NVIC, which set procedures to apply for the Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program…

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## Sources
- [2026-16337 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/11/2026-16337/cancellation-of-obsolete-navigation-and-vessel-inspection-circular)
- [2026-16337 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-11/pdf/2026-16337.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16337 (as of 2026-08-18).