comdtinst m2400.1f - US Coast Guard Response Boat-Medium

L06.03 CG MOBILE STATIONS - MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATIONS FREQUENCY
(165KF3E)
157.075 MHz (Ch. 81) 150.980 MHz
(Simplex and Transportable
Repeater Transmit)
(Mobile Transmit/
Transportable Repeater
Receiver)
Channel 81 has been established for interface communications between
the Coast Guard and non-Government entities (including oil spill
cleanup contractors/cooperatives) involved in oil discharge removal or
other environmental protection operations in support of National Oil
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan and Joint Canada - U.S.
Marine Pollution Contingency Plan for Spills of Oil and other Noxious
Substances. Channel 81 will not be used for communications between
non-Government cleanup activities to support their own operations.
Frequencies available for oil spill cleanup operations performed by
non-Government activities are found in Part 90.65 of the FCC Rules. Use
of Channel 81, by non-Government stations, is limited to mobile
stations, operated by supervisory personnel in charge of removal
operations, for communications with the Coast Guard and will be on
Coast Guard owned equipment. Coast Guard owned equipment, loaned for
this purpose, will not be licensed by the FCC.
When not being used for marine environmental protection operations, use
of Channel 81 is encouraged for other Coast Guard maritime mobile
operations, to include command and control. Such other use carries the
understanding that Channel 81 shall be pre-empted for oil discharge
removal operations whenever necessary.
The frequency 150.980 MHz is a non-government channel reserved for oil
spill containment and cleanup operations. It is authorized for Coast
Guard use on a shared basis with non-Federal Government activities as a
mobile Transmit/Transportable Repeater receive frequency in support of
oil spill containment and cleanup operations and for training purposes.
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