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

5.B.1. a. (1) Violations committed by Coast Guard units. Submit the
original copy of CG2861A to the violating unit, a copy
to the violating unit's Area and District Commander,
a copy to the reporting unit's District Commander and
retain a copy for file.
(2) Violations committed by other military services,
federal government agencies or foreign administrations.
Submit the original to the Commandant (G-TIM), a copy
to the reporting unit's Area and District Commander
and retain a copy for file.
(3) Violations committed by US non-federal government
stations. It is the Commandant's policy that District
Commanders make local working agreements with FCC
Regional Directors to resolve marine radio problems and
abuses at the local level whenever possible. (See
"Agreement Between Federal Communication Commission
and United States Coast Guard Relating to Marine Radio
Problems", May 1983, contained in Enclosure 5-1).
Violation reports should be submitted in accordance
with local arrangements between the cognizant Coast
Guard District Commander and FCC Regional Director as
appropriate. Copies of violations issued under these
arrangements shall be forwarded to the Commandant
(G-TTM) for information. In the absence of local
arrangements, radio violation reports involving
non-federal government stations shall be submitted to
the Commandant (G-TTM) for referral to the FCC for
action.
(4) Violation reports shall be submitted for all cases
of false activations of EPIRB's, as a hoax, through
gross negligence, carelessness or improper storage and
handling in cases where the person or vessel committing
the violation can be identified.
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