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Commandant
2100
Second
Street
S.W.
United
States
Coast
Guard
Washington,
DC
20593-0001
Staff
Symbol:
(G-NIO)
Phone:
(202)
267-1450
COMDTINST
16151.1C
16 MAR 1993
COMMANDANT
INSTRUCTION
16151.1C
Subj:
Domestic
Icebreaking
Policy
and
Reporting
Requirements
1.
PURPOSE:
This
instruction
prescribes
policy
and
reporting
requirements
for
all
units
engaged
in
domestic
icebreaking
operations.
2.
DIRECTIVES
AFFECTED:
Commandant
Instructions
16151.1B
and
16155.1B
are
cancelled.
3.
DISCUSSION:
Domestic
icebreaking
is
normally
conducted
for
three
basic
purposes:
search
and
rescue
and
other
emergency
situations,
prevention
of
flooding
caused
by
ice,
and
facilitation
of
navigation.
Evaluation
of
new
concepts
through
research
and
development
may
require
icebreaking
activity
beyond
that
undertaken
in
normal
operations.
The
Coast
Guard
uses
domestic
ice operations
report
data
for
evaluating
past
and present
efforts,
making
cost-
benefit
determinations,
planning
future
operations,
and
responding
to
Congressional,
Departmental,
and
public
inquiries
.
4.
POLICY:
a.
Search
and Rescue:
The
Coast
Guard
will
conduct
icebreaking
required
for
search
and
rescue
missions.
Other
emergency
missions
may
also
require
domestic
icebreaking
operations.
Examples
include
opening
channels
to
icebound
communities
which
are
in
immediate
need
of
food,
heating
fuel,
or
medical
assistance;
and
restoring
access
to
island
communities
when
their
own
efforts
fail.
These operations
are
conducted
in
direct
support
of
the
general
public
and
are
not
to be
construed
as
assistance
to
commercial
activities.
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