COMDTINST 3140.3D
13 JAN 1988
10. c.
Maintenance..
(1)
The U.S. Coast Guard will provide:
(a)
Transportation to and from the site location for routine or repair visits,
normally to coincide with regular servicing visits. No commitment to respond
to system failures on an urgent or demand basis is implied.
(2)
The National Weather Service shall:
(a)
Provide for all equipment and personnel necessary to maintain and repair
installed equipment.
(b)
Provide for data to be automatically relayed without Coast Guard handling.
11. ACTION.
a.
Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics commands, and unit
commanding officers shall comply with the contents of this instruction.
b.
District commanders shall:
(1)
Implement the above policy to the extent that resources permit.
(2)
Designate certain Coast Guard units as weather reporting units.
(3)
Ensure that communication and formatting procedures, as prescribed in enclosure (2),
are properly observed and observations rapidly conveyed by the district weather
reporting units.
(4)
Shall, upon receipt of this instruction, review the current list of coastal units, enclosure
(6), and report corrections, additions and deletions to COMDT (G-OIO) indicating
which are reporting and which are non-reporting units as defined in paragraphs 6 and 7
of this instruction. List should include number of observations per day and times, and
the three letter code. Also if it is day/night working display.
(5)
Shall submit timely reports of change in weather reporting units and coastal warning
display stations (RCS-G-OIO-2155) to Commandant (G-OIO), with copy to National
Weather Service (W/050141X2), NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, 20910. Reports of new
stations should include latitude and longitude, the number of observations per day and
times, and/or the type of display (day, day/night, etc.). NWS will provide the three
letter identifier.
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