The Office of Design and Engineering Standards (CG-ENG) has issued Policy Letter 01-23, Design Basis Agreement Submission Guidance. The policy letter serves to provide additional guidance for entities interested in submitting vessel design equivalency requests to the Coast Guard for review and consideration.

A complete list of ENG Policy Letters can be found at the following link. https://www.dco.uscg.mil/ENG/Policy/

For any questions, please contact CGENG@uscg.mil

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