---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 101.510"
title: "33"
number: "101.510"
heading: "Assessment tools."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/101.510"
---

# §101.510. Assessment tools.


Ports, vessels, and facilities required to conduct security assessments by part [103](/cfr/33/part103.md), [104](/cfr/33/part104.md), 105, or 106 of this subchapter may use any assessment tool that meets the standards set out in part [103](/cfr/33/part103.md), [104](/cfr/33/part104.md), 105, or 106, as applicable. These tools may include USCG assessment tools, which are available from the cognizant COTP or at https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/NVIC/, as set out in the following:

- (a) Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular titled, “Guidelines for Port Security Committees, and Port Security Plans Required for U.S. Ports” (NVIC 9-02 series);
- (b) Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular titled, “Security Guidelines for Vessels”, (NVIC 10-02 change 1); and
- (c) Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular titled, “Security Guidelines for Facilities”, (NVIC 11-02 change 1).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0306, 77 FR 37313, June 21, 2012, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39173, July 1, 2013; USCG-2022-0323, 88 FR 10028, Feb. 16, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70101-70104 and 70124; Executive Order 12656, 3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 585; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2003-14792, 68 FR 39278, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0306, 77 FR 37313, June 21, 2012, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39173, July 1, 2013; USCG-2022-0323, 88 FR 10028, Feb. 16, 2023]