The U.S. Coast Guard’s Regional Examination Center in New Orleans is scheduled to reopen on Aug. 9. Previously the agency had targeted July 28 for the reopening, but that date has been pushed back.The Coast Guard issued the following news release concerning the New Orleans REC:
COAST GUARD REGIONAL EXAMINATION CENTER NEW ORLEANS TO REOPEN IN AUGUST
The Coast Guard Regional Examination Center New Orleans will reopen on August 9, 2006. The limited services currently provided by the REC will continue as staff dislocated by Hurricane Katrina return to the New Orleans area over the coming weeks.
As previously announced, REC New Orleans will offer fingerprinting, examinations, and identification verification services for merchant mariner applications. Following the reopening all applications received at REC New Orleans will be forwarded to the new National Maritime Center in West Virginia for evaluation and processing. The forwarding of mariner applications to West Virginia is part of a restructuring and centralization project to improve customer service to mariners.
The new address of REC New Orleans is:
Commander, Sector New Orleans
Regional Examination Center
201 Old Hammond Hwy.
Metairie, La. 70005
(504) 219-2772
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