# Update to the 2016 National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP) Guidelines; Correction
**AGENCY:**
Coast Guard, DHS.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
On October 2, 2018, the Coast Guard published a notice of availability of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines. In the *DATES* section of the Notice of availability, the effective date of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines is October 1, 2018. However, in Section 1.3, page1-2, of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines, the effective date is “60 days after the date of publication in the *Federal Register* .” The Coast Guard has corrected Section 1.3 of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines to reflect the effective date is “October 1, 2018.” A corrected version of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines has been uploaded to the USCG Homeport site at the following link: *https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/incident-management-and-preparedness/contingency-exercises/port-level-exercises/port-level-exercises-general-information.*
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Mr. Jonathan Smith, Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy, U.S. Coast Guard, 202-372-2675.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On page 1-2 of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines, in Section 1.3, the “Effective Date” is corrected to read: “The 2016.1 PREP Guidelines are effective on October 1, 2018. The PREP Guidelines follow the calendar year (January 1-December 31).” A corrected version of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines has been uploaded to the Coast Guard Homeport site and can be accessed at *https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/incident-management-and-preparedness/contingency-exercises/port-level-exercises/port-level-exercises-general-information.*
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Ricardo M. Alonso,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Marine Environmental Response and Policy.