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(8) Site visits and inspections.
5-5. Data Collection and Reports. The Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (WCSC) located
in New Orleans, Louisiana, is responsible for the collection of waterborne commerce information.
The waterborne traffic movements are reported to the USACE by all vessel operators of record
on ENG Forms 3925 and 3925B, 3925P or an authorized automated equivalent approved by the
Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-
13, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 163 (44 USC 3501-3520). To facilitate this data collection program,
vessel operators are classified by domicile within Corps districts. With the exception of vessel
operators domiciled within the Ohio River Division (Pittsburgh, Huntington, Louisville, and
Nashville Districts) all vessel operation reports are to be filed with the USACE at the address
specified below:
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
P. 0. Box 61280
New Orleans, LA 70161-1280
a. "Ohio River Division (ORD)." Vessel operators with domicile within ORD (Pittsburgh,
Huntington, Louisville, and Nashville Districts) are required to file vessel operation reports with
the Huntington District at the address specified below:
District Commander
U. S. Army Engineer District, Huntington
Corps of Engineers
Attn: CEORH-PD-C
502 Eighth Street
Huntington, WV 25701-9959
b. For movements with cargo, the point of loading and the point of unloading of each
individual commodity must be delineated.
c. Cargo moved for the military agencies in commercial vessels is reported as ordinary
commercial cargo; military cargo moved in Department of Defense vessels is not collected.
d. Filing Requirements. Implementation of the waterborne commerce statistics provisions
of the River and Harbor Act of 1922, as amended by the Water Resources Development Act of
1986 (PL 99-662) mandates the following:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph 5-5d(2)(c),(d),(e), of this manual, the person or
entity receiving remuneration for the movement of vessels or for the transportation of goods or
passengers on the navigable waters is responsible for assuring that the activity report of
commercial vessels is filed in a timely manner.
(a) For vessels under lease/charter agreements, the lessee or charterer of any commercial
vessel engaged in commercial transportation will be responsible for the filing of said reports until
the lease/charter expires.
(b) The vessel owner, or his designated agent, is always the responsible party for ensuring
that all commercial activity of the vessel is reported in a timely manner.
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