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COMDTINST M16465.6A — NATIONAL INCIDENT COMMANDER’S (NIC) MANUAL FOR SPILL OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE (SONS) MANAGEMENT

COMDTINST M16465.6A is listed as current Current
in the USCG Directives catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-10-05). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2021-07-29 — 5.2 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.

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Branch	U.S. Coast Guard
Series	COMDTINST M
Publication date	2021-07-29 (5.2 years ago)
Status	Current
Proponent / OPR	CG-MER
Source of record	USCG Directives

Version history

Changes we observed

Our weekly check on 2026-09-21 saw status archived → current
Our weekly check on 2026-09-18 saw status current → archived

These are dated observations from our own catalog refresh — when we saw the record change, which the publisher does not record.

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