The Coast Guard just made its annual Great Lakes safety rules permanent

The Coast Guard is making its yearly safety rules for the Eastern Great Lakes permanent. This means the rules will no longer need to be re-issued every year.

For years, the Coast Guard had to publish the same safety rules for the Great Lakes every year. This was a bureaucratic step that consumed time and resources. Now, those rules are simply on the books, freeing up the agency to focus on new issues.