1. (a) The State is the issuing authority and reporting authority in:

   state

   Alabama—AL. Alaska—AK. American Samoa—AS. Arizona—AZ. Arkansas—AR. California—CF. Colorado—CL. Connecticut—CT. Delaware—DL. District of Colum- bia—DC. Florida—FL. Georgia—GA. Guam—GU. Hawaii—HA. Idaho—ID. Illinois—IL. Indiana—IN. Iowa—IA. Kansas—KA. Kentucky—KY. Louisiana—LA. Maine—ME. Maryland—MD. Massachusetts—MS. Michigan—MC. Minnesota—MN. Mississippi—MI. Missouri—MO. Montana—MT. Nebraska—NB. Nevada—NV. New Hampshire—NH. New Jersey—NJ. New Mexico—NM. New York—NY. North Carolina—NC. North Dakota—ND. Northern Mariana Islands—CM. Ohio—OH. Oklahoma—OK. Oregon—OR. Pennsylvania—PA. Puerto Rico—PR. Rhode Island—RI. South Carolina—SC. South Dakota—SD. Tennessee—TN. Texas—TX. Utah—UT. Vermont—VT. Virginia—VA. Virgin Islands—VI. Washington—WN. West Virginia—WV. Wisconsin—WS. Wyoming—WY.

2. (b) The Coast Guard is the issuing authority and reporting authority in:

   state

   [Reserved]

3. (c) The abbreviations following the names of the State listed in paragraphs (a) and (b) are the two capital letters that must be used in the number format to denote the State of principal operation as prescribed in § 174.23 of this chapter.

[CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended by CGD 76-076, 41 FR 23401, June 10, 1976; CGD 89-048, 54 FR 27002, June 27, 1989; USCG-2001-9286, 66 FR 33642, June 25, 2001; USCG-2003-14963, 77 FR 18701, Mar. 28, 2012]