[Federal Register: February 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 29)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Parts 179, 181 and 183
[USCG-2003-14359]
Small Entities Review
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is conducting a review of certain regulations
and invites public comment on how best to lessen the impact of these
rules on small entities. The regulations under review address
notification of defects in boats, manufacturer certification and
identification requirements, and safety standards for boats and
associated equipment.
DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management
Facility on or before June 12, 2003.
ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material are not
entered more than once in the docket, please submit them by only one of
the following means:
(1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (USCG-2003-14359),
U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is (202) 366-9329.
(3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at (202) 493-2251.
(4) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket Management
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this
notice. Comments and material received from the public, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket,
will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket
on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the
Department of Transportation's complete Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register published on April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477-78) or you
may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call Alston Colihan, Office of Boating Safety, Coast Guard, telephone
(202) 267-0981. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material
to the docket, call Dorothy Beard, Chief, Dockets, Department of
Transportation, telephone (202) 366-5149.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
We encourage you to respond to this notice. Submit comments and
related material that tell us how 33 CFR part 179, 181, or 183 affects
your small entity, and how you think that impact can be lessened. See
``Background and Purpose,'' below, for more information on the small
entities review process and the factors the Coast Guard must consider
in conducting that review.
Please include your name and address, identify the docket number
for this notice (USCG-2003-14359), and give the reason for each
comment. You may submit your comments and material by mail, hand
delivery, fax, or electronic means to the Docket Management Facility at
the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit
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your comments and material by only one means. If you submit them by
mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than
8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you
submit them by mail and would like to know that they reached the
Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or
envelope. We will consider all comments and material received during
the comment period. We may change this proposed rule in view of them.
Background and Purpose
Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.) requires the Coast Guard and other rulemaking agencies to review
existing rules for their economic impact on small entities. The Coast
Guard reviews the small entities impact of its existing rules pursuant
to a plan adopted by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and
described in Appendix D of DOT's semiannual regulatory agenda (see 67
FR 74799, December 9, 2002 for the latest publication of the agenda).
Where our 610 Analysis Year shows that a rule has a ``significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities''
(SEIOSNOSE), we begin a 610 Review Year. During the 610 Review Year, we
determine whether and how the SEIOSNOSE can be lessened. In making that
determination, the Regulatory Flexibility Act requires us to consider
the:
[sbull] Continued need for the rule.
[sbull] Nature of public complaints or comments received concerning
the rule.
[sbull] Rule's complexity.
[sbull] Extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts
with other Federal rules and, to the extent feasible, with State and
local governmental rules.
[sbull] Length of time since the rule has been evaluated or the
degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have
changed in the area affected by the rule.
In the fall 2002 agenda, we concluded the 610 Analysis Year for
several rules and determined that 33 CFR parts 179, 181, and 183
significantly affect enough small entities to warrant a 610 Review Year
for the three parts. Section 610 requires us to notify you that the
Review Year is underway and to solicit your input, which we will
consider in conducting our review.
In the fall 2003 agenda, we will announce the results of that
review. We may determine that no further action seems possible or
advisable at this time, in which case we will explain the basis for
that determination. Or, we may determine that a rulemaking project is
needed, to delete or amend the existing rule in a way that will lessen
its small-entity impact. We will indicate whether a rulemaking project
will begin promptly or be scheduled at a later date.
Dated: February 4, 2003.
Harvey E. Johnson,
Rear Admiral, Coast Guard, Director of Operations Policy.
[FR Doc. 03-3461 Filed 2-11-03; 8:45 am]
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