[Federal Register: December 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 244)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Chapter I and
46 CFR Chapter I
[USCG-2005-23172]
RIN 1625-ZA06
Marine Safety Center Address Change
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: This technical amendment makes non-substantive changes
throughout chapters I of title 33 and title 46 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. The purpose of this amendment is to change the address of
the United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Center as it appears in
Coast Guard regulations. This rule will have no substantive effect on
the regulated public.
DATES: These changes are effective December 21, 2005. We will accept
comments on this technical amendment through February 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number USCG-2005-23172 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one
of the following methods:
(1) Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(4) Delivery: 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.
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The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
(5) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
amendment, call Commander Hung Nguyen, Executive Officer, United States
Coast Guard Marine Safety Center, telephone 202-475-3400. If you have
questions on viewing the docket, call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-493-0402.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your
name and address, identify the docket number for this rulemaking (USCG-
2005-23172), indicate the specific section of this document to which
each comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. You may
submit your comments and material by electronic means, mail, fax, or
delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address under
ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and material by only one
means. If you submit them by mail or 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 rule in
view of them.
Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket,
go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time, click on ``Simple Search,'' enter
the last five digits of the docket number for this rulemaking, and
click on ``Search.'' You may also visit the Docket Management Facility
in 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.
Privacy Act: Anyone can 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 Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit
http://dms.dot.gov.
Regulatory History
We did not publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for this
amendment. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that this
technical amendment is exempt from notice and comment rulemaking
requirements because the amendment only makes non-substantive address
changes. These changes will have no substantive effect on the public;
therefore, it is unnecessary to publish an NPRM.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Guard finds that good cause
exists for making this rule effective less than 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register. The MSC left its previous location
on December 9, 2005, and correspondence should be directed to the new
address.
Background and Purpose
The office of the United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Center
will change locations resulting in the need for an address change in
the Code of Federal Regulations. This rule also changes the abbreviated
designation of the Marine Safety Center from ``G-MSC'' to ``MSC''
throughout chapters I of title 33 and title 46.
Regulatory Evaluation
This rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under section
3(f) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and does
not require an assessment of potential costs and benefits under section
6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office of Management and Budget has not
reviewed it under that Order. It is not ``significant'' under the
regulatory policies and procedures of the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS). Because this amendment makes only address changes, we
expect the economic impact to be so minimal that a full Regulatory
Evaluation under the regulatory policies and procedures of DHS is
unnecessary.
Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), we have
considered whether this rule would have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities. The term ``small entities''
comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that are
independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields,
and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000.
It is not expected that this amendment will have a significant
economic impact on any small entities. Therefore, the Coast Guard
certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this technical amendment will not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
Collection of Information
This amendment calls for no new collection of information under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).
Federalism
A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on State or local
governments and would either preempt State law or impose a substantial
direct cost of compliance on them. We have analyzed this amendment
under that Order and have determined that it does not have implications
for federalism.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538)
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or tribal government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 or more in any
one year. Though this amendment will not result in such an expenditure,
we do discuss the effects of this amendment elsewhere in this preamble.
Taking of Private Property
This amendment will not effect a taking of private property or
otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630,
Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected
Property Rights.
Civil Justice Reform
This amendment meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and
3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize
litigation, eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.
Protection of Children
We have analyzed this amendment under Executive Order 13045,
Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks. This amendment is not an economically significant rule and does
not create an environmental risk to health or risk to safety that may
disproportionately affect children.
Indian Tribal Governments
This amendment does not have tribal implications under Executive
Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments, because it does not have a substantial direct effect on
one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the
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Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.
Energy Effects
We have analyzed this amendment under Executive Order 13211,
Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use. We have determined that it is not a ``significant
energy action?'' under that order because it is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866 and is not likely to
have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use
of energy. The Administrator of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs has not designated it as a significant energy
action. Therefore, it does not require a Statement of Energy Effects
under Executive Order 13211.
Technical Standards
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15
U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards
in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress,
through the Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why
using these standards would be inconsistent with applicable law or
otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical
standards (e.g., specifications of materials, performance, design, or
operation; test methods; sampling procedures; and related management
systems practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus
standards bodies.
This amendment does not use technical standards. Therefore, we did
not consider the use of voluntary consensus standards.
Environment
We have analyzed this rule under Commandant Instruction M16475.lD,
which guides the Coast Guard in complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and
have concluded that there are no factors in this case that would limit
the use of a categorical exclusion under section 2.B.2 of the
Instruction. Therefore, this rule is categorically excluded, under
figure 2-1, paragraph (34)(a), of the Instruction from further
environmental documentation. Paragraph (34)(a) excludes regulatory
actions that are editorial or procedural, such as those updating
addresses. Under figure 2-1, paragraph (34)(a), of the Instruction, an
Environmental Analysis Check List and a Categorical Exclusion
Determination are not required for this technical amendment.
List of Subjects
33 CFR Part 104
Maritime security, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Security measures, Vessels.
33 CFR Part 120
Passenger vessels, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Security measures, Terrorism.
33 CFR Part 157
Cargo vessels, Oil pollution, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
33 CFR Part 159
Alaska, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sewage disposal,
Vessels.
46 CFR Part 31
Cargo vessels, Marine safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
46 CFR Part 39
Cargo vessels, Fire prevention, Hazardous materials transportation,
Marine safety, Occupational safety and health, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 44
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 50
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 63
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 69
Measurement standards, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 71
Marine safety, Passenger vessels, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
46 CFR Part 91
Cargo vessels, Marine safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
46 CFR Part 107
Marine safety, Oil and gas exploration, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 108
Fire prevention, Marine safety, Occupational safety and health, Oil
and gas exploration, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 110
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 116
Fire prevention, Marine safety, Passenger vessels, Seamen.
46 CFR Part 127
Cargo vessels, Fire prevention, Marine safety, Occupational safety
and health, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Seamen.
46 CFR Part 133
Cargo vessels, Marine safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
46 CFR Part 153
Administrative practice and procedure, Cargo vessels, Hazardous
materials transportation, Marine safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Water pollution control.
46 CFR Part 154
Cargo vessels, Gases, Hazardous materials transportation, Marine
safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 161
Fire prevention, Marine safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
46 CFR Part 162
Fire prevention, Marine safety, Oil pollution, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 170
Marine safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Vessels.
46 CFR Part 177
Marine safety, Passenger vessels, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
46 CFR Part 189
Marine safety, Oceanographic research vessels, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 199
Cargo vessels, Marine safety, Oil and gas exploration, Passenger
vessels, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
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For the reasons discussed in the preamble, and under the authority of
14 U.S.C. 633; 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 33 CFR
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1.05-1(a)-(d); and, Department of Homeland Security Delegation No.
0170.1, the Coast Guard amends titles 33 and 46 of the Code of Federal
Regulations as set forth below:
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1. Wherever it appears in chapters I of titles 33 and/or 46, the phrase
``Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center (MSC) 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 6302, Nassif Building, Washington, DC 20590-0001'' is revised
to read ``Commanding Officer (MSC), USCG Marine Safety Center, 1900
Half Street, SW., Suite 1000, Room 525, Washington, DC 20024 for
visitors and private courier service delivery. Send all regular mail to
Commanding Officer (MSC), USCG Marine Safety Center, 2100 2nd Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20593.''
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2. Wherever it appears in chapters I of titles 33 and/or 46, the phrase
``U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center (G-MSC)'' is revised to read
``U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center (MSC)''.
Dated: December 15, 2005.
Stefan G. Venckus,
Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, United States
Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 05-24319 Filed 12-20-05; 8:45 am]
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