[Federal Register: March 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 39)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9071-9072]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr02mr09-8]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Parts 160, 161, 164, and 165
[USCG-2005-21869]
RIN 1625-AA99
Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure, and
Automatic Identification System
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of second public meeting; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In response to requests received, the Coast Guard announces a
second public meeting, to be held March 25, 2009, in Seattle, WA, to
receive comments on a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend Coast
Guard regulations governing Notice of Arrival and Departure (NOAD) and
Automatic Identification System (AIS) requirements. This is an
additional meeting to the one previously announced for March 5, 2009,
in Washington, DC.
DATES: A public meeting will be held in Seattle, WA, on March 25, 2009,
from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The comment period for the proposed rule
closes April 15, 2009. All written comments and related material must
be received by the Coast Guard on or before April 15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The March 25, 2009, public meeting will be held at the
following location:
Seattle, WA--Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second
Ave., Fourth Floor North Auditorium, Seattle, WA 98174-1067.
A government-issued photo identification will be required for
entrance to the building.
Written comments and related material may also be submitted to
Coast Guard personnel specified at that meeting. All comments and
related material submitted after the meeting must be submitted using
any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov under
docket number USCG-2005-21869.
(2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning the
NOAD portion of this proposed rulemaking or concerning the public
meeting, please contact Lieutenant Sharmine Jones, Office of Vessel
Activities (CG-543), Coast Guard, Sharmine.N.Jones@uscg.mil, telephone
202-372-1234. If you have questions on the AIS portion of this proposed
rulemaking, contact Mr. Jorge Arroyo, Office of Navigation Systems (CG-
5413), Coast Guard, Jorge.Arroyo@uscg.mil, telephone 202-372-1563. If
you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket,
call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone
202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
We published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal
Register on December 16, 2008 (73 FR 76295), entitled ``Vessel
Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure, and Automatic
Identification System.'' In it we stated our intention to hold a public
meeting, and to publish a notice to announce the location and date of
the public meeting. 73 FR 76296. In this notice, we announce an
additional public meeting, to the one previously announced for March 5,
2009, in Washington, DC (74 FR 7534), to receive comments on this
proposed rule.
In the NPRM, we proposed to expand the applicability of Notice of
Arrival and Departure (NOAD) and Automatic Identification System (AIS)
requirements to more commercial vessels, modify NOAD reporting
requirements, establish a mandatory method for electronic data
submission and establish a separate requirement for certain vessels to
submit notices of departure. The proposed rulemaking would also clarify
existing AIS requirements and extend the applicability of AIS
requirements to additional vessels and beyond Vessel Traffic Service
areas to all U.S. navigable waters.
You may view the NPRM in our online docket, in addition to
supporting documents prepared by the Coast Guard (Regulatory Analysis &
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Valuing Mortality Risk
Reductions in Homeland Security Regulatory Analyses--Final Report June
2008, and an Environmental Checklist), and comments submitted thus far
by going to http://www.regulations.gov. Once there, select the Advanced
Docket Search option on the right side of the screen, insert USCG-2005-
21869 in the Docket ID box, press Enter, and then click on the item in
the Docket ID column. If you do not have access to the Internet, you
may view the docket by visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room
W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. We
have an agreement with the Department of Transportation to use the
Docket Management Facility.
We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments either orally at the meeting or in writing. If you bring
written comments to the meeting, you may submit them to Coast Guard
personnel specified at the meeting to receive written comments. These
comments will be submitted to our online public docket. All comments
received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov
and will include any personal information you have provided.
Anyone can search the electronic form of 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 a Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
Information on Service for Individuals With Disabilities
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting,
contact Lieutenant Sharmine Jones at the telephone number indicated
under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
Public Meeting
The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting regarding this proposed
rulemaking on March 25, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Seattle, WA,
at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Ave., Fourth Floor
North Auditorium, Seattle, WA 98174-1067.
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Should the length of oral comments or the number of commenters warrant
doing so, the meeting may be extended to as late as 5 p.m. A
government-issued photo identification (for example, a driver's
license) will be required for entrance to the building.
We plan to record this meeting using an audio-digital recorder and
to make that audio recording available through a link in our online
docket. We will also provide a written summary of the meeting and
comments and will place that summary in the docket.
Dated: February 25, 2009.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. E9-4356 Filed 2-25-09; 4:15 pm]
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