[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 23, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 13715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6297]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Parts 10, 11, 12, and 15
[Docket No. USCG-2004-17914]
RIN 1625-AA16
Implementation of the 1995 Amendments to the International
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers, 1978
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; next stage.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that it is revisiting the approach
proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the
Implementation of the 1995 Amendments to the International Convention
on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
1978, as published in the Federal Register on November 17, 2009.
DATES: The Coast Guard published its NPRM on the Implementation of the
1995 Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, in the
Federal Register on November 17, 2009 (74 FR 59354). Comments on the
NPRM were due by February 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this rulemaking is available for inspection
or copying at the 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, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this
docket on the Internet by going to http://www.regulations.gov,
inserting USCG-2004-17914 in the ``Keyword'' box, and then clicking
``Search.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
document, call or e-mail Mayte Medina, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 202-
372-1406, e-mail [email protected]. If you have questions on
viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
The United States ratified the International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
1978 (STCW Convention), on June 10, 1991. On November 17, 2009, the
Coast Guard published a NPRM on the Implementation of the 1995
Amendments to the STCW Convention. The Coast Guard held five public
meetings and received a large number of comments to the rulemaking
docket in response to the NPRM.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is currently
developing amendments to the STCW Convention that are expected to be
adopted at a diplomatic conference in June 2010. If adopted, these
amendments will change the minimum training requirements for seafarers.
They are expected to enter into force in accordance with Article XII of
the Convention on January 1, 2012 for all countries that are party to
the STCW Convention.
In response to feedback we have received and to the expected
adoption of the 2010 amendments to the Convention under development at
the IMO, the Coast Guard is reviewing the approach outlined in the
NPRM. As such, we are considering publishing a Supplemental NPRM
(SNPRM) as a next step. The SNPRM would describe any proposed changes
from the NPRM, and seek comments from the public on those proposed
changes.
This document is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: March 17, 2010.
F.J. Sturm,
Deputy Director, Office of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S.
Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2010-6297 Filed 3-22-10; 8:45 am]
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