[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22232-22233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9047]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Parts 2, 24, 30, 70, 90, 91, and 188
[Docket No. USCG-2011-0363]
RIN 1625-AB71
Seagoing Barges
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Direct final rule; withdrawal of correction.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is withdrawing its correction published on
March 29, 2012, to a direct final rule published on December 14, 2011
and withdrawn on April 6, 2012. The correction was published to correct
an inadvertent transposition in the titles of two tables in our
amendatory instructions and to publish vessel inspection tables in
their entirety so that the format of the tables would be consistent
with current Federal Register format requirements. The direct final
rule was withdrawn on April 6, 2012, because we received two adverse
comments and the direct final rule will not become effective as
scheduled. Therefore, we must also withdraw the vessel inspection
tables published as part of the correction because they are not
consistent with the current regulatory text.
DATES: The correction published March 29, 2012, (77 FR 18929), is
withdrawn on April 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this withdrawn rulemaking is available for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
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USCG-2011-0363 in the ``Keyword'' box, and then clicking ``Search.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice, call or email Mr. Ken Smith, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone (202)
372-1413, email Ken.A.Smith@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing
material in the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 14, 2011, we published a direct final rule entitled
``Seagoing Barges'' in the Federal Register (76 FR 77712). That rule
would have redefined ``seagoing barge'' in 46 CFR parts 90 and 91 and
would have revised 46 CFR parts 2, 24, 30, 70, 90, 91, and 188 to
exempt specified seagoing barges from inspection and certification to
align Coast Guard regulations with the language of the applicable
statutes. On March 29, 2012, we published a correction to the direct
final rule in the Federal Register (77 FR 18929) to correct the
inadvertent transposition of the titles of two tables in our amendatory
instructions and to publish the vessel inspection tables in their
entirety so that the format of the tables would be consistent with the
current Federal Register format requirements. On April 6, 2012, (77 FR
20727) we published a notice of withdrawal for the original direct
final rule because we received two adverse comments. Because the direct
final rule will not become effective as scheduled, we must also
withdraw the vessel inspection tables republished as part of the
correction because they are not consistent with the current regulatory
text.
Authority
We issue this notice of withdrawal under the authority of 33 U.S.C.
494, 502, 525, 33 CFR 1.05-55, and Department of Homeland Security
Delegation No. 0170.1.
Because the inspection tables republished as part of the correction
are not consistent with the current regulatory text, we are withdrawing
the correction.
Dated: April 11, 2012.
Kathryn A. Sinniger,
Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2012-9047 Filed 4-11-12; 4:15 pm]
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