[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 144 (Thursday, July 26, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43741-43742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18226]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Parts 151, 155, 156, and 157
46 CFR Part 197
[Docket Number USCG-2010-0194]
RIN 1625-AB57
MARPOL Annex I Amendments; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending the comment period for the notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``MARPOL Annex I Amendments,''
published on April 9, 2012, for 60 days. We have decided to extend the
comment period at the request of industry because we omitted from the
docket the accompanying Regulatory Analysis, which informs the
proposal.
DATES: Comments and related material must be submitted to the docket by
September 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number using
any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(3) Mail or Delivery: 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. Deliveries
accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for further instructions
on submitting comments. To avoid duplication, please use only one of
these three methods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule,
call or email Scott E. Hartley, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Operating
and Environmental Standards, (CG-OES-2); telephone 202-372-1437, email
[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:
A. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided.
1. Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to which
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. You may submit your comments and material online at
http://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but
please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online, it
will be considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully
transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment,
it will be considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when
it is received at the Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a
telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact
you if we have questions regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
type the docket number (USCG-2010-0194) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click
``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with
this rulemaking.
If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them
in an
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unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments 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 and may change the rule
based on your comments.
2. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
type the docket number (USCG-2010-0194) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click
``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with
this rulemaking. You may also visit 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.
3. Privacy Act
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).
B. Regulatory History and Information
The Coast Guard published an NPRM entitled ``MARPOL Annex I
Amendments'' on April 9, 2012 (77 FR 21360) proposing to align Coast
Guard regulations with recent amendments to Annex I of the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,
1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978. The NPRM also proposed to
incorporate some elements from the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea into our regulations. All comments on this NPRM
were originally due by July 9, 2012.
C. Background and Purpose
On June 14, 2012, we received a letter from the American Petroleum
Institute requesting a 60-day extension of the comment period. It noted
that the Regulatory Analysis had not been posted to the docket, and
that examination of that document was important in analyzing the
proposal. We found that the Regulatory Analysis was in fact not
available in the docket as stated in the NPRM, and promptly made it
available and ensured it was properly posted to the docket. However, as
we wish to give commenters the full amount of time originally provided
to review our analysis, we are reopening the comment period to allow
commenters the full period to comment on the Regulatory Analysis.
D. Authority
This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: July 17, 2012.
F.J. Sturm,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations, and Standards, U.S. Coast
Guard.
[FR Doc. 2012-18226 Filed 7-25-12; 8:45 am]
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