[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 64076-64077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25239]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 161
[Docket No. USCG-2011-1024]
RIN 1625-AB81
Vessel Traffic Service Updates, Including Establishment of Vessel
Traffic Service Requirements for Port Arthur, Texas and Expansion of
VTS Special Operating Area in Puget Sound
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the notice of proposed
rulemaking published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2012 (77
FR 55439), which proposes to revise and update the Vessel Traffic
Service regulations in 33 CFR part 161.
DATES: Comments and related material must either be submitted to our
online
[[Page 64077]]
docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before December 10, 2012,
or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2011-1024 using any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
(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.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section in the notice of proposed
rulemaking published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2012 (77
FR 55439) for instructions on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Patricia
Springer, CG-7413, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-2576; email
[email protected]. 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
On September 10, 2012, the Coast Guard published a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) (77 FR 55439) which proposes to revise
certain Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) regulations in 33 CFR part 161.
The proposed revisions include adding the Maritime Mobile Service
Identifiers (MMSI) for Louisville and Los Angeles/Long Beach.
In the Regulatory Analysis of the NPRM, we said that we do not
expect these revisions to result in additional costs to the public or
industry (77 FR 55441). After publication of that NPRM, however, the
Coast Guard realized that revising Table 161.12(c) for the purpose of
adding an MMSI number for VTS Louisville and Los Angeles/Long Beach
would impose Automatic Identification System (AIS) equipment costs for
owners and operators of the vessel type identified in Sec.
164.46(a)(3) and that operate in either of these two VTS areas. That
action was not intended, and is the subject of a separate rulemaking
project.\1\
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\1\ On December 16, 2008, the Coast Guard published a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking entitled ``Vessel Requirements for Notices of
Arrival and Departure, and Automatic Identification System.'' In
this NPRM, the Coast Guard proposes to expand AIS applicability to
all U.S. navigable waters. (73 FR 76295).
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Need for Correction
Although the Coast Guard highly encourages the use of AIS in U.S.
navigable waters, it was not the Coast Guard's intention, through this
proposed rulemaking, to apply the AIS carriage requirements that are
set forth in Sec. 164.46 to vessels operating within VTS Louisville
and Los Angeles/Long Beach waters. Currently, under existing Part 161,
Note 1 to Table 161.12(c), the AIS broadcast and carriage requirements
set forth in Sec. Sec. 161.21 and 164.46 apply to each VTS location
identified in Table 161.12(c) that are denoted with an MMSI number.
Because the addition of VTS Louisville's and Los Angeles/Long Beach
MMSI numbers to Table 161.12(c) would inadvertently impose AIS carriage
requirements to certain categories of vessels operating in these VTS
areas, the Coast Guard is making a conforming correction to Note 1 to
Table 161.12(c) by adding, at the end of Note 1, the words ``except for
Louisville and Los Angeles/Long Beach.''
The following correction is issued based on authority under 33
U.S.C. 1223, 1231; 46 U.S.C. 70114, 70119; Public Law 107-295, 116
Stat. 2064; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
Correction
The proposed regulatory text of the notice of proposed rulemaking
entitled ``Vessel Traffic Service Updates, Including Establishment of
Vessel Traffic Service Requirements for Port Arthur, TX and Expansion
of VTS Special Operating Area in Puget Sound,'' published September 10,
2012, is corrected as follows:
Sec. 161.12 [Corrected]
In proposed rule FR Doc. 2012-22164 published on September 10, 2012
(77 FR 55439), make the following correction: On page 55446, in the
last sentence of Note 1 of Table 161.12(c), remove the period, and add,
in its place, the words ``except for Louisville and Los Angeles/Long
Beach.''
Dated: October 9, 2012.
Kathryn A. Sinniger,
Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2012-25239 Filed 10-17-12; 8:45 am]
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