[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 53986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19272]
[[Page 53986]]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Part 28
[Docket No. USCG-2012-0025]
RIN 1625-AB85
Commercial Fishing Vessels--Implementation of 2010 and 2012
Legislation
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of public comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending, for 90 days, the period for
submitting public comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
The extension responds to a request made by the public.
DATES: The comment period for the NPRM published on June 21, 2016 (81
FR 40437) is extended. Comments and related material must be submitted
on or before December 18, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2012-0025 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further
instructions on submitting comments.
Collection of Information. You must submit comments on the
collection of information discussed in section VII.D of the NPRM both
to the Coast Guard's docket and to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the White House Office of Management and
Budget. OIRA submissions can use one of the listed methods.
Email (preferred)[email protected] (include
the docket number and ``Attention: Desk Officer for Coast Guard, DHS''
in the subject line of the email).
Fax--202-395-6566.
Mail--Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
ATTN: Desk Officer, U.S. Coast Guard.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this proposed
rule, call or email Mr. Jack Kemerer, Chief, Fishing Vessels Division
(CG-CVC-3), Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance (CG-CVC), Coast
Guard; telephone 202-372-1249, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We view public participation as essential to effective rulemaking,
and will consider all comments and material received during the comment
period. Your comment can help shape the outcome of this rulemaking. 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.
We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be
submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice and all public
comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and
can be viewed by following that Web site's instructions. Additionally,
if you go to the online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will
be notified when comments are posted or a final rule is published.
We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the
docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal
Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal
Register (70 FR 15086).
B. Regulatory History and Information
We published the NPRM for this rulemaking on June 21, 2016 (81 FR
40437). It proposed to align the commercial fishing industry vessel
regulations with the mandatory provisions of 2010 and 2012 legislation
passed by Congress that took effect upon enactment. The alignments
would change the applicability of current regulations, and add new
requirements for safety equipment, vessel examinations, vessel safety
standards, the documentation of maintenance, and the termination of
unsafe operations. The NPRM announced a 90-day public comment period
ending September 19, 2016. We have received requests for an extension
of the comment period, which we have decided to grant in light of the
importance of our proposed changes to the regulations, and to provide
ample opportunity for commercial fishermen to review and provide their
comments. With this extension, the total length of the public comment
period will now be 180 days.
This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: August 9, 2016.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2016-19272 Filed 8-12-16; 8:45 am]
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