[Federal Register: March 26, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 58)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 175
[USCG-2001-10163]
RIN 2115-AG18
Federal Requirements For Propeller Injury Avoidance Measures
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening the period for public comment
concerning federal requirements for propeller injury avoidance
measures. The president of the National Association of State Boating
Law Administrators (NASBLA) asked that we reopen the comment period,
which ended March 11, 2002, so its Committee could discuss the proposed
rule at its meeting in April 2002 and so NASBLA could submit a comment
to the docket. We are reopening the period until May 11, 2002, so that
NASBLA and other interested persons can submit comments.
DATES: Comments must reach the docket on or before May 11, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Identify your comments and related material by the docket
number for this rulemaking [USCG-2001-10163]. To make sure they do not
enter the docket more than once, please submit them by only one of the
following means:
(1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U. S. Department of
Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20590-0001.
(2) By hand-delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The
telephone number is 202-366-9329.
(3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
(4) Electronically through the Internet Site for the Docket
Management System at http://dms.dot.gov.
The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this
rulemaking. Comments and material received from the public, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket,
will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, at
the address listed above between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket on the
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. You may obtain a copy of this notice by
calling the Infoline of the U. S. Coast Guard at 1-800-368-5647, or
read it on the Internet, at the Web Site for the Office of Boating
Safety, at http://www.uscgboating.org or at http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact
Carlton Perry, Project Manager, Office of Boating Safety, U. S. Coast
Guard, by telephone at 202-267-0979 or by e-mail at
cperry@comdt.uscg.mil. For questions on viewing or submitting material
to the docket, call Dorothy Beard, Chief, Dockets, Department of
Transportation, telephone 202-366-5149.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulatory History
The Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled
``Federal Requirements For Propeller Injury Avoidance Measures'' on
December 10, 2001 [66 FR 63645]. That document also contains a detailed
history of the Coast Guard's previous regulatory efforts in the area of
propeller injury prevention.
Reason for Reopening the Comment Period
In response to the notice of proposed rulemaking, we received more
than 70 comments, including a request from the President of NASBLA to
extend the comment period beyond April 15, 2002, to enable the Boats &
Associated Equipment Committee of NASBLA to review the proposal at its
meeting and allow NASBLA to submit a comment to the docket. We are
reopening the comment period until May 11, 2002, to let the committee
discuss the proposed rulemaking at their meeting and for NASBLA to
submit a comment to the docket. During this time, we will also accept
comments from any other interested party. The Coast Guard requests that
you not re-submit comments already in the docket.
Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
your comments to the Docket Management Facility as specified in
ADDRESSES. We will consider comments received during this reopened
comment period and may change the proposed rule in response to the
comments.
Dated: March 16, 2002.
Kenneth T. Venuto,
Rear Admiral, Coast Guard, Director of Operations Policy.
[FR Doc. 02-7230 Filed 3-25-02; 8:45 am]
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