80 FR 17473 - Light Lists-Changes in Distribution Methods

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 62 (April 1, 2015)

The Coast Guard is changing the way in which it makes Light Lists available to the public. The Coast Guard will continue to publish electronic versions of these publications and make them available free of charge, updated weekly, by means of the Internet, but will no longer produce printed Light List volumes.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17473-17474]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07501]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0144]


Light Lists--Changes in Distribution Methods

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is changing the way in which it makes Light 
Lists available to the public. The Coast Guard will continue to publish 
electronic versions of these publications and make them available free 
of charge, updated weekly, by means of the Internet, but will no longer 
produce printed Light List volumes.

DATES: Electronic-only publication of the Light Lists began February 
23, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The Coast Guard is not requesting but will accept public 
comments on this change. To make sure that your comments and related 
material are not entered more than once in the docket, please submit 
them by only one of the following means:
     Online--http://www.regulations.gov following Web site 
instructions.
     Fax--202-493-2251.
     Mail or hand deliver--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. Hours 
for hand delivery are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays (telephone 202-366-9329).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email Mr. Frank Parker, Aids to Navigation Division, Commandant 
(CG-NAV-1), U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., 
Stop 7418, Washington, DC 20593-7418; telephone (202) 372-1551, email 
[email protected]. For information about viewing or submitting 
material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826, toll free 1-800-647-5527.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard has statutory and treaty 
obligations to make navigation information available to the public. 
Coast Guard Light Lists are a means for communicating aids to 
navigation information that is available nowhere else. Light Lists are 
available free of charge via the Internet or at a cost through the 
Government Publishing Office. However, based on emerging technology and 
the ability to update these volumes on a weekly basis, the cost and 
time for printing the Light List on an annual basis has reached 
obsolescence. Technology now allows us to provide the Light List in a 
timelier and less costly manner via the Internet. The Coast Guard has 
successfully published updated Light Lists electronically via the 
Internet for several years. Electronic Light Lists are available on the 
Coast Guard Navigation Center's Web site at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightLists. Light Lists are updated weekly on the Coast Guard 
Navigation Center's Web site at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightListWeeklyUpdates. Electronic nautical publications are 
authorized for use on commercial vessels. While the Light Lists will no 
longer be available in government printed form, commercial 
reproductions may be available in the future. The 2014

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editions were the last government printed Light Lists.
    Light Lists are referred to in two Coast Guard regulations, 33 CFR 
72.05-1 and 72.05-5. They relate to Coast Guard agency management and 
are general policy statements without binding effect either on the 
public or on the Coast Guard. Therefore, under the Administrative 
Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.), they can be amended without 
public notice and comment. We expect to revise these regulations to 
eliminate obsolete references to print distribution, as part of our 
forthcoming technical amendments to Title 33 of the CFR.
    This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).

    Dated: March 25, 2015.
Gary C. Rasicot,
Director, Senior Executive Service, U.S. Coast Guard, Marine 
Transportation Systems Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-07501 Filed 3-31-15; 8:45 am]
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