80_FR_30290 80 FR 30189 - Seafarers' Access to Maritime Facilities

80 FR 30189 - Seafarers' Access to Maritime Facilities

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 101 (May 27, 2015)

Page Range30189-30190
FR Document2015-12657

The Coast Guard is reopening the public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``Seafarers' Access to Maritime Facilities,'' which published in the Federal Register on December 29, 2014. The NPRM proposed to require each owner or operator of a facility regulated by the Coast Guard to implement a system that provides seafarers and other individuals with access between vessels moored at the facility and the facility gate, in a timely manner and at no cost to the seafarer or other individual. As originally published, the comment period for the NPRM closed on February 27, 2015. Several members of the public have requested additional time to comment on the NPRM, citing various timing constraints. In order to provide interested members of the public an additional opportunity to submit comments on the NPRM, the Coast Guard is reopening the public comment period for 60 days. We are particularly interested in comments on our estimate that there is a 10.3 percent non-compliance rate of facilities with respect to providing seafarers' access. In addition to comments on this topic, we will consider all public comments on the NPRM received during the reopened comment period. We request that you not re-submit comments already in the docket.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 30189-30190]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12657]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 101 and 105

[Docket No. USCG-2013-1087]


Seafarers' Access to Maritime Facilities

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice to reopen public comment period.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening the public comment period for the 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``Seafarers' Access to 
Maritime Facilities,'' which published in the Federal Register on 
December 29, 2014. The NPRM proposed to require each owner or operator 
of a facility regulated by the Coast Guard to implement a system that 
provides seafarers and other individuals with access between vessels 
moored at the facility and the facility gate, in a timely manner and at 
no cost to the seafarer or other individual. As originally published, 
the comment period for the NPRM closed on February 27, 2015. Several 
members of the public have requested additional time to comment on the 
NPRM, citing various timing constraints. In order to provide interested 
members of the public an additional opportunity to submit comments on 
the NPRM, the Coast Guard is reopening the public comment period for 60 
days. We are particularly interested in comments on our estimate that 
there is a 10.3 percent non-compliance rate of facilities with respect 
to providing seafarers' access. In addition to comments on this topic, 
we will consider all public comments on the NPRM received during the 
reopened comment period. We request that you not re-submit comments 
already in the docket.

DATES: Comments and related material must either be submitted to our 
online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before July 1, 2015 
or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2013-1087 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; or
    (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 below for instructions on 
submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice, call or email LCDR Kevin McDonald, Cargo and Facilities 
Division (CG-FAC-2), Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1168; email 
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing material 
in the docket, call Ms. Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number for this rulemaking (USCG-2013-1087) and provide a reason 
for each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and 
material online or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but please use only 
one of these means. 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 and 
use ``USCG-2013-1087'' as your search term. Locate the docket for this 
rulemaking and follow the instructions on that Web site for submitting 
public comments. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, 
submit them in an 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.
    Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as 
documents mentioned in the NPRM as being available in the docket, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov and use ``USCG-2013-1087'' as your search 
term. Locate the docket for this rulemaking and follow the instructions 
on that Web site for viewing comments and documents in the docket. If 
you do not have access to the Internet, you may view the docket online 
by visiting 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. We have an agreement 
with the Department of Transportation to use the Docket Management 
Facility.
    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 system of records notice regarding our public dockets in 
the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Regulatory History and Information

    On December 29, 2014, the Coast Guard published an NPRM entitled 
``Seafarers' Access to Maritime Facilities'' (79 FR 77981). The NPRM 
proposed to require each owner or operator of a facility regulated by 
the Coast Guard to implement a system that provides seafarers and other 
individuals with access between vessels moored at the facility and the 
facility gate in a timely manner and at no cost to the seafarer or 
other individual. As originally published, the comment

[[Page 30190]]

period for the NPRM expired on February 27, 2015. To date, the Coast 
Guard has received approximately 150 public submissions, which are 
available for viewing in the online docket for this rulemaking.
    Additionally, on January 23, 2015, the Coast Guard held a public 
meeting in Washington, DC, to solicit comments on the proposals in the 
NPRM. Approximately 11 parties provided oral comments at the meeting, 
and more than 500 parties viewed the meeting online via live video 
feed. A video recording of the public meeting is available for viewing 
at https://www.youtube.com/embed/1hAjrvUNylY?rel=0.

Background and Purpose

    Since publication of the NPRM, the Coast Guard has received several 
written and oral comments requesting an extension of the public comment 
period. Commenters cited different reasons for the request to extend 
the public comment period, including the timing of the publication, a 
delay in submitted comments posting to the electronic docket, and the 
complexity of the NPRM's proposals and economic analysis. The 
commenters requesting an extended public comment period either 
requested an additional 60 days, or they did not specify a number of 
additional days. In response to these requests, the Coast Guard is 
reopening the public comment period for an additional 60 days. The 
Coast Guard will consider all of the public comments posted to the 
docket, including those already submitted. We request that you not re-
submit comments that are already in the docket. You may, however, 
comment on other documents and comments that are in the docket. If you 
choose to do so, please ensure you identify which document or comment 
you are responding to.

Request for Comments

    We encourage your participation by submitting your comments to the 
Docket Management Facility as specified in the ADDRESSES section above. 
Please refer to the NPRM for a detailed discussion of the proposals, as 
well as the list of topics included in the request for comments on 
specific issues (79 FR 77981, 77987).
    We also encourage you to view the NPRM's accompanying Preliminary 
Regulatory Analysis and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 
(Regulatory Analysis), available for viewing in the docket. To view the 
Regulatory Analysis, go to http://www.regulations.gov and use ``USCG-
2013-1087'' as your search term. Once you locate and open the docket 
folder for this rulemaking, click on ``View all documents and comments 
in this Docket.'' From there check the box, ``Supporting & Related 
Material,'' on the left side of the screen. This will display a link to 
the Regulatory Analysis. We are particularly interested in comments 
from the public on our estimate that there is a 10.3 percent non-
compliance rate of facilities with respect to providing seafarers' 
access.\1\ Some commenters have suggested that the 10.3 percent non-
compliance rate estimate is too low. We are interested in learning if 
there is a better estimate or if there are other sources of information 
for obtaining the non-compliance rate. In addition to comments on this 
topic, we will consider all public comments on the NPRM received during 
the reopened comment period.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ See NPRM (79 FR 77987), Item 5 from our list of specific 
requests for comments.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Authority

    We issue this notice under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 553, 46 U.S.C. 
70103 (Note), 46 U.S.C. 70124, 33 U.S.C. 1226, 33 U.S.C. 1231, and 
Department of Homeland Security Delegation 0710.1(II)(70, 71, and 97).

    Dated: May 20, 2015.
J.C. Burton,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections & Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-12657 Filed 5-26-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 9110-04-P

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 27, 2015 / Proposed Rules 30189 fees) because the system is exempt from comment period. We request that you telephone number in the body of your subsection (d) provisions regarding not re-submit comments already in the document so that we can contact you if access and amendment of records by docket. we have questions regarding your record subjects. Nevertheless, the ODNI DATES: Comments and related material submission. has published agency rules concerning must either be submitted to our online To submit your comment online, go to notification of a subject in response to docket via http://www.regulations.gov http://www.regulations.gov and use his request if any system of records on or before July 1, 2015 or reach the ‘‘USCG–2013–1087’’ as your search named by the subject contains a record Docket Management Facility by that term. Locate the docket for this pertaining to him and procedures by date. rulemaking and follow the instructions which the subject may access or amend on that Web site for submitting public ADDRESSES: You may submit comments the records. Notwithstanding comments. If you submit your identified by docket number USCG– comments by mail or hand delivery, exemption, the ODNI may determine it 2013–1087 using any one of the appropriate to satisfy a record subject’s submit them in an unbound format, no following methods: larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for access request. (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: copying and electronic filing. If you Dated: May 19, 2015. http://www.regulations.gov; submit comments by mail and would Mark W. Ewing, (2) Fax: 202–493–2251; (3) Mail: Docket Management Facility like to know that they reached the Chief Management Officer. Facility, please enclose a stamped, self- [FR Doc. 2015–12767 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am] (M–30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground addressed postcard or envelope. We will BILLING CODE 9500–01–P consider all comments and material Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey received during the comment period. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– Viewing comments and documents: 0001; or To view comments, as well as DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail SECURITY documents mentioned in the NPRM as address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 being available in the docket, go to p.m., Monday through Friday, except Coast Guard http://www.regulations.gov and use Federal holidays. The telephone number ‘‘USCG–2013–1087’’ as your search is 202–366–9329. 33 CFR Parts 101 and 105 To avoid duplication, please use only term. Locate the docket for this rulemaking and follow the instructions [Docket No. USCG–2013–1087] one of these four methods. See the on that Web site for viewing comments ‘‘Public Participation and Request for Seafarers’ Access to Maritime and documents in the docket. If you do Comments’’ portion of the Facilities not have access to the Internet, you may SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section view the docket online by visiting the Coast Guard, DHS. AGENCY: below for instructions on submitting Docket Management Facility in Room comments. Notice to reopen public ACTION: W12–140 on the ground floor of the comment period. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If Department of Transportation West you have questions about this notice, Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening call or email LCDR Kevin McDonald, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. the public comment period for the Cargo and Facilities Division (CG–FAC– and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 2), Coast Guard; telephone 202–372– except Federal holidays. We have an entitled ‘‘Seafarers’ Access to Maritime 1168; email Kevin.J.McDonald2@ agreement with the Department of Facilities,’’ which published in the uscg.mil. If you have questions on Transportation to use the Docket Federal Register on December 29, 2014. viewing material in the docket, call Ms. Management Facility. The NPRM proposed to require each Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Privacy Act: Anyone can search the owner or operator of a facility regulated Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– electronic form of comments received by the Coast Guard to implement a 9826. into any of our dockets by the name of system that provides seafarers and other SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the individual submitting the comment individuals with access between vessels (or signing the comment, if submitted moored at the facility and the facility Public Participation and Request for on behalf of an association, business, gate, in a timely manner and at no cost Comments labor union, etc.). You may review a to the seafarer or other individual. As We encourage you to participate in Privacy Act system of records notice originally published, the comment this rulemaking by submitting regarding our public dockets in the period for the NPRM closed on February comments and related materials. All January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal 27, 2015. Several members of the public comments received will be posted, Register (73 FR 3316). have requested additional time to without change, to http:// comment on the NPRM, citing various www.regulations.gov and will include Regulatory History and Information timing constraints. In order to provide any personal information you have On December 29, 2014, the Coast interested members of the public an provided. Guard published an NPRM entitled additional opportunity to submit Submitting comments: If you submit a ‘‘Seafarers’ Access to Maritime comments on the NPRM, the Coast comment, please include the docket Facilities’’ (79 FR 77981). The NPRM Guard is reopening the public comment number for this rulemaking (USCG– proposed to require each owner or Lhorne on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS period for 60 days. We are particularly 2013–1087) and provide a reason for operator of a facility regulated by the interested in comments on our estimate each suggestion or recommendation. Coast Guard to implement a system that that there is a 10.3 percent non- You may submit your comments and provides seafarers and other individuals compliance rate of facilities with respect material online or by fax, mail or hand with access between vessels moored at to providing seafarers’ access. In delivery, but please use only one of the facility and the facility gate in a addition to comments on this topic, we these means. We recommend that you timely manner and at no cost to the will consider all public comments on include your name and a mailing seafarer or other individual. As the NPRM received during the reopened address, an email address, or a originally published, the comment VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:31 May 26, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\27MYP1.SGM 27MYP1

30190 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 27, 2015 / Proposed Rules period for the NPRM expired on you locate and open the docket folder DATES: Comment Date: Comments must February 27, 2015. To date, the Coast for this rulemaking, click on ‘‘View all be received on or before July 27, 2015. Guard has received approximately 150 documents and comments in this ADDRESSES: Written comments may be public submissions, which are available Docket.’’ From there check the box, submitted through http:// for viewing in the online docket for this ‘‘Supporting & Related Material,’’ on the www.regulations.gov; by mail or hand- rulemaking. left side of the screen. This will display delivery to Director, Regulation Policy Additionally, on January 23, 2015, the a link to the Regulatory Analysis. We and Management (02REG), Department Coast Guard held a public meeting in are particularly interested in comments of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. Washington, DC, to solicit comments on from the public on our estimate that NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC the proposals in the NPRM. there is a 10.3 percent non-compliance 20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026. Approximately 11 parties provided oral rate of facilities with respect to Comments should indicate that they are comments at the meeting, and more providing seafarers’ access.1 Some submitted in response to ‘‘RIN 2900– than 500 parties viewed the meeting commenters have suggested that the AO92-Veterans Transportation Service.’’ online via live video feed. A video 10.3 percent non-compliance rate Copies of comments received will be recording of the public meeting is estimate is too low. We are interested in available for public inspection in the available for viewing at https:// learning if there is a better estimate or Office of Regulation Policy and www.youtube.com/embed/ if there are other sources of information Management, Room 1068, between the 1hAjrvUNylY?rel=0. for obtaining the non-compliance rate. hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Background and Purpose In addition to comments on this topic, Monday through Friday (except we will consider all public comments holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 for Since publication of the NPRM, the on the NPRM received during the Coast Guard has received several an appointment. (This is not a toll-free reopened comment period. number.) In addition, during the written and oral comments requesting an extension of the public comment Authority comment period, comments may be period. Commenters cited different viewed online through the Federal We issue this notice under the Docket Management System (FDMS) at reasons for the request to extend the authority of 5 U.S.C. 553, 46 U.S.C. public comment period, including the http://www.regulations.gov. 70103 (Note), 46 U.S.C. 70124, 33 U.S.C. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: timing of the publication, a delay in 1226, 33 U.S.C. 1231, and Department of submitted comments posting to the David Riley, Director, Veterans Homeland Security Delegation Transportation Program, Chief Business electronic docket, and the complexity of 0710.1(II)(70, 71, and 97). the NPRM’s proposals and economic Office (10NB2G), 2957 Clairmont Rd., analysis. The commenters requesting an Dated: May 20, 2015. Atlanta, GA 30329–1647, (404) 828– extended public comment period either J.C. Burton, 5601. (This is not a toll-free number.) requested an additional 60 days, or they Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: did not specify a number of additional Inspections & Compliance. Executive Summary: Purpose of This days. In response to these requests, the [FR Doc. 2015–12657 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am] Regulatory Action: We would create Coast Guard is reopening the public BILLING CODE 9110–04–P new regulations concerning the comment period for an additional 60 Veterans Transportation Service (VTS), days. The Coast Guard will consider all a program where the Department of of the public comments posted to the DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS Veterans Affairs (VA) directly transports docket, including those already AFFAIRS veterans and other persons to or from submitted. We request that you not re- VA or VA-authorized facilities for the submit comments that are already in the 38 CFR Part 70 purposes of examination, treatment, or docket. You may, however, comment on care. Specifically, these regulations other documents and comments that are RIN 2900–AO92 would define which persons are in the docket. If you choose to do so, eligible, how they may apply for Veterans Transportation Service transportation benefits, and how VA please ensure you identify which document or comment you are AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. would provide transportation, including responding to. ACTION: Proposed rule. such limitations as are necessary for the safe and effective operation of the Request for Comments program. SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans We encourage your participation by Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its Summary of the Major Provisions of submitting your comments to the Docket medical regulations concerning the this Regulatory Action: This proposed Management Facility as specified in the transportation of persons for the rule would— ADDRESSES section above. Please refer to purposes of examination, treatment, and • Modify VA’s existing transportation the NPRM for a detailed discussion of care. Public Law 112–260, as amended, regulations by including new content the proposals, as well as the list of authorized VA to carry out a program to specific to VA’s direct transportation of topics included in the request for transport any person to or from a VA veterans and other persons for the comments on specific issues (79 FR facility or other place, among other purposes of examination, treatment, or 77981, 77987). things, for the purpose of examination, care. We also encourage you to view the treatment, or care. This authority • Define key terms used throughout Lhorne on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS NPRM’s accompanying Preliminary expires on December 31, 2015. These the regulation. These terms would Regulatory Analysis and Initial regulations would provide guidelines include attendant, which would be Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for veterans and the public regarding similar to the term used in VA’s (Regulatory Analysis), available for VA’s Veterans Transportation Service beneficiary travel program and refer to viewing in the docket. To view the (VTS). a person who is required to aid or assist Regulatory Analysis, go to http:// another person; guest, which would be www.regulations.gov and use ‘‘USCG– 1 See NPRM (79 FR 77987), Item 5 from our list a person whose presence is not 2013–1087’’ as your search term. Once of specific requests for comments. medically required; scheduled visit, VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:31 May 26, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\27MYP1.SGM 27MYP1


Document Created: 2015-12-15 15:35:25
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 15:35:25
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice to reopen public comment period.
DatesComments and related material must either be submitted to our online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before July 1, 2015 or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.
ContactIf you have questions about this notice, call or email LCDR Kevin McDonald, Cargo and Facilities Division (CG-FAC-2), Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1168; email [email protected] If you have questions on viewing material in the docket, call Ms. Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
FR Citation80 FR 30189 
CFR Citation33 CFR 101
33 CFR 105
2025 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR