82 FR 26632 - Evaluation of Existing Coast Guard Regulations, Guidance Documents, Interpretative Documents, and Collections of Information
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 109 (June 8, 2017)
Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 109 (June 8, 2017)
| Page Range | 26632-26634 | |
| FR Document | 2017-11930 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 109 (Thursday, June 8, 2017)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 26632-26634] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-11930] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Chapter I 46 CFR Chapters I and III 49 CFR Chapter IV [Docket No. USCG-2017-0480] Evaluation of Existing Coast Guard Regulations, Guidance Documents, Interpretative Documents, and Collections of Information AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We are seeking comments on Coast Guard regulations, guidance documents, and interpretative documents that you believe should be repealed, replaced, or modified. Also, we welcome your comments on our approved collections of information, regardless of whether the collection is associated with a regulation. We are taking this action in response to Executive Orders 13771, Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs; 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda; and 13783, Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth. We plan to use your comments to assist us in our work with the Department of Homeland Security's Regulatory Reform Task Force. DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before July 10, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG- 2017-0480 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document call or email Mr. Adam Sydnor, Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1490, email [email protected]. [[Page 26633]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 30, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13771, Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs. Under that Executive Order, for every one new regulation issued, at least two prior regulations must be identified for elimination, and the cost of planned regulations must be prudently managed and controlled through a budgeting process. On February 24, 2017, the President issued Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda. That Executive Order directs agencies to take specific steps to identify and alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens placed on the American people. On March 28, 2017, the President issued Executive Order 13783, Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth. Executive Order 13783 promotes the clean and safe development of our Nation's vast energy resources, while at the same time avoiding agency actions that unnecessarily encumber energy production. We are seeking comments on Coast Guard regulations, guidance documents, interpretative documents, and collections of information that you believe should be removed or modified to alleviate unnecessary burdens because we believe your comments will assist the Coast Guard in its role within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in responding to these Executive Orders. The Coast Guard is looking for new information and new economic data to support any proposed changes. Regulatory Reform Task Force Executive Order 13777 directs agencies to designate a Regulatory Reform Officer and to establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force (Task Force). The Deputy Secretary of DHS is the agency Regulatory Reform Officer, and the Coast Guard's Senior Accountable Regulatory Official, who is our Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, is a member of the DHS Task Force. One of the duties of the Task Force is to evaluate existing regulations and make recommendations to the agency head regarding their repeal, replacement, or modification. Executive Order 13777 further directs that each Task Force attempt to identify regulations that:Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job creation; Are outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective; Impose costs that exceed benefits; Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with regulatory reform initiatives and policies; Are inconsistent with the requirements of section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (44 U.S.C. 3516 note), or the guidance issued pursuant to that provision, in particular those regulations that rely in whole or in part on data, information, or methods that are not publicly available or that are insufficiently transparent to meet the standard of reproducibility; or Derive from or implement Executive Orders or other Presidential directives that have been subsequently rescinded or substantially modified. Section 3(e) of the Executive Order calls on the Task Force to ``seek input and other assistance, as permitted by law, from entities significantly affected by Federal regulations, including State, local, and tribal governments, small businesses, consumers, non-governmental organizations, and trade associations'' on regulations that meet some or all of the criteria above. Also, when implementing the regulatory offsets required by Executive Order 13771, which may include guidance documents, interpretative documents, and collections of information, in addition to regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations, Executive Order 13777 states that each agency head should prioritize, to the extent permitted by law, those regulations that the agency's Regulatory Reform Task Force has identified as being outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective. Executive Order 13783 calls for agencies to submit reports to the Vice President, the Office of Management and Budget, and others in the Executive Office of the President, with ``specific recommendations that, to the extent permitted by law, could alleviate or eliminate aspects of agency actions that burden domestic energy production.'' These agency actions include all existing regulations, orders, guidance documents, policies, and any other similar agency actions that potentially burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources, with particular attention to oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy resources. We ask that you keep these specific elements we have identified from these three Executive Orders in mind as you consider Coast Guard regulations or collections of information for removal or modification to alleviate unnecessary burdens. Location of Coast Guard Regulations Coast Guard regulations fall within three general categories in the Code of Federal Regulations--navigation and navigable waters, shipping, and transportation. Here are the three corresponding titles in the CFR (and the parts in those titles) where you will find our regulations: 33 CFR Chapter I (parts 1 through 199), 46 CFR Chapters I (parts 1 through 199) and III (parts 400 through 499), and 49 CFR Chapter IV (parts 400 through 499). You may view these regulations on www.fdsys.gov or www.ecfr.gov. In the CFR you will find bracketed references to rules published in the Federal Register (for example, xx FR xxxx, date) that provide our reasoning for establishing the regulations in that CFR part or section, and our estimates of the costs and benefits of those regulations. Rules published since 1990 will be available in the Federal Register library on www.fdsys.gov. Our rulemaking documents include a number that denotes our online docket. On www.regulations.gov, using that docket number, you should be able to find supporting and related material we provided for that rule, including a cost-benefit analysis. In our dockets, you will also find notices of proposed rulemaking and submissions from interested persons who commented on our initial proposal for the regulations that appear in the final rule. The preamble of the final rule contains our responses to those comments. Location of Coast Guard Guidance Documents and Interpretative Documents Coast Guard guidance documents and interpretative rules may be found in a number of online locations. You may find many of these documents on the Coast Guard's homeport Web page, http://homeport.uscg.mil. In addition, we sometimes publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing the release of a guidance document or interpretative rule and the document may be found in the docket for that notice in addition to a Coast Guard Web page. You can find these notices using the search function on www.fdsys.gov or the Federal Register browse function if you know the date the notice was published. Some of these documents take the form of a Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular, frequently abbreviated as ``NVIC,'' and the Federal Register notices will often have an action line of ``Notice of policy'' or ``Notice of availability.'' Location of Approved Collections of Information If a regulation has a collection of information associated with it, you [[Page 26634]] should find a reference to that collection of information in the rulemaking documents (normally a notice of proposed rulemaking and a final rule) we published to establish the regulation. But whether a collection is associated with a regulation or not, you will be able to find our approved collections of information in www.reginfo.gov. Our collections have approval numbers in the 1625-series and are listed with other Department of Homeland Security collections. Public Participation and Comments If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this notice requesting comments (USCG-2017-0480), indicate the specific regulation, guidance document, interpretative document, or collection of information you are commenting on, and provide a reason for each suggestion or recommendation. Please make your comments as specific as possible, and include any supporting data or other information, such as cost information, you may have. Also, if you are commenting on a regulation, please provide a Federal Register (FR) or Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) citation when referencing a specific regulation, and provide specific suggestions regarding repeal, replacement or modification. 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. Copies of Executive Orders 13771, 13777, and 13783, and all public comments are available in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov. 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, visit http://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice. Although the Coast Guard will not respond to individual comments, we value your comments and will give careful consideration to them. Dated: June 1, 2017. J.G. Lantz, Senior Accountable Regulatory Official, Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards. [FR Doc. 2017-11930 Filed 6-7-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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d. Installation or upgrades of HVAC facility and mounted to signage lighting, designs, architectural drawings, surveys, and
systems; gates or fences); site assessments (except when tree clearing,
e. Modifications to water intake and c. A small number of wind turbines with geotechnical boring, or other land
outflow structures provided that intake a height generally less than 200 feet disturbance would occur).
velocities and volumes and water effluent (measured from the ground to the maximum Jacinda B. Woodward,
quality and volumes are consistent with height of blade rotation) that are located more
existing permit limits; than 10 nautical miles from an airport or Senior Vice President, Resources and River
f. Repair or replacement of doors, aviation navigational aid and more than 1.5 Management.
windows, walls, ceilings, roofs, floors and nautical miles from a National Weather [FR Doc. 2017–11784 Filed 6–7–17; 8:45 am]
lighting fixtures in structures greater than 50 Service or Federal Aviation Administration BILLING CODE 8120–08–P
years old; and radar;
g. Painting and paint removal at structures d. Small-scale biomass power plants
greater than 50 years old, including actions (generally less than 10 megawatts) using
taken to contain, remove and dispose of lead- commercially available technology intended DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
based paint when in accordance with to primarily support operations in single SECURITY
applicable requirements. facilities or contiguous facilities (such as an
38. Siting, construction, and use of office complex) and that is located within a Coast Guard
buildings and associated infrastructure previously disturbed or developed area and
physically disturbing generally no more than uses agricultural residue products or wood 33 CFR Chapter I
10 acres of undisturbed land or 25 acres of waste as its fuel supply; and
previously-disturbed land. e. Methane gas electric generating systems
46 CFR Chapters I and III
39. Siting and temporary placement and using commercially available technology
operation of trailers, prefabricated and installed within a previously disturbed or
modular buildings, or tanks on previously developed area on or contiguous to an 49 CFR Chapter IV
disturbed sites at an existing TVA facility. existing landfill or wastewater treatment [Docket No. USCG–2017–0480]
40. Demolition and disposal of structures, plant.
buildings, equipment and associated 46. Installation, modification, operation, Evaluation of Existing Coast Guard
infrastructure and subsequent site and removal of commercially available small- Regulations, Guidance Documents,
reclamation, subject to applicable review for scale, drop-in, run-of-the-river hydroelectric
historical value, on sites generally less than systems that do not require construction of
Interpretative Documents, and
10 acres in size. new water storage structures or new water Collections of Information
41. Actions to maintain roads, trails, and diversion from a stream or river channel. AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
parking areas (including resurfacing, Covered systems would be located up-
cleaning, asphalt repairs, and placing gravel) gradient of natural fish barriers and outside ACTION: Request for comments.
that do not involve new ground disturbance of any navigation channels and involve no SUMMARY: We are seeking comments on
(i.e., no grading). major construction or modification of stream
or river channels.
Coast Guard regulations, guidance
42. Improvements to existing roads, trails,
and parking areas, including, but not limited 47. Modifications to the TVA rate structure documents, and interpretative
to, scraping and regrading; regrading of (i.e., rate change) and any associated documents that you believe should be
embankments, installation or replacement of modifications to contracts for pricing energy repealed, replaced, or modified. Also,
culverts; and minor expansions. or demand for wholesale end-users or direct we welcome your comments on our
43. Actions to enhance and control access serve customers of TVA power or approved collections of information,
to TVA property including, but not limited development of new or modified pricing regardless of whether the collection is
to, construction of and improvements to products that result in no or only minor associated with a regulation. We are
access road and parking area (generally no increases in peak or base load energy taking this action in response to
greater than 1 mile in length and physically generation or that result in system-wide
demand reduction.
Executive Orders 13771, Reducing
disturbing no more than 10 acres of
undisturbed land or 25 acres of previously- 48. Financial and technical assistance for Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
disturbed land) and installation of control programs conducted by non-TVA entities to Costs; 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory
measures such as gates, fences, or post and promote energy efficiency or water Reform Agenda; and 13783, Promoting
cable. conservation, including, but not limited to, Energy Independence and Economic
44. Small-scale, non-emergency cleanup of assistance for installation or replacement of Growth. We plan to use your comments
solid waste or hazardous waste (other than energy efficient appliances, insulation, to assist us in our work with the
high-level radioactive waste and spent HVAC systems, plumbing fixtures, and water Department of Homeland Security’s
nuclear fuel) to reduce risk to human health heating systems. Regulatory Reform Task Force.
or the environment. Actions include 49. Financial assistance including, but not
collection and treatment (such as limited to, approving and administering DATES: Comments and related material
incineration, encapsulation, physical or grants, loans and rebates for the renovation must be received by the Coast Guard on
chemical separation, and compaction), or minor upgrading of existing facilities, or before July 10, 2017.
recovery, storage, or disposal of wastes at established or developing industrial parks, or ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
existing facilities currently handling the type existing infrastructure; the extension of identified by docket number USCG–
of waste involved in the action. infrastructure; geotechnical boring; and 2017–0480 using the Federal
45. Installation, modification, and construction of commercial and light eRulemaking Portal at http://
operation of the following types of renewable industrial buildings. Generally, such
or waste-heat recovery energy projects which assistance supports actions that physically
www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public
increase generating capacity at an existing disturb no more than 10 acres of undisturbed Participation and Request for
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TVA facility, generally comprising of land or no more than 25 acres of previously- Comments’’ portion of the
physical disturbance to no more than 10 disturbed land. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
acres of undisturbed land or 25 acres of 50. Financial assistance for the following further instructions on submitting
previously-disturbed land: actions: Approving and administering grants, comments.
a. Combined heat and power or loans and rebates for continued operations or
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
cogeneration systems at existing buildings or purchase of existing facilities and
sites; infrastructure for uses substantially the same information about this document call or
b. Solar photovoltaic systems mounted on as the current use; purchasing, installing, and email Mr. Adam Sydnor, Coast Guard;
the ground, an existing building or other replacing equipment or machinery at existing telephone 202–372–1490, email
structure (such as a rooftop, parking lot or facilities; and completing engineering Adam.B.Sydnor@uscg.mil.
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should find a reference to that collection ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION For additional information, see the
of information in the rulemaking AGENCY direct final rule which is located in the
documents (normally a notice of rules section of this Federal Register.
proposed rulemaking and a final rule) 40 CFR Part 52 Dated: May 24, 2017.
we published to establish the regulation. [EPA–R06–OAR–2016–0464; FRL–9962–22– Samuel Coleman,
But whether a collection is associated Region 6] Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
with a regulation or not, you will be
[FR Doc. 2017–11902 Filed 6–7–17; 8:45 am]
able to find our approved collections of Approval and Promulgation of
information in www.reginfo.gov. Our BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
Implementation Plans; Texas;
collections have approval numbers in Revisions to the General Definitions
the 1625-series and are listed with other for Texas Air Quality Rules
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Department of Homeland Security
AGENCY: Environmental Protection AGENCY
collections.
Agency (EPA).
Public Participation and Comments 40 CFR Part 52
ACTION: Proposed rule.
If you submit a comment, please [EPA–R06–OAR–2017–0192; FRL–9962–32–
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Clean Region 6]
include the docket number for this Air Act (CAA), the Environmental
notice requesting comments (USCG– Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to Approval and Promulgation of
2017–0480), indicate the specific approve revisions of the Texas State Implementation Plans; Texas;
regulation, guidance document, Implementation Plan (SIP) pertaining to Revisions to Emissions Banking and
interpretative document, or collection of EPA’s latest definition of volatile Trading Programs for Area and Mobile
information you are commenting on, organic compounds (VOC), aligning the Sources
and provide a reason for each suggestion lead reporting threshold with the EPA’s
or recommendation. Please make your Annual Emissions Reporting Rule AGENCY: Environmental Protection
comments as specific as possible, and (AERR), shortening the distance from Agency (EPA).
include any supporting data or other the shoreline for applicable offshore ACTION: Proposed rule.
information, such as cost information, sources to report an emission inventory,
you may have. Also, if you are SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Clean
and revising terminology and Air Act (CAA or the Act), the
commenting on a regulation, please definitions for clarity or consistency
provide a Federal Register (FR) or Code Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
with the EPA’s AERR. EPA is proposing is proposing to approve revisions to the
of Federal Regulations (CFR) citation these actions under section 110 of the
when referencing a specific regulation, Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP)
CAA through a direct final rulemaking. Emissions Banking and Trading
and provide specific suggestions
DATES: Written comments should be Programs submitted for parallel
regarding repeal, replacement or
modification. received on or before July 10, 2017. processing on March 10, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, Specifically, we are proposing to
We encourage you to submit
identified by EPA–R06–OAR–2016– approve revisions that clarify and
comments through the Federal
0464, at http://www.regulations.gov or expand the existing provisions for the
eRulemaking Portal at http://
via email to Ms. Nevine Salem. For generation and use of emission credits
www.regulations.gov. If your material
additional information on how to from area and mobile sources.
cannot be submitted using http://
submit comments see the detailed DATES: Written comments must be
www.regulations.gov, contact the person
instructions in the ADDRESSES section of received on or before July 10, 2017.
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
the direct final rule located in the rules ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
CONTACT section of this document for
section of this Federal Register. identified by Docket No. EPA–R06–
alternate instructions. Copies of
Executive Orders 13771, 13777, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. OAR–2017–0192, at http://
13783, and all public comments are Nevine Salem, (214) 665–7222, www.regulations.gov or via email to
available in our online docket at http:// salem.nevine@epa.gov. wiley.adina@epa.gov. Follow the online
www.regulations.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the instructions for submitting comments.
We accept anonymous comments. All final rules section of this Federal Once submitted, comments cannot be
comments received will be posted Register, the EPA is approving the edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
without change to http:// State’s SIP submittal as a direct rule The EPA may publish any comment
www.regulations.gov and will include without prior proposal because the received to its public docket. Do not
any personal information you have Agency views this as noncontroversial submit electronically any information
provided. For more about privacy and submittal and anticipates no adverse you consider to be Confidential
the docket, visit http:// comments. A detailed rationale for the Business Information (CBI) or other
www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice. approval is set forth in the direct final information whose disclosure is
rule. If no relevant adverse comments restricted by statute. Multimedia
Although the Coast Guard will not
are received in response to this action submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
respond to individual comments, we
no further activity is contemplated. If accompanied by a written comment.
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value your comments and will give
the EPA receives relevant adverse The written comment is considered the
careful consideration to them.
comments, the direct final rule will be official comment and should include
Dated: June 1, 2017. withdrawn and all public comments discussion of all points you wish to
J.G. Lantz, received will be addressed in a make. The EPA will generally not
Senior Accountable Regulatory Official, subsequent final rule based on this consider comments or comment
Director of Commercial Regulations and proposed rule. The EPA will not contents located outside of the primary
Standards. institute a second comment period. Any submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
[FR Doc. 2017–11930 Filed 6–7–17; 8:45 am] parties interested in commenting on this other file sharing system). For
BILLING CODE 9110–04–P action should do so at this time. additional submission methods, please
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Request for comments. | |
| Dates | Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before July 10, 2017. | |
| Contact | For information about this document call or email Mr. Adam Sydnor, Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1490, email [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 26632 | |
| CFR Citation | 33 Title 33 CFR Chapter I 46 Title 46 CFR Chapter I 49 Title 49 CFR Chapter IV |
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