82 FR 32511 - Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee-Input To Support Regulatory Reform of Coast Guard Regulations-New Task
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 134 (July 14, 2017)
Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 134 (July 14, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-14770 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 134 (Friday, July 14, 2017)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 32511-32512] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-14770] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Chapter I 46 CFR Chapters I and III 49 CFR Chapter IV [Docket No. USCG-2017-0661] Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee--Input To Support Regulatory Reform of Coast Guard Regulations--New Task AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Announcement of new task assignment for the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC); teleconference meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard is issuing a new task to the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC). The U.S. Coast Guard is asking MERPAC to help the agency identify existing regulations, guidance, and collections of information (that fall within the scope of the Committee's charter) for possible repeal, replacement, or modification. This tasking is in response to the issuance of Executive Orders 13771, ``Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs; 13777, ``Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda;'' and 13783, ``Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth.'' The full Committee is scheduled to meet by teleconference on August 8, 2017 to discuss this tasking. This teleconference will be open to the public. The U.S. Coast Guard will consider MERPAC recommendations as part of the process of identifying regulations, guidance, and collections of information to be repealed, replaced, or modified pursuant to the three Executive Orders discussed above. DATES: The full Committee is scheduled to meet by teleconference on August 8, 2017, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. Please note that this teleconference may adjourn early if the Committee has completed its business. ADDRESSES: To join the teleconference or to request special accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. on August 1, 2017. The number of teleconference lines is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Instructions: Submit comments on the task statement at any time, including orally at the teleconference, but if you want Committee members to review your comments before the teleconference, please submit your comments no later than August 1, 2017. You must include the words ``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this action. Written comments may also be submitted using the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If you encounter technical difficulties with comment submission, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. You may review Regulations.gov's Privacy [[Page 32512]] and Security Notice at https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice. Docket Search: For access to the docket or to read documents or comments related to this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov, insert ``USCG-2017-0661'' in the Search box, press Enter, and then click on the item you wish to view. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Junior Grade James Fortin, Alternate Designated Federal Officer of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee, (202) 372-1128, or email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: New Task to the Committee The U.S. Coast Guard is issuing a new task to MERPAC to provide recommendations on whether existing regulations, guidance, and information collections (that fall within the scope of the Committee's charter) should be repealed, replaced, or modified. MERPAC will then provide advice and recommendations on the assigned task and submit a final recommendation report to the U.S. Coast Guard. Background 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. When implementing the regulatory offsets required by Executive Order 13771, each agency head is directed to prioritize, to the extent permitted by law, those regulations that the agency's Regulatory Reform Task Force identifies as outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective in accordance with Executive Order 13777. As part of this process to comply with all three Executive Orders, the U.S. Coast Guard is reaching out through multiple avenues to interested individuals to gather their input about what regulations, guidance, and information collections, they believe may need to be repealed, replaced, or modified. On June 8, 2017, the U.S. Coast Guard issued a general notice in the Federal Register requesting comments from interested individuals regarding their recommendations, 82 FR 26632. In addition to this general solicitation, the U.S. Coast Guard also wants to leverage the expertise of its Federal Advisory Committees and is issuing similar tasks to each of its Committees. A detailed discussion of each of the Executive orders and information on where U.S. Coast Guard regulations, guidance, and information collections are found is in the June 8th notice. The Task MERPAC is tasked to: Provide input to the U.S. Coast Guard on all existing regulations, guidance, and information collections that fall within the scope of the Committee's charter. 1. One or more subcommittees/working groups, as needed, will be established to work on this tasking in accordance with the Committee charter and bylaws. The subcommittee(s) shall terminate upon the approval and submission of a final recommendation to the U.S. Coast Guard from the parent Committee. 2. Review regulations, guidance, and information collections and provide recommendations whether an existing rule, guidance, or information collection should be repealed, replaced or modified. If the Committee recommends modification, please provide specific recommendations for how the regulation, guidance, or information collection should be modified. Recommendations should include an explanation on how and to what extent repeal, replacement or modification will reduce costs or burdens to industry and the extent to which risks to health or safety would likely increase. a. Identify regulations, guidance, or information collections that potentially impose the following types of burden on the industry: i. Regulations, guidance, or information collections imposing administrative burdens on the industry. ii. Regulations, guidance, or information collections imposing burdens in the development or use of domestically produced energy resources. ``Burden,'' for the purposes of compliance with Executive Order 13783, means ``to unnecessarily obstruct, delay, curtail, or otherwise impose significant costs on the siting, permitting, production, utilization, transmission, or delivery of energy resources.'' b. Identify regulations, guidance, or information collections that potentially impose the following types of costs on the industry: i. Regulations, guidance, or information collections imposing costs that are outdated (such as due to technological advancement), or are no longer necessary. ii. Regulations, guidance, or information collections imposing costs which are no longer enforced as written or which are ineffective. iii. Regulations, guidance, or information collections imposing costs tied to reporting or recordkeeping requirements that impose burdens that exceed benefits. Explain why the reporting or recordkeeping requirement is overly burdensome, unnecessary, or how it could be modified. c. Identify regulations, guidance, and information collections that the Committee believes have led to the elimination of jobs or inhibits job creation within a particular industry. 3. All regulations, guidance, and information collections, or parts thereof, recommended by the Committee should be described in sufficient detail (by section, paragraph, sentence, clause, etc.) so that it can readily be identified. Data (quantitative or qualitative) should be provided to support and illustrate the impact, cost, or burden, as applicable, for each recommendation. If the data is not readily available, the Committee should include information as to how such information can be obtained either by the Committee or directly by the Coast Guard. Public Participation All meetings associated with this tasking, both full Committee meetings and subcommittee/working groups, are open to the public. A public oral comment period will be held during the August 8, 2017, teleconference. Public comments or questions will be taken at the discretion of the Designated Federal Officer; commenters are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes. Please contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, to register as a commenter. Subcommittee meetings held in association with this tasking will be announced as they are scheduled through notices posted to http://[email protected]/merpac and uploaded as supporting documents in the electronic docket for this action, [USCG-2017-0661], at Regulations.gov. J.G. Lantz, Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards. [FR Doc. 2017-14770 Filed 7-13-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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wants to leverage the expertise of its c. Identify regulations, guidance, and Personnel Advisory Committee
Federal Advisory Committees and is information collections that the Committee (MERPAC); teleconference meeting.
issuing similar tasks to each of its believes have led to the elimination of jobs
or inhibits job creation within a particular SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard is
Committees. A detailed discussion of
industry. issuing a new task to the Merchant
each of the Executive orders and 3. All regulations, guidance, and
information on where U.S. Coast Guard Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
information collections, or parts thereof,
regulations, guidance, and information recommended by the Committee should be
(MERPAC). The U.S. Coast Guard is
collections are found is in the June 8th described in sufficient detail (by section, asking MERPAC to help the agency
notice. paragraph, sentence, clause, etc.) so that it identify existing regulations, guidance,
can readily be identified. Data (quantitative and collections of information (that fall
The Task or qualitative) should be provided to support within the scope of the Committee’s
TSAC is tasked to: and illustrate the impact, cost, or burden, as charter) for possible repeal,
applicable, for each recommendation. If the replacement, or modification. This
Provide input to the U.S. Coast Guard on data is not readily available, the Committee
all existing regulations, guidance, and tasking is in response to the issuance of
should include information as to how such Executive Orders 13771, ‘‘Reducing
information collections that fall within the
information can be obtained either by the
scope of the Committee’s charter.
Committee or directly by the Coast Guard.
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
1. One or more subcommittees/working Costs; 13777, ‘‘Enforcing the Regulatory
groups, as needed, will be established to Public Participation Reform Agenda;’’ and 13783,
work on this tasking in accordance with the ‘‘Promoting Energy Independence and
Committee charter and bylaws. The All meetings associated with this
subcommittee(s) shall terminate upon the tasking, both full Committee meetings Economic Growth.’’ The full Committee
approval and submission of a final and subcommittee/working groups, are is scheduled to meet by teleconference
recommendation to the U.S. Coast Guard open to the public. A public oral on August 8, 2017 to discuss this
from the parent Committee. comment period will be held during the tasking. This teleconference will be
2. Review regulations, guidance, and
August 2, 2017, teleconference. Public open to the public. The U.S. Coast
information collections and provide Guard will consider MERPAC
recommendations whether an existing rule, comments or questions will be taken at
the discretion of the Designated Federal recommendations as part of the process
guidance, or information collection should be of identifying regulations, guidance, and
repealed, replaced or modified. If the Officer; commenters are requested to
Committee recommends modification, please limit their comments to 3 minutes. collections of information to be
provide specific recommendations for how Please contact the individual listed in repealed, replaced, or modified
the regulation, guidance, or information the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT pursuant to the three Executive Orders
collection should be modified. section, to register as a commenter. discussed above.
Recommendations should include an Subcommittee meetings held in DATES: The full Committee is scheduled
explanation on how and to what extent to meet by teleconference on August 8,
repeal, replacement or modification will association with this tasking will be
reduce costs or burdens to industry and the announced as they are scheduled 2017, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. Please
extent to which risks to health or safety through notices posted to able at: http:// note that this teleconference may
would likely increase. homeport.uscg.mil/tsac and uploaded as adjourn early if the Committee has
a. Identify regulations, guidance, or supporting documents in the electronic completed its business.
information collections that potentially docket for this action, [USCG–2017– ADDRESSES: To join the teleconference
impose the following types of burden on the 0665], at Regulations.gov. or to request special accommodations,
industry:
i. Regulations, guidance, or information J.G. Lantz,
contact the individual listed in the FOR
collections imposing administrative burdens FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
Director of Commercial Regulations and
on the industry. Standards.
no later than 1 p.m. on August 1, 2017.
ii. Regulations, guidance, or information The number of teleconference lines is
[FR Doc. 2017–14772 Filed 7–13–17; 8:45 am]
collections imposing burdens in the limited and will be available on a first-
development or use of domestically BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
come, first-served basis.
produced energy resources. ‘‘Burden,’’ for the Instructions: Submit comments on the
purposes of compliance with Executive task statement at any time, including
Order 13783, means ‘‘to unnecessarily DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
obstruct, delay, curtail, or otherwise impose SECURITY orally at the teleconference, but if you
significant costs on the siting, permitting, want Committee members to review
production, utilization, transmission, or Coast Guard your comments before the
delivery of energy resources.’’ teleconference, please submit your
b. Identify regulations, guidance, or 33 CFR Chapter I comments no later than August 1, 2017.
information collections that potentially You must include the words
impose the following types of costs on the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security’’
industry:
46 CFR Chapters I and III
and the docket number for this action.
i. Regulations, guidance, or information
collections imposing costs that are outdated 49 CFR Chapter IV Written comments may also be
(such as due to technological advancement), submitted using the Federal e-
or are no longer necessary. [Docket No. USCG–2017–0661]
Rulemaking Portal at http://
ii. Regulations, guidance, or information www.regulations.gov. If you encounter
collections imposing costs which are no Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory technical difficulties with comment
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longer enforced as written or which are Committee—Input To Support submission, contact the individual
ineffective. listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
iii. Regulations, guidance, or information
Regulatory Reform of Coast Guard
Regulations—New Task CONTACT section of this notice.
collections imposing costs tied to reporting
or recordkeeping requirements that impose
Comments received will be posted
AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department without alteration at http://
burdens that exceed benefits. Explain why
the reporting or recordkeeping requirement is of Homeland Security. www.regulations.gov, including any
overly burdensome, unnecessary, or how it ACTION: Announcement of new task personal information provided. You
could be modified. assignment for the Merchant Marine may review Regulations.gov’s Privacy
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and Security Notice at https:// multiple avenues to interested (such as due to technological advancement),
www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice. individuals to gather their input about or are no longer necessary.
Docket Search: For access to the what regulations, guidance, and ii. Regulations, guidance, or information
docket or to read documents or information collections, they believe collections imposing costs which are no
comments related to this notice, go to may need to be repealed, replaced, or longer enforced as written or which are
http://www.regulations.gov, insert modified. On June 8, 2017, the U.S. ineffective.
‘‘USCG–2017–0661’’ in the Search box, Coast Guard issued a general notice in iii. Regulations, guidance, or information
press Enter, and then click on the item the Federal Register requesting collections imposing costs tied to reporting
you wish to view. comments from interested individuals or recordkeeping requirements that impose
regarding their recommendations, 82 FR burdens that exceed benefits. Explain why
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
26632. In addition to this general the reporting or recordkeeping requirement is
Lieutenant Junior Grade James Fortin,
solicitation, the U.S. Coast Guard also overly burdensome, unnecessary, or how it
Alternate Designated Federal Officer of
wants to leverage the expertise of its could be modified.
the Merchant Marine Personnel c. Identify regulations, guidance, and
Advisory Committee, (202) 372–1128, or Federal Advisory Committees and is
issuing similar tasks to each of its information collections that the Committee
email james.l.fortin@uscg.mil. believes have led to the elimination of jobs
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Committees. A detailed discussion of
or inhibits job creation within a particular
each of the Executive orders and
New Task to the Committee industry.
information on where U.S. Coast Guard
3. All regulations, guidance, and
The U.S. Coast Guard is issuing a new regulations, guidance, and information
information collections, or parts thereof,
task to MERPAC to provide collections are found is in the June 8th
recommended by the Committee should be
recommendations on whether existing notice.
described in sufficient detail (by section,
regulations, guidance, and information The Task paragraph, sentence, clause, etc.) so that it
collections (that fall within the scope of can readily be identified. Data (quantitative
MERPAC is tasked to:
the Committee’s charter) should be or qualitative) should be provided to support
repealed, replaced, or modified. Provide input to the U.S. Coast Guard on and illustrate the impact, cost, or burden, as
MERPAC will then provide advice and all existing regulations, guidance, and
applicable, for each recommendation. If the
information collections that fall within the
recommendations on the assigned task scope of the Committee’s charter. data is not readily available, the Committee
and submit a final recommendation 1. One or more subcommittees/working should include information as to how such
report to the U.S. Coast Guard. groups, as needed, will be established to information can be obtained either by the
work on this tasking in accordance with the Committee or directly by the Coast Guard.
Background Committee charter and bylaws. The
On January 30, 2017, President Trump subcommittee(s) shall terminate upon the Public Participation
issued Executive Order 13771, approval and submission of a final
recommendation to the U.S. Coast Guard All meetings associated with this
‘‘Reducing Regulation and Controlling tasking, both full Committee meetings
from the parent Committee.
Regulatory Costs.’’ Under that Executive 2. Review regulations, guidance, and and subcommittee/working groups, are
Order, for every one new regulation information collections and provide open to the public. A public oral
issued, at least two prior regulations recommendations whether an existing rule,
must be identified for elimination, and comment period will be held during the
guidance, or information collection should be
the cost of planned regulations must be repealed, replaced or modified. If the August 8, 2017, teleconference. Public
prudently managed and controlled Committee recommends modification, please comments or questions will be taken at
through a budgeting process. On provide specific recommendations for how the discretion of the Designated Federal
February 24, 2017, the President issued the regulation, guidance, or information Officer; commenters are requested to
collection should be modified. limit their comments to 3 minutes.
Executive Order 13777, ‘‘Enforcing the Recommendations should include an
Regulatory Reform Agenda.’’ That explanation on how and to what extent
Please contact the individual listed in
Executive Order directs agencies to take repeal, replacement or modification will the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
specific steps to identify and alleviate reduce costs or burdens to industry and the section, to register as a commenter.
unnecessary regulatory burdens placed extent to which risks to health or safety Subcommittee meetings held in
on the American people. On March 28, would likely increase. association with this tasking will be
2017, the President issued Executive a. Identify regulations, guidance, or announced as they are scheduled
information collections that potentially
Order 13783, ‘‘Promoting Energy impose the following types of burden on the through notices posted to http://
Independence and Economic Growth.’’ industry: homeport@uscg.mil/merpac and
Executive Order 13783 promotes the i. Regulations, guidance, or information uploaded as supporting documents in
clean and safe development of our collections imposing administrative burdens the electronic docket for this action,
Nation’s vast energy resources, while at on the industry. [USCG–2017–0661], at Regulations.gov.
the same time avoiding agency actions ii. Regulations, guidance, or information
that unnecessarily encumber energy collections imposing burdens in the J.G. Lantz,
development or use of domestically
production. produced energy resources. ‘‘Burden,’’ for the
Director of Commercial Regulations and
When implementing the regulatory Standards.
purposes of compliance with Executive
offsets required by Executive Order Order 13783, means ‘‘to unnecessarily [FR Doc. 2017–14770 Filed 7–13–17; 8:45 am]
13771, each agency head is directed to obstruct, delay, curtail, or otherwise impose
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSALS
BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
prioritize, to the extent permitted by significant costs on the siting, permitting,
law, those regulations that the agency’s production, utilization, transmission, or
Regulatory Reform Task Force identifies delivery of energy resources.’’
as outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective b. Identify regulations, guidance, or
information collections that potentially
in accordance with Executive Order impose the following types of costs on the
13777. As part of this process to comply industry:
with all three Executive Orders, the U.S. i. Regulations, guidance, or information
Coast Guard is reaching out through collections imposing costs that are outdated
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| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Announcement of new task assignment for the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC); teleconference meeting. | |
| Dates | The full Committee is scheduled to meet by teleconference on August 8, 2017, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. Please note that this teleconference may adjourn early if the Committee has completed its business. | |
| Contact | Lieutenant Junior Grade James Fortin, Alternate Designated Federal Officer of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee, (202) 372-1128, or email [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 32511 | |
| CFR Citation | 33 Title 33 CFR Chapter I 46 Title 46 CFR Chapter I 49 Title 49 CFR Chapter IV |
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