G/TBT/N/USA/1845  
31 March 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  United States of America  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [1874]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall b e indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ],3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Electronic 
chart and navigational equipment (ICS code(s): 33.060, 47.020.70)  
5. Title, number of pag es and language(s) of the notified document:  Electronic Chart 
and Navigational Equipment Carriage Requirements; (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Advance notice of proposed rulemaking - The Coast Guard 
seeks public input regarding the mod ification of the chart and navigational equipment 
carriage requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This advance notice of 
proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) outlines the Coast Guard's broad strategy to revise its CFR 
chart and navigational equipmen t carriage requirements to implement statutory 
electronic -chart-use provisions for commercial U.S. -flagged vessels and certain foreign -
flagged vessels operating in the waters of the United States. This ANPRM is necessary to 
obtain additional information fr om the public before issuing a notice of proposed 
rulemaking. It will allow us to verify the extent of the requirements for the rule, such as 
how widely electronic charts currently are used, which types of vessels are using them, 
the appropriate equipment requirements for different vessel classes, and where the 
vessels operate, and will thereby allow us to tailor electronic chart requirements to vessel 
class and location.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 17241, 28 March 2022; Title 46 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 25, 26, 28, 32, 35, 77, 78, 96, 97, 108, 109, 121, 130, 
140, 167, 169, 184, 195, and 196:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-28/html/2022 -06416.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-28/pdf/2022 -06416.pdf  
This advanced notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number USCG -2021-
0291. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at G/TBT/N/USA/1845  
 
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  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/USCG -2021-0291/document  and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching t he Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders 
are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern 
Time on 27 June 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO 
Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be 
submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  27 June 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_244 1_00_e.pdf