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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Cindy Bladey, 

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives 

Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 

Office of Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06664 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Part 600 

RIN 3052–AD05 

Organization and Functions; Field 

Office Locations 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA, we, our or 

Agency) issues a final rule amending 

our regulation in order to change the 

addresses for two field offices as a result 

of recent office relocations. 

DATES: The regulation shall become 

effective upon the expiration of 30 days 

after publication in the Federal Register 

during which either or both Houses of 

Congress are in session. We will publish 

notice of the effective date in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael T. Wilson, Policy Analyst, 

Office of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit 

Administration, McLean, VA 22102– 

5090, (703) 883–4124, TTY (703) 883– 

4056, 

Or 

Jane Virga, Senior Counsel, Office of 

General Counsel, Farm Credit 

Administration, McLean, VA 22102– 

5090, (703) 883–4071, TTY (703) 883– 

4056. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Objective 

The objective of this final rule is to 

reflect the change of address for two 

FCA field office locations. The Freedom 

of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, 

requires, in part, that each Federal 

agency publish in the Federal Register 

for the guidance of the public a 

description and the location of its 

central and field organizations. As two 

of FCA’s field offices recently changed 

locations, this final rule amends our 

regulation to include the new addresses, 

in accordance with the Freedom of 

Information Act. 

II. Certain Finding 

We have determined that the 

amendment involves Agency 

management and personnel. Therefore, 

this amendment does not constitute a 

rulemaking under the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 551, 

553(a)(2). Under this statute of the APA, 

the public may participate in the 

promulgation of rules that have a 

substantial impact on the public. This 

amendment to our regulation relates to 

Agency management and personnel 

only and has no direct impact on the 

public and, therefore, does not require 

public participation. 

Even if this amendment was a 

rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 551, 

553(a)(2) of the APA, we have 

determined that notice and public 

comment are unnecessary and contrary 

to the public interest. Under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(A) and (B) of the APA, an agency 

may publish regulations in final form 

when they involve matters of agency 

organization or where the agency for 

good cause finds that notice and public 

comment are impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest. As discussed above, this 

amendment results from recent address 

changes due to the relocation of two 

field offices. Because the amendments 

will provide accurate and current 

information on field office addresses to 

the public, it would be contrary to the 

public interest to delay amending the 

regulation. 

III. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Pursuant to section 605(b) of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.), the FCA hereby certifies that the 

final rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. Each of the 

banks in the Farm Credit System 

(System), considered together with its 

affiliated associations, has assets and 

annual income in excess of the amounts 

that would qualify them as small 

entities. Therefore, System institutions 

are not ‘‘small entities’’ as defined in the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 600 

Organization and functions 

(Government agencies). 

As stated in the preamble, part 600 of 

chapter VI, title 12, of the Code of 

Federal Regulations is amended as 

follows: 

PART 600-–ORGANIZATION AND 

FUNCTIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 600 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Secs. 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 

5.17, 8.11 of the Farm Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 

2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245, 2252, 2279aa– 

11). 

■ 2. Amend § 600.2 by revising 

paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 600.2 Farm Credit Administration. 

* * * * * 

(b) Locations. FCA’s headquarters 

address is 1501 Farm Credit Drive, 

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090. The FCA 

has the following field offices: 

1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean, VA 

22102–5090 

7900 International Drive, Suite 200, 

Bloomington, MN 55425–2563 

500 East John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 

400, Irving, TX 75602–3957 

3131 South Vaughn Way, Suite 250, 

Aurora, CO 80014–3507 

2180 Harvard Street, Suite 300, 

Sacramento, CA 95815–3323. 

Date: March 19, 2015. 

Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 6705–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

17 CFR Part 30 

Foreign Futures and Options 

Transactions 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Order. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (Commission or 

CFTC) is granting an exemption to 

certain firms designated by the Hong 

Kong Securities and Futures 

Commission (HKSFC) from the 

application of certain of the 

Commission’s foreign futures and 

option regulations based upon 

substituted compliance with certain 

comparable regulatory and selfregulatory requirements of a foreign 

regulatory authority consistent with 

conditions specified by the 

Commission, as set forth herein. This 

Order is issued pursuant to Commission 

Regulation 30.10, which permits 

persons to file a petition with the 

Commission for exemption from the 

application of certain of the Regulations 

set forth in Part 30 and authorizes the 

Commission to grant such an exemption 

if such action would not be otherwise 

contrary to the public interest or to the 

purposes of the provision from which 

exemption is sought. The Commission 

notes that the relief granted by this 

Order is not applicable to any licensed 

corporation subject to joint oversight by 

the Hong Kong Monetary Authority 

(HKMA) and the HKSFC, or to any 

registered institution subject to 

oversight solely by the HKMA. Further, 

this Order does not pertain to any 


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1Commission regulations referred to herein are 

found at 17 CFR Ch. I (2014). 

2 ‘‘Foreign Futures and Foreign Options 

Transactions,’’ 52 FR 28290 (Aug. 5, 1987). 

3 52 FR 28990, 29001. 

4 52 FR 28980, 28981, and 29002. 

transaction in swaps, as defined in 

Section 1a(47) of the Commodity 

Exchange Act. 

DATES: Effective March 25, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew V. Chapin, Associate Director, 

(202) 418–5465, achapin@cftc.gov, or 

Scott W. Lee, Special Counsel, (202) 

418–5090, slee@cftc.gov, Division of 

Swap Dealer and Intermediary 

Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission has issued the following 

Order: 

Order Under CFTC Regulation 30.10 

Exempting Certain Firms Designated by 

Hong Kong Securities and Futures 

Commission From the Application of 

Certain of the Foreign Futures and 

Option Regulations as of the Later of the 

Date of Publication of the Order Herein 

in the Federal Register or After Filing 

of Consents by Such Firms and HKSFC, 

as Appropriate, to the Terms and 

Conditions of the Order Herein. 

Commission Regulations governing 

the offer and sale of commodity futures 

and option contracts traded on or 

subject to the regulations of a foreign 

board of trade to customers located in 

the U.S. are contained in Part 30 of the 

Commission’s regulations.1 These 

regulations include requirements for 

intermediaries with respect to 

registration, disclosure, capital 

adequacy, protection of customer funds, 

recordkeeping and reporting, and sales 

practice and compliance procedures 

that are generally comparable to those 

applicable to transactions on U.S. 

markets. 

In formulating a regulatory program to 

govern the offer and sale of foreign 

futures and option products to 

customers located in the U.S., the 

Commission, among other things, 

considered the desirability of 

ameliorating the potential impact of 

such a program. Based upon these 

considerations, the Commission 

determined to permit persons located 

outside the U.S. and subject to a 

comparable regulatory structure in the 

jurisdiction in which they were located 

to seek an exemption from certain of the 

requirements under Part 30 of the 

Commission’s regulations based upon 

substituted compliance with the 

regulatory requirements of the foreign 

jurisdiction.2

Appendix A to Part 30, ‘‘Interpretative 

Statement With Respect to the 

Commission’s Exemptive Authority 

Under § 30.10 of Its Rules’’ (Appendix 

A), generally sets forth the elements the 

Commission will evaluate in 

determining whether a particular 

regulatory program may be found to be 

comparable for purposes of exemptive 

relief pursuant to Regulation 30.10.3

These elements include: (1) 

Registration, authorization or other form 

of licensing, fitness review or 

qualification of persons that solicit and 

accept customer orders; (2) minimum 

financial requirements for those persons 

who accept customer funds; (3) 

protection of customer funds from 

misapplication; (4) recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements; (5) sales 

practice standards; (6) procedures to 

audit for compliance with, and to take 

action against those persons who 

violate, the requirements of the 

program; and (7) information sharing 

arrangements between the Commission 

and the appropriate governmental and/ 

or self-regulatory organization (SRO) to 

ensure Commission access on an ‘‘as 

needed’’ basis to information essential 

to maintaining standards of customer 

and market protection within the U.S. 

Moreover, the Commission 

specifically stated in adopting 

Regulation 30.10 that no exemption of a 

general nature would be granted unless 

the persons to whom the exemption is 

to be applied: (1) Submit to jurisdiction 

in the U.S. by designating an agent for 

service of process in the U.S. with 

respect to transactions subject to Part 30 

and filing a copy of the agency 

agreement with the National Futures 

Association (NFA); (2) agree to provide 

access to their books and records in the 

U.S. to the Commission and Department 

of Justice representatives; and (3) notify 

NFA of the commencement of business 

in the U.S.4

On September 8, 2012, the HKSFC 

petitioned the Commission on behalf of 

its member firms, known as ‘‘licensed 

corporations’’, for which it is the sole 

regulatory body, located and doing 

business in Hong Kong, for an 

exemption from the application of the 

Commission’s Part 30 Regulations to 

those firms. In support of its petition, 

the HKSFC stated that granting such an 

exemption with respect to such firms 

that it has authorized to conduct foreign 

futures and option transactions on 

behalf of customers located in the U.S. 

would not be contrary to the public 

interest or to the purposes of the 

provisions from which the exemption is 

sought because such firms are subject to 

a regulatory framework comparable to 

that imposed by the Commodity 

Exchange Act (Act) and the regulations 

thereunder. 

Based upon a review of the petition, 

including supplementary materials filed 

by the HKSFC, the Commission has 

concluded that the standards for relief 

set forth in Regulation 30.10 and, in 

particular, Appendix A thereof, have 

been met and that compliance with 

applicable Hong Kong law and 

regulations may be substituted for 

compliance with those sections of the 

Act and regulations thereunder more 

particularly set forth herein. 

By this Order, the Commission hereby 

exempts, subject to specified conditions, 

those firms identified to the 

Commission by the HKSFC as eligible 

for the relief granted herein from: 

• Registration with the Commission 

for firms and for firm representatives; 

• The requirement in Commission 

Regulation 30.6(a) and (d), 17 CFR 

30.6(a) and (d), that firms provide 

customers located in the U.S. with the 

risk disclosure statements in 

Commission Regulation 1.55(b), 17 CFR 

1.55(b), and Commission Regulation 

33.7, 17 CFR 33.7, or as otherwise 

approved under Commission Regulation 

1.55(c), 17 CFR 1.55(c); 

• The separate account requirement 

contained in Commission Regulation 

30.7, 17 CFR 30.7; 

• Those sections of Part 1 of the 

Commission’s financial regulations that 

apply to foreign futures and options 

sold in the U.S. as set forth in Part 30; 

and 

• Those sections of Part 1 of the 

Commission’s regulations relating to 

books and records which apply to 

transactions subject to Part 30, based 

upon substituted compliance by such 

persons with the applicable statutes and 

regulations in effect in Hong Kong. 

This determination to permit 

substituted compliance is based on, 

among other things, the Commission’s 

finding that the regulatory framework 

governing persons in Hong Kong who 

would be exempted hereunder provides: 

(1) A system of qualification or 

authorization of firms who deal in 

transactions subject to regulation under 

Part 30 that includes, for example, 

criteria and procedures for granting, 

monitoring, suspending and revoking 

licenses, and provisions for requiring 

and obtaining access to information 

about authorized firms and persons who 

act on behalf of such firms; 

(2) Financial requirements for firms 

including, without limitation, a 

requirement for a minimum level of 

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5See, e.g., Sections 2(a)(1)(C) and (D) of the Act. 

6See, e.g., 17 CFR part 18 (2014). 

7See, e.g., 17 CFR parts 17 and 21 (2014). 

8The HKMA administers the Hong Kong Banking 

Ordinance and is the government authority in Hong 

Kong responsible for maintaining monetary and 

banking stability. Certain financial institutions may 

be required to become a licensed corporation by 

virtue of undertaking certain regulated activities 

subject to HKSFC oversight. Elements of the 

HKMA’s regulatory program did not form the basis, 

in whole or in part, for this exemptive relief. 

market settlement and/or accounting 

procedures; 

(3) A system for the protection of 

customer assets that is designed to 

preclude the use of customer assets to 

satisfy house obligations and requires 

separate accounting for such assets; 

(4) Recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements pertaining to financial and 

trade information; 

(5) Sales practice standards for 

authorized firms and persons acting on 

their behalf that include, for example, 

required disclosures to prospective 

customers and prohibitions on improper 

trading advice; 

(6) Procedures to audit for compliance 

with, and to redress violations of, the 

customer protection and sales practice 

requirements referred to above, 

including, without limitation, an 

affirmative surveillance program 

designed to detect trading activities that 

take advantage of customers, and the 

existence of broad powers of 

investigation relating to sales practice 

abuses; and 

(7) Mechanisms for sharing of 

information between the Commission, 

and the HKSFC on an ‘‘as needed’’ basis 

including, without limitation, 

confirmation data, data necessary to 

trace funds related to trading futures 

products subject to regulation in Hong 

Kong, position data, and data on firms’ 

standing to do business and financial 

condition. 

Commission staff has concluded, 

upon review of the petition of the 

HKSFC and accompanying exhibits, that 

the HKSFC’s regulation of financial 

futures and options intermediaries is 

comparable to that of the U.S. in the 

areas specified in Appendix A of Part 

30, as described above. 

This Order does not provide an 

exemption from any provision of the 

Act or regulations thereunder not 

specified herein, such as the antifraud 

provision in Regulation 30.9. Moreover, 

the relief granted is limited to brokerage 

activities undertaken by certain licensed 

corporations on behalf of customers 

located in the U.S. with respect to 

transactions on a foreign futures and 

options exchange located in Hong Kong 

subject to exclusive regulatory oversight 

by the HKSFC for products that 

customers located in the U.S. may 

trade.5 The relief does not extend to 

regulations relating to trading, directly 

or indirectly, on U.S. exchanges, and 

does not pertain to any transaction in 

swaps, as defined in Section 1a(47) of 

the Act. For example, a licensed 

corporation trading in U.S. markets for 

its own account would be subject to the 

Commission’s large trader reporting 

requirements.6 Similarly, if such a 

licensed corporation were carrying 

positions on a U.S. exchange on behalf 

of foreign clients and submitted such 

transactions for clearing on an omnibus 

basis through a firm registered as a 

futures commission merchant under the 

Act, it would be subject to the reporting 

requirements applicable to foreign 

brokers.7 The relief herein is not 

applicable where the licensed 

corporation solicits or accepts orders 

from customers located in the U.S. for 

transactions on U.S. exchanges. In that 

case, the firm must comply with all 

applicable U.S. laws and regulations, 

including the requirement to register in 

the appropriate capacity. The 

Commission further notes that the relief 

granted by this Order is not applicable 

to any licensed corporation subject to 

joint oversight by the Hong Kong 

Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the 

HKSFC.8

The eligibility of any firm to seek 

relief under this exemptive Order is 

subject to the following conditions: 

(1) The regulator or SRO responsible 

for monitoring the compliance of such 

firms with the regulatory requirements 

described in the Regulation 30.10 

petition must represent in writing to the 

Commission that: 

(a) Each firm for which relief is sought 

is registered, licensed or authorized, as 

appropriate, and is otherwise in good 

standing under the standards in place in 

Hong Kong; such firm is engaged in 

business with customers located in 

Hong Kong as well as in the U.S.; and 

such firm and its principals and 

employees who engage in activities 

subject to Part 30 would not be 

statutorily disqualified from registration 

under Section 8a(2) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 

12a(2); 

(b) It will monitor firms to which 

relief is granted for compliance with the 

regulatory requirements for which 

substituted compliance is accepted and 

will promptly notify the Commission or 

NFA of any change in status of a firm 

that would affect its continued 

eligibility for the exemption granted 

hereunder, including the termination of 

its activities in the U.S.; 

(c) All transactions with respect to 

customers located in the U.S. will be 

made subject to the regulations of the 

HKSFC and the Commission will 

receive prompt notice of all material 

changes to the relevant laws in Hong 

Kong, any rules promulgated thereunder 

and HKSFC rules; 

(d) Customers located in the U.S. will 

be provided no less stringent regulatory 

protection than Hong Kong customers 

under all relevant provisions of Hong 

Kong law; and 

(e) It will cooperate with the 

Commission with respect to any 

inquiries concerning any activity subject 

to regulation under the Part 30 

Regulations, including sharing the 

information specified in Appendix A on 

an ‘‘as needed’’ basis and will use its 

best efforts to notify the Commission if 

it becomes aware of any information 

that in its judgment affects the financial 

or operational viability of a member 

firm doing business in the U.S. under 

the exemption granted by this Order. 

(2) Each firm seeking relief hereunder 

must represent in writing that it: 

(a) Is located outside the U.S., its 

territories and possessions and, where 

applicable, has subsidiaries or affiliates 

domiciled in the U.S. with a related 

business (e.g., banks and broker/dealer 

affiliates) along with a brief description 

of each subsidiary’s or affiliate’s identity 

and principal business in the U.S.; 

(b) Consents to jurisdiction in the U.S. 

under the Act by filing a valid and 

binding appointment of an agent in the 

U.S. for service of process in accordance 

with the requirements set forth in 

Regulation 30.5; 

(c) Agrees to provide access to its 

books and records related to 

transactions under Part 30 required to 

be maintained under the applicable 

statutes and regulations in effect in 

Hong Kong upon the request of any 

representative of the Commission or 

U.S. Department of Justice at the place 

in the U.S. designated by such 

representative, within 72 hours, or such 

lesser period of time as specified by that 

representative as may be reasonable 

under the circumstances after notice of 

the request; 

(d) Has no principal or employee who 

solicits or accepts orders from 

customers located in the U.S. who 

would be disqualified under Section 

8a(2) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 12a(2), from 

doing business in the U.S.; 

(e) Consents to participate in any NFA 

arbitration program that offers a 

procedure for resolving customer 

disputes on the papers where such 

disputes involve representations or 

activities with respect to transactions 

under Part 30, and consents to notify 

customers located in the U.S. of the 

availability of such a program; provided, 


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9 62 FR 47792, 47793 (Sept. 11, 1997). Among 

other duties, the Commission authorized NFA to 

receive requests for confirmation of Regulation 

30.10 relief on behalf of particular firms, to verify 

such firms’ fitness and compliance with the 

conditions of the appropriate Regulation 30.10 

Order and to grant exemptive relief from 

registration to qualifying firms. 

however, that the firm may require its 

customers located in the U.S. to execute 

a consent concerning the exhaustion of 

certain mediation or conciliation 

procedures made available by the 

HKSFC prior to bringing an NFA 

arbitration proceeding; 

(f) Undertakes to comply with the 

applicable provisions of Hong Kong 

laws and HKSFC rules that form the 

basis upon which this exemption from 

certain provisions of the Act and 

regulations thereunder is granted; and 

(g) Consents to refuse those customers 

located in the U.S. the option of not 

segregating funds notwithstanding 

relevant provisions of Hong Kong law or 

regulations promulgated by the HKSFC. 

As set forth in the Commission’s 

September 11, 1997 Order delegating to 

NFA certain responsibilities, the written 

representations set forth in paragraph 

(2) shall be filed with NFA.9 Each firm 

seeking relief hereunder has an ongoing 

obligation to notify NFA should there be 

a material change to any of the 

representations required in the firm’s 

application for relief. 

This Order will become effective as to 

any designated HKSFC firm on the later 

of the date of publication of the Order 

in the Federal Register or the filing of 

the consents set forth in paragraphs 

(2)(a)–(f). Upon filing of the notice 

required under paragraph (1)(b) as to 

any such firm, the relief granted by this 

Order may be suspended immediately 

as to that firm. That suspension will 

remain in effect pending further notice 

by the Commission, or the 

Commission’s designee, to the firm and 

the HKSFC. 

This Order is issued pursuant to 

Regulation 30.10 based on the 

representations made and supporting 

material provided to the Commission 

and the recommendation of the staff, 

and is made effective as to any firm 

granted relief hereunder based upon the 

filings and representations of such firms 

required hereunder. Any material 

changes or omissions in the facts and 

circumstances pursuant to which this 

Order is granted might require the 

Commission to reconsider its finding 

that the standards for relief set forth in 

Regulation 30.10 and, in particular, 

Appendix A, have been met. Further, if 

experience demonstrates that the 

continued effectiveness of this Order in 

general, or with respect to a particular 

firm, would be contrary to public policy 

or the public interest, or that the 

systems in place for the exchange of 

information or other circumstances do 

not warrant continuation of the 

exemptive relief granted herein, the 

Commission may condition, modify, 

suspend, terminate, withhold as to a 

specific firm, or otherwise restrict the 

exemptive relief granted in this Order, 

as appropriate, on its own motion. 

The Commission will continue to 

monitor the implementation of its 

program to exempt firms located in 

jurisdictions generally deemed to have a 

comparable regulatory program from the 

application of certain of the foreign 

futures and option regulations and will 

make necessary adjustments if 

appropriate. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 19, 

2015, by the Commission. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Appendix to Foreign Futures and 

Options Transactions—Commission 

Voting Summary 

On this matter, Chairman Massad and 

Commissioners Wetjen, Bowen, and 

Giancarlo voted in the affirmative. No 

Commissioner voted in the negative. 

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BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2015–0158] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone; ARCTIC CHALLENGER, 

Port of Bellingham; Bellingham, WA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary safety zone 

around the barge ARCTIC 

CHALLENGER within the waters of the 

Captain of the Port Zone Puget Sound. 

This action is necessary to ensure the 

safety of the maritime public and the 

crews involved in operational testing of 

the Arctic Containment System, and 

will do so by prohibiting all persons and 

vessels not involved with the 

operational testing of the Arctic 

Containment System from entering, 

transiting, or remaining in the safety 

zone unless authorized by the Captain 

of the Port or his Designated 

Representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective without 

actual notice from March 25, 2015 until 

April 1, 2015. For the purposes of 

enforcement, actual notice will be used 

from the date the rule was signed, 

March 11, 2015, until March 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in 

this preamble are part of docket USCG– 

2015–1058 to view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, type the docket 

number in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click 

‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket 

Folder on the line associated with this 

rulemaking. You may also visit 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email Petty Officer Ryan Griffin, 

Waterways Management Division, Coast 

Guard Sector Puget Sound; Coast Guard; 

telephone (206) 217–6051, email 

SectorPugetSoundWWM@uscg.mil. If 

you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, call 

Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone (202) 

366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Acronyms 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

A. Regulatory History and Information 

The Coast Guard is issuing this 

temporary final rule without prior 

notice and opportunity to comment 

pursuant to authority under section 4(a) 

of the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision 

authorizes an agency to issue a rule 

without prior notice and opportunity to 

comment when the agency for good 

cause finds that those procedures are 

‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that 

good cause exists for not publishing a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

with respect to this rule because 

publishing an NPRM would be 

impracticable as delayed promulgation 

may result in injury or damage to the 

maritime public, vessel crews, the 

vessels themselves, and the facilities 

prior to conclusion of a notice and 

comment period. 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast 

Guard finds that good cause exists for 


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