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and are not tank vessels. The proposed 

rule would specify the content of a 

response plan, and among other issues, 

address the requirement to plan for 

responding to a worst case discharge 

and a substantial threat of such a 

discharge. Additionally, the proposed 

rule would update the international 

Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency 

Plan (SOPEP) requirements that apply to 

nontank vessels and certain tank 

vessels. Finally, the proposed rule 

would require vessel owners and 

operators to submit their vessel 

response plan control number as part of 

already required notice of arrival 

information. 

You may view the NPRM in our 

online docket, in addition to supporting 

documents prepared by the Coast Guard 

(Regulatory Analysis & Initial 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis), and 

comments submitted thus far by going 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Once 

there, select the Advanced Docket 

Search option on the right side of the 

screen, insert USCG–2008–1070 in the 

Docket ID box, press Enter, and then 

click on the item in the Docket ID 

column. If you do not have access to the 

Internet, you may view the docket 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. 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments either orally at a meeting or 

in writing. If you bring written 

comments to a meeting, you may submit 

them to Coast Guard personnel specified 

at the meeting to receive written 

comments. These comments will be 

submitted to our online public docket. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

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 notice regarding our public dockets 

in the January 17, 2008 issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Information on Service for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

public meeting, contact Lieutenant 

Jarrod DeWitz at the telephone number 

indicated under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

Public Meeting 

The Coast Guard will hold three 

public meetings regarding this proposed 

rulemaking on the following dates and 

at the following locations: 

• Washington, DC, October 15, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the United 

States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, Room 4202, 2100 Second 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20593. 

Note: A government-issued photo 

identification (for example, a driver’s 

license) will be required for entrance to 

the building. 

• Oakland, CA, November 3, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Ronald 

V. Dellums Federal Building, 

Auditorium, 3rd Floor North Tower, 

1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612. 

Note: A government-issued photo 

identification (for example, a driver’s 

license) will be required for entrance to 

the building. 

• New Orleans, LA, November 19, 

2009, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the 

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 

Room 208, Exhibit Hall A, 900 

Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, 

LA 70130. 

Members of the public may attend 

these meetings up to the seating 

capacity of the rooms. The meetings 

may conclude before the allotted time if 

all matters of concern have been 

addressed. 

We plan to record each meeting using 

an audio-digital recorder and to make 

that audio recording available through a 

link in our online docket. A written 

summary of comments made and a list 

of attendees will be placed in the docket 

after each meeting concludes. 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards, U.S. Coast Guard. 

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

36 CFR Part 1254 

[FDMS Docket NARA–09–0004] 

RIN 3095–AB59 

Researcher Identification Card 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The proposed rule will 

require researchers using original 

records, NARA microfilm, and public 

use computers at the National Archives 

Building in Washington, DC, to obtain a 

researcher identification card. 

Researchers at regional archives are also 

required to obtain a researcher 

identification card when there is no 

separate research room for the use of 

microfilm and public access computers. 

The proposed rule also updates our 

regulations to reflect changes in 

available technology and research room 

practices, such as abolishing the threehour time limit for using microfilm 

readers. This proposed rule will affect 

the public. 

DATES: Comments are due by November 

24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: NARA invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

proposed rule. Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: Submit comments by facsimile 

transmission to 301–837–0319. 

• Mail: Send comments to 

Regulations Comments Desk (NPOL), 

Room 4100, Policy and Planning Staff, 

National Archives and Records 

Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, 

College Park, MD 20740–6001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

comments to 8601 Adelphi Road, 

College Park, MD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marilyn Redman at 301–837–1850; or, 

fax number 301–837–0319. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed rule modifies our regulations 

relating to the public use of Federal 

records and donated historical 

materials. In particular, we are 

modifying the regulation addressing the 

issuance of researcher identification 

cards to enhance security in the 

National Archives Building in 

Washington, DC, and some other NARA 

facilities. For many years, we have not 

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microfilm publications (i.e., copies on 

microfilm of original records) to register 

for a researcher identification card in 

our facilities where microfilm research 

is conducted separately from research 

rooms servicing original records. We 

have registered researchers who use 

original records in order to better 

understand our researchers’ needs and 

provide us with a way to contact them 

in case we need to follow up on their 

visit. 

Over the last few years, we have 

determined that requiring our microfilm 

researchers in the National Archives 

Building to register for a researcher 

identification card will strengthen our 

security to protect buildings, people, 

and the records we hold. The electronic 

system that NARA uses to generate 

researcher identification cards in the 

Washington, DC, area, enables us to 

track the various research rooms that 

each person visits. Tracking researcher 

visits helps ensure more accurate 

counting of researchers to measure our 

performance in customer service 

delivery and to effectively allocate 

resources. 

What changes are we making in this 

proposed rule? 

We are proposing substantive changes 

by amending the following sections: 

• § 1254.6(b): We are adding the 

requirement for researchers using the 

National Archives Building, even those 

only using microfilm publications or 

public use computers, to apply for and 

obtain a researcher identification card. 

This rule applies to regional archives 

facilities, as well, except where the 

microfilm research area is separate from 

the area where original records are used. 

We made other changes in the text to 

reflect that none of the affected facilities 

has more than one textual research 

room. 

• § 1254.22(a): The term ‘‘bar-coded’’ 

is deleted and replaced with the broader 

term ‘‘encoded.’’ We no longer use barcodes on researcher identification cards 

in the Washington, DC, area. The plastic 

cards we issue now have a magnetic 

strip and future cards may use other 

technology. 

• § 1254.44(a): Because fewer 

researchers are using microfilm and 

there are no waits, the 3-hour limit on 

use and waiting lists are no longer 

needed for the use of microfilm readers. 

We are removing references to the 3- 

hour limit. 

• § 1254.84: Since this section was 

last revised, the researcher 

identification card can be linked to a 

personal account established through 

the National Archives Trust Fund 

Cashier’s Office and function as a debit 

card in Washington, DC, area research 

rooms. The regulation is being clarified 

to describe that capability. In addition, 

we are removing discussion of deposit 

accounts, which are no longer 

maintained by the Trust Fund. 

We also are making non-substantive 

editorial changes in §§ 1254.6(c) and 

1254.10(b). 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection in this 

regulation was previously approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under OMB control number 

3095–0016, which expires on September 

30, 2011. 

This proposed rule is not a significant 

regulatory action for the purposes of 

Executive Order 12866 and has been 

reviewed by the Office of Management 

and Budget. As required by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, I certify that 

this rule will not have a significant 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities because the regulation affects 

individual researchers. This regulation 

does not have any federalism 

implications. 

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1254 

Archives and records. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, NARA proposes to amend 

part 1254, in title 36 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, as follows: 

PART 1254—USING RECORDS AND 

DONATED HISTORICAL MATERIALS 

1. The authority citation for part 1254 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2101–2118. 

2. Amend § 1254.6 by revising 

paragraphs (b) and (c) to read as follows: 

§ 1254.6 Do I need a researcher 

identification card to use archival materials 

at a NARA facility? 

* * * * * 

(b) You also need a researcher 

identification card if you wish to use 

only microfilm copies of documents at 

NARA’s Washington, DC, area facilities 

and in any NARA facility where the 

microfilm research room is not separate 

from the textual research room. 

(c) If you are using only microfilm 

copies of records in some regional 

archives where the microfilm research 

room is separate from the textual room, 

you do not need an identification card 

but you must register as described in 

§ 1254.22. 

3. Amend § 1254.10 by revising 

paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 1254.10 For how long and where is my 

researcher identification card valid? 

* * * * * 

(b) At NARA facilities in the 

Washington, DC, area and other NARA 

facilities that issue and use plastic 

researcher identification cards as part of 

their security systems, we issue a plastic 

card to replace the paper card issued at 

some NARA facilities at no charge. The 

plastic card is valid at all NARA 

facilities. 

4. Amend § 1254.22 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 1254.22 Do I need to register when I visit 

a NARA facility for research? 

(a) Yes, you must register each day 

you enter a NARA research facility by 

furnishing the information on the 

registration sheet or scanning an 

encoded researcher identification card. 

We may ask you for additional personal 

identification. 

* * * * * 

5. Amend § 1254.44 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 1254.44 How long may I use a microfilm 

reader? 

(a) Use of the microfilm readers in the 

National Archives Building is on a firstcome-first served basis. 

* * * * * 

8. Revise § 1254.84 to read as follows: 

1254.84 How may I use a debit card for 

copiers in the Washington, DC, area? 

Your research identification card can 

be used as a debit card if you arrange 

with the Cashier’s Office to set up an 

account using cash, check, money order, 

debit card, or credit card. Your 

researcher identification card number as 

encoded on the card forms the basis of 

your account in the debit system. You 

may also purchase generic debit cards of 

values up to $20 each from the Cashier’s 

Office using any of the above payment 

methods. When the Cashier’s Office is 

closed or at any other time during the 

hours research rooms are open as cited 

in part 1253 of this chapter, you may 

use cash or credit card to purchase a 

debit card from the vending machines 

located in the research rooms. Inserting 

the debit card into a card reader 

connected to the copier enables you to 

make copies for the appropriate fee, 

which are found in § 1258.12 of this 

chapter. You can add value to your card 

using the vending machine in the 

research room or at the Cashier’s Office. 

We do not make refunds. 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

Adrienne C. Thomas, 

Acting Archivist of the United States. 

[FR Doc. E9–23225 Filed 9–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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