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bearing from the airport extending from the 

5 mile radius to 7.6 miles northeast of the 

airport. This Class E airspace area is effective 

during specific dates and times established in 

advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective 

date and time will thereafter be continuously 

published in the Airport/Facility Directory. 

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on August 

5, 2011. 

Mark D. Ward, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern 

Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

15 CFR Part 801 

[Docket No. 110112021–1439–02] 

RIN 0691–AA76 

International Services Surveys: 

Amendments to the BE–120, 

Benchmark Survey of Transactions in 

Selected Services and Intangible 

Assets With Foreign Persons 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would 

amend the regulations of the Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, Department of 

Commerce (BEA) to set forth the 

reporting requirements for the BE–120, 

Benchmark Survey of Transactions in 

Selected Services and Intellectual 

Property with Foreign Persons. The 

proposed BE–120 would include both 

definition changes and the addition of 

three schedules to better collect data in 

accordance with new international 

standards. In addition, this proposed 

rule would change the BE–120 survey 

title from ‘‘Benchmark Survey of 

Transactions in Selected Services and 

Intangible Assets with Foreign Persons’’ 

to ‘‘Benchmark Survey of Transactions 

in Selected Services and Intellectual 

Property with Foreign Persons’’ because 

the term ‘‘intellectual property’’ is better 

understood by U.S. respondents. 

The proposed BE–120 survey is 

intended to cover transactions in 

selected services and intellectual 

property with foreign persons in 

benchmark years. In non-benchmark 

years, the universe estimates for these 

transactions would be derived from 

sample data reported on BEA’s followon survey, which is the Quarterly 

Survey of Transactions in Selected 

Services and Intangible Assets with 

Foreign Persons (BE–125). 

The data will be used by BEA to 

estimate the trade in services 

component of the U.S. International 

Transactions Accounts and other 

economic accounts compiled by BEA. 

The data are also needed by the U.S. 

government to monitor U.S. exports and 

imports of selected services and 

intellectual property; analyze their 

impact on the U.S. and foreign 

economies; support U.S. international 

trade policy for selected services and 

intellectual property; and assess and 

promote U.S. competitiveness in 

international trade in services. In 

addition, the data will improve the 

ability of U.S. businesses to identify and 

evaluate market opportunities. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule 

will receive consideration if submitted 

in writing on or before 5 p.m. October 

11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

For agency, select ‘‘Commerce 

Department—all.’’ 

• E-mail: 

Christopher.Emond@bea.gov. 

• Fax: Chris Emond, Chief, Special 

Surveys Branch, (202) 606–5318. 

• Mail: Chris Emond, Chief, Special 

Surveys Branch, Balance of Payments 

Division, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Bureau of Economic Analysis, BE–50, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

• Hand Delivery: Chris Emond, Chief, 

Special Surveys Branch, Balance of 

Payments Division, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Bureau of Economic 

Analysis, BE–50, Shipping and 

Receiving Section, M100, 1441 L Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

Please include in your comment a 

reference to RIN 0691–AA76 in the 

subject line. 

Written comments regarding the 

burden-hour estimates or other aspects 

of the collection-of-information 

requirements contained in the proposed 

rule should be sent both to BEA, 

through any of the methods listed 

above, and to the Office of Management 

and Budget, O.I.R.A., Paperwork 

Reduction Project, Attention PRA Desk 

Officer for BEA, via e-mail at 

pbugg@omb.eop.gov, or by FAX at 202– 

395–7245. 

Public Inspection: All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the 

commentator may be publicly 

accessible. Do not submit confidential 

business information or other sensitive 

or protected information. BEA will 

accept anonymous comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Emond, Chief, Special Surveys 

Branch, Balance of Payments Division 

(BE–50), Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Washington, DC 20230; e-mail 

Christopher.Emond@bea.gov; or phone 

(202) 606–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed rule would amend 15 CFR 

801.10 to update certain reporting 

requirements for the BE–120, 

Benchmark Survey of Transactions in 

Selected Services and Intangible Assets 

with Foreign Persons. The proposed 

BE–120 would include both definition 

changes and the addition of three 

schedules to better collect data in 

accordance with new international 

standards. In addition, this proposed 

rule would change the title of the BE– 

120 survey and make other 

nonsubstantive format changes to the 

regulations. 

The Department of Commerce, as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Description of Changes 

The BE–120 survey as proposed in 

this rule would be conducted by BEA 

every five years beginning with 

transactions occurring in fiscal year 

2011, under the authority provided by 

the International Investment and Trade 

in Services Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 

90 Stat. 2059, 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108), 

hereinafter, ‘‘the Act,’’ and would be 

mandatory for those U.S. persons that 

engage in the covered transactions in 

amounts that exceed the exemption 

level. The proposed BE–120 survey is 

intended to cover sales to foreign 

persons of any of the 36 types of 

services or intellectual property listed in 

proposed paragraph 801.10(c) in 

benchmark years. In non-benchmark 

years, the universe estimates for these 

transactions would be derived from 

sample data reported on BEA’s followon survey, which is the Quarterly 

Survey of Transactions in Selected 

Services and Intangible Assets with 

Foreign Persons (BE–125). If this 

proposed rule is implemented, BEA 

would send the survey to potential 

respondents in March of 2012; 

responses would be due by June 30, 

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As proposed, the BE–120 will collect 

data on a mandatory basis for the same 

services categories that were covered by 

the previous version of the survey. 

However, some of the services 

categories that were included in the 

‘‘other selected services’’ category in the 

prior survey will now be collected 

separately. These services include 

agricultural services; disbursements to 

fund production costs of motion 

pictures; disbursements to fund newsgathering costs and production costs of 

program material other than news; and 

waste treatment and depollution 

services. 

In addition, the proposed survey 

would include three new schedules, 

Schedules D, E and F, to collect, on a 

voluntary basis, additional information 

related to intellectual property, contract 

manufacturing services, and 

merchanting services. The regulations at 

15 U.S.C. 801.10(b)(ii) are amended to 

describe the three new schedules and to 

indicate the entity who is to complete 

each schedule and to provide 

instructions for the type of data to be 

reported. For example, Schedule D is to 

be completed by a U.S. person who 

engages in contract manufacturing 

services transactions with foreign 

persons. Schedule E is to be completed 

by a U.S. person who engages in 

intellectual property transactions with 

foreign persons. Schedule F is to be 

completed by U.S. persons who engage 

in merchanting services transactions 

with foreign persons. Responses from 

these schedules will help BEA 

determine whether respondents are able 

to supply data in a manner that would 

allow BEA to publish statistics on 

international services transactions in 

accordance with international economic 

accounting guidelines. 

Finally, this proposed rule would 

change the BE–120 survey title from 

‘‘Benchmark Survey of Transactions in 

Selected Services and Intangible Assets 

with Foreign Persons’’ to ‘‘Benchmark 

Survey of Transactions in Selected 

Services and Intellectual Property with 

Foreign Persons’’ because the term 

‘‘intellectual property’’ is better 

understood by U.S. respondents. 

BEA maintains a continuing dialogue 

with respondents and with data users, 

including its own internal users, to 

ensure that, as far as possible, the 

required data serve their intended 

purposes and are available from existing 

records, that instructions are clear, and 

that unreasonable burdens are not 

imposed. In reaching decisions about 

the questions to include in the survey, 

BEA considered the Government’s need 

for the data, the burden imposed on 

respondents, the quality of the likely 

responses (for example, whether the 

data are available on respondents’ 

books), and BEA’s experience in 

previous benchmark, annual, and 

quarterly surveys. 

Survey Background 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce, 

would conduct the survey under the 

International Investment and Trade in 

Services Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101– 

3108), which provides that the President 

shall, to the extent he deems necessary 

and feasible, conduct a regular data 

collection program to secure current 

information related to international 

investment and trade in services and 

publish for the use of the general public 

and United States Government agencies 

periodic, regular, and comprehensive 

statistical information collected 

pursuant to this subsection. 

In Section 3 of Executive Order 

11961, as amended by Executive Orders 

12318 and 12518, the President 

delegated the responsibilities under the 

Act for performing functions concerning 

international trade in services to the 

Secretary of Commerce, who has 

redelegated them to BEA. 

Data from the proposed survey are 

needed to monitor U.S. exports and 

imports of selected services and 

intellectual property; analyze their 

impact on the U.S. and foreign 

economies; compile and improve the 

U.S. international transactions, national 

income and product, and input-output 

accounts; support U.S. international 

trade policy for services and intellectual 

property; assess and promote U.S. 

competitiveness in international trade 

in services; and improve the ability of 

U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate 

market opportunities. 

Executive Order 12866 

This proposed rule has been 

determined to be not significant for 

purposes of E.O. 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 

This proposed rule does not contain 

policies with Federalism implications as 

that term is defined under E.O. 13132. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This proposed rule contains a 

collection-of-information requirement 

subject to review and approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The requirement will be submitted 

to OMB as a request to reinstate, with 

changes, a previously approved 

collection for which approval has 

expired under OMB Control Number 

0608–0058. 

Notwithstanding any other provisions 

of the law, no person is required to 

respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection of information subject 

to the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act unless that collection 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget Control 

Number. 

The benchmark survey, as proposed, 

is expected to result in the filing of 

reports from approximately 15,000 

respondents. Approximately 7,500 

respondents would report either 

mandatory or voluntary data on the 

survey and approximately 7,500 would 

file exemption claims. The respondent 

burden for this collection of information 

would vary from one respondent to 

another, but is estimated to average 

twelve hours for the respondents that 

file mandatory or voluntary data. This 

estimate includes time for reviewing the 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

required data, and completing and 

reviewing the collection of information. 

For other responses, the estimate is two 

hours. Thus, the total respondent 

burden for the survey is estimated at 

105,000 hours. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the burden estimate; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information collected; 

and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Written comments regarding the 

burden-hour estimates or other aspects 

of the collection-of-information 

requirements contained in the proposed 

rule should be sent both to BEA, 

through any of the methods listed 

above, and to the Office of Management 

and Budget, O.I.R.A., Paperwork 

Reduction Project, Attention PRA Desk 

Officer for BEA, via e-mail at 

pbugg@omb.eop.gov, or by FAX at 202– 

395–7245. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Chief Counsel for Regulation, 

Department of Commerce, has certified 

to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, 

Small Business Administration, under 

provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), that this proposed 

rulemaking, if adopted, will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

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description of the changes proposed by 

this rule is described in the preamble 

and is not repeated here. 

The proposed benchmark survey will 

be required from U.S. persons whose 

covered services and intellectual 

property transactions with foreign 

persons exceeded $2 million in sales or 

$1 million in purchases for fiscal year 

2011. Although the survey does not 

collect data on total sales or other 

measures of the overall size of the 

businesses that respond to the survey, 

historically the respondents to the 

existing quarterly survey of transactions 

in the covered services and intellectual 

property and to the previous benchmark 

surveys have been comprised mainly of 

major U.S. corporations. Most small 

businesses would be excluded from 

responding to the survey because the 

exemption levels far exceed the 

threshold defined for a business to be 

considered ‘‘small’’ under the Small 

Business Administration’s size 

standards. Any small businesses that 

may be required to report would likely 

have engaged in only a small number of 

transactions covered by this survey and 

so the burden on them would be 

minimal. BEA estimates that the burden 

on small entities that may be required 

to report is 2 hours per respondent. 

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 801 

International transactions, Economic 

statistics, Foreign trade, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: July 15, 2011. 

J. Steven Landefeld, 

Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, BEA proposes to amend 15 

CFR part 801, as follows: 

PART 801—SURVEY OF 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES 

BETWEEN U.S. AND FOREIGN 

PERSONS 

1. The authority citation for 15 CFR 

part 801 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 15 U.S.C. 4908; 

22 U.S.C. 3101–3108; and E.O. 11961, 3 CFR, 

1977 Comp., p.86, as amended by E.O. 12318, 

3 CFR, 1981 Comp., p. 173, and E.O. 12518, 

3 CFR, 1985 Comp., p. 348. 

2. Revise § 801.10 to read as follows: 

§ 801.10 Rules and regulations for the BE– 

120, Benchmark Survey of Transactions in 

Selected Services and Intellectual Property 

with Foreign Persons. 

The BE–120, Benchmark Survey of 

Transactions in Selected Services and 

Intellectual Property with Foreign 

Persons, will be conducted covering 

fiscal year 2011 and every fifth year 

thereafter. All legal authorities, 

provisions, definitions, and 

requirements contained in section 801.1 

through 801.9(a) are applicable to this 

survey. Additional rules and regulations 

for the BE–120 survey are given in 

paragraphs (a) through (c) of this 

section. More detailed instructions and 

descriptions of the individual types of 

transactions covered are given on the 

report form itself. 

(a) The BE–120 survey consists of two 

parts and six schedules. Part I requests 

information needed to contact the 

respondent and the reporting period. 

Part II requests information needed to 

determine whether a report is required 

and information about the reporting 

entity. Each of the six schedules covers 

one or more types of transactions and is 

to be completed only if the U.S. reporter 

has transactions of the type(s) covered 

by the particular schedule. 

(b) Who must report—(1) Mandatory 

reporting. A BE–120 report is required 

from each U.S. person that had sales to 

foreign persons that exceeded $2 

million during the fiscal year covered of 

any of the types of services or 

intellectual property listed in paragraph 

(c) of this section, or had purchases 

from foreign persons that exceeded $1 

million during the fiscal year covered of 

any of the types of services or 

intellectual property listed in paragraph 

(c) of this section. Because the reporting 

threshold ($2 million for sales and $1 

million for purchases) applies 

separately to sales and purchases, the 

mandatory reporting requirement may 

apply only to sales, only to purchases, 

or to both sales and purchases. 

(i) The determination of whether a 

U.S. person is subject to this mandatory 

reporting requirement may be 

judgmental, that is, based on the 

judgment of knowledgeable persons in a 

company who can identify reportable 

transactions on a recall basis, with a 

reasonable degree of certainty, without 

conducting a detailed records search. 

(ii) U.S. persons that file pursuant to 

this mandatory reporting requirement 

must complete Parts I and II of Form 

BE–120 and all applicable schedules. 

The total values of transactions 

applicable to schedules A, B, and C are 

to be entered in the appropriate 

column(s) and, except for sales of 

merchanting services, these amounts 

must be distributed among the countries 

involved in the transactions. For sales of 

merchanting services, the data are not 

required to be reported by individual 

foreign country, although this 

information may be provided 

voluntarily. Schedule D is to be 

completed by a U.S. person who 

engages in contract manufacturing 

services transactions with foreign 

persons. Schedule E is to be completed 

by a U.S. person who engages in 

intellectual property transactions with 

foreign persons. Schedule F is to be 

completed by U.S. persons who engage 

in merchanting services transactions 

with foreign persons. 

(iii) Application of the exemption 

levels to each covered transaction is 

indicated on the schedule for that 

particular type of transaction. It should 

be noted that an item other than sales 

or purchases may be used as the 

measure of a given type of transaction 

for purposes of determining whether the 

threshold for mandatory reporting of the 

transaction is exceeded. 

(2) Voluntary reporting. If, during the 

fiscal year covered, the U.S. person’s 

total transactions (either sales or 

purchases) in any of the types of 

transactions listed in paragraph (c) of 

this section are $2 million or less for 

sales or $1 million or less for purchases, 

the U.S. person is requested to provide 

an estimate of the total for each type of 

transaction. Provision of this 

information is voluntary. The estimates 

may be judgmental, that is, based on 

recall, without conducting a detailed 

records search. Because the exemption 

threshold applies separately to sales and 

purchases, the voluntary reporting 

option may apply only to sales, only to 

purchases, or to both sales and 

purchases. 

(3) Any U.S. person that receives the 

BE–120 survey form from BEA, but is 

not subject to the mandatory reporting 

requirements and chooses not to report 

voluntarily, must file an exemption 

claim by completing pages one through 

five of the BE–120 survey and returning 

it to BEA. This requirement is necessary 

to ensure compliance with reporting 

requirements and efficient 

administration of the Act by eliminating 

unnecessary follow-up contact. 

(c) Covered types of services. The 

services covered by the BE–120 include 

sales and purchases for the following 

transactions (transaction types 1–8 

include rights to use, rights to 

distribute, or outright sales or 

purchases): (1) Rights related to 

industrial processes and products; (2) 

rights related to books, CD’s, digital 

music, etc.; (3) rights related to 

trademarks; (4) rights related to 

performances and events pre-recorded 

on motion picture film and TV tape 

(including digital recordings); (5) rights 

related to broadcast and recording of 

live performances and events; (6) rights 

related to general use computer 

software; (7) business format franchising 

fees; (8) other intellectual property; (9) 

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services; (10) advertising services; (11) 

auxiliary insurance services; (12) 

computer and data processing services; 

(13) construction services; (14) data base 

and other information services; (15) 

educational and training services; (16) 

engineering, architectural, and 

surveying services; (17) financial 

services (purchases only); (18) industrial 

engineering services; (19) industrialtype maintenance, installation, 

alteration, and training services; (20) 

legal services; (21) management, 

consulting, and public relations services 

(includes expenses allocated to/from a 

parent and its affiliates); (22) 

merchanting services; (23) mining 

services; (24) operational leasing 

services; (25) trade-related services, 

other than merchanting services; (26) 

performing arts, sports, and other live 

performances, presentations, and 

events; (27) premiums paid on primary 

insurance (payments only); (28) losses 

recovered on primary insurance; (29) 

research and development services; (30) 

telecommunications services; (31) 

agricultural services; (32) contract 

manufacturing services; (33) 

disbursements to fund production costs 

of motion pictures; (34) disbursements 

to fund news-gathering costs and 

production costs of program material 

other than news; (35) waste treatment 

and depollution services; and (36) other 

selected services. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2011–0698] 

RIN 1625–AA09 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; New 

Jersey Intracoastal Waterway (NJICW), 

Atlantic City, NJ 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to 

change the regulations that govern the 

operation of two New Jersey Department 

of Transportation (NJDOT) bridges: The 

Route 30/Abescon Boulevard Bridge 

across Beach Thorofare, NJICW mile 

67.2 and the US 40–322 (Albany 

Avenue) Bridge across Inside Thorofare, 

NJICW mile 70.0, both at Atlantic City, 

NJ. The proposed changes will alter the 

dates that these bridges are allowed to 

have delayed openings or remain in the 

closed position to accommodate heavy 

volumes of vehicular traffic due to the 

annual July 4th fireworks shows and the 

annual Air Show at Bader Field. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must reach the Coast Guard on or before 

October 11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2011–0698 using any one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 20590– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this proposed 

rule, call or e-mail Lindsey Middleton, 

Coast Guard; telephone 757–398–6629, 

e-mail Lindsey.R.Middleton@uscg.mil. If 

you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments and related materials. All 

comments received will be posted, 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

rulemaking (USCG–2011–0698), 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. You 

may submit your comments and 

material online (http:// 

www.regulations.gov), or by fax, mail or 

hand delivery, but please use only one 

of these means. If you submit a 

comment online via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, it will be 

considered received by the Coast Guard 

when you successfully transmit the 

comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or 

mail your comment, it will be 

considered as having been received by 

the Coast Guard when it is received at 

the Docket Management Facility. We 

recommend that you include your name 

and a mailing address, an e-mail 

address, or a phone number in the body 

of your document so that we can contact 

you if we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, click on the 

‘‘submit a comment’’ box, which will 

then become highlighted in blue. In the 

‘‘Document Type’’ drop down menu 

select ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ and insert 

‘‘USCG–2011–0698’’ in the ‘‘Keyword’’ 

box. Click ‘‘Search’’ then click on the 

balloon shape in the ‘‘Actions’’ column. 

If you submit your comments by mail or 

hand delivery, submit them in an 

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 

11 inches, suitable for copying and 

electronic filing. If you submit them by 

mail and would like to know that they 

reached the Facility, please enclose a 

stamped, self-addressed postcard or 

envelope. We will consider all 

comments and material received during 

the comment period and may change 

the rule based on your comments. 

Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, click on the 

‘‘read comments’’ box, which will then 

become highlighted in blue. In the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box insert ‘‘USCG–2011– 

0698’’ and click ‘‘Search.’’ Click the 

‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ in the ‘‘Actions’’ 

column. 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. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation to use 

the Docket Management Facility. 

Privacy Act 

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 

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