30036 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 124 / Wednesday, June 27, 2018 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

32 CFR Part 206 

[Docket ID: DOD–2017–OS–0055] 

RIN 0790–AJ93 

National Security Education Program 

(NSEP) Grants to Institutions of Higher 

Education 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness, DoD. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule will remove 

DoD’s regulation that relates to the 

administration of the Boren grants 

program as sections pertinent to the 

public were incorporated into the 

revision of DoD’s regulation titled 

‘‘National Security Education Program 

(NSEP) and NSEP Service Agreement’’ 

on December 5, 2016. This rule has been 

superseded, is unnecessary, and can be 

removed. 

DATES: This rule is effective on June 27, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Sam Eisen at 571–256–0760. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It has been 

determined that publication of this CFR 

part removal for public comment is 

impracticable, unnecessary, and 

contrary to public interest since its 

content was incorporated into another 

CFR part for which public comment was 

taken. 

The removal of this part eliminates 

text which has been superseded at 32 

CFR part 208, therefore, it will not 

change the regulatory impact on the 

public. This removal is administrative 

in nature and does not result in a 

burden reduction or cost savings to the 

public. 

DoD internal guidance concerning the 

administration of the Boren grants 

program will continue to be published 

in DoD Instruction 1025.02 available at 

http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/ 

Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/102502_

dodi_2017.pdf. 

This rule is not significant under 

Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, 

‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review,’’ 

therefore, E.O. 13771, ‘‘Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs’’ does not apply. 

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 206 

Colleges and universities, Grant 

programs—education. 

PART 206—[REMOVED] 

■ Accordingly, by the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 301, 32 CFR part 206 is removed. 

Dated: June 21, 2018. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13759 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2018–0443] 

RIN 1625–AA09 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Technical Amendment; Removal of 

Obsolete Drawbridge Operating 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is removing 

the existing operation regulations for 33 

drawbridges across various waterways 

and in various locations, across the east 

coast and western rivers of the United 

States. These drawbridges have either 

been replaced with a fixed bridge, 

removed from the waterway, altered 

with CG approval in such a manner that 

the drawspan is no longer moveable or 

the approaching rail lines or roadways 

have been removed with the drawspan 

open to navigation and inoperable. 

These 33 operating regulations are no 

longer applicable or necessary. 

DATES: This rule is effective June 27, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2018– 

0443. In the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click 

‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket 

Folder on the line associated with this 

rulemaking 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email Mr. Chris Jaufmann, Office of 

Bridge Programs; United States Coast 

Guard Headquarters; telephone 202– 

372–1512, email Josef.C.Jaufmann@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS Department Of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

Pub. L. Public Law 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background Information and 

Regulatory History 

The Coast Guard is issuing this 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 notice and comment 

procedures are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b), the 

Coast Guard finds that good cause exists 

for not publishing a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) due to the fact that 

the 33 drawbridges identified either do 

not exist or no longer function as a 

drawbridge. Therefore, their regulations 

are no longer applicable and need to be 

removed. It is unnecessary to publish a 

NPRM because drawbridge regulations 

are only used for bridges that have an 

operational span that is intended to be 

opened for the passage of waterway 

traffic. These bridges are no longer 

operational. 

For the same reasons stated in the 

preceding paragraph, under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3), the Coast Guard finds that 

good cause exists for making this rule 

effective in less than 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. The 

bridges at issue no longer have an 

operational span and therefore have no 

need of a drawbridge regulation. The 

removal of the regulation will not affect 

mariners currently operating on this 

waterway. Therefore, a delayed effective 

date is unnecessary. 

III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule 

The Coast Guard is issuing this rule 

under authority 33 U.S.C. 499. 

The elimination of these drawbridges 

necessitates the removal of their 

corresponding drawbridge operation 

regulation in 33 CFR part 117 subpart B. 

IV. Discussion of Final Rule 

The Coast Guard is removing 

restrictions and the regulatory burdens 

related to the draw operations for these 

33 bridges that no longer function as 

drawbridges. In the regulatory section of 

this final rule, the 33 bridges are 

presented numerically based on their 

section number and, if applicable, 

paragraph lettering under 33 CFR part 

117 subpart B. 

This final rule will update 33 CFR 

part 117 subpart B by removing 

language that governs the operating 

schedule of the aforementioned bridges, 

which in fact, in their current state, are 

no longer drawbridges. The removal of 


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