[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4499-4500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01554]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

33 CFR Part 401

[2135-AA36]


Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories

AGENCY: Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and 
the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under 
international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the 
St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations and Rules (Practices and Procedures in 
Canada) in their respective jurisdictions. Under agreement with the 
SLSMC, the SLSDC is amending the joint regulations by updating the 
Seaway Regulations and Rules in various categories. The changes will 
update the following sections of the Regulations and Rules: Seaway 
Navigation, and Radio Communications. Because these changes to the 
joint regulations are either technical amendments or corrections, the 
SLSDC finds that a notice-and-comment period would be unnecessary and 
impractical. The rule will become effective on March 31, 2015 in Canada 
and in order to avoid confusion among the users of the Seaway, the rule 
will become effective on the same date in the United States.

DATES: The rule will become effective on March 31, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Mann Lavigne, Chief Counsel, 
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 180 Andrews Street, 
Massena, New York 13662; 315/764-3200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation 
(SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and 
presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations and Rules 
(Practices and Procedures in Canada) in their respective jurisdictions. 
Under agreement with the SLSMC, the SLSDC is amending the joint 
regulations by updating the Regulations and Rules in various 
categories. The changes will update the following sections of the 
Regulations and Rules: Seaway Navigation, and Radio Communications. 
Because these changes to the joint regulations are either technical 
amendments or corrections, the SLSDC finds that a notice-and-comment 
period would be unnecessary and impractical. The rule will become 
effective on March 31, 2015 in Canada and in order to avoid confusion 
among the users of the Seaway, the rule will become effective on the 
same date in the United States.

Regulatory Notices

    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
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 DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://www.Regulations.gov.
    The changes to the joint regulations are technical amendments or 
corrections.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This regulation involves a foreign affairs function of the United 
States and therefore Executive Order 12866 does not apply and 
evaluation under the Department of Transportation's Regulatory Policies 
and Procedures is not required.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Determination

    I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities. The St. Lawrence 
Seaway Regulations and Rules primarily relate to commercial users of 
the Seaway, the vast majority of whom are foreign vessel operators. 
Therefore, any resulting costs will be borne mostly by foreign vessels.

Environmental Impact

    This regulation does not require an environmental impact statement 
under the National Environmental Policy Act (49 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) 
because it is not a major federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment.

Federalism

    The Corporation has analyzed this rule under the principles and 
criteria in Executive Order 13132, dated August 4, 1999, and has 
determined that this rule does not have sufficient federalism 
implications to warrant a Federalism Assessment.

Unfunded Mandates

    The Corporation has analyzed this rule under Title II of the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4, 109 Stat. 48) and 
determined that it does not impose unfunded mandates on State, local, 
and tribal governments and the private sector requiring a written 
statement of economic and regulatory alternatives.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This regulation has been analyzed under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 and does not contain new or modified information collection 
requirements subject to the Office of Management and Budget review.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 401

    Hazardous materials transportation, Navigation (water), Penalties, 
Radio, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Vessels, Waterways.


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    Accordingly, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is 
amending 33 CFR part 401, Regulations and Rules, as follows:

PART 401--SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES

Subpart A--Regulations

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1. The authority citation for subpart A of part 401 continues to read 
as follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a) and 984(a)(4), as amended; 49 CFR 
1.52, unless otherwise noted.


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2. In Sec.  401.29, remove footnote 1 and revise paragraph (a) to read 
as follows:


Sec.  401.29  Maximum draft.

    (a) Notwithstanding any provision herein, the loading of cargo, 
draft and speed of a vessel in transit shall be controlled by the 
master, who shall take into account the vessel's individual 
characteristics and its tendency to list or squat, so as to avoid 
striking bottom.
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3. Revise Sec.  401.61 to read as follows:


Sec.  401.61  Assigned frequencies.

    The Seaway stations operate on the following assigned VHF 
frequencies:
    156.8 MHz--(channel 16)--Distress and Calling.
    156.7 MHz--(channel 14)--Working (Canadian stations in Sector 1 and 
the Welland Canal).
    156.65 MHz--(channel 13)--Working (U.S. station in Lake Ontario).
    156.6 MHz--(channel12)--Working (U.S. station in Lake Ontario).
    156.6 MHz--(channel 12)--Working (U.S. stations in Sector 2 of the 
River); and
    156.55 MHz--(channel 11)--Working (Canadian stations in Sector 3, 
Lake Ontario and Lake Erie).

     Issued at Washington, DC, on January 23, 2015.

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
Carrie Lavigne,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-01554 Filed 1-27-15; 8:45 am]
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