[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17372-17373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07466]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 101, 104, 105, 120, and 128

[Docket Number USCG-2006-23846]
RIN 1625-AB30


Consolidated Cruise Ship Security Regulations--Reopening of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening the comment period for the notice 
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``Consolidated Cruise Ship 
Security Regulations,'' published on December 10, 2014, for 60 days. We 
are reopening the comment period because we omitted from the docket the 
accompanying Regulatory Analysis, which informs the proposal.

DATES: The comment period for the NPRM published on December 10, 2014 
(79 FR 73255) is reopened. Comments and related material must be 
submitted to the docket by June 1, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number using 
any one of the following methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    (3) Mail or Delivery: 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. Deliveries 
accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
    See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion 
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for further instructions 
on submitting comments. To avoid duplication, please use only one of 
these three methods.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, 
call or email Lieutenant Commander Kevin McDonald, Inspections and 
Compliance Directorate, Office of Port and Facility Compliance, Cargo 
and Facilities Division (CG-FAC-2), Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-
1168, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80cbe5f6e9eeaecaaecde3c4efeee1ece4c0f5f3e3e7aeede9ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2f9d7c4dbdc9cf89cffd1f6dddcd3ded6f2c7c1d1d59cdfdbde">[email protected]</span></a>. If you have questions on viewing 
or submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Cheryl Collins, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. 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.

1. Submitting comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this 
rulemaking, 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 at 
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, 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 email address, or a 
telephone 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, 
type the docket number (USCG-2010-0194) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click 
``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with 
this rulemaking.
    If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them 
in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for 
copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments 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

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change the rule based on your comments.

2. 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, 
type the docket number (USCG-2010-0194) 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.

3. 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 Act notice 
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

B. Regulatory History and Information

    The Coast Guard published an NPRM entitled ``Consolidated Cruise 
Ship Regulations'' on December 10, 2014 (79 FR 73255) proposing to 
amend its regulations on cruise ship terminal security. All comments on 
this NPRM were due by March 10, 2015.

C. Background and Purpose

    In the course of reviewing comments submitted to the docket on this 
rulemaking, we found that the Regulatory Analysis was in fact not 
available in the docket as stated in the NPRM, and promptly made it 
available and ensured it was properly posted to the docket. In order to 
ensure full public participation in this rulemaking, we are reopening 
the comment period for a period of 60 days to allow commenters to read 
and comment on the detailed Regulatory Analysis if desired.

D. Authority

    This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).

    Dated: March 26, 2015.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2015-07466 Filed 3-31-15; 8:45 am]
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