Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 112 /Thursday, June 11, 1998 / Proposed Rules 31959

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages

interested persons to participate in this

rulemaking by submitting written data,

views, or arguments. You should

include your names and addresses,

identify this rulemaking (CGD 97–064)

and the specific section of this

document that the comment applies,

and give a reason for the comment.

Please submit two copies of all

comments and attachments in an

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing. If you want us to

acknowledge receiving your comments,

please include a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope.

The Coast Guard will consider all

comments received during the comment

period and may change this proposed

rule in view of the comments.

Background

The notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM) would establish rules requiring

training, drills, and the installation of

equipment to suppress fires on towing

vessels, and to enhance existing

standards for anchoring or retrieving a

drifting tank barge. The NPRM stated

that the rules concerning drifting barges

would apply to tank barges and vessels

towing them on the high seas, territorial

sea, and the Great Lakes.

Need for Correction

For the purposes of this NPRM, the

Coast Guard treated the statutory

language ‘‘open ocean [and] coastal

waters’’ as equivalent to the regulatory

language ‘‘high seas and territorial sea.’’

The territorial-sea baseline generally

follows the coastline of the United

States. However, it does not follow the

coastlines of Connecticut or New York

inside Long Island. There, it follows the

seaward side of the island.

Consequently, the NPRM inadvertently

excluded Long Island Sound from the

waters on which the proposed rules

would apply to tank barges and vessels

towing them.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, the publication on

October 6, 1997, of the proposed rule

(CGD 97–064), which is the subject of

FR Doc. 97–26304, is corrected as

follows:

1. Paragraph (a) of § 155.230 is

corrected to read as follows:

§ 155.230 Emergency control systems for

tank barges.

(a) Application. This section applies

to tank barges and vessels towing

them—

(1) On the territorial seas;

(2) On the high seas;

(3) On Long Island Sound; or

(4) In Great Lakes service.

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Dated: June 4, 1998.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine

Safety and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 98–15428 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

48 CFR Parts 216, 245, and 252

[DFARS Case 97–D027]

Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement; Title to

Government Property

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY: The Director of Defense

Procurement is withdrawing a proposed

rule published in the Federal Register

on October 17, 1997 (62 FR 54008),

under DFARS Case 97–D027, Title to

Government Property. The rule

proposed amendments to the Defense

Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement to reduce the amount of

Government-owned special tooling and

test equipment in the possession of DoD

contractors. After considering public

comments, the Director of Defense

Procurement has decided to withdraw

the proposed rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Angelena Moy by phone at (703) 695–

1097/8, by fax at (703) 695–7569, or by

E-mail (Internet) at Moyac@acq.osd.mil.

Please cite DFARS Case 97–D027.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 216,

245, and 252

Government procurement.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulation Council.

[FR Doc. 98–15430 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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