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explain how you think it qualifies and

how and to what degree this rule would

economically affect it.

Assistance for Small Entities

Under section 213(a) of the Small

Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121),

the Coast Guard would assist small

entities in understanding this proposed

rule so that they can better evaluate its

effects on them and participate in the

rulemaking. The proposed rulemaking

would provide small businesses or

organizations an opportunity to

comment and will provide a point of

contact for any questions on the

proposed rulemaking’s provisions and

its options for compliance. The Coast

Guard will provide State’s Small

Business Development Centers (SBDC)

with copies of the proposed rulemaking

for further distribution. Small

businesses may send comments on the

actions of Federal employees who

enforce, or otherwise determine

compliance with, Federal Regulations to

the Small Business and Agriculture

Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman

and the Regional Small Business

Regulatory Fairness Boards. The

Ombudsman evaluates these actions

annually and rates each agency’s

responsiveness to small business. If you

wish to comment on actions by

employees of the Coast Guard, call 1–

888–REG–FAIR (1–888–734–3247).

Collection of Information

This proposed rule does not provide

for a collection of information under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. et seq.).

Questions

The Coast Guard requests your

comments and any data or information

that would answer the following

questions, as well as comments on any

other part of the current regulations that

should be revised. In responding to a

question, please explain your reasons

for each answer so that we can carefully

weigh the consequences and impact of

any future requirements we may

propose. In addition, please provide

relevant data (data on operational

incidents resulting in personal injury,

property damage, or pollution would be

particularly useful), if possible that

would support the need for excluding

commercial vessels from certain

requirements regarding the carriage of

paper navigational charts, and

publications.

Usage

1. Should ECDIS systems be allowed

as an alternative to paper charts for

commercial vessels?

2. Which categories of self-propelled

vessels (1600 or more gross tons) will

install the optional ECDIS system as

defined by IMO, as an alternative for the

paper charts required by 33 CFR part

164?

3. How many self-propelled vessels of

less than 1600 gross tons may install an

ECDIS system?

4. If you are planning to install ECDIS,

what factors led you to this decision?

5. If you are not planning to install

ECDIS, what factors led you to this

decision?

6. Are you considering ECDIS as a

stand-alone unit, or as part of an

Integrated Bridge System?

Costs

1. What is the cost for an ECDIS

system (software/hardware)?

2. How much would you estimate it

would cost to have an ECDIS system

installed on your vessel?

3. Once the ECDIS system is installed,

what kind of maintenance would the

system need?

4. How much does the maintenance of

the system cost and how often (annual,

quarterly, monthly) would it need to be

conducted?

5. What is the average operational life

of the ECDIS system? Is there a

projected time when the system should

be replaced?

6. What does it cost to update

electronic charts? How is the update

information provided? How often is the

update information provided?

7. How does the electronic chart

service compare to your current service

for paper charts?

8. What are the economic benefits to

a company that would use ECDIS

instead of existing paper charts? What

other potential benefits can be provided

by the use of ECDIS?

9. Are there other electronic charting

and navigational systems that should be

considered?

10. How many paper charts are

purchased on average per year? How

much do the charts cost? How much

does it cost to have the paper charts

updated and how often are they updated

(annually, quarterly, monthly)?

Operations

1. What kind of training would be

required to use an ECDIS system?

2. What would be the estimated time

period for the training and what are the

involved costs?

3. Who would be responsible for

conducting the training?

4. What are the potential benefits of

using an ECDIS system in lieu of paper

charts on board a vessel?

5. IMO requires an acceptable backup

for ECDIS systems. What is an

acceptable backup system (A second,

independent ECDIS system, an

electronic charting system, manually

updated and corrected paper charts)? If

paper, how many charts and what scale

do you recommend?

6. Which electronic navigation system

components need to be backed up (i.e.

power, positioning, communications)?

7. What means does an ECDIS use to

provide voyage reconstruction for the

purpose of marine casualty investigation

and how long does the system retain

this data?

8. Are there mediums to share and

display this data?

9. Can ECDIS display charts and the

navigation publications simultaneously?

Miscellaneous

1. Should we allow electronic

versions of publications as well as

charts?

2. How would any proposed

regulation affect small entities?

Comments are not limited to the

preceding questions and are invited on

any aspect of this proposal or of

implementing the electronic charting

and navigation requirements for

commercial vessels.

Dated: March 23, 2001.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 01–10835 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 153–0195b; FRL–6958–2]

Revisions to the California State

Implementation Plan, Butte County Air

Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve

revisions to the Butte County Air

Quality Management District

(BCAQMD) State Implementation Plan

(SIP) which concern the permitting of

stationary sources of air emissions. We

are proposing to approve local rules to

regulate these emission sources under

the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990

(CAA or the Act).

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DATES: Comments must be received in

writing by June 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be

submitted in writing to Gerardo Rios at

the Region IX mailing address listed

below. Copies of the rules and EPA’s

evaluation report are available for

public inspection at EPA’s Region IX

office during normal business hours.

Copies of the submitted rules are

available for inspection at the following

locations:

Permits Office (AIR–3), Air Division,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105.

Environmental Protection Agency, Air

Docket (6102), Ariel Rios Building,

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460.

California Air Resources Board,

Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 1001 ‘‘I’’ Street,

Sacramento, CA 95814.

Butte County Air Quality Management

District, 2525 Dominic Drive, Suite J,

Chico, CA 95928.

A courtesy copy of the rules may be

available via the Internet at http://

www.arb.ca.gov/drdb/drdbltxt.htm.

However, these versions of the rules

may be different than the versions

submitted to EPA for approval. Readers

are cautioned to verify that the adoption

date of the rule listed is the same as the

rule submitted to EPA for approval. The

official submittal is only available at the

agency addresses listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Wampler, Permits Office, (AIR–

3), Air Division, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105; (415) 744–1256.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

proposal addresses the following local

rules: BCAQMD 403, 422, 424, 1105, 4–

3 (recision), 4.5A (recision), 4.5B

(recision), 4–6 (recision), 4–6A

(recision), 4.9 (recision), and 4–11

(recision). In the Rules and Regulations

section of this Federal Register, we are

approving action on these local rules in

a direct final action without prior

proposal because we believe these SIP

revisions are not controversial. If we

receive adverse comments, however, we

will publish a timely withdrawal of the

direct final rule and address the

comments in subsequent action based

on this proposed rule. We do not plan

to open a second comment period, so

anyone interested in commenting

should do so at this time. If we do not

receive adverse comments, no further

activity is planned. For further

information, please see the direct final

action.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Laura Yoshii,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 01–10650 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Part 67

[USCG 2001–8825]

RIN 2115–AG08

Vessel Documentation: LeaseFinancing for Vessels Engaged in the

Coastwise Trade

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to

amend its regulations on the

documentation of vessels engaged in the

coastwise trade. These proposals

address statutory amendments

eliminating certain barriers to seeking

foreign financing by lease for U.S.-flag

vessels. These proposals would clarify

the information needed to determine the

eligibility of a vessel financed in this

manner for a coastwise endorsement.

DATES: Comments and related material

must reach the Docket Management

Facility on or before July 2, 2001.

Comments sent to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) on

collection of information must reach

OMB on or before July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your

comments and related material are not

entered more than once in the docket,

please submit them by only one of the

following means:

(1) By mail to the Docket Management

Facility (USCG–2001–8825), U.S.

Department of Transportation, room PL–

401, 400 Seventh Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001.

(2) By delivery to room PL–401 on the

Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC,

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

The telephone number is 202–366–

9329.

(3) By fax to the Docket Management

Facility at 202–493–2251.

(4) Electronically through the Web

Site for the Docket Management System

at http://dms.dot.gov.

You must also mail comments on

collection of information to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,

ATTN: Desk Officer, U.S. Coast Guard.

The Docket Management Facility

maintains the public docket for this

rulemaking. Comments and material

received from the public, as well as

documents mentioned in this preamble

as being available in the docket, will

become part of this docket and will be

available for inspection or copying at

room PL–401 on the Plaza level of the

Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street

SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays. You may also

find this docket on the Internet at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If

you have questions on this proposed

rule, call Patricia Williams, Deputy

Director, National Vessel

Documentation Center, Coast Guard,

telephone 304–271–2506. If you have

questions on viewing or submitting

material to the docket, call Dorothy

Beard, Chief, Dockets, Department of

Transportation, telephone 202–366–

9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

We encourage you to participate in

this rulemaking by submitting

comments and related material. If you

do so, please include your name and

address, identify the docket number for

this rulemaking (USCG–2001–8825)

indicate the specific section of this

document to which each comment

applies, and give the reason for each

comment. You may submit your

comments and material by mail, hand

delivery, fax, or electronic means to the

Docket Management Facility at the

address under ADDRESSES; but please

submit your comments and material by

only one means. If you submit them 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 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. We may change

this proposed rule in view of them.

Public Meeting

We do not now plan to hold a public

meeting. But you may submit a request

for one to the Docket Management

Facility at the address under ADDRESSES

explaining why one would be

beneficial. If we determine that one

would aid this rulemaking, we will hold

one at a time and place announced by

a later notice in the Federal Register.