[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8389]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD 95-029]
33 CFR Chapter I
46 CFR Chapter I

Regulatory Reinvention Public Meetings
agency: Coast Guard, DOT.

action: Notice of meetings; request for comments.

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summary: As part of the President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, 
the Coast Guard will conduct several public meetings outside the 
Washington, DC area. The meetings are intended to open additional lines 
of communication between the Coast Guard and the regulated public. Each 
meeting will be attended by a senior Coast Guard official, and will be 
open to the public.

dates: The meetings will be held April 11, 1995 in New York, NY; April 
12, 1995 in Boston, MA; and April 21 in Seattle, WA. Times for each 
meeting are provided below under SUMMARY. Written comments should be 
received by June 5, 1995.

addresses: The meetings will be held at the following locations: New 
York, NY--University of New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, 
Throgs Neck Station, New York; Boston, MA--Black Falcon Passenger 
Terminal, Massachusetts Port Authority, 1 Black Falcon Ave., Boston, MA 
02210; Seattle, WA--Thirteenth Coast Guard District, 915 2nd Ave., 
Seattle, WA. Written comments may be mailed to the Executive Secretary, 
Marine Safety Council, Commandant (G-LRA), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593, or may be delivered to room 
3406 at the same address between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

for further information contact: Commander Thomas Cahill, Executive 
Secretary, Marine Safety Council, Commandant (G-LRA), U.S. Coast Guard, 
2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593, telephone (202) 267-0132.

supplementary information: Over the past eighteen months, the Coast 
Guard conducted a comprehensive review of its regulatory process. This 
review included meetings with members of regulated communities and 
advisory committees. Although the Coast Guard is proud of its frequent 
and ongoing interaction with the regulated community, the need for 
additional public involvement in the regulatory process was an area 
specifically identified for improvement. It is only through keeping in 
touch with those affected that the Coast Guard can truly judge if its 
regulatory and compliance efforts are effective and efficient. As a 
result, the Coast Guard's new regulatory procedures manual requires 
regulatory project managers to provide opportunities for public 
involvement at the earliest stages of a regulatory project. 
Additionally, the Coast Guard's ongoing Maritime Regulatory Reform 
effort is intended to remove unnecessary regulatory burdens on the 
maritime industry.
    In his memorandum of March 4, 1995, President Clinton directed the 
heads of all Federal departments and agencies to make regulatory 
reinvention a top priority. He identified four steps to be taken. These 
steps are: (1) Cut obsolete regulations; (2) reward results, not red 
tape; (3) get out of Washington and create grassroots partnerships; and 
(4) negotiate, don't dictate. The Coast Guard is taking a number of 
additional actions to achieve the President's goals of reducing the 
regulatory burden and improving compliance through cooperation.
    One of these actions is to conduct a number of public meetings 
during the month of April to discuss regulatory reinvention. The 
meetings are intended to allow members of the regulated community the 
opportunity to talk directly with senior Coast Guard officials involved 
in the regulatory process, and raise concerns with current regulatory 
and enforcement policies. The senior Coast Guard officials identified 
below currently plan to attend the meetings listed below. Rear Admiral 
Gregory Penington, Chief of the Office of Navigation Safety and 
Waterway Services at Coast Guard Headquarters, will attend the meeting 
of the Navigation Safety Advisory Council in Seattle, WA on April 21, 
1995. This meeting will begin at 8 a.m. Rear Admiral James Card, Chief 
of the Office of Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental Protection 
at Coast Guard Headquarters, will attend an ``Industry Day'' meeting in 
New York, NY on April 11, 1995. This meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Rear 
Admiral John Shkor, Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard and Chairman of 
the Marine Safety Council, the Coast Guard's regulatory oversight body, 
will attend an ``Industry Day'' meeting in Boston, MA on April 12, 
1995. This meeting will begin at 9 a.m., with registration beginning at 
8:30 a.m. The locations for these meetings are listed above under 
ADDRESSES.
    In addition to the above meetings, a number of other ``Industry 
Day'' meetings are scheduled in Portland, OR; Warren, RI; Valdez, AK; 
Cape Cod, MA; Milwaukee, WI; Anchorage, AK; Alameda, CA; Hampton Roads, 
VA; Tampa, FL; Mobile, AL; and Agana, Guam. These meetings will be 
hosted by the local Coast Guard Captain of the Port, and regulatory 
reinvention will be a key topic. The Coast Guard Captain of the Port 
for each area can provide additional details on the date and time for 
each meeting. Additionally, on April 20, 1995, the Coast Guard will 
hold a public meeting in Washington, DC to discuss regulatory reform. 
The details of this meeting will be announced by a separate notice in 
the Federal Register.
    Persons affected by or interested in Coast Guard regulatory actions 
are also invited to submit written comments as indicated under 
ADDRESSES above.

    Dated: March 24, 1995.
John E. Shkor,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 95-8389 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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