[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17222-17224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8387]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 3

[CGD 94-107]
RIN 2115-AF00


Ninth District Marine Inspection and Captain of the Port Zone 
Boundaries

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is amending the descriptions of several Marine 
Inspection and Captain of the Port zone boundaries in the Ninth Coast 
Guard District to reflect recent organizational changes. These changes 
will clarify Coast Guard responsibilities with the Ninth District. 
These changes will not impact the type or level of Coast Guard services 
performed.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 5, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Unless otherwise indicated, documents referred to in this 
preamble are available for inspection or copying at the office of the 
Executive Secretary, Marine Safety Council, (G-LRA/3406), U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Room 3406, Washington, DC 
20593-0001, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 267-1477.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
ENS Harry E. George, Office of Marine Safety, Security and 
Environmental [[Page 17223]] Protection (G-MPS-3), Room 1108, (202) 
267-0491.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Drafting Information: The principal persons involved in drafting 
this document are ENS Harry E. George, Project Manager, Port Safety 
and Security Division, and C.G. Green, Project Counsel, Office of 
Chief Counsel.

Background and Purpose

    During 1994, the Coast Guard carried out three separate 
organizational changes that revised the Marine Inspection (MI) and 
Captain of the Port (COTP) zones of responsibility and consolidated and 
relocated MI and COTP offices for several units in the Ninth Coast 
Guard District. The Coast Guard is amending the descriptions of MI and 
COTP zone boundaries and offices in the Ninth Coast Guard District to 
reflect these recent organizational changes.
    The Coast Guard is proceeding directly to a final rule under 
section 533(b)(3)(A) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 
et seq.), which excludes rulemakings relating to agency organization, 
procedure, or practice from the requirements of public notice and 
comment.

Discussion of Comments and Changes

    Section 3.45-35, describing the Sturgeon Bay Marine Inspection 
Zone, and paragraph (c) of Sec. 3.34-30, describing the Milwaukee 
Marine Inspection Zone, are being deleted. In February, 1994, the 
Sturgeon Bay Marine Inspection Zone was combined with the Milwaukee 
Inspection Zone and the Marine Inspection Office in Sturgeon Bay, 
Wisconsin was merged with the Marine Inspection Office in Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin. The new Milwaukee Marine Inspection Zone covers the same 
area and has the same boundaries as the Milwaukee Captain of the Port 
Zone, so the two zones and their offices can be described in a single 
CFR section. Paragraph (b) of Sec. 3.45-30, therefore, is being revised 
to describe the boundaries and the office locations for both the new 
Milwaukee Marine Inspection Zone and the Milwaukee Captain of the Port 
Zone.
    Section 3.45-45 is being revised to change the name of the St. 
Ignace Marine Inspection Zone to the Sault Ste. Marie Marine Inspection 
Zone. In July, 1994, the Marine Inspection Office in St. Ignace, 
Michigan was closed and a new Marine Inspection Office was opened in 
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, colocated with the Sault Ste. Marie Captain 
of the Port Office. The St. Ignace Marine Inspection Zone and the Sault 
Ste. Marie Captain of the Port Zone had the same boundaries, but each 
zone was named for the location of the office servicing it. The St. 
Ignace Marine Inspection Zone has therefore been renamed to Sault Ste. 
Marie Marine Inspection Zone, to reflect the change in office location, 
but with no change to the boundary description of the zone.
    Sections 3.45-60, Chicago Captain of the Port Zone, and 3.45-80, 
Grand Haven Captain of the Port Zone, are being deleted. In July, 1994, 
Captain of the Port Zone Chicago and Captain of the Port Zone Grand 
Haven were combined into a single COTP zone, and the Captain of the 
Port Office in Grand Haven, Michigan was merged with the Captain of the 
Port Office in Chicago, Illinois. The area of the combined Chicago and 
Grand Haven COTP zones is now known as the Chicago Captain of the Port 
Zone and has the same boundaries as the Chicago Marine Inspection Zone. 
Section 3.45-15, describing the Chicago Marine Inspection Zone, 
therefore, is being revised to describe the boundaries and the office 
locations for both the Chicago Marine Inspection Zone and the new 
Chicago Captain of the Port Zone.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This rule is not a significant regulatory action under section 3(f) 
of Executive Order 12866 and does not require an assessment of 
potential costs and benefits under section of 6(a)(3) of that order. It 
has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under that 
order. It is not significant under the ``Department of Transportation 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures'' (44 FR 11040; February 26, 1979). 
The Coast Guard expects the economic impact of this proposal to be so 
minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation under paragraph 10e of the 
Department of Transportation Regulatory Policies and Procedures is 
unnecessary.

Small Entities

    This regulation is administrative in nature and is not expected to 
have any economic impact on small entities. Therefore, the Coast Guard 
certifies under section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), that this rule will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Collection of Information

    This rule contains no collection of information requirements under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Federalism

    The Coast Guard has analyzed this rule in accordance with the 
principles and criteria contained in Executive Order 12612, and has 
determined that this proposal does not have sufficient implications for 
federalism to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

Environment

    The Coast Guard considered the environmental impact of this rule 
and concluded that, under section 2.B.2 of Commandant Instruction 
M16475.1B, this rule is categorically excluded from further 
environmental documentation. This rule involves changes to names and 
descriptions of Marine Inspection and Captain of the Port zones of 
responsibility in the Ninth Coast Guard District and clearly does not 
have any environmental impact. A Categorical Exclusion Determination is 
available in the docket for inspection or copying where indicated under 
ADDRESSES.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 3

    Organization and functions (Government agencies). For the reasons 
set out in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends Title 33, part 3, of 
the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 3--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 3 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 14 U.S.C. 633; 49 CFR 1.45, 1.46.

    2. Section 3.45-15 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 3.45-15   Chicago Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of the Port 
Zone.

    (a) The Chicago Marine Inspection Office and the Chicago Captain of 
the Port Office are located in Chicago, Illinois.
    (b) The Chicago Marine Inspection Zone and the Chicago Captain of 
the Port Zone include those parts of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and 
Illinois within the following boundaries: From the Illinois-Wisconsin 
boundary at longitude 90 deg. W.; thence due east to longitude 87 deg. 
W.; thence due north to latitude 44 deg.15' N., thence northeasterly to 
latitude 44 deg.43' N., longitude 86 deg.40' W.; thence due east to 
longitude 84 deg.30' W.; thence due south to latitude 41 deg. N.; 
thence due west to longitude 90 deg. W.; thence due north to the 
starting point.
    3. Section 3.45-30 is amended by removing paragraph (c) and 
revising paragraph (b) to read as follows: [[Page 17224]] 


Sec. 3.45-30   Milwaukee Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of the Port 
Zone.

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    (b) The boundary of the Milwaukee Marine Inspection Zone and the 
Milwaukee Captain of the Port Zone starts at the Illinois-Wisconsin 
boundary at longitude 90 deg. W.; thence due east to longitude 87 deg. 
W.; thence due north to latitude 44 deg.15' N.; thence northeasterly to 
latitude 44 deg.43' N., longitude 86 deg.40' W.; thence due north to 
latitude 45 deg.27' N.; thence due west to longitude 88 deg.30' W.; 
thence due north to latitude 46 deg.20' N.; thence due west to 
longitude 90 deg. W.; thence due south to the starting point.
Sec. 3.45-35  [Removed]

    4. Section 3.45-35 is removed.
    5. Section 3.45-45 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 3.45-45   Sault Ste. Marie Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of 
the Port Zone.

    (a) The Sault Ste. Marie Marine Inspection Office and the Sault 
Ste. Marie Captain of the Port Office are located in Sault Ste. Marie, 
Michigan.
    (b) The boundary of the Sault Ste. Marie Marine Inspection Zone and 
the Sault Ste. Marie Captain of the Port Zone starts at the 
international boundary at latitude 44 deg.43' N.; thence due west to 
longitude 86 deg.40' W.; thence due north to latitude 45 deg.27' N.; 
thence due west to longitude 88 deg.30' W.; thence due north to 
latitude 46 deg.20' N.; thence northeasterly to the shore of Lake 
Superior at longitude 87 deg.45' W.; thence northerly to Manitou Island 
Light, located at latitude 47 deg.25' N., longitude 87 deg.35' W.; 
thence due north to the international boundary at longitude 87 deg.35' 
W.; thence southeasterly along the international boundary to the 
starting point.
Sec. 3.45-60   [Removed]

    6. Section 3.45-60 is removed.
Sec. 3.45-80   [Removed]

    7. Section 3.45-80 is removed.

    Dated: February 8, 1995.
J.C. Card,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-8387 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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