Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 15, 2010 / Rules and Regulations 55973 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 155 

[USCG–1998–3417] 

RIN 1625–AA19 

Salvage and Marine Firefighting 

Requirements; Vessel Response Plans 

for Oil 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Rule; information collection 

approval; clarification. 

SUMMARY: On September 3, 2010, the 

Coast Guard announced the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval of the information collection 

associated with the vessel response plan 

salvage and marine firefighting 

requirements for tank vessels carrying 

oil. That announcement indicated that 

the collection of information 

requirements would be enforced 

beginning September 3, 2010. This 

document clarifies that although OMB 

has approved the information 

collection, the compliance date for 

updates to vessel response plans 

required by the Salvage and Marine 

Firefighting final rule remains February 

22, 2011. 

DATES: The collection of information 

approved under OMB Control Number 

1625–0066 became enforceable 

beginning September 3, 2010. The 

compliance date for updates to vessel 

response plans required by the Salvage 

and Marine Firefighting final rule 

remains February 22, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this document 

contact Lieutenant Commander Ryan 

Allain at 202–372–1226 or 

Ryan.D.Allain@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket 

(USCG–1998–3417), call Ms. Renee V. 

Wright, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 31, 2008, the Coast Guard 

published a final rule entitled ‘‘Salvage 

and Marine Firefighting Requirements; 

Vessel Response Plans for Oil’’ (73 FR 

80618). The final rule amended the 

vessel response plan salvage and marine 

firefighting requirements for tank 

vessels carrying oil. The final rule 

included information collection 

requirements affecting OMB Control 

Number 1625–0066 that could not be 

enforced without approval by OMB. In 

the final rule the Coast Guard stated that 

it would publish notice in the Federal 

Register announcing OMB’s decision to 

approve, modify, or disapprove the 

collection. 

On August 31, 2009, the Coast Guard 

published another final rule concerning 

vessel response plans, ‘‘Vessel and 

Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 

Removal Equipment Requirements and 

Alternative Technology Revisions’’ (74 

FR 45004). One of the effects of this rule 

was to defer the compliance date for the 

salvage and marine firefighting 

requirements from June 1, 2010, to 

February 22, 2011. 

The information collection associated 

with OMB Control Number 1625–0066 

affects a variety of vessel response 

plans, not just salvage and marine 

firefighting requirements. On August 20, 

2010, OMB approved the Coast Guard’s 

requested revisions to OMB Control 

Number 1625–0066, and on September 

3, 2010, the Coast Guard published a 

notice announcing this approval (75 FR 

54026). OMB approval of this 

information collection does not alter the 

existing compliance date for vessel 

response plan salvage and marine 

firefighting requirements for tank 

vessels carrying oil. 

Dated: September 9, 2010. 

Kathryn Sinniger, 

Acting Chief, Office of Regulations and 

Administrative Law. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22932 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket No. USCG–2010–0786] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone; Illinois River, Mile 000.5 

to 001.5 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary safety zone for 

all waters of the Illinois River, Mile 

000.5 to 001.5, extending the entire 

width of the river. This safety zone is 

needed to protect persons and vessels 

from safety hazards associated with a 

land based firework display occurring 

on the Illinois River. Entry into this 

zone will be prohibited unless 

specifically authorized by the Captain of 

the Port Upper Mississippi River or a 

designated representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 9 p.m. 

until 10 p.m. on September 18, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this 

preamble as being available in the 

docket are part of docket USCG–2010– 

0786 and are available online by going 

to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting 

USCG–2010–0786 in the ‘‘Keyword’’ 

box, and then clicking ‘‘Search.’’ They 

are also available for inspection or 

copying at the 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, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this temporary 

rule, call or e-mail Lieutenant (LT) Rob 

McCaskey, Sector Upper Mississippi 

River Response Department at telephone 

314–269–2541, e-mail 

Rob.E.McCaskey@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulatory Information 

The Coast Guard is issuing this 

temporary final rule without prior 

notice and opportunity to comment 

pursuant to authority under section 4(a) 

of the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision 

authorizes an agency to issue a rule 

without prior notice and opportunity to 

comment when the agency for good 

cause finds that those procedures are 

‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest.’’ The Coast Guard 

finds that it would be impracticable to 

publish a notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM) with respect to this rule 

because the event would occur before 

the rulemaking process could be 

completed. 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast 

Guard finds that good cause exists for 

making this rule effective less than 30 

days after publication in the Federal 

Register. Publishing a NPRM and 

delaying its effective date would be 

impracticable because immediate action 

is needed to protect vessels and 

mariners from the safety hazards 

associated with a land based fireworks 

display. 

Basis and Purpose 

On September 18, 2010 the City of 

Grafton will be conducting a land based 

fireworks display at mile 001.0 on the 

Illinois River. This event presents safety 

hazards to the navigation of vessels 

between mile 000.5 and mile 001.5, 

extending the entire width of the river. 

A safety zone around the launch site is 

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