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The Proposed Design Criteria 

Applicable Airworthiness Criteria 

under § 21.17(b). 

Based on the Special Class provisions 

of § 21.17(b), the following 

airworthiness requirements form the 

FAA Certification Basis for this design: 

1. 14 CFR part 21, effective February 

1, 1965, including amendments 21–1 

through 21–98 as applicable. 

2. EASA CS–22, amendment 2, dated 

March 05, 2009. 

3. EASA Special Condition No. SC– 

A.22.1.01, ‘‘Increase in maximum mass 

for sailplanes and powered sailplanes.’’ 

4. EASA Equivalent Safety Finding to 

CS–22.335(f)—Alternate method to 

calculate the Design Maximum Speed 

(VD) using the Organisation Scientifique 

et Technique Internationale du Vol a ́

Voile (OSTIV), Airworthiness Standards 

for Sailplanes, dated July 1997. 

5. EASA Equivalent Safety Finding to 

CS–22.585(a)—Alternate basis for lower 

towing loads and subsequent lower 

lauching hook attachment loads. 

6. ‘‘Standards for Structural 

Substantiation of Sailplane and 

Powered Sailplane Parts Consisting of 

Glass or Carbon Fiber Reinforced 

Plastics,’’ Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) 

document no. I4–FVK/91, issued July 

1991. 

7. ‘‘Guideline for the analysis of the 

electrical system for powered 

sailplanes,’’ LBA document no. I334– 

MS 92, issued September 15, 1992. 

8. Operations allowed: VFR-Day 

9. EASA Type Certificate Data Sheet 

No. EASA.A.599, Issue 02, dated March 

17, 2016. 

10. Date of application for FAA Type 

Certificate: August 23, 2016. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on August 

28, 2017. 

William Schinstock, 

Acting Manager, Small Airplane Standards 

Branch, Aircraft Certification Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket Number USCG–2017–0552] 

RIN 1625–AA08 

Special Local Regulation; Atlantic 

Ocean, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to 

establish a recurring special local 

regulation for navigable waters of the 

Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of the 

Fort Lauderdale for the Grand Prix of 

the Seas. The Fort Lauderdale Grand 

Prix of the Seas race course is located 

east of South Beach Park and North of 

the Port Everglades inlet. 

Approximately one hundred high-speed 

personal watercraft are expected to 

participate in this annual event. The 

special local regulation is needed to 

protect personnel, vessels, and the 

marine environment from potential 

hazards during the race event. All 

vessels and persons in the regulated 

area must follow the direction of Coast 

Guard personnel, law enforcement, and 

race officials. We invite your comments 

on this proposed rulemaking. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must be received by the Coast Guard on 

or before October 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2017–0552 using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public 

Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

further instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this proposed 

rulemaking, call or email Petty Officer 

Mara J. Brown, Sector Miami Waterways 

Management Division, U.S. Coast 

Guard; telephone (305) 535–4317, email 

Mara.J.Brown@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background, Purpose, and Legal 

Basis 

On June 7, 2017, the company 

Powerboat P1–USA, LLC notified the 

Coast Guard that it will be conducting 

the Ft. Lauderdale Grand Prix of the 

Seas annually. This event will occur 

yearly on one weekend (Friday, 

Saturday, and Sunday) in November. 

The race course will be located directly 

east of South Beach Park in Ft. 

Lauderdale, FL. The special local 

regulation is intended to protect 

personnel, vessels, and the marine 

environment. The Captain of the Port 

Miami (COTP) has determined that 

potential hazards associated with the 

high speeds of the participants during 

the races would be a safety concern for 

anyone who would enter the race area. 

The purpose of this rulemaking is to 

ensure the safety of vessels and the 

navigable waters within the established 

race area, marked with buoys. The Coast 

Guard proposes this rulemaking under 

authority in 33 U.S.C. 1233. 

III. Discussion of Proposed Rule 

The COTP proposes to establish a 

special local regulation for this event 

occurring annually on one weekend 

(Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) in 

November. The special local regulation 

would cover all navigable waters within 

the established race area, marked with 

buoys, approximately one mile north of 

the Port Everglades inlet. The duration 

of the zone is intended to protect 

personnel, vessels, and the marine 

environment in the navigable waters 

Fort Lauderdale Grand Prix of the Seas 

race event. Only those vessels 

participating in the event may enter, 

transit through, anchor in, or remain 

within the regulated area, and all 

vessels and persons in the regulated 

area must follow the direction of Coast 

Guard personnel, law enforcement, and 

race officials. The proposed regulatory 

text appears at the end of this 

document. 

IV. Regulatory Analyses 

We developed this proposed rule after 

considering numerous statutes and 

Executive orders related to rulemaking. 

Below we summarize our analyses 

based on a number of these statutes and 

Executive orders and we discuss First 

Amendment rights of protestors. 

A. Regulatory Planning and Review 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to assess the costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits. 

Executive Order 13771 directs agencies 

to control regulatory costs through a 

budgeting process. This NPRM has not 

been designated a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action,’’ under Executive 

Order 12866. Accordingly, the NPRM 

has not been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and 

pursuant to OMB guidance it is exempt 

from the requirements of Executive 

Order 13771. 

This regulatory action determination 

is based on the size, location, and timeof-year of the special local regulation. 

Vessel traffic will be able to safely 

transit around this regulated area, which 

will impact a small designated area of 

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FL, directly adjacent to the shore, for 

three days. 

B. Impact on Small Entities 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 

1980, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, as amended, 

requires Federal agencies to consider 

the potential impact of regulations on 

small entities during rulemaking. The 

term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises small 

businesses, not-for-profit organizations 

that are independently owned and 

operated and are not dominant in their 

fields, and governmental jurisdictions 

with populations of less than 50,000. 

The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 

605(b) that this proposed rule would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

While some owners or operators of 

vessels intending to transit the regulated 

area may be small entities, for the 

reasons stated in section IV.A above, 

this proposed rule would not have a 

significant economic impact on any 

vessel owner or operator. 

If you think that your business, 

organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity 

and that this rule would have a 

significant economic impact on it, 

please submit a comment (see 

ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it 

qualifies and how and to what degree 

this rule would economically affect it. 

Under section 213(a) of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

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

we want to assist small entities in 

understanding this proposed rule. If the 

rule would affect your small business, 

organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction and you have questions 

concerning its provisions or options for 

compliance, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. The Coast Guard will 

not retaliate against small entities that 

question or complain about this 

proposed rule or any policy or action of 

the Coast Guard. 

C. Collection of Information 

This proposed rule would not call for 

a new collection of information under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). 

D. Federalism and Indian Tribal 

Governments 

A rule has implications for federalism 

under Executive Order 13132, 

Federalism, if it has a substantial direct 

effect on the States, on the relationship 

between the national government and 

the States, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government. We have 

analyzed this proposed rule under that 

Order and have determined that it is 

consistent with the fundamental 

federalism principles and preemption 

requirements described in Executive 

Order 13132. 

Also, this proposed rule does not have 

tribal implications under Executive 

Order 13175, Consultation and 

Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments, because it would not have 

a substantial direct effect on one or 

more Indian tribes, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

Indian tribes, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes. 

If you believe this proposed rule has 

implications for federalism or Indian 

tribes, please contact the person listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their discretionary regulatory actions. In 

particular, the Act addresses actions 

that may result in the expenditure by a 

State, local, or tribal government, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector of 

$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or 

more in any one year. Though this 

proposed rule would not result in such 

an expenditure, we do discuss the 

effects of this rule elsewhere in this 

preamble. 

F. Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Department of Homeland 

Security Management Directive 023–01 

and Commandant Instruction 

M16475.lD, which guide the Coast 

Guard in complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and have made a 

preliminary determination that this 

action is one of a category of actions that 

do not individually or cumulatively 

have a significant effect on the human 

environment. This proposed rule 

involves a special local regulation 

lasting three four days that will impact 

a small area in the vicinity of the Port 

Everglades Inlet. It is categorically 

excluded from further review under 

paragraph 34(h) of Figure 201 of the 

Commandant Instructions. A 

preliminary Record of Environmental 

Consideration supporting this 

determination is available in the docket 

where indicated under ADDRESSES. We 

seek any comments or information that 

may lead to the discovery of a 

significant environmental impact from 

this proposed rule. 

G. Protest Activities 

The Coast Guard respects the First 

Amendment rights of protesters. 

Protesters are asked to contact the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

coordinate protest activities so that your 

message can be received without 

jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places, or vessels. 

V. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We view public participation as 

essential to effective rulemaking, and 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

Your comment can help shape the 

outcome of this rulemaking. If you 

submit a comment, please include the 

docket number for this rulemaking, 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. 

We encourage you to submit 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. If your material 

cannot be submitted using http://

www.regulations.gov, contact the person 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document for 

alternate instructions. 

We accept anonymous comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. For more about privacy and 

the docket, visit http://

www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice. 

Documents mentioned in this NPRM 

as being available in the docket, and all 

public comments, will be in our online 

docket at http://www.regulations.gov 

and can be viewed by following that 

Web site’s instructions. Additionally, if 

you go to the online docket and sign up 

for email alerts, you will be notified 

when comments are posted or a final 

rule is published. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100 

Marine safety, Navigation (water), 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 100 as follows: 

PART 100—SAFETY OF LIFE ON 

NAVIGABLE WATERS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 100 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233. 

■ 2. Add § 100.723 to read as follows: 


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§ 100.723 Special Local Regulation; Fort 

Lauderdale Grand Prix of the Seas; Fort 

Lauderdale, FL. 

(a) Location. The following regulated 

area is established as a special local 

regulation. All navigable waters 

contained within an imaginary line 

connecting the following points: 

beginning at Point 1 in position 26°6′21′′ 

N., 080°5′51′′ W.; thence west to Point 

2 in position 26°6′21′′ N., 080°6′13′′ W.; 

thence north to Point 3 in position 

26°6′57′′ N., 080°6′13′′ W.; thence east to 

Point 4 in position 26°6′57′′ N., 

080°5′52′′ W., thence back to origin at 

point 1. All coordinates are North 

American Datum 1983. 

(b) Definition. The following 

definitions apply to this section: 

(1) The term ‘‘designated 

representative’’ means Coast Guard 

Patrol Commanders, including Coast 

Guard coxswains, petty officers, and 

other officers operating Coast Guard 

vessels, and Federal, State, and Local 

officers designated by or assisting the 

Captain of the Port Miami in the 

enforcement of the regulated areas. 

(2) The term ‘‘Patrol Commander’’ 

means a commissioned, warrant, or 

petty officer of the Coast Guard who has 

been designated by the respective Coast 

Guard Sector Commander to enforce 

these regulations. 

(3) The term ‘‘spectators’’ means all 

persons and vessels not registered with 

the event sponsor as participants or 

official patrol vessels. 

(c) Regulations. 

(1) All non-participant persons and 

vessels are prohibited from entering, 

transiting through, anchoring in, or 

remaining within the regulated area 

unless authorized by the Captain of the 

Port Miami or a designated 

representative. 

(2) Persons and vessels desiring to 

enter, transit through, anchor in, remain 

within or transit in excess of wake 

speed within any of the regulated area 

may contact the Captain of the Port 

Miami by telephone at (305) 535–8701, 

or a designated representative via VHF– 

FM radio on channel 16 to request 

authorization. If authorization is 

granted, all persons and vessels 

receiving such authorization must 

comply with the instructions of the 

Captain of the Port Miami or a 

designated representative. 

(3) The Coast Guard will use all 

appropriate means to notify the public 

in advance of an event of the 

enforcement of these regulations to 

include publishing a Notice of 

Enforcement in the Federal Register and 

through the local Notice to Mariners and 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners. 

(d) Enforcement date. This section 

will be enforced annually on a weekend 

(Friday, Saturday and Sunday) in the 

month of November. 

Dated: August 22, 2017. 

J.H.D. Solomon, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain 

of the Port Miami. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 9 

RIN 2900–AP98 

Electronic Submission of Certain 

Servicemembers’ Group Life 

Insurance, Family Servicemembers’ 

Group Life Insurance, and Veterans’ 

Group Life Insurance Forms 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) proposes to add a 

regulation governing the 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

(SGLI) and Veterans’ Group Life 

Insurance (VGLI) programs to provide 

that certain SGLI, Family SGLI (FSGLI) 

and VGLI applications, elections, and 

beneficiary designations required by 

statute to be ‘‘written’’ or ‘‘in writing’’ 

would include those submitted via an 

agency approved electronic means that 

are digitally or electronically signed. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http://

www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to: Director, Regulations 

Management (00REG), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. 

NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 

20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026 (this 

is not a toll-free telephone number). 

Comments should indicate that they are 

submitted in response to ‘‘RIN 2900– 

AP98—Electronic Submission of Certain 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, 

Family Servicemembers’ Group Life 

Insurance, and Veterans’ Group Life 

Insurance Forms.’’ 

Copies of comments received will be 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of Regulation Policy and 

Management, Room 1068, between the 

hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday (except 

holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 for 

an appointment (this is not a toll-free 

telephone number). In addition, 

comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) at http://

www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth Berkheimer, Insurance Specialist, 

Department of Veterans Affairs 

Insurance Center (310/290B), 5000 

Wissahickon Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 

19144, (215) 842–2000, ext. 4275 (this is 

not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Several 

statutes regarding entitlement to SGLI, 

FSGLI, and VGLI require a member or 

an insured to take action ‘‘in writing’’ or 

to submit a ‘‘written’’ application or 

request. E.g., 38 U.S.C. 1967(c), 1970(a), 

and 1977(a)(3). For example, under 38 

U.S.C. 1967(a)(2) and (a)(3)(B), a 

member of a uniformed service on 

active duty, active duty for training, or 

inactive duty training scheduled in 

advance by a competent authority and 

certain Ready Reservists may ‘‘elect in 

writing’’ not to be insured under SGLI, 

to decline FSGLI coverage for a spouse, 

or to be insured or insure a spouse for 

less than the statutory maximum 

amounts of insurance coverage. 

Until recently, members have utilized 

a paper version of SGLV 8286, 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

(SGLI) Election and Certificate, to make 

changes to their SGLI coverage amount 

and to designate beneficiaries to receive 

the insurance proceeds upon their death 

and a paper version of SGLV 8286A, 

Spouse Coverage Election and 

Certificate, to make changes to their 

spousal coverage. The VA Insurance 

Service, however, partnered with the 

Department of Defense to develop the 

SGLI Online Enrollment System (SOES), 

an electronic application system that 

allows members to make electronic 

updates and changes to their SGLI and 

FSGLI coverage amounts and their SGLI 

beneficiary designations 24 hours a day, 

7 days a week. In addition, this 

electronic system helps to eliminate 

common errors made by members when 

completing the paper forms. While the 

electronic system is the primary means 

for insured members to manage their 

SGLI and FSGLI elections, a member 

may use the paper forms in emergent 

situations when the member cannot 

access the electronic system. 

In addition to SOES, veterans are 

currently able to apply for VGLI, 

reinstate their VGLI, or increase the 

amount of VGLI by completing an 

online application through a Web site 

managed by the Office of 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

(OSGLI), https://giosgli.prudential.com/ 

osgli/web/OSGLIMenu.html, as well as 

by mailing a paper copy of SGLV 8714, 


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