Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 5 / Monday, January 8, 2001 / Proposed Rules 1283

Regulations

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to

amend 33 CFR part 117 as follows:

PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE

OPERATION REGULATIONS

1. The authority citation for part 117

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 49 CFR 1.46; 33

CFR 1.05–1(g); section 117.255 also issued

under the authority of Pub. Law 102–587,

106 Stat. 5039.

2. Section 117.209(b) is revised to

read as follows:

§ 117.209 Mianus River.

* * * * *

(b) The draw shall open on signal

from April 1 through October 31, from

9 p.m. to 5 a.m., after at least a four-hour

advance notice is given and from

November 1 through March 30, from 9

p.m. to 5 a.m., after at least a twentyfour-hour advance notice is given by

calling the number posted at the bridge.

Dated: December 6, 2000.

G.N. Naccara,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

First Coast Guard District.

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46 CFR Parts 110 and 111

[USCG–2001–8602]

Marine Shipboard Electrical Cable

Standards: Incorporation of IEEE

Standard 45, 1998 Edition

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is

considering requests to allow merchant

vessels to use shipboard cable

constructed to meet the requirements in

Clause 8 (Cable Construction), Clause 9

(Cable Application), and Clause 10

(Cable Installation) of the Institute of

Electrical and Electronics Engineers

(IEEE) Standard 45, Recommended

Practice for Electrical Installations on

Shipboard-1998 edition. The 1998

edition changes the testing requirements

for marine shipboard electrical cable

from those in the 1983 edition. It also

requires third party verification. The

Coast Guard requests comments

concerning which edition (the 1983

edition, the 1998 edition, or both)

should be incorporated by reference.

DATES: Comments and related material

must reach the Docket Management

Facility on or before March 9, 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–2001–8602], 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.

The Docket Management Facility

maintains the public docket for this

notice. Comments and material received

from the public 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: For

questions on this notice, call Dolores

Mercier, Project Manager, Office of

Design and Engineering Standards (G–

MSE), Coast Guard, telephone 202–267–

0658, fax 202–267–4816, e-mail

dmercier@comdt.uscg.mil. For questions

on viewing or submitting material to the

docket, call Dorothy Beard, Chief,

Dockets, Department of Transportation,

phone 202–366–9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

If you submit written comments,

please include your name and address,

and identify the docket number for this

rulemaking [USCG–2001–8602] and the

reason for each comment. You may

submit your comments and material by

mail, 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. Please

submit all comments and material in an

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing to the Facility at the

address under ADDRESSES. If you want

acknowledgement of receipt of your

comments, please enclose a stamped,

self-addressed postcard or envelope.

The Coast Guard will consider all

comments and materials received

during the comment period.

Background and Purpose

On February 8, 2000, a notice of

proposed rulemaking was published in

the Federal Register (65 FR 6111). In

this rulemaking the Coast Guard

proposed to amend its electrical

engineering regulations for merchant

vessels by adding alternative cable

standards that were equivalent to the

existing standards. IEEE Std 45, 1998

edition was not included in that

rulemaking as an alternative standard.

In the comment process of that notice

we received numerous requests from

industry to recognize marine shipboard

electrical cable that is constructed to

IEEE Std. 45–1998 edition. We presently

recognize cable constructed to the IEEE

Std. 45–1983 edition. The 1998 edition

of IEEE Std. 45 changes the testing

requirements for marine shipboard

electrical cable, and it also requires

third party verification. We recognize

that there are types of cable found in

IEEE Std. 45–1998, that are not found in

IEEE Std. 45–1983.

The Coast Guard seeks comments

regarding the following three proposals:

1. The Coast Guard should not

recognize IEEE Std. 45–1998 edition.

2. The Coast Guard should recognize

IEEE Std. 45–1998 edition and should

remove the reference to the 1983

edition.

3. The Coast Guard should recognize

IEEE Std. 45–1998 edition and should

leave the reference to the 1983 edition.

The Coast Guard encourages the

public to submit comments on the above

three proposals.

Dated: December 27, 2000.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards.

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47 CFR Parts 23 and 25

[IB Docket No. 00–248, FCC 00–435]

2000 Biennial Regulatory Review

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: In this document, the

Commission initiates a review of the

procedures governing the processing of