Document ID: USCG-2014-0063-0149
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Requirements for MODUs and Other Vessels Conducting Outer Continental Shelf Activities With Dynamic Positioning Systems; Training Certification Programs
Posted Date: 2016-07-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 146 (Friday, July 29, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49908-49909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18036]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 140, 143, and 146

46 CFR Parts 61 and 62

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0063]
RIN 1625-AC16

Requirements for MODUs and Other Vessels Conducting Outer 
Continental Shelf Activities With Dynamic Positioning Systems; Training 
Certification Programs

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability of dynamic positioning training 
certification programs.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is providing the following information on 
dynamic positioning training certification programs.

DATES: July 29, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document, 
call Ms. Mayte Medina, U.S. Coast Guard, 202-372-1492

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 28, 2014, the Coast Guard 
published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) on Requirements for MODUs and Other

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Vessels Conducting Outer Continental Shelf Activities With Dynamic 
Positioning Systems (Docket No. USCG-2014-0063, RIN 1625-AC16) (79 FR 
70943). The NPRM proposes to establish minimum design, operation, 
training, and manning standards for mobile offshore drilling units and 
other vessels using dynamic positioning systems to engage in Outer 
Continental Shelf activities. The Coast Guard has not yet published a 
final rule on this subject.
    Since the comment period closed, the Coast Guard has received 
inquiries regarding availability of dynamic positioning training 
certification programs. We are aware of three industry accepted 
training certification programs for dynamic positioning:
     The Offshore Service Vessel Dynamic Positioning 
Authority's (OSVDPA) MPP-1-001, the OSVDPA's Manual of Policies and 
Procedures (Version 1) (January 2016);
     The Nautical Institute's Dynamic Positioning Operator's 
Training and Certification Scheme Version 1.1 (January 2015); and,
     Det Norske Veritas/Germanischer Lloyd's Recommended 
Practice for Certification Scheme for Dynamic Positioning Operators 
(DNVGL-RP-0007).
    The Coast Guard is providing this information to assist the public 
in locating dynamic positioning training certification programs, and 
does not endorse or recommend any such program. To the extent that 
programs not listed above may exist, their absence from the list is due 
entirely to the fact that the Coast Guard is unaware of them, and does 
not constitute or imply a determination that programs on the list are 
preferable to any that may exist and are not included on the list.
    This document is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).

    Dated: July 26, 2016.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, United States Coast 
Guard.
[FR Doc. 2016-18036 Filed 7-28-16; 8:45 am]
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