Document ID: USCG-2015-0753-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Recreational Boating Accident Reporting Manual, COMDTINST M16782.1
Posted Date: 2015-08-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50860-50861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20738]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0753]

Recreational Boating Accident Reporting Manual, COMDTINST 
M16782.1

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has developed a draft Recreational Boating 
Accident Reporting Manual, COMDTINST M16782.1, to replace Standard 
Method of Reporting (Boating Accidents), CG-449, which was last 
published in September 1973. We seek public comment on this draft.

DATES: Comments must be received by the Coast Guard on or before 
November 19, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments using one of the listed methods, and 
see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more information on public comments.
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    (3) Mail or Delivery: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. 
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Deliveries 
accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366-9329.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email Susan Weber; 202-372-1103, susan.m.weber@uscg.mil. For 
information about viewing or submitting material to the docket, call 
Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-
9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Submitting Comments

    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. You may submit your comments and material online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but 
please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online, it 
will be considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully 
transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, 
it will be considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when 
it is received at the Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you 
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a 
telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact 
you if we have questions regarding your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
type the docket number [USCG-2015-0753] in the ``SEARCH'' box and click 
``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with 
this rulemaking.
    If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them 
in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for 
copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by mail and would 
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, 
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and 
material received during the comment period and may change the rule 
based on your comments.

2. Viewing Comments and Documents

    To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble 
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
type the docket number (USCG-2015-0753) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click 
``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with 
this rulemaking. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in 
Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation 
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

3. Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any 
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or 
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, 
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice 
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

4. Public Meeting

    We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a 
request for one, using one of the methods specified under ADDRESSES. 
Please explain why you believe a public meeting would be beneficial. If 
we determine that one would aid this rulemaking, we will hold one at a 
time and place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register.

Discussion

    The Coast Guard's National Recreational Boating Safety Program aims 
to reduce accidents, injuries and deaths on America's waterways and to 
facilitate safe enjoyable boating. It promotes greater uniformity among 
States and localities in boating safety laws, enforcement, and 
administration. The Program also requires boating safety reporting by 
States and boaters involved in accidents. This notice announces the 
availability of a new draft accident reporting manual and seeks comment 
on its content.
    The manual addresses the following broad topics:
     Regulations, vessel determinations, accident scenarios 
policy, and definitions of terms.
     Report form and reporting system.
     Expected roles of the Coast Guard and State.

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     Investigation and data entry expectations.
    Comments can discuss any aspects or other concerns about the 
Manual. Submissions will be reviewed internally to determine whether 
amendments need to be made to the Manual.
    This notice is issued under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 6102 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a).

    Dated: August 17, 2015.
Verne B. Gifford,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
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