Document ID: USCG-2018-0041-0021
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Draft Merchant Mariner Medical Manual
Posted Date: 2018-12-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 64807-64808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27330]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

46 CFR Part 10

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0041]

Draft Merchant Mariner Medical Manual

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability, extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending, for 30 days, the period for 
submitting public comments on the notice of availability of the Draft 
Merchant Mariner Medical Manual. The extension responds to requests 
made by the public.

DATES: The comment period for the Notice of availability published on 
November 13, 2018 (83 FR 56272) is extended. Comments must be submitted 
to the online docket via http://www.regulations.gov, or reach the 
Docket Management Facility, on or before February 13, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2018-0041 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: For information about this document 
call or email Adrienne Buggs, M.D., United States Coast Guard, Office 
of Merchant Mariner Credentialing; telephone: 202-372-2357, email: 
MMCPolicy@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments (or related material) on the 
draft Merchant Mariner Medical Manual. We will consider all submissions 
and may adjust our final action based on your comments. If you submit a 
comment, please include the docket number for this notice, indicate the 
specific section of the document to which each comment applies, and

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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. Documents mentioned in this notice, and all public 
comments, will be posted in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that website'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 the 
Coast Guard publishes any additional documents related to this notice 
of availability.
    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, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal 
Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal 
Register (70 FR 15086).

Background and Discussion of Draft Manual

    We issued a Notice of Availability of the Draft Merchant Mariner 
Medical Manual on November 13, 2018 (83 FR 56272). We received requests 
from commenters asking for additional time for the comment period. We 
have decided to grant the extension to provide a greater opportunity 
for the public to review and provide their comments. With this 
extension, the total length of the public comment period will now be 90 
days.
    This notice is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 46 
U.S.C. 7101, and 46 U.S.C. 7302.

    Dated: December 12, 2018.
J.G. Lantz,
Director, Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2018-27330 Filed 12-17-18; 8:45 am]
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