Document ID: USCG-2012-0952-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: DFR:  Inland Waterways Navigation Regulations: Sacramento River, CA (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-01-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4785-4788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01238]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 162

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0952]
RIN 1625-AB95

Inland Waterways Navigation Regulation: Sacramento River, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: By this direct final rule, the Coast Guard is removing the 
Decker Island restricted anchorage area in the Sacramento River. The 
restricted anchorage area was needed in the past to prevent non-
government vessels from transiting through or anchoring in the United 
States Army's tug and barge anchorage zones. The United States Army 
relinquished control of the island in 1975, and the restricted 
anchorage area is no longer necessary.

DATES: This rule is effective April 23, 2013, unless an adverse 
comment, or notice of intent to submit an adverse comment, is either 
submitted to our online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or 
before March 25, 2013 or reaches the Docket Management Facility by that 
date. If an adverse comment, or notice of intent to submit an adverse 
comment, is received by March 25, 2013, we will withdraw this direct 
final rule and publish a timely notice of withdrawal in the Federal 
Register.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2012-0952 using any one of the following methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    (3) Mail: 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.
    (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except

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Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
    To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods. 
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on 
submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, 
email or call Lieutenant Lucas Mancini, Coast Guard District Eleven; 
telephone 510-437-3801, email Lucas.W.Mancini@uscg.mil. If you have 
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Renee 
V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Public Participation and Request for Comments
    A. Submitting Comments
    B. Viewing Comments and Documents
    C. Privacy Act
    D. Public Meeting
II. Regulatory Information
III. Basis and Purpose
IV. Discussion of the Rule
V. Regulatory Analyses
    A. Regulatory Planning and Review
    B. Small Entities
    C. Assistance for Small Entities
    D. Collection of Information
    E. Federalism
    F. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
    G. Taking of Private Property
    H. Civil Justice Reform
    I. Protection of Children
    J. Indian Tribal Governments
    K. Energy Effects
    L. Technical Standards
    M. Environment

I. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted, 
without change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided.

A. Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this 
rulemaking (USCG-2012-0952), 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, or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of 
these means. We recommend that you include your name and a mailing 
address, an email address, or a phone 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 and 
type ``USCG-2012-0952'' in the ``Search'' box and click ``Search.'' On 
the line for this docket, click ``Comment.'' 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 them 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.

B. 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 ``USCG-2012-0952'' and click ``Search.'' If you do not have access 
to the Internet, you may also view the docket online by visiting 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. We have an agreement with the Department of 
Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility.

C. 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).

D. Public Meeting

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

II. Regulatory Information

    We are publishing this direct final rule under 33 CFR 1.05-55 
because we do not expect an adverse comment on removal of this unused 
anchorage. This rule would remove a restriction that is not currently 
needed or enforced. If no adverse comment or notice of intent to submit 
an adverse comment is received by March 25, 2013, this rule will become 
effective as stated in the DATES section. In that case, approximately 
30 days before the effective date, we will publish a document in the 
Federal Register stating that no adverse comment was received and 
confirming that this rule will become effective as scheduled. However, 
if we receive an adverse comment or notice of intent to submit an 
adverse comment, we will publish a document in the Federal Register 
announcing the withdrawal of all or part of this direct final rule. If 
an adverse comment applies only to part of this rule (e.g., to an 
amendment, a paragraph, or a section) and it is possible to remove that 
part without defeating the purpose of this rule, we may adopt, as 
final, those parts of this rule on which no adverse comment was 
received. We will withdraw the part of this rule that was the subject 
of an adverse comment. If we decide to proceed with a rulemaking 
following receipt of an adverse comment, we will publish a separate 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and provide a new opportunity for 
comment.
    A comment is considered ``adverse'' if the comment explains why 
this rule or a part of this rule would be inappropriate, including a 
challenge to its underlying premise or approach, or would be 
ineffective or unacceptable without a change.

III. Basis and Purpose

    The purpose of this rule is to remove 33 CFR 162.205(c) because the 
restricted anchorage described in that paragraph has not been needed or 
enforced since the United States Army vacated Decker Island in 1975. 
The authority to conduct this rulemaking is found in 33 U.S.C. 1231.

IV. Discussion of the Rule

    Prior to 1953 the United States Army acquired 114.02 acres of 
Decker Island. The Army used the land for boat landing and storage 
activities. The purpose of 33 CFR 162.205(c) was to keep vessels and 
other craft not associated with the United States government from 
navigating or anchoring within 50 feet of any moored government vessel 
in the area. In 1974 the United States Army began to vacate Decker 
Island, officially terminating its lease in January of 1975. With the 
Army's release of the 114.02 acres of Decker Island the intended use of 
the restricted anchorage was no longer needed. We believe that no 
member of the public will be adversely affected by

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removal of the restriction. This rule will update the inland waterways 
navigation regulations by removing the Decker Island restricted 
anchorage.

V. Regulatory Analyses

    We developed this rule after considering numerous statutes and 
executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our analyses 
based on these statutes or executive orders.

A. Regulatory Planning and Review

    This rule is not a significant regulatory action under section 3(f) 
of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and does not 
require an assessment of potential costs and benefits under section 
6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office of Management and Budget has not 
reviewed it under that Order. For the reasons stated in section IV., 
``Discussion of the Rule,'' this rule does not impose any additional 
costs on the public or government.

B. Small Entities

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601-612, as 
amended, requires federal agencies to consider the potential impact of 
regulations on small entities during rulemaking. However, when an 
agency is not required to publish an NPRM for a rule, the RFA does not 
require an agency to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis. The 
Coast Guard was not required to publish an NPRM for this rule for the 
reasons stated in section II., ``Regulatory Information,'' and 
therefore is not required to publish a regulatory flexibility analysis.

C. Assistance for Small Entities

    Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-121), we want to assist small 
entities in understanding this rule so that they can better evaluate 
its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking. If the rule will 
affect your small business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction 
and you have questions concerning its provisions or options for 
compliance; please consult Lieutenant Lucas Mancini via the ADDRESSES 
section of the rule. The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small 
entities that question or complain about this rule or any policy or 
action of the Coast Guard.

D. Collection of Information

    This rule calls for no new collection of information under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).

E. Federalism

    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 rule under that Order and have 
determined that it does not have implications for federalism.

F. 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 rule will not result in 
such expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere in 
this preamble.

G. Taking of Private Property

    This rule will not cause a taking of private property or otherwise 
have taking implications under Executive Order 12630, Governmental 
Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property 
Rights.

H. Civil Justice Reform

    This rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) 
of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize litigation, 
eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.

I. Protection of Children

    We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13045, Protection 
of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks. This rule 
is not an economically significant rule and does not create an 
environmental risk to health or risk to safety that may 
disproportionately affect children.

J. Indian Tribal Governments

    This rule does not have tribal implications under Executive Order 
13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, 
because it does 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.

K. Energy Effects

    We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13211, Actions 
Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 
Distribution, or Use. We have determined that it is not a ``significant 
energy action'' under that order because it is not a ``significant 
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866 and is not likely to 
have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use 
of energy. The Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs has not designated it as a significant energy 
action. Therefore, it does not require a Statement of Energy Effects 
under Executive Order 13211.

L. Technical Standards

    The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 
U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards 
in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress, 
through the Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why 
using these standards would be inconsistent with applicable law or 
otherwise impractical. This rule does not use technical standards. 
Therefore, we did not consider the use of voluntary consensus 
standards.

M. Environment

    We have analyzed this 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 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have concluded 
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 rule is categorically excluded under section 2.B.2, 
figure 2-1, paragraph (34)(f) of the Instruction. This rule involves 
removal of the restricted anchorage area at Decker Island in the 
Sacramento River. Under figure 2-1, paragraph (34)(f) of the 
Instruction, an environmental analysis checklist and a categorical 
exclusion determination are not required for this rule.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 162

    Navigation (water) and Waterways.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends 
33 CFR part 162 as follows:

PART 162--INLAND WATERWAYS NAVIGATION REGULATIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 162 continues to read as follows:

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    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; Department of Homeland Security 
Delegation No. 0170.1.

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2. In Sec.  162.205, remove paragraph (c) consisting of the paragraph 
heading and paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2).

    Dated: January 13, 2013.
K.L. Schultz,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard 
District.
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