Document ID: USCG-2011-1156-0017
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Guidance: Inspection and Certification of Vessels under the Maritime Security Program (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2014-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 47153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19052]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2011-1156]

Draft Change to Navigation and Inspection Circular 01-13, 
Inspection and Certification of Vessels Under the Maritime Security 
Program

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability extending comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending the public comment period on its 
draft change to Navigation and Inspection Circular (NVIC) 01-13.

DATES: Submit comments and related material by September 17, 2014. 
Documents discussed in this notice should be available in the online 
docket by August 15, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments using one of the listed methods, and see 
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION for more information on public comments.
     Online--http://www.regulations.gov following Web site 
instructions.
     Fax--202-493-2251.
     Mail or hand deliver--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. Hours 
for hand delivery are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays (telephone 202-366-9329).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document, 
call or email Lieutenant Corydon Heard, Office of Commercial Vessel 
Compliance (CG-CVC), U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1208, email 
Corydon.F.Heard@uscg.mil. For information about viewing or submitting 
material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826, toll free 1-800-647-5527.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 19, 2014, we published a Federal 
Register notice \1\ announcing the public availability of our draft 
change to NVIC 01-13 and inviting public comments, by August 18, on the 
draft. Today, we are extending that deadline to September 17, 2014. The 
NVIC provides uniform Maritime Security Program process guidance to 
assist vessel owners and operators, authorized classification 
societies, and Coast Guard personnel. Please see our June notice for 
further information about our proposed revisions to better facilitate 
the transition of vessels to U.S. registry under the MSP.
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    \1\ 79 FR 35177.
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    We encourage you to submit comments or related material on the 
draft change to NVIC 01-13. We will consider all submissions and may 
adjust our final action based on your comments. Comments should be 
marked with docket number USCG-2011-1156 and should provide a reason 
for each suggestion or recommendation. You should provide personal 
contact information so that we can contact you if we have questions 
regarding your comments; but please note that all comments will be 
posted to the online docket without change and that any personal 
information you include can be searchable online.\2\ Mailed or hand-
delivered comments should be in an unbound 8\1/2\ x 11 inch format 
suitable for reproduction. The Docket Management Facility will 
acknowledge receipt of mailed comments if you enclose a stamped, self-
addressed postcard or envelope with your submission.
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    \2\ See the Privacy Act notice regarding DHS public dockets, 73 
FR 3316 (Jan. 17, 2008).
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    Documents mentioned in this notice, and all public comments, are in 
our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by 
following the Web site's instructions. You can also view the docket at 
the Docket Management Facility (see the mailing address under 
ADDRESSES) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
    This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).

    Dated: August 5, 2014.
Jonathan C. Burton,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director, Inspections and Compliance.
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