[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 26, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66772-66773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31215]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 100
[CGD 87-087]
RIN 2115-AC84
Regattas and Marine Parades
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is withdrawing its rulemaking to increase the
time requirement for submitting permit applications to the Coast Guard
for approval prior to the start of a regatta or marine parade event.
Since the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was published for this
rulemaking, the Coast Guard has participated in the National
Performance Review and has determined that a broader regulatory
examination of the entire Regatta and marine Parade Permit process,
including the issue of appropriate permit application submission times,
was needed. Therefore, this single issue rulemaking project is being
withdrawn and the permit application submission time issue will be
included in the broader overall review and revision of the regatta and
marine parade permit process regulations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carlton Perry, Auxiliary, Boating, and Consumer Affairs Division, (202)
267-0979.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 4, 1988, the Coast Guard
published an NPRM entitled Regattas and Marine Parades in the Federal
Register (53 FR 3221). Interested persons were given until April 4,
1988, to submit comments. The Coast Guard received 45 letters
commenting on the proposal.
Most of the 45 comments on the NPRM were submitted by event
sponsors, which ranged from small sailing clubs and regional and
national sailing or boating associations to a municipality and two
commercial fireworks display sponsors. Most of the comments
acknowledged or supported a need for some increase in the submission
time for permit applications for some events, but objected to the
proposed submission time of 90 days for
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all marine events and suggested various submission times of 60 days or
less. A few comments supported the proposed submission time of 90 days
for larger events. Another comment suggested requiring a submission
time of 105 days to allow for a full environmental impact analysis.
Many comments emphasized planning problems faced by sponsors due to
short seasons, volunteer organization officials, long periods of
inactivity prior to the boating season start-up events, and difficulty
in getting firm, detailed information sooner than 30 days before an
event.
The Coast Guard has determined that the best course of action at
this point is to withdraw this single issue rulemaking and examine the
issue of permit application submission times as part of a broader
project to conduct a regulatory review of the entire regatta and marine
parade permit process, [CGD 95-054] published elsewhere in this issue.
Therefore, the Coast Guard is withdrawing the rulemaking [CGD 87-087]
and merging its docket with [CGD 95-054].
Dated: December 18, 1995.
Rudy K. Peschel,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Navigation Safety and
Waterway Services.
[FR Doc. 95-31215 Filed 12-22-95; 8:45 am]
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