[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18263]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 155
[CGD 79-116]
RIN 2115-AA03
Qualifications for Tankermen, and for Persons in Charge of
Transfers of Dangerous Liquids and Liquefied Gases
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Final rule; Establishment of a delayed compliance date.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard establishes a delayed compliance date for a
portion of the final rule concerning qualifications for tankermen and
for persons in charge of transfers of dangerous liquids and liquefied
gases. The delayed compliance date also applies to a paragraph that was
established in the interim rule, but not revised in the final rule.
Because the Coast Guard finds that added time will be necessary for
affected mariners to comply, the Coast Guard establishes a delayed
compliance date for one requirement for licensing with respect to a
vessel with a capacity of 250 barrels or more.
DATES: The effective date of the final rule published in the Federal
Register on May 8, 1997 (62 FR 25115), remains June 9, 1997. However,
the compliance date for the revisions to 33 CFR 155.710(e) introductory
text, (e)(1), (e)(2), and (e)(3) is January 1, 1998. Furthermore, the
compliance date for 33 CFR 155.710(e)(4), not revised in the final
rule, is January 1, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Mark C. Gould, Project Manager, Maritime Personnel Qualifications
Division, (202) 267-6890.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 33 CFR 155.710(e) introductory text, (e)(1),
(e)(2), (e)(3), and (e)(4) were published in the interim rule (60 FR
17134). In the final rule, 33 CFR 155.710 (e) introductory text,
(e)(1), (e)(2), and (e)(3) were revised--33 CFR 155.710 (e)(4) was not.
Because procurement of a license or MMD with a Tankerman-PIC
endorsement on any vessel with a capacity of 250 or more barrels of
fuel oil, cargo oil, hazardous material, or liquefied gas as regulated
in Table 4 of 46 CFR part 154 presupposes formal training and proof of
service, and because there are mariners who only now realize that they
must obtain licenses or MMDs, it is clear that they are unable to
comply by June 9, 1997. There are too few schools in the areas most
affected, nor can the regional examination centers of the Coast Guard
handle such an increase in customers in such a short time. To allow
ample time for those mariners to obtain both the required training and
the license or document, the Coast Guard establishes a delayed
compliance date for 33 CFR 155.710(e) introductory text, (e)(1),
(e)(2), (e)(3), and (e)(4), of January 1, 1998.
Dated: July 3, 1997.
R.C. North,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 97-18263 Filed 7-10-97; 8:45 am]
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