95-21962. Safety Standards for Self-Propelled Vessels Carrying Bulk Liquefied Gases

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 46087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21962]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Parts 40 and 154

[CGD 82-058]


Safety Standards for Self-Propelled Vessels Carrying Bulk 
Liquefied Gases

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of termination.

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SUMMARY: This rulemaking was initiated to amend the Coast Guard's 
regulations concerning safety standards for self-propelled vessels 
carrying bulk liquefied gases. The proposed rules would have aligned 
the regulations with the amendments to the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Code on which the regulations were based. At this 
time, the Coast Guard wishes to focus its available resources on 
actions of higher priority. Therefore, the Coast Guard is terminating 
further rulemaking under docket number 82-058.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Thomas J. Felleisen, Hazardous Materials Branch, Office of Marine 
Safety, Security and Environmental Protection, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6, 1994, a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) was published in the Federal Register (59 FR 29259). 
The Coast Guard received one letter commenting on the NPRM. No public 
hearing was requested, and none was held.
    After a comprehensive review of its active regulatory program, the 
Coast Guard has determined that this rulemaking is of relatively low 
priority at this time. International rules for gas carriers are 
sufficient, and no new gas carrier building in this country is 
anticipated in the near future. The Coast Guard wishes to focus its 
available resources on actions of the highest priority and has 
determined that the best course of action is to terminate further 
rulemaking under docket number 82-058. In keeping with the President's 
direction to Federal agencies to review their regulations, the Coast 
Guard will reexamine this issue at some point in the future to 
determine if further rulemaking is necessary. Based on these 
considerations, the Coast Guard is terminating further rulemaking under 
docket number 82-058.

    Dated: August 18, 1995.
J.C. Card,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-21962 Filed 9-1-95; 8:45 am]
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