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Part IV





Department of Transportation





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Coast Guard



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33 CFR Part 151



Pollution: Noxious Liquid Substances List; Final Rule
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 151

[CGD 94-901]
RIN 2115-AE74

 

Upgrades to the Noxious Liquid Substances Lists

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is amending its Noxious Liquid Substances 
(NLSs) regulations to include substances recently authorized for 
carriage by the Coast Guard or added to the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Chemical Codes and is making minor technical and 
editorial changes and corrections. This action updates the current 
lists of oil-like and non-oil-like NLSs allowed for carriage.

EFFECTIVE DATES: September 30, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Unless otherwise indicated, documents referenced in this 
preamble are available for inspection or copying at the office of the 
Executive Secretary, Marine Safety Council (G-LRA/3406), U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., room 3406, Washington, DC 
20593-0001 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 267-1477.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curtis G. Payne, Hazardous 
Materials Branch, (202) 267-1577.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Drafting Information

    The principal persons involved in drafting this document are Mr. 
Curtis G. Payne, Project Manager, and Ms. Helen G. Boutrous, Project 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel.

Related Rulemakings

    On April 11, 1994, the Coast Guard published a final rule (FR) 
entitled Noxious Liquid Substances Lists in the Federal Register (59 FR 
16985). That rulemaking added new entries, or removed existing entries, 
based upon the entry's Pollution Category. In that same edition of the 
Federal Register, the Coast Guard published another FR entitled Bulk 
Hazardous Materials (59 FR 16999), updating its chemical tables to 
reflect the IMO's final and provisional determinations regarding 
entries currently in the IMO Chemical Code.
    Elsewhere in this edition of the Federal Register, the Coast Guard 
is publishing a final rule concerning bulk hazardous materials tables 
in 46 CFR parts 30, 150, 151, and 153 (CGD 94-900). Also in this 
edition of the Federal Register, a notice and request for comments is 
published concerning cargo entries which the Coast Guard has reason to 
believe are obsolete (CGD 94-902).

Background and Purpose

    The Coast Guard is revising its lists of Category D NLSs and 
Category C oil-like NLSs by including in these lists entries that have 
been ``upgraded'' by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). An 
``upgrade'' means that a commodity is assigned additional carriage 
requirements, a higher Pollution Category (Pol. Cat.), or both.
    These additional requirements bring the carriage requirements for 
these commodities appearing in table 30.25-1 of 46 CFR part 30 and 
tables 1 and 2 of 46 CFR part 153 in line with the requirements in 
Chemical Codes of the IMO. The upgrades assigned by this final rule 
were determined by the IMO and are included in the IMO Chemical Codes 
(``International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships 
Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk'' (IBC Code), and ``Code for the 
Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in 
Bulk'' (BCH Code)). Adoption of these upgrades in the Coast Guard 
regulations is necessary to ensure consistency with international law. 
These upgrades were listed, for informational purposes, in an appendix 
to the Bulk Hazardous Materials NPRM published on May 24, 1993 (58 FR 
29937). At that time, the upgrades had been determined by IMO, but were 
not scheduled to become effective until July 1, 1994. Other chemical 
names are modified in accordance with IMO terminology. This rulemaking 
is largely administrative in nature and is intended to update Coast 
Guard chemical lists in 33 CFR part 151.

Discussion of Amendments

    The objectives of this rulemaking are to:
    (a) Modify names for certain chemicals as part of the Coast Guard's 
continuing program of adopting IMO terminology where applicable, and 
aligning usage throughout Coast Guard regulations. These modifications 
are listed below:

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              Current                                New                
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Diethylene glycol butyl ether        Poly(2-8)alkylene glycol           
 acetate.                             monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether acetate.   
2-Ethoxyethanol....................  Ethylene glycol monoalkyl ethers.  
Ethylene glycol ethyl ether........  Ethylene glycol monoalkyl ethers.  
Ethylene glycol isopropyl ether....  Ethylene glycol monoalkyl ethers.  
Ethylene glycol methyl ether.......  Ethylene glycol monoalkyl ethers.  
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    (b) The IMO has revised the Pol. Cat. of a number of entries by 
``upgrading'' the category from ``III'' to ``D''. These entries are 
listed below:

    (1) Diethanolamine
    (2) Diethylene glycol
    (3) Diethylene glycol ethyl ether (under the entry poly(2-
8)alkylene glycol monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether)
    (4) Polypropylene glycol methyl ether (under the entry poly(2-
8)alkylene glycol monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether)
    (5) Sulfolane
    (6) Triethylene glycol butyl ether (under the entry poly(2-
8)alkylene glycol monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether)

    These entries will be added to the list in Sec. 151.47.
    (c) The IMO has also revised the Pol. Cat. of a number of entries 
included in the list in Sec. 151.47 by ``upgrading'' each from ``D'' to 
a higher category. These entries are listed below:

    (1) sec-Butyl acetate
    (2) Ethylene glycol methyl ether acetate
    (3) Octyl acetate
    (4) Sodium silicate solution

    These entries will be removed from the list in Sec. 151.47.
    (d) The IMO has also revised the Pol. Cat. of two entries in 
Sec. 151.49(a), the list of category C oil-like NLSs. They are, 
diethylbenzene and ethylbenzene. These entries will be removed from 
Sec.  151.49(a).
    Because the United States is a party to the International 
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified 
by the protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), these 
amendments are required to ensure that the Coast Guard regulations are 
consistent with revisions to IMO's chemical codes, which took effect 
July 1, 1994. Accordingly, the Coast Guard finds that good cause exists 
under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) to publish this rule without opportunity for 
comment. The public was notified of the upgrades to be made by this 
final rule in an appendix to the Bulk Hazardous Materials NPRM (58 FR 
29937) published on May 20, 1993.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This rulemaking is not a significant regulatory action under 
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 and does not require an 
assessment of potential costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of 
that order. It has not been reviewed by the Office of Management and 
Budget under that order. It is not significant under the Department of 
Transportation Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11040; 
February 26, 1979). The Coast Guard expects the economic impact of this 
final rule to be so minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation under 
paragraph 10e of the regulatory policies and procedures is unnecessary. 
This rulemaking is administrative in nature and merely updates NLS 
lists by adding cargoes recently authorized by the Coast Guard or added 
to the IMO Chemical Codes and by making other non-substantive editorial 
changes and corrections.

Small Entities

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the 
Coast Guard must consider the economic impact on small entities of a 
rule for which a general notice of proposed rulemaking is required. 
``Small entities'' may include (1) small businesses and not-for-profit 
organizations that are independently owned and operated and are not 
dominant in their fields and (2) governmental jurisdictions with 
populations of less than 50,000. This rule does not require a general 
notice of proposed rulemaking and, therefore, is exempt from the 
requirements of the Act. Although this rule is exempt, the Coast Guard 
has reviewed it for potential impact on small entities.
    This final rule is merely administrative in nature. This final rule 
will result in no additional costs to industry. Therefore, the Coast 
Guard certifies under section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) that this rule will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Collection of Information

    This final rule contains no collection of information requirements 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Federalism

    The Coast Guard has analyzed this rulemaking in accordance with the 
principles and criteria contained in Executive Order 12612 and has 
determined that this rulemaking does not have sufficient federalism 
implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment. 
Because this rulemaking is largely administrative in nature and will 
merely update current lists in Coast Guard regulations, there should be 
no Federalism implications.
    However, the authority to implement the requirements of this rule 
has been committed to the Coast Guard by Federal statutes and the 
importance of uniform requirements in the carriage of bulk hazardous 
cargo aboard ships moving from port to port requires that the Coast 
Guard preempt conflicting State and local requirements in the same 
subject area.

Environment

    The Coast Guard has considered the environmental impact of this 
rulemaking and concluded that, under section 2.B.2 of Commandant 
Instruction M16475.1B, this final rule is categorically excluded from 
further environmental documentation. This rulemaking is an 
administrative update of current lists to add chemicals already 
approved under Coast Guard regulation or international law and clearly 
will have no impact on the environment. A Categorical Exclusion 
Determination is available in the docket for inspection or copying 
where indicated under ADDRESSES.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 151

    Administrative practice and procedure, Oil pollution, Penalties, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Water pollution control.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 
CFR part 151 as follows:

PART 151--VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE 
AND MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE

    1. The authority citation for part 151 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C) and 1903(b); E.O. 11735, 3 
CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; 49 CFR 1.46.


Sec. 151.47  [Amended]

    2. In Sec.  151.47, remove the following entries:
    a. sec-Butyl acetate.
    b. Ethylene glycol methyl ether acetate.
    c. Octyl acetate.
    d. Poly(2-8)alkylene glycol monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether.
    e. Poly(2-8)alkylene glycol monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether acetate.
    3. Section 151.47 is amended further as follows:
    a. Remove the words ``Diethylene glycol butyl ether acetate'' and 
add, in their place, the words ``Diethylene glycol butyl ether acetate, 
see Poly(2-8)alkylene glycol monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether acetate''.
    b. Remove the word ``2-Ethoxy-ethanol'' and add, in its place, the 
words ``2-Ethoxyethanol, see Ethylene glycol monoalkyl ethers''; remove 
the words ``Ethylene glycol ethyl ether'' and add, in their place, the 
words ``Ethylene glycol ethyl ether, see Ethylene glycol monoalkyl 
ethers''.
    c. Remove the words ``Ethylene glycol isopropyl ether'' and add, in 
their place, the words ``Ethylene glycol isopropyl ether, see Ethylene 
glycol monoalkyl ethers''.
    d. Remove the words ``Ethylene glycol methyl ether'' and add, in 
their place, the words ``Ethylene glycol methyl ether, see Ethylene 
glycol monoalkyl ethers''.
    4. In Sec.  151.47, add the following new entries in chemically 
proper alphabetized order:
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Diethanolamine
Diethylene glycol
Diethylene glycol ethyl ether, see Poly(2-8)alkylene glycol 
monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether
Ethylene glycol monoalkyl ethers

    Including:
    2-Ethoxyethanol
    Ethylene glycol butyl ether
    Ethylene glycol tert-butyl ether
    Ethylene glycol ethyl ether
    Ethylene glycol methyl ether
    Ethylene glycol n-propyl ether
    Ethylene glycol isopropyl ether
Poly(2-8)alkylene glycol monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether
    Including:
    Diethylene glycol butyl ether
    Diethylene glycol ethyl ether
    Diethylene glycol n-hexyl ether
    Diethylene glycol methyl ether
    Diethylene glycol n-propyl ether
    Dipropylene glycol butyl ether
    Dipropylene glycol methyl ether
    Polypropylene glycol methyl ether
    Triethylene glycol butyl ether
    Triethylene glycol ethyl ether
    Triethylene glycol methyl ether
    Tripropylene glycol methyl ether

Poly(2-8)alkylene glycol monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether acetate

    Including:
    Diethylene glycol butyl ether acetate
    Diethylene glycol ethyl ether acetate
    Diethylene glycol methyl ether acetate

Polypropylene glycol methyl ether, see Poly(2-8)alkylene glycol 
monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether
Propylene glycol monoalkyl ether

    Including:
    n-Propoxypropanol
    Propylene glycol n-butyl ether
    Propylene glycol ethyl ether
    Propylene glycol methyl ether

Sulfolane
Triethylene glycol butyl ether, see Poly(2-8)alkylene glycol 
monoalkyl(C1-C6) ether
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Sec. 151.49  [Amended]

    5. In Sec.  151.49(a), remove the entries ``Diethylbenzene'' and 
``Ethylbenzene''.

    Dated: August 1, 1994.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
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