[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withdrawn and the permit application submission time issue will be 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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