[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5720-5721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3253]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

46 CFR Ch. III

46 CFR Parts 401 and 402


Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties Great Lakes 
Pilotage Regulations

AGENCY: United States Coast Guard; Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard's responsibility for administering the 
Secretary's functions under the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960, as 
amended, (the Act) was transferred from the Coast Guard to the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) on December 11, 1995. 
This rule revises those portions of the Coast Guard's Great Lakes 
Pilotage Regulations and Great Lakes Pilotage Rules and Orders that are 
necessary for SLSDC to carry out its responsibilities under the Act. 
This rule is necessary to reflect the changed responsibilities.

DATES: This rule is effective on February 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marc C. Owen, Chief Counsel, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, United States Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20590, room 5424, (202) 366-6823, or Pamela M. 
Pelcovitz, Chief, Regulations and Administrative Law Division, United 
States Coast Guard, United States Department of Transportation, 400 7th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590 (202) 267-1534.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By final rule published in the Federal 
Register on December 11, 1995 (60 FR 63444), the Coast Guard's 
responsibility for administering the Secretary's functions under the 
Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960, as amended, (the Act) was transferred 
to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), effective 
on the date of publication. This final rule makes changes to those 
portions of the Coast Guard's Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations and 
Great Lakes Pilotage Rules and Orders that are necessary for SLSDC to 
carry out its responsibilities under the Act.
    This rule revises the references in the Great Lakes Pilotage 
Regulations (46 CFR part 401) and the Great Lakes 

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Pilotage Rules and Orders (46 CFR part 402) from the Coast Guard to the 
SLSDC. It also changes the title of 46 CFR chapter III, in which parts 
401 and 402 are contained, from ``COAST GUARD (GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE), 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'' to ``SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION (GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE), DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.'' If 
any revisions are needed in the remainder of Chapter III, specifically 
the Great Lakes Pilotage Uniform Accounting System (46 CFR part 403) 
and Great Lakes Pilotage Ratemaking (46 CFR part 404), they will be 
made in a Great Lakes Pilotage Rate Methodology rulemaking, which will 
be published in the Federal Register shortly.
    Since this rule relates to departmental management, organization, 
procedure, and practice, notice and public comment are unnecessary. For 
the same reason, good cause exists for not publishing this rule at 
least 30 days before its effective date, as is ordinarily required by 5 
U.S.C. 553(d). Because the transfer of Great Lakes Pilotage 
responsibility has already occurred, it is necessary to reflect the 
redesignation in the Code of Federal Regulations immediately. 
Accordingly, this rule is effective on the date of its publication in 
the Federal Register.

46 CFR Part 401

    Administration practice and procedure, Coast Guard, Great Lakes, 
Navigation (water).

46 CFR Part 402

    Coast Guard, Great Lakes, Navigation (water).

    Accordingly, 46 CFR chapter III is amended as follows:

CHAPTER III--[AMENDED]

    1. The heading of chapter III is revised to read as follows:
CHAPTER III--SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (GREAT LAKES 
PILOTAGE), DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    2. Sections 401.110 (a)(2) and (a)(9) are revised to read as 
follows:


Sec. 401.110  [Amended]

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
    (2) Administrator means Administrator, St. Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590 or 
180 Andrews St., Massena, NY 13662-1763.
* * * * *
    (9) Director, means Director, Great Lakes Pilotage, on the staff of 
the Administrator, St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
* * * * *
    3. In 46 CFR parts 401 and 402, remove the word ``Commandant'' and 
add, in its place, the word ``Director'' in the following places:
    (a) Section 401.210(a)(4);
    (b) Section 401.210(a)(7);
    (c) Section 401.220(b);
    (d) Section 401.240(d);
    (e) Section 401.320(d)(2);
    (f) Section 401.320(d)(3);
    (g) Section 401.510(b)(3), introductory text;
    (h) Section 401.710(g); and
    (i) Section 402.100.
    4. In 46 CFR parts 401 and 402, remove the words ``Coast Guard'', 
``United States Coast Guard'', and ``U.S. Coast Guard'' and add, in 
their place, the words ``Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation'' in the following places:
    (a) Section 401.211(e);
    (b) Section 401.230(c);
    (c) Section 401.230(d);
    (d) Section 401.240(a);
    (e) Section 401.250(c);
    (f) Section 401.320(d)(4);
    (g) Section 401.425;
    (h) Section 401.510(b)(2);
    (i) Section 401.510(b)(3);
    (j) Section 401.600(a);
    (k) Section 401.615(b); and
    (l) Section 401.620(a).


Sec. 401.230   [Amended]

    5. In the second sentence of 46 CFR 401.230(b) add the words ``or 
other official of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'' 
after the word ``Director''.


Sec. 401.431   [Amended]

    6. In 46 CFR 401.431(e) remove the word ``Administration'' and add, 
in its place, the words ``Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation''.


Sec. 401.510   [Amended]

    7. In 46 CFR 401.510(b)(5) add the words ``or the Director'' after 
the words ``local Coast Guard unit having jurisdiction'' and ``Coast 
Guard officer to whom the violation was reported''.
    8. In 46 CFR part 401 remove the word ``Commandant'' and add, in 
its place, the word ``Administrator'' in the following places:
    (a) Section 401.615(b); and
    (b) Section 401.650.
    9. Section 401.250(d) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 401.250   [Amended]

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    (d) Every U.S. Registered Pilot shall, whenever his license is 
revoked or suspended under the provisions of Part 5 of Title 46, 
deliver his Certificate of Registration to the Director. If the license 
is suspended, the Certificate of Registration will be held and returned 
to the holder upon expiration of the suspension period.

    Issued at Washington, DC, this 7th day of February 1996.
A.E. Henn,
Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commandant.

Gail C. McDonald,
Administrator, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
[FR Doc. 96-3253 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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