[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32654-32655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14637]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

33 CFR Chapter IV

46 CFR Chapter III


Great Lakes Pilotage; Consolidation of Regulations

AGENCY: 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 moves the Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations from Title 46, 
Code of Federal Regulations, to Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations. 
This rule is necessary to consolidate all regulations administered by 
the SLSDC.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 25, 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, 1-
800-785-2779, or Scott A. Poyer, Chief Economist, Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, Office of Great Lakes Pilotage, United States 
Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20590, 
room 5421, 1-800-785-2779.

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 rule moves the Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations from Chapter 
III of Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (46 CFR Parts 401-404), to 
Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter IV as Parts 404-407. 
Chapter III of Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, is removed in its 
entirety and vacated. This rule also amends references to the 
regulations that have been moved and renumbers those references in 
accordance with their new location in the Code of Federal Regulations, 
and amends the Authority citation for each part. This rule is necessary 
to consolidate all regulations administered by the SLSDC.
    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 
redesignation in the Code of Federal Regulations immediately. 
Accordingly, this rule is effective on the date of its publication in 
the Federal Register.
    For reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of 49 
U.S.C. 322 and 49 CFR 1.52, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation is amending 33 CFR Chapter IV, and removing 46 CFR Chapter 
III as follows:
    1. Parts 401, 402, 403, and 404 of 46 CFR chapter III are 
redesignated as parts 404, 405, 406, and 407, respectively, and 
transferred to 33 CFR chapter IV and 46 CFR chapter III is vacated.

33 CFR CHAPTER IV

PART 404--[AMENDED]

    2. The authority citation for new part 404, Title 33, Code of 
Federal Regulations is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 6101, 7701, 8105, 9303, 9304; 49 CFR 1.45, 
1.52. 33 CFR 404.105 also is issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 
3507.

PART 405--[AMENDED]

    3. The authority citation for new part 405, Title 33, Code of 
Federal Regulations is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 8105, 9303, 9304; 49 CFR 1.52.

PART 406--[AMENDED]

    4. The authority citation for new part 406, Title 33, Code of 
Federal Regulations is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 8105, 9303, 9304; 49 CFR 1.52.

PART 407--[AMENDED]

    5. The authority citation for new part 407, Title 33, Code of 
Federal Regulations is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 8105, 9303, 9304; 49 CFR 1.52.

    6. In the following new sections of 33 CFR chapter IV, references 
to part 401 in the text of each section are amended to reference part 
404:

33 CFR Sections

404.210(a)(8)
404.210(b)
404.211(a)(1), (b) and (e)
404.230(e)
404.240(b)
404.320(b)
404.330(a)
404.335(a)(1)
404.340 (a) and (c)
404.400(c)
404.405 introductory text
404.410(a) introductory text
404.420(a)
404.425
404.428
404.431(a), (f) and (g)
404.451(a)(1)
404.600(b)
404.620(b)
404.645
404.700(b)
404.710(e)
404.720(b)
405.100
405.210(a)
405.320(a) introductory text
406.100
406.400(c)
407.1(a)

    7. In the following new sections of 33 CFR chapter IV, references 
to part 402 in the text of each section are amended to reference part 
405:

33 CFR Sections

404.340(a)
404.710 (d) and (e)

    8. In the following new sections and parts of 33 CFR chapter IV, 
references to part 403 in the text of each section are amended to 
reference part 406:

33 CFR Sections and Parts

404.320(d)(3)
Part 407, Appendix A, Step 1.A.

    9. In the following new sections and parts of 33 CFR chapter IV, 
references to part 404 in the text of each section are amended to 
reference part 407:

33 CFR Sections and Parts

406.120(b)
407.1(b)
407.10(a)
Part 407, Appendix A, Step 1.B.
Part 407, Appendix C, introductory text


Sec. 404.250   [Amended]

    10. In 33 CFR 404.250(d), the term ``Part 137 of this title'' is 
revised to read ``46 CFR part 137''.

    Issued at Washington D.C. on June 4, 1996.

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
Gail C. McDonald,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-14637 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]
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