[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31339-31340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14970]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 5, 26, 27, 95, 100, 110, 130, 136, 138, 140, 151, 153, 
177

46 CFR Part 2

[CGD 96-052]
RIN 2105-AC63


Civil Money Penalties Inflation Adjustments

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulations 
[CGD 96-052] which were published Tuesday, April 8, 1996 (62 FR 16695). 
The regulations incorporated into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
inflation adjustments for civil money penalties pursuant to the Federal 
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by 
the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.

DATES: This rule is effective on June 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Greg Parks, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law at (202) 267-
1534.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The final regulations that are the subject of these corrections 
amend Title 33 and Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations to 
reflect the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) (Pub. L. 
104-134) which requires Federal agencies to adjust certain Civil 
Monetary Penalties (CMPs) to account for inflation. As amended, the law 
requires each agency to make an initial inflationary adjustment for 
each applicable CMP, and to make further adjustments at least once 
every 4 years for these penalty amounts.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulations contain errors which may prove 
to be misleading and are in need of correction or clarification.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on April 8, 1996, of the final 
regulations (62 FR 16695), which were the subject of FR Doc. 97-8781 is 
corrected as follows:

PART 130--[CORRECTED]

    1. On page 16703, in the first column, Sec. 130.14 is correctly 
revised to read as follows:


Sec. 130.14  Enforcement.

    (a) any vessel operator who fails to comply with this part is 
subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 for each failure.
    (b) The Secretary of the Treasury may refuse to grant the clearance 
required by section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 
as amended (46 U.S.C. 91), to any vessel subject to section 311(p) of 
the Act which does not have a Certificate issued under this part.
    (c) The Coast Guard denies entry to any port or place in the United 
States or the navigable waters of the United States and detains, at the 
port or place in the United States from which it is about to depart for 
any other port or place in the United States, any vessel subject to 
section 311(p) of the Act, which, upon request, does not produce a 
valid Certificate.

PART 136--[CORRECTED]

    2. On page 16703, in the first column, the authority citation for 
Part 136, is correctly revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2713, 2714; E.O. 12777, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., 
p.351; 49 CFR 1.46.

PART 151--[CORRECTED]

    3. On page 16703, in the second column, instruction number 27 is 
corrected to read as follows:
    ``27. The authority citation for subpart A of part 151 is revised 
to read as follows:''


Sec. 151.59  [Corrected]

    4. On page 16703, in the second column, in Sec. 151.59, in 
paragraph (d)(6), add the following sentences at the end of the 
paragraph. ``Placards installed on vessels before May 7, 1997, need not 
be replaced; and existing stocks of placards, containing previous 
language, may be used. When language on a placard is inconsistent with 
the language in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) due to use of a 
placard containing previous language, penalty amounts contained in the 
CFR are controlling.''
    5. On page 16703, in the second column, in Sec. 151.59, in 
paragraph (e)(2)(ii), add the following sentences at the end of the 
paragraph. ``Placards installed on vessels before May 7, 1997, need not 
be replaced; and existing stocks of placards, containing previous 
language, may be used. When language on a placard is inconsistent with 
the language in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) due to use of a 
placard containing previous language, penalty amounts contained in the 
CFR are controlling.''

    Dated: June 3, 1997.
Robert S. Horowitz,
Acting Chief Counsel, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 97-14970 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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