[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35392-35393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17081]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[CGD13-97-003]
RIN AE94


Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters, WA-Regulated Navigation

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On May 1, 1997, the Coast Guard published a direct final rule 
(62 FR 23659). This direct final rule notified the public of the Coast 
Guard's intent to correct an administrative error which unintentionally 
omitted the District Commander's authority to grant waivers from the 
rule excluding tankers over 125,000 dead weight tons from operating in 
Puget Sound, Puget Sound

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Vessel Traffic Service's (VTS) authority to grant deviations from the 
requirement that vessels keep the center of the precautionary areas to 
port, and emergency authority for masters, pilots, and others to 
deviate from the requirement that vessels keep the center of the 
precautionary areas to port. This language was inadvertently left out 
when the Vessel Traffic Service regulations were changed in 1994. This 
direct final rule merely reinstates that deviation authority originally 
granted to the Thirteenth Coast Guard District Commander and to the 
Puget Sound VTS. The Coast Guard has not received any adverse comments 
or any notice of an intent to submit adverse comments objecting to this 
rule as written. Therefore, this rule will go into effect as scheduled.

DATES: The effective date of the direct final rule is confirmed as July 
30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant T.G. Favreau, Compliance 
Branch Chief, U.S. Coast Guard, Thirteenth Coast Guard District, Marine 
Safety Division, 915 Second Avenue, room 3506, Seattle, WA 98174-1067, 
telephone (206) 220-7224.

    Dated: June 10, 1997.
J. David Spade,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, District Commander.
[FR Doc. 97-17081 Filed 6-30-97; 8:45 am]
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