[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42812-42816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20037]


      

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Part V





Department of Transportation





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Coast Guard



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46 CFR Parts 10 and 12



User Fees for Licenses, Certificates of Registry, and Merchant Mariner 
Documents; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Parts 10 and 12

[USCG-1997-2799]
RIN 2115-AF49


User Fees for Licenses, Certificates of Registry, and Merchant 
Mariner Documents

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard revises the user fees for its services 
relating to the issuance of merchant mariner licenses, certificates of 
registry, and merchant mariner documents. We based the revisions on the 
most recent recalculation of program costs. We have changed the format 
of the two CFR sections in which the fees are published from narrative 
text to tables that are easier to use.

DATES: This final rule is effective October 4, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Documents as indicated in this preamble are available for 
inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-
366-9329. You may also electronically access the public docket for this 
rulemaking on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the final 
rule provisions, contact CDR Mark McEwen, Project Manager, U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, Office of Planning and Resources (G-MRP), telephone 
202-267-0785. For questions on viewing material in the docket, contact 
Dorothy Walker, Chief, Dockets, Department of Transportation, telephone 
202-366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Regulatory History

    The Coast Guard published a final rule entitled ``User Fees for 
Marine Licensing, Certification of Registry and Merchant Mariner 
Documentation'' in the Federal Register on March 19, 1993 (59 FR 
15228). That rule established marine license, certificate of registry, 
and merchant mariner document user fees in 46 CFR parts 10 and 12.
    On September 27, 1994, we added user fees for renewals of 
certificates of registry and MMDs to these fee schedules.
    On April 1, 1998, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``User Fees for Licenses, Certificates of 
Registry, and Merchant Mariner Documents'' in the Federal Register (63 
FR 16024) [corrected April 20, 1998 at 63 FR 19580]. The NPRM proposed 
revised fees based on our latest cost recalculations.
    We allowed 180 days for mariners to review the NPRM and submit 
written comments. During this time, we received 22 comments on a 
variety of issues including one request for a series of public 
meetings. Since the written comments addressed a wide variety of 
issues, the Coast Guard did not find that public meetings were needed 
to provide additional helpful information for the rulemaking and 
determined that a public meeting would not be helpful to develop the 
final rule.

Discussion of Comments and Changes

    The following paragraphs discuss the comments received and explain 
the changes we have made in the final rule.

Opposition to User Fees

    Thirteen comments objected to all user fees in general, and 
specifically to the user fees we proposed for merchant mariner licenses 
and documents. Some comments agreed that the fees were necessary, but 
objected to the amount of the proposed fees. Some comments stated that 
the fee for the service exceeded the value of the service to the 
recipient.
    The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (the Act) amended 46 
U.S.C. 2110 to require that the Coast Guard establish and collect fees 
for Coast Guard services. Our fees are based on the cost to the Coast 
Guard of providing the service.

Improve Service at RECs

    We received four comments discussing the quality of service at the 
17 Regional Examination Centers (REC). The comments suggested that the 
Coast Guard lower costs and fees by reducing procedures and increasing 
productivity at the RECs, and by allowing a third party to process 
merchant mariner document (MMD) applications and certify merchant 
mariners.
    This rule does not include general changes to REC procedures or to 
the licensing and documentation system. However, we have forwarded 
these comments to the program managers and to the licensing 
reengineering team for their consideration.
    Five comments stated that they would prefer that the fees that were 
paid would be used to improve service to the customer. Fees paid for 
merchant mariner licensing and documentation (MMLD) services are 
deposited in the general fund of the U.S. Treasury as offsetting 
receipts of the Department of Transportation and ascribed to Coast 
Guard activities. The Coast Guard cannot use fee receipts for any 
purpose unless specifically authorized by Congress.

$17 Fee for Criminal Record Check

    One comment stated that we should not charge the mariner a $17 fee 
for a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) criminal record check 
because the mariner does not benefit from this service.
    The United States Court of Appeals upheld the Coast Guard's 
authority to charge the $17 fee for an FBI criminal record check 
(Seafarers International Union of North America, et al. v. the United 
States Coast Guard, 81 F.3d 185-186, (DC Cir. 1996)). We will start 
collection of the $17 FBI criminal record check fee when this rule 
becomes effective. The fee is included in the evaluation phase fee for 
original documents.

Schedule for Recalculation and Implementation of Fees

    One comment suggested that we should not recalculate the fees now 
because we are considering privatizing certain licensing functions. 
Another comment recommended that we increase the fees once every 10 
years and ``adjust the fees for inflation only.'' One comment 
recommended that we gradually implement the new fee schedule over a 4-
year period.
    We must review and, if necessary, recalculate the licensing and 
documentation user fees every 2 years as required by OMB Circular A-25. 
Based on the recalculated costs, we may adjust the fees to recover the 
costs of providing services. The Coast Guard's settlement with 
Seafarers International Union (SIU) dated September 17, 1997, obligates 
the Coast Guard to ``going forward with notice and comment rulemaking 
as to its MMLD program and further commits that this rulemaking will 
include the recalculation of its costs and reassessment of its fees.'' 
A phased implementation of fees is not practical because the fee 
reviews required by OMB are too frequent to allow phased 
implementation.
    Four comments stated that the user fees are unfair because they are 
an additional burden to mariners who must already pay other costs to 
maintain their

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licenses or advance their careers such as required courses, travel to 
required courses, and travel to the RECs.
    The Coast Guard is aware of these other professional costs and we 
discussed them in the rulemaking that established the original fees on 
March 19, 1993 (58 FR 15228). We have not increased the fees since that 
time. This rulemaking is the first adjustment of the MMLD fees based on 
a recalculation of the costs of providing MMLD services.

Paying for Multiple Transactions

    Three comments suggested that multiple license, MMD, and 
endorsement renewals for one individual should all expire 
simultaneously at 5-year intervals. This would consolidate all 
licensing fees into a single payment for multiple transactions once 
every 5 years. Mariners have the option to simplify their renewal 
process by renewing all their documents at the same time, putting them 
all on the same 5-year expiration schedule. The fee schedule provides 
savings to mariners when more than one document is processed using a 
single application.

Recalculation

    One comment stated that the ``recalculation is not a true cost 
analysis or an economic time test study, but an exercise in justifying 
the Congressional mandate to impose user fees.''
    We did the recalculation to comply with a court order resulting 
from litigation initiated by SIU. That case was settled after we 
completed the recalculation. The court ordered the Coast Guard to 
reassess its fees based on that recalculation. This rulemaking does so.

Regulatory Assessment

    One comment criticized the draft regulatory assessment because the 
same user fee would represent a greater percentage of the average 
annual income for an able seaman than that of a third mate.
    The fees in this rule are based only on the costs of providing each 
type of licensing and documentation service.
    The same comment stated that ``Coast Guard fees are also 
significantly higher than fees imposed by the government for similar 
federally mandated licenses and documents'' such as by the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the Federal Communications Commission.
    Unless the licensing systems of other agencies are the same as the 
Coast Guard's licensing system, the fees for licensing services will be 
different in each agency. Each agency has different direct and indirect 
costs for providing the service and their fees are related to those 
costs. Comparisons with other government or professional organizations 
are useful for evaluating the potential cumulative impacts on affected 
persons, but each agency's or organization's system is unique and each 
agency's license has different requirements for obtaining 
certification.

Estimate of Uninspected Small Passenger Vessels

    One comment disagreed with the Coast Guard's estimate of only 480 
uninspected small passenger vessels and stated that the number should 
be much higher.
    The Coast Guard agrees with the comment that the 480 figure is 
incorrect and, upon further research, the Coast Guard estimates there 
are approximately 30,000 uninspected passenger vessels that could have 
license holders both owning and operating their vessels as small 
businesses.

STCW

    One comment suggested that the proposed fees, in addition to the 
requirements of the implementation of the International Convention on 
Standards, Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW), ``* * * 
would place an unacceptable financial burden upon individual mariners 
and upon vessel operators.''
    The June 26, 1997, STCW final rule (62 FR 34525) discussed the 
costs associated with implementation of that rule. However, the costs 
of providing STCW services were not part of our recalculation used for 
merchant mariner license and documentation fees in this rule. The Coast 
Guard has not charged fees for STCW certification services and this 
rule does not establish fees for these services. We have added new 
entries to tables 10.109 and 12.02-18 for processing STCW forms, and we 
clearly state there is no fee charged for this activity.

Other Changes

    We have changed Secs. 10.110 and 12.02-18 to allow for payment of 
fees for all phases at the time of application or for payment at each 
phase.
    We are also adding language to both sections permitting RECs, as 
they become equipped, to accept payment by credit card.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This final rule is not a significant regulatory action under 
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 and has not been reviewed by the 
Office of Management and Budget under that Order. It is not significant 
under the regulatory policies and procedures of the Department of 
Transportation (DOT)(44 FR 11040; February 26, 1979). A separate 
regulatory assessment document, however, has been prepared for this 
rule and is available in the docket for inspection or copying where 
indicated under ADDRESSES.
    The total annual revenues from direct user fees under subtitle II 
of 46 U.S.C. 2110 does not exceed $23.1 million and the merchant marine 
licensing and documentation (MMLD) revenues for fiscal year 1996 were 
only $4.6 million. The revised fees will increase these revenues to an 
estimated $9.3 million. This represents the maximum amount of revenue 
that could be collected based on recalculated data and transaction 
figures. The total revenue of direct user fees under subtitle II of 46 
U.S.C. 2110 for fiscal year 1997 did not exceed $23.1 million, well 
below the $100 million threshold that makes a rulemaking economically 
significant.
    This final rule will affect all mariners required to hold a license 
or certificate of registry (COR) in accordance with 46 CFR part 10 or a 
merchant mariner document (MMD) in accordance with 46 CFR part 12. Data 
from the RECs (1994) indicate a grand total of 57,529 transactions, 
including new license issuances as well as renewals.
    The impact of the fees on the individual merchant mariner will 
occur at the time fees are paid. At all other times during the validity 
of the license, document, or certificate, if there are no document 
transactions, no payments are made. The relative economic impact of the 
fees on each mariner would vary depending upon the number and type of 
documents held by the mariner and the mariner's ability to pay.
    To assess the impact of the fees on the individual mariner, the 
Coast Guard annualized fees over the period the documents were valid. 
We determined that the document transactions a typical mariner may 
require over the first 10 years he or she holds a license or document 
will include renewals as well as raises in grade or endorsements. Our 
analysis of the costs borne by the mariner covers a 10-year period.
    Based on these assumptions, the annualized fee differences range 
from a low of $0.80 for Upper Level Licenses to a high of $16.30 for a 
Merchant Mariner's Document with qualified rating.

Summary

    The Coast Guard found that the impact of the revisions will vary 
with the financial situation of each individual mariner. However, the 
data suggested the financial impact of the fee

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revisions are not significantly different from the user and licensing 
fees of other professions, both in terms of actual fees and as a 
percent of salary. The impact of the fee revisions to the individual 
merchant mariner occurs over the phases of the document transactions at 
the time a fee is paid for each transaction phase. Absent further 
transactions during the document's 5-year period of validity, no other 
payments would be necessary until the renewal of the document.
    The Coast Guard understands that the fee revisions may represent 
only one of several expenses incurred by the individual mariner when 
acquiring a Coast Guard license, COR, or MMD. Within the marine 
professions and trades, the fees for MMLD transactions have essentially 
become part of the overall cost associated with working in the 
industry.

Small Entities

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), the Coast 
Guard considered whether this rule will have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small entities 
include small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that are 
independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields, 
and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000.
    The fee revisions in this final rule will impact the individual 
mariner. However, some license holders both own and operate their 
vessels as small businesses. For those individuals, this final rule has 
small entity implications. The annual impact of these fee revisions on 
any sole proprietor will be less than $20. The Coast Guard estimates 
that few sole proprietors work as towing vessel operators, offshore 
supply vessel operators, and mobile offshore drilling unit operators. 
However, we believe that there are a number of sole proprietors in the 
small passenger vessel industry. As a business, sole proprietors can 
claim their licensing and documentation user fees as a business expense 
for tax purposes and many can pass along the expense of the licensing 
fees to the consumer in the form of higher rates. Therefore, the Coast 
Guard certifies under section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(5 U.S.C. 601-612) that this final rule will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Assistance for Small Entities

    In accordance with section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), the Coast Guard 
offered to assist small entities in understanding the rule so that they 
could better evaluate its effects on them and participate in the 
rulemaking process.
    The Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman 
and 10 Regional Fairness Boards were established to receive comments 
from small businesses about Federal agency enforcement actions. The 
Ombudsman will annually evaluate the enforcement activities and rate 
each agency's responsiveness to small business. If you wish to comment 
on the enforcement action of the Coast Guard, call 1-888-REG-FAIR (1-
888-734-3247).

Collection of Information

    This final rule does not provide for a collection of information 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).

Federalism

    The Coast Guard has analyzed this final rule under the principles 
and criteria contained in Executive Order 12612 and has determined that 
this final rule does not have sufficient implications for federalism to 
warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

Unfunded Mandates

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. 
L. 104-4, 109 Stat. 48) requires Federal agencies to assess the effects 
of certain regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments, 
and the private sector. The UMRA requires a written statement of 
economic and regulatory alternatives for rules that contain Federal 
mandates. A ``Federal mandate'' is a new or additional enforceable duty 
imposed on any State, local, or tribal government, or the private 
sector. If any Federal mandate causes those entities to spend, in the 
aggregate, $100 million or more in any one year, the UMRA analysis is 
required. This final rule will not impose Federal mandates on any 
State, local, or tribal governments, or the private sector.

Environment

    The Coast Guard considered the environmental impact of this rule 
and concluded that, under figure 2-1, paragraph (34)(a) of Commandant 
Instruction M16475.1C, this final rule is categorically excluded from 
further environmental documentation. A ``Categorical Exclusion 
Determination'' is available in the docket for inspection or copying 
where indicated under ADDRESSES.

Other Executive Orders on the Regulatory Process

    In addition to the statutes and executive orders already addressed 
in this preamble, the Coast Guard considered the following executive 
orders in developing this final rule and reached the following 
conclusions--

E.O. 12630, Governmental Actions and Interference With 
Constitutionally Protected Property Rights

    This rule will not effect a taking of private property or otherwise 
have taking implications under this Order.

E.O. 12875, Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership

    This rule will not impose, on any State, local, or tribal 
government, a mandate that is not required by statute and that is not 
funded by the Federal government.

E.O. 12988, Civil Justice Reform

    This rule meets the applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 
3(b)(2) of this Order to minimize litigation, eliminate ambiguity, and 
reduce burden.

E.O. 13045, Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks 
and Safety Risks

    This rule is not an economically significant rule and does not 
concern an environmental risk to safety disproportionately affecting 
children.

List of Subjects

46 CFR Part 10

    Fees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Schools, Seamen.

46 CFR Part 12

    Fees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Seamen.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends 
46 CFR parts 10 and 12 as follows:

PART 10--LICENSING OF MARITIME PERSONNEL

    1. The authority citation for part 10 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 2110; 46 U.S.C. 
Chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701; 49 CFR 1.45, 1.46.

    Section 10.107 is also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 
3507.

    2. Revise Sec. 10.109 to read as follows:


Sec. 10.109  Fees.

    Use table 10.109 to determine the fees that you must pay for 
license and certificate of registry activities in this part.

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                                               Table 10.109--Fees
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                                                                            And you need...
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                 If you apply for...                   Evaluation  Then    Examination  Then  Issuance  Then the
                                                          the fee is:         the fee is:           fee is:
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License:
    Original upper level............................                $115                $110                 $45
    Original lower level............................                 115                  95                  45
    Raise of grade..................................                 100                  45                  45
    Modification or removal of limitation or scope..                  50                  45                  45
    Endorsement.....................................                  50                  45                  45
    Renewal.........................................                  50                  45                  45
    Renewal for continuity purposes.................                 n/a                 n/a                  45
    Reissue, Replacement, and Duplicate.............                 n/a                 n/a              \1\ 45
Radio Officer License:
    Original........................................                  65                 n/a                  45
    Endorsement.....................................                  50                  45                  45
    Renewal.........................................                  50                 n/a                  45
    Renewal for continuity purposes.................                 n/a                 n/a                  45
    Reissue, Replacement, and Duplicate.............                 n/a                 n/a              \1\ 45
Certificate of Registry:
    Original (MMD holder)...........................                 105                 n/a                  45
    Original (MMD applicant)........................                 120                 n/a                  45
    Renewal.........................................                  50                 n/a                  45
    Renewal for continuity purposes.................                 n/a                 n/a                  45
    Endorsement.....................................                 n/a                 n/a                  45
    Reissue, Replacement, and Duplicate.............                 n/a                 n/a              \1\ 45
STCW Certification:
    Original........................................               (\2\)               (\2\)               (\2\)
    Renewal.........................................               (\2\)               (\2\)               (\2\)
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\1\ Duplicate for document lost as result of marine casualty--No Fee.
\2\ No fee.

    3. Revise Sec. 10.110 to read as follows:


Sec. 10.110  Fee payment procedures.

    (a) You may pay--
    (1) All fees required by this section when you submit your 
application; or
    (2) A fee for each phase at the following times:
    (i) An evaluation fee when you submit your application.
    (ii) An examination fee before you take the first examination 
section.
    (iii) An issuance fee before you receive your license or 
certificate of registry.
    (b) If you take your examination someplace other than a Regional 
Examination Center (REC), you must pay the examination fee to the REC 
at least one week before your scheduled examination date.
    (c) Unless the REC provides additional payment options, your fees 
may be paid as follows:
    (1) Your fee payment must be for the exact amount.
    (2) Make your check or money order payable to the U.S. Coast Guard, 
and write your social security number on the front of each check or 
money order.
    (3) If you pay by mail, you must use either a check or money order.
    (4) If you pay in person, you may pay with cash, check, or money 
order at Coast Guard units where Regional Examination Centers are 
located.
    (d) Unless otherwise specified in this part, when two or more 
documents are processed on the same application--
    (1) Evaluation fees. If a certificate of registry transaction is 
processed on the same application as a license transaction, only the 
license evaluation fee will be charged; and
    (2) Issuance fees. A separate issuance fee will be charged for each 
document issued.


Sec. 10.209  [Amended]

    4. In Sec. 10.209(e)(4), remove the symbols ``Secs. '' and add, in 
their place, ``the tables in Secs. ''.


Secs. 10.205, 10.207, 10.209, 10.217, and 10.219  [Amended]

    5. In addition to the amendments set forth above, in 46 CFR part 
10, remove the word ``Sec. 10.109'' and add, in its place, the words 
``table 10.109 in Sec. 10.109'' in the following places:
    (a) Section 10.205(a);
    (b) Section 10.207(a);
    (c) Section 10.209(a)(1), (e)(3)(i)(A), and (f)(1);
    (d) Section 10.217(a)(1) and (a)(2); and
    (e) Section 10.219(c).

PART 12--CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN

    6. The authority citation for part 12 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 2110, 7301, 
7302, 7503, 7505, 7701; 49 CFR 1.46.

    7. Revise Sec. 12.02-18 to read as follows:


Sec. 12.02-18  Fees.

    (a) Use table 12.02-18 to determine the fees that you must pay for 
merchant mariner document activities in this part.
    (b) Unless otherwise specified in this part, when two documents are 
processed on the same application--
    (1) Evaluation fees. If a merchant mariner document transaction is 
processed on the same application as a license or certificate of 
registry transaction, only the license or certificate of registry 
evaluation fee will be charged;
    (2) Examination fees. If a license examination under part 10 also 
fulfills the examination requirements in this part for a merchant 
mariner document, only the fee for the license examination is charged; 
and
    (3) Issuance fees. A separate issuance fee will be charged for each 
document issued.
    (c) You may pay--
    (1) All fees required by this section when you submit your 
application; or
    (2) A fee for each phase at the following times:
    (i) An evaluation fee when you submit your application.

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    (ii) An examination fee before you take the first examination 
section.
    (iii) An issuance fee before you receive your merchant mariner 
document.
    (d) If you take your examination someplace other than a Regional 
Examination Center (REC), you must pay the examination fee to the REC 
at least one week before your scheduled examination date.
    (e) Unless the REC provides additional payment options, your fees 
may be paid as follows:
    (1) Your fee payment must be for the exact amount.
    (2) Make your check or money order payable to the U.S. Coast Guard, 
and write your social security number on the front of each check or 
money order.
    (3) If you pay by mail, you must use either a check or money order.
    (4) If you pay in person, you may pay with cash, check, or money 
order at Coast Guard units where Regional Examination Centers are 
located.
    (f) The Coast Guard may assess charges for collecting delinquent 
payments or returned checks. The Coast Guard will not provide 
documentation services to a mariner who owes money for documentation 
services previously provided.

                                              Table 12.02-18--Fees
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                                                                            And you need...
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
                 If you apply for...                   Evaluation  Then    Examination  Then  Issuance  Then the
                                                          the fee is:         the fee is:           fee is:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Merchant Mariner Document:
    Original without endorsement....................                $110                 n/a                 $45
    Original with endorsement.......................                 110                 140                  45
    Endorsement for qualified rating................                  95                 140                  45
    Upgrade or Raise in Grade.......................                  95                 140                  45
    Renewal without endorsement for qualified rating                  50                 n/a                  45
    Renewal with endorsement for qualified rating...                  50                  45                  45
    Renewal for continuity purposes.................                 n/a                 n/a                  45
    Reissue, Replacement, and Duplicate.............                 n/a                 n/a              \1\ 45
STCW Certification:
    Original........................................                 (2)                 (2)                 (2)
    Renewal.........................................                 (2)                 (2)                 (2)
Other Transactions:
    Duplicate Continuous Discharge Book.............                 n/a                 n/a                  10
    Duplicate record of sea service.................                 n/a                 n/a                  10
    Copy of certificate of discharge................                 n/a                 n/a                 10
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\1\ Duplicate for document lost as result of marine casualty--No Fee.
\2\ No Fee.

Sec. 12.02-27  [Amended]

    7. In Sec. 12.02-27(e)(4) and (f), remove the symbols ``Secs. '' 
and add, in their place, ``tables in Secs. ''.


Secs. 12.02-23 and 12.02-27  [Amended]

    8. In addition to the amendments set forth above, in 46 CFR part 
12, remove the word ``Sec. 12.02-18'' and add, in its place, the words 
``table 12.02-18 in Sec. 12.02-18'' in the following places:
    (a) Section 12.02-23(b) and (c)(2); and
    (b) Section 12.02-27(a)(1) and (e)(3)(i)(A).

    Dated: July 27, 1999.
R.C. North,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety 
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-20037 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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