[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 34603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16554]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Part 67

[USCG-2001-8825]
RIN 2115-AG08


Vessel Documentation: Lease-Financing for Vessels Engaged in the 
Coastwise Trade

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to public requests, the Coast Guard is extending 
the comment period on its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on 
Vessel Documentation: Lease-Financing for Vessels Engaged in the 
Coastwise Trade. Extending the comment period gives the public more 
time to submit comments and recommendations on the issues raised in our 
NPRM. These proposed rules address statutory amendments eliminating 
certain barriers to seeking foreign financing by lease for U.S.-flag 
vessels. These proposals would clarify the information needed to 
determine the eligibility of a vessel financed in this manner for a 
coastwise endorsement.

DATES: Comments on the NPRM must reach the Coast Guard on or before 
September 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your comments and related material are not 
entered more than once in the docket, please submit them by only one of 
the following means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (USCG-2001-8825), 
U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
    (4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    You must also mail comments on collection of information to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk Officer, 
U.S. Coast Guard.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for the 
rulemaking. Comments will become part of this docket and will be 
available for inspection or copying at room PL-401, located on the 
Plaza Level of the Nassif Building at the same address between 10 a.m. 
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may 
electronically access the public docket on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on viewing, or 
submitting material to, the docket, call Dorothy Beard, Chief, Dockets, 
Department of Transportation, telephone 202-366-9329. For information 
on the NPRM provisions contact Patricia Williams, Deputy Director, 
National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC), Coast Guard, telephone 
304-271-2506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard encourages you to submit written data, views, or 
arguments. If you submit comments, you should include your name and 
address, identify the NPRM [USCG-2001-8825; published in the Federal 
Register on May 2, 2001 (66 FR 21902)] and the specific section or 
question in the document to which your comments apply, and give the 
reason for each comment. Please submit one copy of all comments and 
attachments in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, 
suitable for copying and electronic filing to the DOT Docket Management 
Facility at the address under ADDRESSES. If you want us to acknowledge 
receiving your comments, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 
postcard or envelope.
    The Coast Guard will consider all comments received during the 
comment period. It may change the proposed rules in view of the 
comments.

    Dated: June 26, 2001.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 01-16554 Filed 6-28-01; 8:45 am]
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