[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 57877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28870]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 160

[USCG-2001-10689]
RIN 2115-AG24


Temporary Requirements for Notification of Arrival in U.S. Ports

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Temporary final rule; request for comments; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects to the temporary final rule with 
request for comments published in the Federal Register of October 4, 
2001. That rule temporarily changed notification requirements for 
vessels bound for or departing from U.S. ports. The rule temporarily 
lengthened the usual notification period from 24 to 96 hours prior to 
port entry, required submission of reports to a central national 
clearinghouse, suspended exemptions for vessels operating in compliance 
with the Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System, for some 
vessels operating on the Great Lakes, and required submission of 
information about persons onboard these vessels.

DATE: The temporary final rule published in the Federal Register was 
effective on October 4, 2001. These corrections to that rule are 
effective on November 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary rule, call LTJG Marcus A. Lines, Coast Guard, at telephone 
202-267-6854. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material 
to the docket, call Dorothy Beard, Chief, Dockets, Department of 
Transportation, at telephone 202-366-5149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Need for Correction

    As published, the temporary final rule contains errors that create 
confusion for the National Vessel Movement Center (NVMC) and for vessel 
owners and operators required to notify the Coast Guard of their 
arrival at or departure from a U.S. port or place. A discussion of the 
errors and corrections follows:
    Applicability. By error we did not update all of the cross-
references in 33 CFR 160.201(g), and inadvertently removed exemptions 
to this rule. To correct this error, we have revised the remaining 
cross-references so that certain vessels continue to be exempt from the 
notification of arrival (NOA) and notification of departure (NOD) 
requirements.
    Ports of arrival and departure. The NVMC needs vessel owners and 
operators to identify the port their vessel will arrive at so that it 
knows to which Captain of the Port (COTP) it must send a copy of the 
NOA or NOD. The language requiring only the name of the port is not 
sufficiently clear. We are clarifying the port arrival information 
requirements in 33 CFR 160.T208(c)(1), 160.T212(b)(1), and 
160.T214(a)(1) and (10) by including the names of the port or place of 
destination, of the receiving facility, of the city, and of the state 
in which the port of arrival is located.

Correction

    In the temporary final rule FR Doc. 01-24984, beginning on page 
50565 in the issue of October 4, 2001, make the following corrections:


Sec. 160.201  [Amended]

    1. In Sec. 160.201 in paragraph (g) on page 50572, in the first 
column, remove the cross-references ``160.207, 160.211, and 160.213'' 
and add in their place ``160.T208, 160.T212, and 160.T214''.


Sec. 160.T208  [Amended]

    2. In Sec. 160.T208 in paragraph (c)(1) on page 50572, in the third 
column, remove the phrase ``Name of port(s) or place(s) of destination 
in the United States;'' and add in its place ``For each U.S. port of 
arrival, provide the names of the receiving facility, the port or place 
of destination, the city, and state;''.


Sec. 160.T212  [Amended]

    3. In Sec. 160.T212 in paragraph (b)(1) on page 50573, in the 
second column, remove the phrase ``Name of port(s) or place(s) of 
destination in the United States;'' and add in its place ``For each 
U.S. port of arrival, provide the names of the receiving facility, the 
port or place of destination, the city, and state;''.

    4. In Sec. 160.T212 in paragraph (b)(19)(iv) on page 50573 in the 
third column, remove ``; and'' and add in its place ``.''.


Sec. 160.T214  [Amended]

    5. In Sec. 160.T214 in paragraph (a)(1) on page 50574, in the first 
column, remove the phrase ``Name of port(s) or place(s) of destination 
in the United States;'' and add in its place ``For each U.S. port of 
arrival, provide the names of the receiving facility, the port or place 
of destination, the city, and state;''.

    6. In Sec. 160.T214 in paragraph (a)(10) on page 50574, in the 
first column, remove the phrase ``name of the port'' and add in its 
place ``name of the receiving facility, the port or place of 
destination, the city, and state''.

    7. In Sec. 160.T214 in paragraph (a)(19)(iv) on page 50574 in the 
second column, remove ``; and'' and add in its place ``.''.

    Dated: November 13, 2001.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 01-28870 Filed 11-16-01; 8:45 am]
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