[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 241 (Friday, December 14, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30838]


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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: Notice of reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to public requests, the Coast Guard is reopening 
the comment period on its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on 
Vessel Documentation: Lease-Financing for Vessels Engaged in the 
Coastwise Trade. Reopening 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. Based on comments received during the last 
comment period, the Coast Guard is contemplating issuing a supplemental 
notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).

DATES: Comments on the NPRM and related material must reach the Docket 
Management Facility on or before January 28, 2002.

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) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov/.
    (2) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
    (3) 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.
    (4) 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.
    In choosing among these means, please give due regard to the recent 
difficulties with delivering mail through the U.S. Postal Service to 
Federal facilities.
    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, and may change the proposed rules in view of the 
comments. An SNPRM is being considered.

    Dated: December 7, 2001.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 01-30838 Filed 12-13-01; 8:45 am]
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