[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 13738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7230]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 175

[USCG-2001-10163]
RIN 2115-AG18


Federal Requirements For Propeller Injury Avoidance Measures

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening the period for public comment 
concerning federal requirements for propeller injury avoidance 
measures. The president of the National Association of State Boating 
Law Administrators (NASBLA) asked that we reopen the comment period, 
which ended March 11, 2002, so its Committee could discuss the proposed 
rule at its meeting in April 2002 and so NASBLA could submit a comment 
to the docket. We are reopening the period until May 11, 2002, so that 
NASBLA and other interested persons can submit comments.

DATES: Comments must reach the docket on or before May 11, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Identify your comments and related material by the docket 
number for this rulemaking [USCG-2001-10163]. To make sure they do not 
enter the docket more than once, please submit them by only one of the 
following means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U. S. Department of 
Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 
20590-0001.
    (2) By hand-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 Internet Site for the Docket 
Management System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
rulemaking. Comments and material received from the public, as well as 
documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, 
will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or 
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, at 
the address listed above between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket on the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. You may obtain a copy of this notice by 
calling the Infoline of the U. S. Coast Guard at 1-800-368-5647, or 
read it on the Internet, at the Web Site for the Office of Boating 
Safety, at http://www.uscgboating.org or at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact 
Carlton Perry, Project Manager, Office of Boating Safety, U. S. Coast 
Guard, by telephone at 202-267-0979 or by e-mail at 
[email protected]. For questions on viewing or submitting material 
to the docket, call Dorothy Beard, Chief, Dockets, Department of 
Transportation, telephone 202-366-5149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulatory History

    The Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled 
``Federal Requirements For Propeller Injury Avoidance Measures'' on 
December 10, 2001 [66 FR 63645]. That document also contains a detailed 
history of the Coast Guard's previous regulatory efforts in the area of 
propeller injury prevention.

Reason for Reopening the Comment Period

    In response to the notice of proposed rulemaking, we received more 
than 70 comments, including a request from the President of NASBLA to 
extend the comment period beyond April 15, 2002, to enable the Boats & 
Associated Equipment Committee of NASBLA to review the proposal at its 
meeting and allow NASBLA to submit a comment to the docket. We are 
reopening the comment period until May 11, 2002, to let the committee 
discuss the proposed rulemaking at their meeting and for NASBLA to 
submit a comment to the docket. During this time, we will also accept 
comments from any other interested party. The Coast Guard requests that 
you not re-submit comments already in the docket.

Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
your comments to the Docket Management Facility as specified in 
ADDRESSES. We will consider comments received during this reopened 
comment period and may change the proposed rule in response to the 
comments.

    Dated: March 16, 2002.
Kenneth T. Venuto,
Rear Admiral, Coast Guard, Director of Operations Policy.
[FR Doc. 02-7230 Filed 3-25-02; 8:45 am]
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