[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54768-54769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15493]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

46 CFR Parts 1, 5, 10, 12 and 13

[USCG-2006-25535]
RIN 1625-ZA09


Mariner Licensing and Documentation Program Restructuring and 
Centralization; Correction

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Technical amendment; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is correcting a technical amendment that 
appeared in the Federal Register on August 21, 2006. That technical 
amendment authorizes the Commanding Officer, National Maritime Center 
to perform certain mariner credentialing functions in addition to 
Officers in Charge, Marine Inspection, who currently perform those 
functions. At the end of a transitional period, most credentialing 
functions will be consolidated at a centralized location. The amendment 
also makes technical changes to the mariner credentialing appellate 
process. The technical amendment is organizational in nature and will 
have no substantive effect on the regulated public.

DATES: Effective September 20, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, 
call Gerald Miante, Project Manager, Maritime Personnel Qualifications 
Division (G-PSO-1), U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-1407. If you 
have questions on viewing the docket, call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-493-0402.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    The Coast Guard is correcting a technical amendment that appeared 
in the Federal Register on August 21, 2006 (71 FR 48480). That 
technical amendment authorizes the Commanding Officer, National 
Maritime Center to perform certain mariner credentialing functions in 
addition to Officers in Charge, Marine Inspection, who currently 
perform those functions. At the end of a transitional period, most 
credentialing functions will be consolidated at a centralized location. 
The amendment also makes technical changes to the mariner credentialing 
appellate process. The technical amendment is organizational in nature 
and will have no substantive effect on the regulated public.
    This correction adds a word in the preamble, and adds two words and 
removes a word in three different places in the regulatory text.
    In FR Doc. E6-13781 the Federal Register of Monday, August 21, 
2006, the following corrections are made:
    1. On page 48481, in the first column, the first full sentence is 
corrected to read ``We expect the economic impact of this rule to be so 
minimal that a full Regulatory evaluation is not necessary.''


Sec.  1.01-15  [Corrected]

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2. On page 48482, in the first column, the first sentence of Sec.  
1.01-15 paragraph (c) is corrected to read as follows: ``The Commanding 
Officer of the National Maritime Center has been designated and 
delegated to give direction to Coast Guard activities relating to 
marine safety functions consisting of the licensing, credentialing, 
certificating, shipment and discharge of seamen; referring to the 
processing Regional Examination Center (REC) or cognizant OCMI 
violations of law, negligence, misconduct, unskillfulness, incompetence 
or misbehavior of persons applying for or holding merchant mariner's 
documents, licenses, certificates or credentials issued by the Coast 
Guard; suspension or withdrawal of course approvals; and recommending 
possible suspension or revocation under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 77 of 
licenses, credentials, certificates and merchant mariner's documents.''

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3. On page 48482, in the first column, the last sentence of Sec.  1.01-
15 paragraph (c) is corrected to read as follows: ``A list of Regional 
Examination Center

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locations is available through the Coast Guard Web site at http://www.uscg.mil.''


Sec.  10.105  [Corrected]

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4. On page 48482, in the third column, the last sentence of Sec.  
10.105 paragraph (a) is corrected to read as follows: ``A list of 
Regional Examination Center locations is available through the Coast 
Guard Web site at http://www.uscg.mil.''

    Dated: September 12, 2006.
Stefan G. Venckus,
Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, United States 
Coast Guard.
 [FR Doc. E6-15493 Filed 9-18-06; 8:45 am]
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