[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16697-16698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7048]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

46 CFR Part 170

[USCG-2007-0030]
RIN 1625-AB20


Passenger Weight and Inspected Vessel Stability Requirements; 
Correction

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Correcting Amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is correcting a final rule that appeared in 
the Federal Register on December 14, 2010. That rule amended Coast 
Guard regulations governing the maximum weight and number of passengers 
that may safely be permitted on board a vessel and other stability 
regulations, including increasing the Assumed Average Weight per Person 
(AAWPP) to 185 lb. The rule also improved and updated intact stability 
and subdivision and damage stability regulations.

DATES: These changes are effective April 25, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
amendment, contact Mr. William Peters, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of 
Design and Engineering Standards, Naval Architecture Division (CG-
5212), telephone 202-372-1371. If you have questions on viewing the 
docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 
telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    The Coast Guard is correcting a final rule that appeared in the 
Federal Register on December 14, 2010 (75 FR 78064). That rule, among 
other things, added new definitions of ``Assumed average weight per 
person'', ``Constructed'', and ``Lightweight'' to 46 CFR 170.055. The 
definition of ``Length'' in that section was left unchanged except that 
it was redesignated to a different paragraph. Due to a clerical error, 
however, the amendatory instructions in the rule would result in two 
redundant definitions of ``Lightweight'' and the elimination of a 
definition of ``Length'' in Sec.  170.055. This correction remedies 
that error by removing the second occurrence of a definition of 
``Lightweight'' and restoring the definition of ``Length'' in that 
section. This correction also revises an incorrect internet address in 
46 CFR 170.090(g).

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List of Subjects in 46 CFR Part 170

    Marine safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Vessels.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, 46 CFR part 170 is 
corrected by making the following correcting amendments:

PART 170--STABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL INSPECTED VESSELS

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1. The authority citation for part 170 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; E.O. 
12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of 
Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.


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2. In Sec.  170.055, revise paragraphs (k) and (l) to read as follows:


Sec.  170.055  Definitions concerning a vessel.

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    (k) Length means the distance between fore and aft points on a 
vessel. The following specific terms are used and correspond to 
specific fore and aft points:
    (1) Length between perpendiculars (LBP) means the horizontal 
distance measured between perpendiculars taken at the forward-most and 
after-most points on the waterline corresponding to the deepest 
operating draft. For a small passenger vessel that has underwater 
projections extending forward of the forward-most point or aft of the 
after-most point on the deepest waterline of the vessel, the Commanding 
Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center, may include the length 
or a portion of the length of the underwater projections in the value 
used for the LBP for the purposes of this subchapter. The length or a 
portion of the length of projections that contribute more than 2 
percent of the underwater volume of the vessel is normally added to the 
actual LBP.
    (2) Length overall (LOA) means the horizontal distance between the 
forward-most and after-most points on the hull.
    (3) Length on the waterline (LWL) means the horizontal distance 
between the forward-most and after-most points on a vessel's waterline.
    (4) Length on deck (LOD) means the length between the forward-most 
and after-most points on a specified deck measured along the deck, 
excluding sheer.
    (5) Load line length (LLL) has the same meaning that is provided 
for the term length in Sec.  42.13-15(a) of this chapter.
    (6) Mean length is the average of the length between perpendiculars 
(LBP) and the length on deck (LOD).
    (l) Lightweight means the displacement of a vessel with fixed 
ballast and with machinery liquids at operating levels but without any 
cargo, stores, consumable liquids, water ballast, or persons and their 
effects.
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Sec.  170.090  [Amended]

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3. In Sec.  171.090(g), remove ``http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg5212.asp'' and add, in its place, ``http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg5212''.

    Dated: March 21, 2011.
Kathryn A. Sinniger,
Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, United States 
Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2011-7048 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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