[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2988-2989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1032]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2011-0619]


Extension of Public Comment Period; Mechanisms of Compliance With 
United States Citizenship Requirements for the Ownership of Vessels 
Eligible To Engage in Restricted Trades by Publicly Traded Companies

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 3, 2011, the Coast Guard published a Notice and 
Request for Comments regarding the mechanisms of compliance with United 
States citizenship requirements for the ownership of vessels eligible 
to engage in restricted trades by publicly traded companies. In that 
notice, the public comment period was set to expire on February 1, 
2012. In today's action, the Coast Guard is providing notice that the 
public comment period is extended until April 2, 2012. This extension 
will provide the public with additional time and opportunity to provide 
the Coast Guard with information regarding the relevant compliance 
mechanisms employed by companies with a wide variety of complex 
organizational structures and trading practices.

DATES: Comments and related material must either be submitted to our 
online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before April 2, 
2012, or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2011-0619 using any one of the following methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    (3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is (202) 366-9329. To avoid duplication, please use only one of 
these four methods. See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for 
instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Mr. Douglas Cameron, United States Coast Guard, National 
Vessel Documentation Center; telephone (304) 271-2506; e-mail 
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage your participation by submitting comments and related 
materials. All comments received will be posted, without change, to 
http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information 
you have provided.
    Submitting comments: If you submit comments, please include the 
docket number for the notice (USCG-2011-0619), indicate the specific 
section of the document to which each comment applies, and provide a 
reason for each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your 
comments and material online, or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but 
please use only one of these means. We recommend that you include your 
name and a mailing address, an email address, or a telephone number in 
the body of your document so that we can contact you if we have 
questions regarding your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
click on the ``Submit a Comment'' box, which will then become 
highlighted in blue. In the ``Document Type'' drop down menu select 
``Notices'' and insert ``USCG-2011-0619'' in the ``Keyword'' box. Click 
``Search,'' and then click on the balloon shape in the ``Actions'' 
column. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit 
them in an unbound format, no larger than 8[frac12] by 11 inches, 
suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by 
mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please 
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will 
consider all comments and material received during the comment period.

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    Viewing comments and documents: To view comments and documents 
mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, click on the ``Read Comments'' box, which will 
then become highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box insert ``USCG-
2011-0619'' and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in 
the ``Actions'' column. If you do not have access to the Internet, you 
may view the docket online by visiting the Docket Management Facility 
in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation 
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. We have an agreement with the Department of Transportation to 
use the Docket Management Facility.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review a 
Privacy Act, system of records notice regarding our public dockets in 
the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Basis and Purpose

    On November 3, 2011, the Coast Guard published a Notice and Request 
for Comments regarding the mechanisms of compliance with United States 
citizenship requirements for the ownership of vessels eligible to 
engage in restricted trades by publicly traded companies. In that 
notice, the public comment period was set to expire on February 1, 
2012.
    On December 22, 2011, the Coast Guard received a public comment 
requesting an extension of the comment period due to the complex nature 
of the information requested in the notice. Specifically, the commenter 
noted the complexity associated with the compliance mechanisms employed 
by companies that utilize a wide variety of organizational structures, 
and the additional complexity of the stock trading industry.
    The Coast Guard believes that an extension of the comment period 
will enable the public to provide more thorough and useful information. 
Accordingly, the Coast Guard is extending the deadline for public 
comments on the notice until April 2, 2012.
    This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 33 CFR 
1.05-1.

    Dated: January 10, 2012.
Timothy V. Skuby,
Director, National Vessel Documentation Center, U.S. Coast Guard.
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