[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22412]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

46 CFR Parts 30, 150, and 153

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0423]
RIN 1625-AB94


2012 Liquid Chemical Categorization Updates

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Interim rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is delaying the effective date of this interim 
rule by four months, to give the public additional time in advance of 
implementing the interim rule. The interim rule updates and revises 
regulatory tables that list liquid hazardous materials, liquefied 
gases, and compressed gases that have been approved for maritime 
transportation in bulk, and that indicate how each substance's 
pollution potential has been categorized. The interim rule provides new 
information about approved substances and their categorizations, but 
would not change which substances are approved or how each substance is 
categorized. Updated information is of value to shippers and to the 
owners and operators of U.S.-flag tank and bulk cargo vessels in any 
waters and most foreign-flag tank and oceangoing bulk cargo vessels in 
U.S. waters. This interim rule promotes the Coast Guard's maritime 
safety and stewardship missions.

DATES: The effective date of the interim rule published at 78 FR 50147, 
August 16, 2013, and amending 46 CFR parts 30, 150, and 153 is delayed 
from September 16, 2013 until January 16, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, 
email or call Mr. Patrick Keffler, Coast Guard; email: 
[email protected], telephone: 202-372-1424. If you have 
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Barbara 
Hairston, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

    Dated: September 10, 2013.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2013-22412 Filed 9-13-13; 8:45 am]
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