[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations]
[Federal Maritime Commission Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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Part LVI





Federal Maritime Commission





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION (FMC)                                      
  
  
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

46 CFR Ch. IV

Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 4(b) of E.O. 12866 and the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Commission anticipates 
having under consideration, during the period from October 1, 1994, to 
September 30, 1995, actions in the areas listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning 
Commission rulemaking proceedings or the status of any matter listed 
below, contact: Joseph C. Polking, Secretary, 800 North Capitol Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20573, (202) 523-5725.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 602 of the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 602) requires the publication of an agenda of items for 
which regulatory agencies may propose or promulgate a rule which is 
likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
small entities. Section 4(b) of Executive Order 12866 also requires 
agencies to publish a regulatory agenda. The agendas include 
information on regulatory activities being conducted or reviewed during 
the succeeding 12 months by the Commission.

    The following is the Commission's unified regulatory agenda. 
The agenda does not necessarily include all petitions for 
rulemakings which are under staff review.

    In addition, the Commission maintains a compilation of the 
status of pending rulemaking proceedings and a listing of rules 
that have become final since the publication of the most recent 
regulatory agenda. This will be made available to the public, 
including the press and interested persons.

    For this edition of the Commission's regulatory agenda, the 
most important significant regulatory actions are included in The 
Regulatory Plan, which appears in Part II of this issue of the 
Federal Register. The Regulatory Plan entries are listed in the 
Table of Contents below and are denoted by a bracketed bold 
reference, which directs the reader to the appropriate Sequence 
Number in Part II.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

                                               Proposed Rule Stage                                              
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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5060        Section 6(g) of the Shipping Act of 1984; Anticompetitive Agreements (Docket No. 93-                
            23)...................................................................................    3072-AB76 
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                                                Final Rule Stage                                                
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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5061        Coloading Practices by NVOCCs (Docket No. 93-22)......................................    3072-AB75 
5062        Financial Reporting Requirements and Rate-of-Return Methodology in the Domestic                     
            Offshore Trades (Docket No. 94-07) (Reg Plan Seq. No. 206)............................    3072-AB78 
5063        Financial Responsibility Requirements for Nonperformance of Transportation (Docket No.              
            94-06)................................................................................    3072-AB80 
5064        Update of Existing Filing and Service Fees (Docket No. 94-14).........................    3072-AB81 
5065        New Filing Fees (Docket No. 94-15)....................................................   3072-AB82  
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.          


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5066        User Fees To Recover Agency Costs.....................................................    3072-AA70 
5067        Amendment to Rules of Practice and Procedure (Docket No. 93-24).......................    3072-AB77 
5068        Access to any Record of Identifiable Personal Information (Docket No. 94-02)..........    3072-AB79 
5069        Actions to Adjust or Meet Conditions Unfavorable to Shipping in the United States/                  
            Korea Trade (Docket No. 91-24)........................................................    3072-AB83 
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION (FMC)                   Proposed Rule Stage
  
  
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5060. SECTION 6(G) OF THE SHIPPING ACT OF 1984; ANTICOMPETITIVE 
AGREEMENTS (DOCKET NO. 93-23)

Legal Authority:  5 USC 553; 46 USC app 1703 to 1706; 46 USC app 1710

CFR Citation:  46 CFR 571; 46 CFR 572

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Action seeks comment on whether published guidelines would be 
useful and appropriate with respect to the seeking of an injunction by 
the Commission against substantially anticompetitive agreements under 
section 6(g) of the Shipping Act of 1984.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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ANPRM                           11/29/93                    58 FR 62616
ANPRM Comment Period End        02/28/94                     59 FR 1923
ANPRM Comment Period Extended to05/06/94                    59 FR 13471
NPRM                            11/00/94
NPRM Comment Period End         01/00/95

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert D. Bourgoin, General Counsel, Federal Maritime 
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573, 202 
523-5740

RIN: 3072-AB76
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION (FMC)                      Final Rule Stage
  
  
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5061. COLOADING PRACTICES BY NVOCCS (DOCKET NO. 93-22)

Legal Authority:  5 USC 552 and 553; 46 USC app 1707; 46 USC app 1716; 
PL 102-582, 106 Stat 4910

CFR Citation:  46 CFR 514.15; 46 CFR 580.5; 46 CFR 581.1; 46 CFR 581.3

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Action redefines ``coloading'' to limit the term to the 
combining of cargo under an agreement between non-vessel-operating 
common carriers (NVOCCs) and makes other changes involving coloading, 
including prohibiting coloaded cargo from being carried under a service 
contract.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            11/24/93                    58 FR 62077
NPRM Comment Period End         03/11/94                     59 FR 5974
Final Action                    11/00/94
Final Action Effective          12/00/94

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert D. Bourgoin, General Counsel, Federal Maritime 
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573, 202 
523-5740

RIN: 3072-AB75
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5062.  FINANCIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND RATE-OF-RETURN 
METHODOLOGY IN THE DOMESTIC OFFSHORE TRADES (DOCKET NO. 94-07)

Regulatory Plan:  This entry is Seq. No. 206 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 3072-AB78
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5063.  FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR NONPERFORMANCE 
OF TRANSPORTATION (DOCKET NO. 94-06)

Legal Authority:  5 USC 553; PL 89-777 (46 USC app 817e); 46 USC app 
841a; 46 USC app 1716

CFR Citation:  46 CFR 540.5; 46 CFR 540.9

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Action would amend financial responsibility requirements 
regarding nonperformance by passenger vessel operators by eliminating 
the $15 million unearned passenger revenue ceiling and revising the 
existing sliding scale for coverage. Comment also is sought on an 
alternative sliding scale. Action also would remove self-insurance as 
an option for coverage.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            03/31/94                    59 FR 15149
NPRM Comment Period End         05/02/94                    59 FR 15149
Comment Period Extended to 06/
10/94                           05/05/94                    59 FR 23182
Comment period Extended to 06/
24/94                           06/14/94                    59 FR 30567
Final Action                    04/00/95
Final Action Effective          05/00/95

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bryant L. VanBrakle, Director, Bureau of Tariffs, 
Certification and Licensing, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North 
Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573, 202 523-5796

RIN: 3072-AB80
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5064.  UPDATE OF EXISTING FILING AND SERVICE FEES (DOCKET NO. 94-
14)

Legal Authority:  5 USC 553; 31 USC 9701; 46 USC app 1716

CFR Citation:  46 CFR 502; 46 CFR 503; 46 CFR 510; 46 CFR 514; 46 CFR 
540; 46 CFR 583

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Action would revise and update existing filing and service 
fees to reflect current costs to the Commission.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/28/94                    59 FR 38411
NPRM Comment Period End         09/12/94                    59 FR 38411
Final Action                    12/00/94
Final Action Effective          01/00/95

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jeremiah D. Hospital, Chief, Office of Monitoring I, 
Bureau of Trade Monitoring and Analysis, Federal Maritime Commission, 
800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573, 202 523-5790

RIN: 3072-AB81
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5065.  NEW FILING FEES (DOCKET NO. 94-15)

Legal Authority:  5 USC 553; 31 USC 9701; 46 USC app 1716

CFR Citation:  46 CFR 514.1; 46 CFR 514.21; 46 CFR 552.2; 46 CFR 
560.401; 46 CFR 572.401

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Action would establish filing fees for tariffs, service 
contract essential terms, agreements, and both financial reports and 
general rate increases in the domestic offshore trades.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/28/94                    59 FR 38418
NPRM Comment Period End         09/12/94                    59 FR 38418
Final Action                    12/00/94
Final Action Effective          01/00/95

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jeremiah D. Hospital, Chief, Office of Monitoring I, 
Bureau of Trade Monitoring and Analysis, Federal Maritime Commission, 
800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573, 202 523-5790

RIN: 3072-AB82
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION (FMC)                     Completed Actions
  
  
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5066. USER FEES TO RECOVER AGENCY COSTS

Legal Authority:  5 USC 552 to 553

CFR Citation:  46 CFR 503.43

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission is reviewing existing fees for services in 
order to determine whether they are adequate to recover costs.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Begin Review                    01/25/85
End Review - Two separate NPRMs 
issued: Docket Nos. 94-14 and 
94-15                           05/31/94

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph C. Polking, Secretary, Federal Maritime 
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573, 202 
523-5725

RIN: 3072-AA70
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5067. AMENDMENT TO RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (DOCKET NO. 93-24)

Legal Authority:  5 USC 504; 5 USC 551 to 553; 5 USC 559; 12 USC 
1141j(a); 18 USC 207; 26 USC 501(c)(3); 28 USC 2112(a); 46 USC app 817, 
820, 821, 826, 841a; 46 USC app 1114(b); 46 USC 1705; 46 USC 1707 to 
1711; 46 USC 1713 to 1716; EO 11222 of May 8, 1965 (30 FR 6469); 21 USC 
853a; 46 USC app 817d and 817e, PL 88-777

CFR Citation:  46 CFR 502.113; 46 CFR 502.304(d)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Action amends the Commission's rules of practice and 
procedure to make the complainant in a private complaint option 
responsible for service of the complaint and certain other documents in 
any manner authorized by Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure, when the Commission has been unsuccessful, for any reason, 
in effectuating service by certified or registered mail. Action also 
effectuates related matters.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/29/93                    58 FR 68841
NPRM Comment Period End         02/14/94                    58 FR 68841
Withdrawn                       06/20/94                    59 FR 31584

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph C. Polking, Secretary, Federal Maritime 
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573, 202 
523-5725

RIN: 3072-AB77
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5068.  ACCESS TO ANY RECORD OF IDENTIFIABLE PERSONAL INFORMATION 
(DOCKET NO. 94-02)

Legal Authority:  5 USC 552a(j); 5 USC 552a(k); 5 USC 553

CFR Citation:  46 CFR 503.68

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Action amends regulations implementing the Privacy Act to 
adopt additional exemptions from requirements of this Act regarding 
information included in certain investigatory material systems of 
records.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            02/11/94                     59 FR 6610
NPRM Comment Period End         03/14/94                     59 FR 6610
Final Action                    04/04/94                    59 FR 15636
Final Action Effective          05/04/94                    59 FR 15636

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph C. Polking, Secretary, Federal Maritime 
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573, 202 
523-5725

RIN: 3072-AB79
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5069.  ACTIONS TO ADJUST OR MEET CONDITIONS UNFAVORABLE TO 
SHIPPING IN THE UNITED STATES/KOREA TRADE (DOCKET NO. 91-24)

Legal Authority:  46 USC app 876; 46 USC app 1710a; 46 CFR 585; 
Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1961

CFR Citation:  46 CFR 586.5

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Proposed action would impose fees on Korean-flag vessels 
calling at U.S. ports in response to Korean law and regulations 
restricting U.S. carriers' trucking and rail sources.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            06/07/91                    56 FR 26361
NPRM Comment Period End         05/29/92                    56 FR 56487
Second NPRM Comment Period End 
08/12/92                        07/01/92                    57 FR 29259
Final Rule Effective Date 06/01/
94                              02/11/93                     58 FR 7988
Final Rule Reports Due 11/93 and 
5/94                            02/11/93                     58 FR 7988
Withdrawn                       05/19/94                    59 FR 26142

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert D. Bourgoin, General Counsel, Federal Maritime 
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20573, 202 
523-5740

RIN: 3072-AB83
[FR Doc. 94-21036 Filed 11-10-94; 8:45 am]
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