Draft Merchant Mariner Medical Manual

• Published date: 18 December 2018
• Citation: 83 FR 64807
• Record Number: 2018-27330
• Section: Proposed rules
• Court: Coast Guard

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2018)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Pages 64807-64808]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2018-27330]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
                Coast Guard
                46 CFR Part 10
                [Docket No. USCG-2018-0041]
                Draft Merchant Mariner Medical Manual
                AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
                ACTION: Notice of availability, extension of public comment period.
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                SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending, for 30 days, the period for
                submitting public comments on the notice of availability of the Draft
                Merchant Mariner Medical Manual. The extension responds to requests
                made by the public.
                DATES: The comment period for the Notice of availability published on
                November 13, 2018 (83 FR 56272) is extended. Comments must be submitted
                to the online docket via http://www.regulations.gov, or reach the
                Docket Management Facility, on or before February 13, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
                2018-0041 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for
                Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further
                instructions on submitting comments.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document
                call or email Adrienne Buggs, M.D., United States Coast Guard, Office
                of Merchant Mariner Credentialing; telephone: 202-372-2357, email:
                MMCPolicy@uscg.mil.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                Public Participation and Comments
                 We encourage you to submit comments (or related material) on the
                draft Merchant Mariner Medical Manual. We will consider all submissions
                and may adjust our final action based on your comments. If you submit a
                comment, please include the docket number for this notice, indicate the
                specific section of the document to which each comment applies, and
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                provide a reason for each suggestion or recommendation.
                 We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking
                Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be
                submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
                instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice, and all public
                comments, will be posted in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that website's
                instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online docket and sign up
                for email alerts, you will be notified when comments are posted or the
                Coast Guard publishes any additional documents related to this notice
                of availability.
                 We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted
                without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
                personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the
                docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal
                Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal
                Register (70 FR 15086).
                Background and Discussion of Draft Manual
                 We issued a Notice of Availability of the Draft Merchant Mariner
                Medical Manual on November 13, 2018 (83 FR 56272). We received requests
                from commenters asking for additional time for the comment period. We
                have decided to grant the extension to provide a greater opportunity
                for the public to review and provide their comments. With this
                extension, the total length of the public comment period will now be 90
                days.
                 This notice is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 46
                U.S.C. 7101, and 46 U.S.C. 7302.
                 Dated: December 12, 2018.
                J.G. Lantz,
                Director, Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
                [FR Doc. 2018-27330 Filed 12-17-18; 8:45 am]
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