Safety Management Systems for Domestic Passenger Vessels

Citation86 FR 17090
Published date01 April 2021
Record Number2021-06145
CourtCoast Guard
17090
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 61 / Thursday, April 1, 2021 / Proposed Rules
Issued on March 25, 2021.
Lance T. Gant,
Director, Compliance & Airworthiness
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–06550 Filed 3–31–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 96
46 CFR Parts 71, 115, and 176
[Docket No. USCG–2020–0123]
RIN 1625–AC65
Safety Management Systems for
Domestic Passenger Vessels
AGENCY
: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION
: Advance notice of proposed
rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
SUMMARY
: The Coast Guard is extending
the comment period for the advance
notice of proposed rulemaking
published January 15, 2021, that seeks
comments on the potential use of Safety
Management Systems to improve safety
and reduce marine casualties on board
U.S.-flagged passenger vessels. We are
extending the comment period an
additional 45 days, to June 1, 2021.
DATES
: The comment period for the
advance notice of proposed rulemaking
published January 15, 2021, 86 FR 3899,
is extended. Comments must be
received by the Coast Guard on or before
June 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: For
information about this document, call or
email Lieutenant Kimberly Gates, Vessel
and Facility Operating Standards
Division (CG–OES–2), U.S. Coast Guard,
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20593; telephone 202–
372–1455, email kimberly.m.gates@
uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The Coast
Guard received a request to extend the
comment period for an additional 45
days on its advance notice of proposed
rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled ‘‘Safety
Management Systems for Domestic
Passenger Vessels,’’ that was published
January 15, 2021 (86 FR 3899). The
requester cited ongoing COVID–19
impacts and that vessel owners and
operators of the potentially affected
population are impacted operationally.
In response to this request, we are
extending the comment period to June
1, 2021.
The Coast Guard is evaluating the
potential use of Safety Management
Systems (SMSs) to improve safety and
reduce marine casualties on board U.S.
flagged passenger vessels. The ANPRM
published January 15, 2021, seeks
public input and responses to specific
questions on the feasibility,
applicability, and nature of Safety
Management Systems for potential use
on U.S.-flagged passenger vessels. The
Coast Guard may use this information to
develop a proposed rule.
On March 1, 2021, we published a
correction (86 FR 11913) to one of the
questions in the ANPRM. The corrected
Question 19 now reads: ‘‘How would
the costs and benefits of expanding
other existing regulations, as detailed in
question 6, differ from the costs and
benefits of requiring SMSs for all
passenger vessels?’’
We encourage you to submit
comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. If you cannot
submit your material by using https://
www.regulations.gov, call or email the
person in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT
section of this document for
alternate instructions.
The ANPRM and public comments in
response to it are available in our online
docket at https://www.regulations.gov,
and can be viewed by following that
website’s instructions. We review all
comments received, but we will only
post comments that address the topic of
the ANPRM. We may choose not to post
off-topic, inappropriate, or duplicate
comments that we receive. Additionally,
if you visit the online docket and sign
up for email alerts, you will be notified
when comments or additional
documents are posted. The Coast Guard
will not issue a separate response to the
comments received, but will carefully
consider each comment and will
address them in a proposed rule if one
is developed.
We accept anonymous comments.
Comments we post to https://
www.regulations.gov will include any
personal information you have
provided. For more about privacy and
submissions in response to this
document, see the Department of
Homeland Security’s eRulemaking
System of Records notice (85 FR 14226,
March 11, 2020).
Dated: March 19, 2021.
M.T. Cunningham,
Chief, Office of Regulations and
Administrative Law.
[FR Doc. 2021–06145 Filed 3–31–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 110
[Docket Number USCG–2020–0620]
Anchorage Ground; Approaches to
New York, Ambrose, Long Beach, NY
AGENCY
: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION
: Notification of inquiry; request
for comments.
SUMMARY
: We are requesting public
comments regarding the potential
establishment of an anchorage ground in
an area referred to by mariners as the
‘‘Ambrose anchorage,’’ which is an
offshore area that has been used by
ships awaiting inshore anchorages or
berths. The area is located in the
approaches to New York, approximately
3 nautical miles south of Long Beach,
New York, and just north of the
Nantucket to Ambrose Traffic Lane. The
Coast Guard is considering formally
establishing an anchorage ground at this
location, possibly with regulations
governing its use, if doing so will
improve navigation safety and enhance
safe and efficient flow of vessel traffic
and commerce. We are seeking your
comments on the benefits and impacts
of establishing a regulated anchorage
ground, and if so, what types of
requirements we should consider for the
Coast Guard oversight of the anchorage
ground.
DATES
: Your comments and related
material must reach the Coast Guard on
or before June 1, 2021. Commenters
should be aware that the electronic
Federal Docket Management System
will not accept comments after midnight
Eastern Daylight Time on the last day of
the comment period. Although the Coast
Guard prefers and highly encourages all
comments and related material be
submitted directly to the electronic
docket, two virtual public meetings will
be held via webinar and teleconference
to provide an opportunity for oral
comments regarding the possible
establishment of an anchorage ground,
often informally referred to as the
‘‘Ambrose anchorage’’ on Wednesday,
April 21, 2021, beginning at 9 a.m. EST,
and on Tuesday, April 27, 2021,
beginning at 5 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
2020–0620 using the Federal portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. See the
‘‘Public Participation and Request for
Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for
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