Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories
| Citation | 85 FR 15949 |
| Record Number | 2020-05454 |
| Published date | 20 March 2020 |
| Section | Rules and Regulations |
| Court | Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation |
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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 55 / Friday, March 20, 2020 / Rules and Regulations
January 7, 2020, under OMB Control
Number 0648–0699. NMFS obtained
OMB Control Number 0648–0699 for
hunt and harvest reports associated with
the regulations at 50 CFR 216.72 and 50
CFR 216.74, which apply to both St.
Paul and St. George Islands. For St. Paul
Island, public reporting burden for hunt
and harvest reporting is estimated to
average 40 hours per response,
including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information.
There are no significant changes to the
collection-of-information requirements
for St. Paul or St. George.
Send comments regarding these
burden estimates or any other aspect of
this data collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
NMFS Alaska Region (see
ADDRESSES
)
and by email to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov, or fax to 202–395–5806.
Notwithstanding any other provision
of the law, no person is required to
respond to, nor shall any person be
subject to a penalty for failure to comply
with, a collection of information subject
to the requirements of the PRA, unless
that collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB Control Number.
All currently approved NOAA
collections of information may be
viewed at http://www.cio.noaa.gov/
services_programs/prasubs.html.
List of Subjects
15 CFR Part 902
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
50 CFR Part 216
Alaska, Marine Mammals, Pribilof
Islands, Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements.
Dated: March 12, 2020.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, NMFS amends 15 CFR part
902 as follows:
PART 902—NOAA INFORMATION
COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER
THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT:
OMB CONTROL NUMBERS
■1. The authority citation for part 902
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
■2. In § 902.1, in the table in paragraph
(b), under the entry ‘‘50 CFR’’, add entry
‘‘216.72’’ in alphanumeric order to read
as follows:
§ 902.1 OMB control numbers assigned
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
CFR part or section where
the information collection re-
quirement is located
Current OMB
control number
(all numbers
begin with
0648–)
*****
50 CFR:
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216.72 ............................ –0699
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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 1
Regulations Enabling Elections for
Certain Transactions Under Section
336(e)
CFR Correction
■In Title 26 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 1 (§§ 1.301 to 1.400),
revised as of April 1, 2019, on page 8,
in the Authority, the following citation
is added in numerical order to read as
follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C.7805 * * *
* * * * *
Section 1.336–1 is also issued under
26 U.S.C. 336.
* * * * *
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BILLING CODE 1301–00–D
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation
33 CFR Part 401
RIN 2135–AA48
Seaway Regulations and Rules:
Periodic Update, Various Categories
AGENCY
: Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, DOT.
ACTION
: Final rule.
SUMMARY
: The Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation (SLSDC) and
the St. Lawrence Seaway Management
Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under
international agreement, jointly publish
and presently administer the St.
Lawrence Seaway Regulations and
Rules (Practices and Procedures in
Canada) in their respective jurisdictions.
Under agreement with the SLSMC, the
SLSDC is amending the joint regulations
by updating the Regulations and Rules
in various categories. The changes
update the following sections of the
Regulations and Rules: Interpretations
and Condition of Vessels. These changes
are to clarify existing requirements in
the regulations.
DATES
: This rule is effective on March
31, 2020.
ADDRESSES
: Docket: For access to the
docket to read background documents
or comments received, go to http://
www.Regulations.gov; or in person at
the Docket Management Facility; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–001, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Carrie Mann Lavigne, Chief Counsel,
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation, 180 Andrews Street,
Massena, New York 13662; 315/764–
3200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The Saint
Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation (SLSDC) and the St.
Lawrence Seaway Management
Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under
international agreement, jointly publish
and presently administer the St.
Lawrence Seaway Regulations and
Rules (Practices and Procedures in
Canada) in their respective jurisdictions.
Under agreement with the SLSMC, the
SLSDC is amending the joint regulations
by updating the Regulations and Rules
in various categories. The changes
update the following sections of the
Regulations and Rules: Interpretations
and Condition of Vessels. These changes
are to clarify existing requirements in
the regulations.
Regulatory Notices: Privacy Act:
Anyone is able to search the electronic
form of all 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 DOT’s
complete Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages
19477–78) or you may visit http://
www.Regulations.gov.
The joint regulations will become
effective in Canada on March 31, 2020.
For consistency, because these are joint
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Maximum speeds at which a vessel may travel
in the identified area in both normal and high water
conditions are set out in this schedule. The
Manager and the Corporation will, from time to
time, designate the set of speed limits that is in
effect.
regulations under international
agreement, and to avoid confusion
among users of the Seaway, the SLSDC
finds that there is good cause to make
the U.S. version of the amendments
effective on the same date.
Regulatory Evaluation
This regulation involves a foreign
affairs function of the United States and
therefore, Executive Order 12866 does
not apply and evaluation under the
Department of Transportation’s
Regulatory Policies and Procedures is
not required.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Determination
I certify that this regulation will not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
The St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations
and Rules primarily relate to
commercial users of the Seaway, the
vast majority of who are foreign vessel
operators. Therefore, any resulting costs
will be borne mostly by foreign vessels.
Environmental Impact
This regulation does not require an
environmental impact statement under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(49 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) because it is not
a major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment.
Federalism
The Corporation has analyzed this
rule under the principles and criteria in
Executive Order 13132, dated August 4,
1999, and have determined that this
proposal does not have sufficient
federalism implications to warrant a
Federalism Assessment.
Unfunded Mandates
The Corporation has analyzed this
rule under Title II of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104–4, 109 Stat. 48) and determined that
it does not impose unfunded mandates
on State, local, and tribal governments
and the private sector requiring a
written statement of economic and
regulatory alternatives.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This regulation has been analyzed
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 and does not contain new or
modified information collection
requirements subject to the Office of
Management and Budget review.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 401
Hazardous materials transportation,
Navigation (water), Penalties, Radio,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Vessels, Waterways.
Accordingly, the Saint Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation is
proposing to amend 33 CFR part 401,
Regulations and Rules, as follows:
PART 401—SEAWAY REGULATIONS
AND RULES
Subpart A—Regulations
■1. The authority citation for subpart A
of part 401 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a) and 984(a) (4),
as amended; 49 CFR 1.101, unless otherwise
noted.
■2. In § 401.2, redesignate paragraphs
(d) through (s) as paragraphs (e) through
(t), add a new paragraph (d), and revise
newly redesignated paragraph (g) to
read as follows:
§ 401.2 Interpretation.
* * * * *
(d) Hands Free Mooring (HFM) means
a system that uses vacuum pads that are
mounted on vertical rails inside the lock
chamber wall to secure a vessel during
the lockage process.
* * * * *
(g) E-business means web applications
on the St. Lawrence Seaway
Management Corporation website which
provides direct electronic transmission
of data to complete and submit
application forms and transit data;
* * * * *
■3. In § 401.7, revise paragraph (c) to
read as follows:
§ 401.7 Fenders.
* * * * *
(c) On special application, vessels of
unusual design may be permitted to
utilize permanent fenders not greater
than 30 cm in thickness.
§ 401.9 [Amended]
■4. In § 401.9, remove paragraph (c)
and redesignate paragraph (d) as
paragraph (c).
■5. In § 401.14, revise paragraph (b) to
read as follows:
§ 401.14 Anchor marking buoys.
* * * * *
(b) Every vessel shall deploy the
anchor marking buoy when dropping an
anchor in Seaway waters (designated
Seaway anchorages exempt).
■6. In schedule II to subpart A of part
401, under ‘‘Table of Speeds,’’ revise
section numbers 1 and 10 to read as
follows:
S
CHEDULE
II
TO
S
UBPART
A
OF
P
ART
401—T
ABLE OF
S
PEEDS
1
From— To—
Maximum speed over
the bottom, knots
Col. III Col. IV
1. Upper Entrance South Shore Canal Buoy 1 ............ Lake St. Louis, Buoy A13 ............................................ 10.5 10.5
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10. Bartlett Point, Lt. 227 .............................................. Tibbetts Point Traffic Lighted Buoy Mo (A) .................. 13 10.5
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Issued at Washington, DC, under authority
deleted at 49 CFR part 1.101 Saint Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation.
Carrie Lavigne,
Chief Counsel.
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BILLING CODE 4910–61–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation
33 CFR Part 402
[Docket No. SLSDC–2016–0005]
RIN 2135–AA47
Tariff of Tolls
AGENCY
: Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, DOT.
ACTION
: Final rule.
SUMMARY
: The Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation (SLSDC) and
the St. Lawrence Seaway Management
Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under
international agreement, jointly publish
and presently administer the St.
Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls in their
respective jurisdictions. The Tariff sets
forth the level of tolls assessed on all
commodities and vessels transiting the
facilities operated by the SLSDC and the
SLSMC. The SLSDC is revising its
regulations to reflect the fees and
charges levied by the SLSMC in Canada
starting in the 2020 navigation season,
which are effective only in Canada. An
amendment to increase the minimum
charge per lock for those vessels that are
not pleasure craft or subject in Canada
to tolls under items 1 and 2 of the Tariff
for full or partial transit of the Seaway
will apply in the U.S. The Tariff of Tolls
are in effect in Canada.
DATES
: This rule is effective March 20,
2020.
ADDRESSES
: Docket: For access to the
docket to read background documents
or comments received, go to http://
www.Regulations.gov; or in person at
the Docket Management Facility; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–001, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Carrie Mann Lavigne, Chief Counsel,
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation, 180 Andrews Street,
Massena, New York 13662; 315/764–
3200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The Saint
Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation (SLSDC) and the St.
Lawrence Seaway Management
Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under
international agreement, jointly publish
and presently administer the St.
Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls
(Schedule of Fees and Charges in
Canada) in their respective jurisdictions.
The Tariff sets forth the level of tolls
assessed on all commodities and vessels
transiting the facilities operated by the
SLSDC and the SLSMC. The SLSDC is
revising 33 CFR 402.12, ‘‘Schedule of
tolls’’, to reflect the fees and charges
levied by the SLSMC in Canada
beginning in the 2020 navigation
season. With one exception, the changes
affect the tolls for commercial vessels
and are applicable only in Canada. The
collection of tolls by the SLSDC on
commercial vessels transiting the U.S.
locks is waived by law (33 U.S.C.
988a(a)).
The SLSDC is amending 33 CFR
402.12, ‘‘Schedule of tolls’’, to increase
the minimum charge per vessel per lock
for full or partial transit of the Seaway
from $28.57 to $29.14. This charge is for
vessels that are not pleasure craft or
subject in Canada to the tolls under
items 1 and 2 of the Tariff. This increase
is due to higher operating costs at the
locks.
Regulatory Notices
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all 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 DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
Regulatory Evaluation
This regulation involves a foreign
affairs function of the United States and
therefore, Executive Order 12866 does
not apply and evaluation under the
Department of Transportation’s
Regulatory Policies and Procedures is
not required.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Determination
I certify this regulation will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls
primarily relate to commercial users of
the Seaway, the vast majority of whom
are foreign vessel operators. Therefore,
any resulting costs will be borne mostly
by foreign vessels.
Environmental Impact
This regulation does not require an
environmental impact statement under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(49 U.S.C. 4321, et reg.) because it is not
a major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment.
Federalism
The Corporation has analyzed this
rule under the principles and criteria in
Executive Order 13132, dated August 4,
1999, and has determined that this rule
does not have sufficient federalism
implications to warrant a Federalism
Assessment.
Unfunded Mandates
The Corporation has analyzed this
rule under Title II of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104–4, 109 Stat. 48) and determined that
it does not impose unfunded mandates
on State, local, and tribal governments
and the private sector requiring a
written statement of economic and
regulatory alternatives.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This regulation has been analyzed
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 and does not contain new or
modified information collection
requirements subject to the Office of
Management and Budget review.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 402
Vessels, Waterways.
Accordingly, the Saint Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation
amends 33 CFR part 402 as follows:
PART 402—TARIFF OF TOLLS
■1. The authority citation for part 402
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a), 984(a)(4), and
988, as amended; 49 CFR 1.52.
■2. Revise § 402.12 to read as follows:
§ 402.12 Schedule of tolls.
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