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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Part 10
[USCG-2004-17455]
RIN 1625-AA85
Validation of Merchant Mariners' Vital
Information and Issuance of Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's
Licenses and Certificates of Registry
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is amending the maritime personnel
licensing
rules to include new security requirements when mariners
apply for
original, renewal, and raise of grade licenses and certificates
of
registry. This interim rule corrects omissions and ambiguities
in the
Coast Guard's preexisting maritime personnel licensing
regulations.
This interim rule will require all applicants for licenses and
certificates of registry to have their identity checked and
their
fingerprints taken for a criminal record review by the Coast
Guard. The
new requirements are similar to those that apply to applicants
for
merchant mariner's documents.
DATES: This interim rule is effective January 13, 2006 and is
applicable for applications received by the Coast Guard on or
after
that date. Comments and related material must reach the Docket
Management Facility on or before April 13, 2006. Comments sent
to the
Office of Management and Budget on collection of information
must reach
OMB on or before March 14, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard
docket
number USCG-2004-17455 to the Docket Management Facility at the
U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use
only one
of the following methods:
(1) Web site:
http://dms.dot.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20590-0001.
(3) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(4) Delivery: Room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The
telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
(5) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name
and
docket number or RIN for this rulemaking. All comments will be
posted
without change to
http://www.dms.dot.gov/feddocket,
including any
personal information sent with each comment. For detailed
instructions
on submitting comments and additional information on the
rulemaking
process, see the ``Public Participation in Rulemaking Process''
heading
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents
or
submitted comments, go to
http://www.dmt.dot.gov
You may also access the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
interim
rule, call Mr. Stewart Walker, Project Manager, National
Maritime
Center (NMC), U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 202-493-1022. If you
have
questions on viewing the docket, call Ms. Andrea M. Jenkins,
Program
Manager, Docket Operations, Department of Transportation,
telephone
202-366-0271.
For questions on submitting an application for the issuance
of a
license or certificate of registry, call the nearest Coast Guard
Regional Examination Center (REC), a list of which appears in
Title 46,
Code of Federal Regulations (46 CFR) section 10.105, or on the
Internet
at
http://www.uscg.mil/STCW/index.htm.
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