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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation
33 CFR Part 401
[Docket No. SLSDC–2011–0002]
RIN 2135–AA29
Seaway Regulations and Rules:
Periodic Update, Various Categories
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
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 Seaway Regulations and
Rules in various categories. The changes
will update regulations concerning
condition of vessels and preclearance
and security for tolls. These
amendments are necessary to take
account of updated procedures and will
enhance the safety of transits through
the Seaway. Several of the amendments
are merely editorial or for clarification
of existing requirements.
DATES: The final rule is effective March
20, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carrie Mann Lavigne, Chief Counsel,
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation, 180 Andrews Street,
Massena, New York 13662; 315/764–
3200.
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 amendments
update the following sections of the
Regulations and Rules: Condition of
Vessels, and Preclearance and Security
for Tolls. These changes are necessary to
take account of updated procedures
which will enhance the safety of transits
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through the Seaway. Many of these
changes are to clarify existing
requirements in the regulations. Where
new requirements or regulations are
being made, an explanation for such a
change is provided below.
The joint regulations are effective in
Canada on March 20, 2011. For
consistency, because these are joint
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 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 https://www.Regulations.gov.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
was published in the Federal Register
on January28, 2011 (76 FR 5104). No
comments were received.
The SLSDC is amending two sections
of the Condition of Vessels portion of
the joint Seaway regulations. Under
section 401.8, ‘‘Landing booms’’, the
SLSDC is clarifying that no more than
4 mooring lines will be handled by
Seaway personnel as part of the tie-up
service. In addition, the change clarifies
that tie-up service does not include let
go service. In section 401.24,
‘‘Application for preclearance’’, the
SLSDC is requiring that preclearance
applications must be received by the
SLSMC between 08:00–16:00 hours
Monday through Friday and at least 24
hours prior to the vessel’s arrival.
The other changes to the joint
regulations are merely editorial or to
clarify existing requirements.
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.
The St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations
and Rules 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 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 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 401
Hazardous materials transportation,
Navigation (water), Penalties, Radio,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Vessels, Waterways.
Accordingly, the Saint Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation
amends 33 CFR part 401 as follows:
PART 401—SEAWAY REGULATIONS
AND RULES
Subpart A—Regulations
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Determination
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I certify this regulation will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a) and 984(a)(4),
as amended; 49 CFR 1.52, unless otherwise
noted.
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1. The authority citation for subpart A
of part 401 continues to read as follows:
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2. In § 401.8, revise paragraph (c) to
read as follows:
through Friday excluding holidays and
at least 24 hours prior to arrival.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
§ 401.8
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6. In § 401.39, revise paragraph (a) as
follows:
40 CFR Part 300
§ 401.39 Preparing mooring lines for
passing through.
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2010–0072, 0073, 0075,
0634, 0636, 0638, 0639, 0643, 0645, 0646;
RL–9277–8]
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Landing booms.
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(c) Vessels not equipped with or not
using landing booms must use the
Seaway’s tie-up service at approach
walls using synthetic mooring lines
only. Maximum of 4 lines will be
handled by Seaway personnel and the
service does not include let go service.
3. In § 401.11, revise paragraph (a)
introductory text to read as follows:
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§ 401.11
7. In § 401.40, revise paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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Fairleads.
(a) Mooring lines shall:
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■ 4. In § 401.12 revise paragraphs (a)(1)
introductory text, (a)(1)(i), and (a)(2) to
read as follows:
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§ 401.12 Minimum requirements—mooring
lines and fairleads.
(a) * * *
(1) Vessels of more than 100 m but not
more than 150 m in overall length shall
have three mooring lines—wires or
synthetic hawsers, which shall be
independently power operated by
winches, capstans or windlasses. All
lines shall be led through closed chocks
or fairleads acceptable to the Manager
and the Corporation.
‘ (i) One shall lead forward and one
shall lead astern from the break of the
bow and one lead astern from the
quarter.
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(2) Vessels of more than 150 m in
overall length shall have four mooring
lines—wires, independently power
operated by the main drums of adequate
power operated winches as follows:
(i) One mooring line shall lead
forward and one mooring line shall lead
astern from the break of the bow.
(ii) One mooring line shall lead
forward and one mooring line shall lead
astern from the quarter.
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■ 5. Revise § 401.24 to read as follows:
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§ 401.24
The representative of a vessel may, on
a preclearance form obtained from the
Manager, St. Lambert, Quebec, or
downloaded from the St. Lawrence
Seaway Web site (https://
www.greatlakes-seaway.com), apply for
preclearance, giving particulars of the
ownership, liability insurance and
physical characteristics of the vessel
and guaranteeing payment of the fees
that may be incurred by the vessel. The
preclearance application must be
received by the St. Lawrence Seaway
between 08:00–16:00 hours Monday
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§ 401.40
lock.
Entering, exiting, or position in
(a) Unless directed by the Manager
and the Corporation, no vessel shall
proceed into a lock in such a manner
that the stem passes the stop symbol on
the lock wall nearest the closed gates.
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8. In § 401.51, revise paragraph (b) to
read as follows:
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§ 401.51
Signaling approach to a bridge.
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(b) The signs referred to in paragraph
(a) of this section are placed at distances
varying between 550 m and 2990 m
upstream and downstream from
moveable bridges at sites other than lock
sites.
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9. In § 401.57, revise paragraph (c) to
read as follows:
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§ 401.57
Disembarking or boarding.
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(c) Persons disembarking or boarding
shall be assisted by a member of the
vessel’s crew under safe conditions.
10. In § 401.65, revise paragraph (c) to
read as follows:
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§ 401.65 Communication—ports, docks
and anchorages.
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(a) Winches shall be capable of paying
out and heaving in at a minimum speed
of 46 m per minute; and
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(c) Every vessel prior to departing
from a port, dock, or anchorage shall
report to the appropriate Seaway station
its destination and its expected time of
arrival at the next check point.
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Issued at Washington, DC, on March 3,
2011. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation
Collister Johnson, Jr.,
Administrator.
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National Priorities List, Final Rule
No. 51
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(‘‘CERCLA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’), as amended,
requires that the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (‘‘NCP’’) include a list
of national priorities among the known
releases or threatened releases of
hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants throughout the United
States. The National Priorities List
(‘‘NPL’’) constitutes this list. The NPL is
intended primarily to guide the
Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’ or ‘‘the Agency’’) in determining
which sites warrant further
investigation. These further
investigations will allow EPA to assess
the nature and extent of public health
and environmental risks associated with
the site and to determine what CERCLAfinanced remedial action(s), if any, may
be appropriate. This rule adds ten sites
to the NPL, all to the General Superfund
Section.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date
for this amendment to the NCP is April
11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: For addresses for the
Headquarters and Regional dockets, as
well as further details on what these
dockets contain, see section II,
‘‘Availability of Information to the
Public’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION portion of this preamble.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terry Jeng, phone: (703) 603–8852,
e-mail: jeng.terry@epa.gov, Site
Assessment and Remedy Decisions
Branch; Assessment and Remediation
Division; Office of Superfund
Remediation and Technology
Innovation (mail code 5204P); U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency; 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.;
Washington, DC 20460; or the
Superfund Hotline, phone (800) 424–
9346 or (703) 412–9810 in the
Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
33 CFR Part 401
[Docket No. SLSDC-2011-0002]
RIN 2135-AA29
Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories
AGENCY: Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
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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
Seaway Regulations and Rules in various categories. The changes will
update regulations concerning condition of vessels and preclearance and
security for tolls. These amendments are necessary to take account of
updated procedures and will enhance the safety of transits through the
Seaway. Several of the amendments are merely editorial or for
clarification of existing requirements.
DATES: The final rule is effective March 20, 2011.
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 amendments update the following sections of the
Regulations and Rules: Condition of Vessels, and Preclearance and
Security for Tolls. These changes are necessary to take account of
updated procedures which will enhance the safety of transits through
the Seaway. Many of these changes are to clarify existing requirements
in the regulations. Where new requirements or regulations are being
made, an explanation for such a change is provided below.
The joint regulations are effective in Canada on March 20, 2011.
For consistency, because these are joint 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 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
https://www.Regulations.gov.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in the Federal
Register on January28, 2011 (76 FR 5104). No comments were received.
The SLSDC is amending two sections of the Condition of Vessels
portion of the joint Seaway regulations. Under section 401.8, ``Landing
booms'', the SLSDC is clarifying that no more than 4 mooring lines will
be handled by Seaway personnel as part of the tie-up service. In
addition, the change clarifies that tie-up service does not include let
go service. In section 401.24, ``Application for preclearance'', the
SLSDC is requiring that preclearance applications must be received by
the SLSMC between 08:00-16:00 hours Monday through Friday and at least
24 hours prior to the vessel's arrival.
The other changes to the joint regulations are merely editorial or
to clarify existing requirements.
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 Regulations and Rules 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 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 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 401
Hazardous materials transportation, Navigation (water), Penalties,
Radio, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Vessels, Waterways.
Accordingly, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
amends 33 CFR part 401 as follows:
PART 401--SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES
Subpart A--Regulations
0
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
1.52, unless otherwise noted.
[[Page 13089]]
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2. In Sec. 401.8, revise paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 401.8 Landing booms.
* * * * *
(c) Vessels not equipped with or not using landing booms must use
the Seaway's tie-up service at approach walls using synthetic mooring
lines only. Maximum of 4 lines will be handled by Seaway personnel and
the service does not include let go service.
0
3. In Sec. 401.11, revise paragraph (a) introductory text to read as
follows:
Sec. 401.11 Fairleads.
(a) Mooring lines shall:
* * * * *
0
4. In Sec. 401.12 revise paragraphs (a)(1) introductory text,
(a)(1)(i), and (a)(2) to read as follows:
Sec. 401.12 Minimum requirements--mooring lines and fairleads.
(a) * * *
(1) Vessels of more than 100 m but not more than 150 m in overall
length shall have three mooring lines--wires or synthetic hawsers,
which shall be independently power operated by winches, capstans or
windlasses. All lines shall be led through closed chocks or fairleads
acceptable to the Manager and the Corporation.
` (i) One shall lead forward and one shall lead astern from the
break of the bow and one lead astern from the quarter.
* * * * *
(2) Vessels of more than 150 m in overall length shall have four
mooring lines--wires, independently power operated by the main drums of
adequate power operated winches as follows:
(i) One mooring line shall lead forward and one mooring line shall
lead astern from the break of the bow.
(ii) One mooring line shall lead forward and one mooring line shall
lead astern from the quarter.
* * * * *
0
5. Revise Sec. 401.24 to read as follows:
Sec. 401.24 Application for preclearance.
The representative of a vessel may, on a preclearance form obtained
from the Manager, St. Lambert, Quebec, or downloaded from the St.
Lawrence Seaway Web site (https://www.greatlakes-seaway.com), apply for
preclearance, giving particulars of the ownership, liability insurance
and physical characteristics of the vessel and guaranteeing payment of
the fees that may be incurred by the vessel. The preclearance
application must be received by the St. Lawrence Seaway between 08:00-
16:00 hours Monday through Friday excluding holidays and at least 24
hours prior to arrival.
0
6. In Sec. 401.39, revise paragraph (a) as follows:
Sec. 401.39 Preparing mooring lines for passing through.
* * * * *
(a) Winches shall be capable of paying out and heaving in at a
minimum speed of 46 m per minute; and
* * * * *
0
7. In Sec. 401.40, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 401.40 Entering, exiting, or position in lock.
(a) Unless directed by the Manager and the Corporation, no vessel
shall proceed into a lock in such a manner that the stem passes the
stop symbol on the lock wall nearest the closed gates.
* * * * *
0
8. In Sec. 401.51, revise paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 401.51 Signaling approach to a bridge.
* * * * *
(b) The signs referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are
placed at distances varying between 550 m and 2990 m upstream and
downstream from moveable bridges at sites other than lock sites.
* * * * *
0
9. In Sec. 401.57, revise paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 401.57 Disembarking or boarding.
* * * * *
(c) Persons disembarking or boarding shall be assisted by a member
of the vessel's crew under safe conditions.
0
10. In Sec. 401.65, revise paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 401.65 Communication--ports, docks and anchorages.
* * * * *
(c) Every vessel prior to departing from a port, dock, or anchorage
shall report to the appropriate Seaway station its destination and its
expected time of arrival at the next check point.
* * * * *
Issued at Washington, DC, on March 3, 2011. Saint Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation
Collister Johnson, Jr.,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-5423 Filed 3-9-11; 8:45 am]
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