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STAN to deviate from the requirements
set forth in Annex I of the Inland Rules
Act, and install a lower masthead light
to substitute for the ordinary pair of
masthead lights. The regularly
positioned masthead lights will still be
installed, but will be retracted
throughout its tour underneath the
bridges on the Chicago River only.
This notice is issued under authority
of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), and 33 CFR 81.18.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2013–0696]
Certificate of Alternative Compliance
for the M/V IRON STAN, 1246342
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard announces
that a Certificate of Alternative
Compliance was issued for the
Uninspected Towing Vessel M/V IRON
STAN as required by 33 U.S.C. 1605(c)
and 33 CF. 81.18.
DATES: The Certificate of Alternative
Compliance was issued on June 10,
2013.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this notice is
available for inspection or copying at
the Docket Management Facility (M–30),
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. You may also
find this docket on the Internet by going
to https://www.regulations.gov, inserting
USCG–2013–0696 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’
box, and then clicking ‘‘Search.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this notice, call
LT Steven Melvin, District Nine,
Prevention Branch, U.S. Coast Guard,
telephone 216–902–6343. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Barbara
Hairston, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background and Purpose
A Certificate of Alternative
Compliance, as allowed for under 33
U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18, has
been issued for the M/V IRON STAN.
The vessel’s primary purpose is to push
a passenger barge that operates on the
Chicago River and a limited area of Lake
Michigan, within 1 mile of shore. The
unique design of the vessel did not lend
itself to full compliance with Annex I of
the Inland Rules Act.
The Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,
certifies that full compliance with the
Inland Rules Act would interfere with
the special functions/intent of the vessel
and would not significantly enhance the
safety of the vessel’s operation. Placing
the masthead light in the required
position would interfere with the
vessel’s ability to pass under bridges on
the Chicago River.
The Certificate of Alternative
Compliance authorizes the M/V IRON
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P. Albertson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Prevention
Division, Ninth Coast Guard District.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2013–0491]
Consolidation of Officer in Charge,
Marine Inspection For Outer
Continental Shelf Activities; Eighth
Coast Guard District
Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Coast Guard is
considering establishing a single Officer
in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI) to
oversee marine inspections for all
Mobile Offshore Drilling Units and
Floating Outer Continental Shelf
Facilities (as defined in Coast Guard
regulations) engaged directly in, capable
of engaging directly in, or being
constructed to engage directly in oil and
gas exploration or production in the
offshore waters of the Eighth Coast
Guard District (referred to hereafter
collectively as ‘‘units’’). Currently, these
units are inspected by six separate
OCMI offices across the Eighth Coast
District. The Coast Guard believes that
the consolidation of the six existing
OCMI offices into one will promote
efficiency and consistency for both the
Coast Guard and the regulated industry.
DATES: Comments and related material
must be received on or before
September 6, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
2013–0491 using any one of the
following methods:
(1) Online: https://
www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202–493–2251.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility
(M–30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground
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Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail
address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The telephone number
is 202–366–9329.
To avoid duplication, please use only
one of these four methods. See the
‘‘Public Participation and Request for
Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below for instructions on submitting
comments.
If you have questions on this notice,
call or email Commander Michael
Zamperini, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone
(202) 372–1230, email
Michael.B.Zamperini@uscg.mil. If you
have questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Barbara
Hairston, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Public Participation and Request for
Comments
We encourage you to submit
comments and related material in
response to this notice. All comments
received will be posted, without change,
to https://www.regulations.gov and will
include any personal information you
have provided.
Submitting comments: If you submit a
comment, please include the docket
number for this notice (USCG–2013–
0491) and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You
may submit your comments and
material online, or by fax, mail or hand
delivery, but please use only one of
these means. We recommend that you
include your name and a mailing
address, an email address, or a
telephone number in the body of your
document so that we can contact you if
we have questions regarding your
submission.
To submit your comment online, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the instructions on that Web site. If you
submit your comments by mail or hand
delivery, submit them in an unbound
format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches,
suitable for copying and electronic
filing. If you submit comments by mail
and would like to know that they
reached the Facility, please enclose a
stamped, self-addressed postcard or
envelope. We will consider all
comments and material received during
the comment period and may change
this proposed rule based on your
comments.
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B. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
instructions on that Web site. If you do
not have access to the internet, you may
view the docket online by visiting the
Docket Management Facility in Room
W12–140 on the ground floor of the
Department of Transportation West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. We have an
agreement with the Department of
Transportation to use the Docket
Management Facility.
C. Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic
form of 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 a Privacy
Act notice regarding our public dockets
in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
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D. Public Meeting
We do not now plan to hold a public
meeting. But you may submit a request
for one to the docket using one of the
methods specified under ADDRESSES. In
your request, explain why you believe a
public meeting would be beneficial. If
we determine that one would aid this
rulemaking, we will hold one at a time
and place announced by a later notice
in the Federal Register.
Basis and Purpose
The Eighth Coast Guard District in
New Orleans, Louisiana has six OCMI
field offices located along the Gulf Coast
in Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans,
Louisiana; Morgan City, Louisiana; Port
Arthur, Texas; Houston, Texas; and
Corpus Christi, Texas. Currently, each of
these offices has full OCMI authority to
conduct inspections of all vessels
required to undergo Coast Guard
inspection within their respective zones
as defined in 33 CFR part 3. The
functions of an OCMI are found in 33
CFR 1.01–20 and include inspection of
vessels in order to determine that they
comply with the applicable laws, rules,
and regulations relating to safe
construction, equipment, manning, and
operation and that they are in a
seaworthy condition for the services in
which they are operated.
At the six field offices listed above,
the OCMI also serves as the
commanding officer of the unit. The
title ‘‘commanding officer’’ refers to the
highest ranking military official at a
Coast Guard field office. In addition to
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being geographically separated from the
Eighth Coast Guard District office,
commanding officers exercise
independent military justice and
disciplinary authority over their entire
staff. Commanding officers in the Eighth
Coast Guard District report directly to
the Eighth Coast Guard District
Commander in New Orleans.
Commanding officers also serve other
statutory functions within their
geographic area such as Federal OnScene Coordinator (FOSC) for oil and
hazardous material spills, Captain of the
Port (COTP), and Federal Maritime
Security Coordinator (FMSC). As
OCMIs, they have authority to
independently render decisions
effecting the approval or disapproval of
certain vessels to operate on the OCS.
Any appeal of a decision made by an
OCMI is made to the District
Commander in accordance with 33 CFR
1.03–20.
In order to understand the various
options discussed later in this notice, it
is important to note that the Eighth
Coast Guard District Commander also
has various division chiefs on staff.
Unlike commanding officers, division
chiefs do not exercise military justice
authority over their staffs and are colocated with the District Commander.
Division chiefs report directly to the
District Commander and historically
have not served as OCMI, FOSC, COTP,
or FMSC. Should the role of OCMI be
assigned to a division chief, appeals
from the OCMI level would also be
made to the District Commander.
Vessels requiring Coast Guard
inspection include Mobile Offshore
Drilling Units (MODUs), Floating Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Facilities (as
defined in 33 CFR 140.10), and other
similar vessels that engage in oil and gas
exploration and production on the OCS.
Coast Guard OCMIs are required to
inspect these units when they are
operating on the OCS.
The offshore oil and gas industry is
currently experiencing substantial
growth in the Gulf of Mexico. As a
result, unit construction and operation
in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to
increase by 60% in the next five years.
In order to keep pace with this growth,
the Coast Guard is considering ways to
increase efficiency and streamline
inspection of offshore units. We are
considering creating one office to serve
as OCMI for MODUs and Floating OCS
facilities, creating a single point of
contact for scheduling inspections and
promoting consistency of regulatory
interpretation and enforcement across
the Gulf for units operating on the OCS.
At this time, we are not suggesting the
inclusion of support vessels such as
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offshore supply vessels, crew boats,
accommodation vessels, and similar
vessels that routinely call on ports as
falling under the authority of the OCS
OCMI. Those vessels would continue to
be inspected by the six existing OCMIs.
We are seeking public comment on
the following questions to assist us in
determining whether consolidating the
OCMI function as described above is
advisable and, if so, the manner in
which it should be implemented:
(1) Do you support the consolidation
of the OCMI function into a single office
for the oversight and inspection of units
operating on the OCS in the Eighth
Coast Guard District? Why or why not?
(2) If a consolidated OCMI for the
OCS were created, which of the
following options is the most
appropriate organizational placement of
the consolidated OCMI within the
Eighth Coast Guard District? (In each of
the scenarios below, appeals to
decisions made by the consolidated
OCMI would be made to the Eighth
Coast Guard District Commander.) Are
there other options we should consider?
(a) Consolidate the OCMI function
into one of the six existing OCMIs. This
OCMI would retain the title of
commanding officer they already have
at their current unit, but their OCMI
authority to inspect units would be
expanded to include all of the Eighth
Coast Guard District.
(b) Make the consolidated OCMI a
member of the staff of one of the six
existing OCMIs. This OCMI would not
hold the title of commanding officer.
(c) Make the consolidated OCMI a
division chief on the Eighth Coast Guard
District staff. This OCMI would not hold
the title of commanding officer.
(d) Create a new command separate
from the existing six OCMI commands
with the consolidated OCMI as the
commanding officer.
(3) If the consolidated OCMI for the
OCS were created, where in the Eighth
Coast Guard District should the offices
of the consolidated OCMI be physically
located?
We ask that all comments submitted
in response to this request include the
reasoning behind the comment to better
inform our decision making. This
request for comments should not be
construed as suggesting that the Eighth
Coast Guard District will create a
consolidated OCMI for the OCS.
Whether, and in what format, this
position would be created will depend
on a number of factors including public
responses to this request, staffing
requirements, legal constraints, and
budget impacts.
Specific questions regarding this
request should be addressed to
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Commander Michael Zamperini whose
contact information is located above the
‘‘For Further Information Contact’’
section.
This notice is issued under the
authority of 5 U.S.C 552(a), 14 U.S.C.
92, and DHS Delegation 0170.1 II (23).
Dated: August 1, 2013.
J. C. Burton,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Inspections & Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013–19098 Filed 8–6–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5690–N–10]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Promise Zones
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
SUMMARY:
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Information collection
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respondents
Qualifying Criteria/
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Neighborhood Maps
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rate .........................
Need—Vacancy rate ..
Strategy—Community
Assets and Neighborhood Position ....
Strategy—Narrative ....
Strategy—Evidence
base ........................
Strategy—Sustainability and financial
feasibility .................
Capacity—Lead documentation ................
Capacity—Partner
documentation ........
Capacity—Partner Organization Chart .....
Capacity—Local government ..................
Capacity—Partnership
commitments documentation ................
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is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.
DATES:
Comments Due Date: October 7,
2013.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5564
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives,
PIH, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
(L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202–
402–4109. This is not a toll-free number.
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
ADDRESSES:
Frequency of
response
Responses
per annum
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Mussington.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Promise Zones.
OMB Approval Number: Pending
OMB approval.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Form Number: Pending Assignment.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Under
the Promise Zones initiative, the federal
government will invest and partner with
high-poverty urban, rural, and tribal
communities to create jobs, increase
economic activity, improve educational
opportunities, leverage private
investment, and reduce violent crime.
Additional information about the
Promise Zones initiative can be found at
www.hud.gov/promisezones, and
questions can be addressed to
promisezones@hud.gov. This notice
estimates burden for applying for the
designation.
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[Notices]
[Pages 48180-48182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19098]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2013-0491]
Consolidation of Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection For Outer
Continental Shelf Activities; Eighth Coast Guard District
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is considering establishing a single Officer
in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI) to oversee marine inspections for
all Mobile Offshore Drilling Units and Floating Outer Continental Shelf
Facilities (as defined in Coast Guard regulations) engaged directly in,
capable of engaging directly in, or being constructed to engage
directly in oil and gas exploration or production in the offshore
waters of the Eighth Coast Guard District (referred to hereafter
collectively as ``units''). Currently, these units are inspected by six
separate OCMI offices across the Eighth Coast District. The Coast Guard
believes that the consolidation of the six existing OCMI offices into
one will promote efficiency and consistency for both the Coast Guard
and the regulated industry.
DATES: Comments and related material must be received on or before
September 6, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2013-0491 using any one of the following methods:
(1) Online: https://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments.
If you have questions on this notice, call or email Commander
Michael Zamperini, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (202) 372-1230, email
Michael.B.Zamperini@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to submit comments and related material in
response to this notice. All comments received will be posted, without
change, to https://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal
information you have provided.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the
docket number for this notice (USCG-2013-0491) and provide a reason for
each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and
material online, or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but please use only
one of these means. We recommend that you include your name and a
mailing address, an email address, or a telephone number in the body of
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding
your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to https://www.regulations.gov,
and follow the instructions on that Web site. If you submit your
comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no
larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic
filing. If you submit comments by mail and would like to know that they
reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard
or envelope. We will consider all comments and material received during
the comment period and may change this proposed rule based on your
comments.
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B. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, go to https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the
instructions on that Web site. If you do not have access to the
internet, you may view the docket online by visiting the Docket
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. We have an agreement with the Department of
Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility.
C. Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of 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 a Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
D. Public Meeting
We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a
request for one to the docket using one of the methods specified under
ADDRESSES. In your request, explain why you believe a public meeting
would be beneficial. If we determine that one would aid this
rulemaking, we will hold one at a time and place announced by a later
notice in the Federal Register.
Basis and Purpose
The Eighth Coast Guard District in New Orleans, Louisiana has six
OCMI field offices located along the Gulf Coast in Mobile, Alabama; New
Orleans, Louisiana; Morgan City, Louisiana; Port Arthur, Texas;
Houston, Texas; and Corpus Christi, Texas. Currently, each of these
offices has full OCMI authority to conduct inspections of all vessels
required to undergo Coast Guard inspection within their respective
zones as defined in 33 CFR part 3. The functions of an OCMI are found
in 33 CFR 1.01-20 and include inspection of vessels in order to
determine that they comply with the applicable laws, rules, and
regulations relating to safe construction, equipment, manning, and
operation and that they are in a seaworthy condition for the services
in which they are operated.
At the six field offices listed above, the OCMI also serves as the
commanding officer of the unit. The title ``commanding officer'' refers
to the highest ranking military official at a Coast Guard field office.
In addition to being geographically separated from the Eighth Coast
Guard District office, commanding officers exercise independent
military justice and disciplinary authority over their entire staff.
Commanding officers in the Eighth Coast Guard District report directly
to the Eighth Coast Guard District Commander in New Orleans. Commanding
officers also serve other statutory functions within their geographic
area such as Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) for oil and hazardous
material spills, Captain of the Port (COTP), and Federal Maritime
Security Coordinator (FMSC). As OCMIs, they have authority to
independently render decisions effecting the approval or disapproval of
certain vessels to operate on the OCS. Any appeal of a decision made by
an OCMI is made to the District Commander in accordance with 33 CFR
1.03-20.
In order to understand the various options discussed later in this
notice, it is important to note that the Eighth Coast Guard District
Commander also has various division chiefs on staff. Unlike commanding
officers, division chiefs do not exercise military justice authority
over their staffs and are co-located with the District Commander.
Division chiefs report directly to the District Commander and
historically have not served as OCMI, FOSC, COTP, or FMSC. Should the
role of OCMI be assigned to a division chief, appeals from the OCMI
level would also be made to the District Commander.
Vessels requiring Coast Guard inspection include Mobile Offshore
Drilling Units (MODUs), Floating Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Facilities (as defined in 33 CFR 140.10), and other similar vessels
that engage in oil and gas exploration and production on the OCS. Coast
Guard OCMIs are required to inspect these units when they are operating
on the OCS.
The offshore oil and gas industry is currently experiencing
substantial growth in the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, unit
construction and operation in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to
increase by 60% in the next five years. In order to keep pace with this
growth, the Coast Guard is considering ways to increase efficiency and
streamline inspection of offshore units. We are considering creating
one office to serve as OCMI for MODUs and Floating OCS facilities,
creating a single point of contact for scheduling inspections and
promoting consistency of regulatory interpretation and enforcement
across the Gulf for units operating on the OCS. At this time, we are
not suggesting the inclusion of support vessels such as offshore supply
vessels, crew boats, accommodation vessels, and similar vessels that
routinely call on ports as falling under the authority of the OCS OCMI.
Those vessels would continue to be inspected by the six existing OCMIs.
We are seeking public comment on the following questions to assist
us in determining whether consolidating the OCMI function as described
above is advisable and, if so, the manner in which it should be
implemented:
(1) Do you support the consolidation of the OCMI function into a
single office for the oversight and inspection of units operating on
the OCS in the Eighth Coast Guard District? Why or why not?
(2) If a consolidated OCMI for the OCS were created, which of the
following options is the most appropriate organizational placement of
the consolidated OCMI within the Eighth Coast Guard District? (In each
of the scenarios below, appeals to decisions made by the consolidated
OCMI would be made to the Eighth Coast Guard District Commander.) Are
there other options we should consider?
(a) Consolidate the OCMI function into one of the six existing
OCMIs. This OCMI would retain the title of commanding officer they
already have at their current unit, but their OCMI authority to inspect
units would be expanded to include all of the Eighth Coast Guard
District.
(b) Make the consolidated OCMI a member of the staff of one of the
six existing OCMIs. This OCMI would not hold the title of commanding
officer.
(c) Make the consolidated OCMI a division chief on the Eighth Coast
Guard District staff. This OCMI would not hold the title of commanding
officer.
(d) Create a new command separate from the existing six OCMI
commands with the consolidated OCMI as the commanding officer.
(3) If the consolidated OCMI for the OCS were created, where in the
Eighth Coast Guard District should the offices of the consolidated OCMI
be physically located?
We ask that all comments submitted in response to this request
include the reasoning behind the comment to better inform our decision
making. This request for comments should not be construed as suggesting
that the Eighth Coast Guard District will create a consolidated OCMI
for the OCS. Whether, and in what format, this position would be
created will depend on a number of factors including public responses
to this request, staffing requirements, legal constraints, and budget
impacts.
Specific questions regarding this request should be addressed to
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Commander Michael Zamperini whose contact information is located above
the ``For Further Information Contact'' section.
This notice is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C 552(a), 14
U.S.C. 92, and DHS Delegation 0170.1 II (23).
Dated: August 1, 2013.
J. C. Burton,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections & Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-19098 Filed 8-6-13; 8:45 am]
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