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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Parts 8 and 197
[Docket No. USCG–1998–3786]
RIN 1625–AA21
Commercial Diving Operations—
Reopening of Comment Period
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of proposed rulemaking;
reopening of comment period.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard is reopening
for 60 days the comment period for the
notice of proposed rulemaking entitled
‘‘Commercial Diving Operations,’’
published on February 19, 2015.
Reopening the comment period will
allow time for the public to review and
submit comments on changes to the
applicability of this proposed rule, and
on the draft regulatory analysis
documentation that was not available in
the docket during the original comment
period. This notice of proposed
rulemaking also provides corrected
contact information for those persons
interested in the proposed regulatory
incorporation of certain material by
reference, and the reopened comment
period facilitates public comment on the
proposed incorporation. Finally,
although we are making no changes to
the collection of information proposed
in the February notice of proposed
rulemaking, during the reopened
comment period the public may
continue to submit additional comments
on that proposed collection. Specific
instructions for commenting on the
proposed collection are printed in the
ADDRESSES section that follows.
DATES: The comment period for the
notice of proposed rulemaking
published on February 19, 2015 (80 FR
9152), is reopened. Comments and
related material must be submitted to
the docket by October 23, 2015.
Comments sent to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) on
collection of information must reach
OMB on or before October 23, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments using one
of the listed methods, and see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more
information on public comments.
• Online—https://www.regulations.gov
following Web site instructions.
• Fax—202–493–2251.
• Mail—Docket Management Facility
(M–30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
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• Hand deliver—mail address, 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays (telephone 202–
366–9329).
Collection of information. You must
submit comments on the collection of
information discussed in the notice of
proposed rulemaking at 80 FR 9173 both
to the Coast Guard’s docket and to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA) in the White House
Office of Management and Budget.
OIRA submissions can be made using
one of the listed methods.
• Email (preferred)—oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov (include the
docket number and ‘‘Attention: Desk
Officer for Coast Guard, DHS’’ in the
subject line of the email).
• Fax—202–395–6566.
• Mail—Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
ATTN: Desk Officer, U.S. Coast Guard.
Viewing material proposed for
incorporation by reference. To make
arrangements to view this material,
please call or email Mr. Ken Smith (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this notice of
proposed rulemaking, call or email Mr.
Ken Smith, Project Manager, U.S. Coast
Guard, Headquarters, Vessel and
Facility Operating Standards Division,
Commandant (CG–OES–2); telephone
202–372–1413, email Ken.A.Smith@
uscg.mil. If you have questions on
viewing or submitting material to the
docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone
202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Public Participation and Comments
We encourage you to submit
comments (or related material) on this
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
We will consider all submissions and
may adjust our final action based on
your comments. Comments should be
marked with docket number USCG–
1998–3786, and should provide a reason
for each suggestion or recommendation.
You may provide personal contact
information so that we can contact you
if we have questions regarding your
comments, but please note that all
comments will be posted to the online
docket without change and any personal
information you include will be
searchable online (see the Federal
Register Privacy Act notice regarding
our public dockets, 73 FR 3316, Jan. 17,
2008).
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Mailed or hand-delivered comments
should be in an unbound 81⁄2 × 11 inch
format suitable for reproduction. The
Docket Management Facility will
acknowledge receipt of mailed
comments if you enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope
with your submission.
Documents mentioned in this NPRM
and all public comments are available in
our online docket at https://
www.regulations.gov and can be viewed
by following the instructions on that
Web site. You can also view the docket
online at the Docket Management
Facility (see the address under
ADDRESSES) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
B. Regulatory History and Information
On February 19, 2015, we published
an NPRM entitled ‘‘Commercial Diving
Operations’’ (80 FR 9152) that proposed
amendments to our regulations for
commercial diving conducted from
deepwater ports or deepwater port
safety zones, or in connection with
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activities,
or from vessels that are required to have
a Coast Guard certificate of inspection.
The NPRM would revise and update
current regulations to improve safety
and to reflect current industry best
practices. The NPRM would also allow
the Coast Guard to approve independent
third-party organizations to assist in
ensuring compliance with commercial
diving regulations. All comments on the
NPRM, including comments on the
proposed collection of information,
were due by May 20, 2015. In the course
of reviewing comments on the NPRM,
we became aware of several errors on
our part.
First, on page 9175 of the NPRM, our
proposed regulatory text for 46 CFR
197.200 contained two unintended
changes in the applicability of subpart
B. We do not intend, despite the
proposed language for § 197.200(a)(3), to
extend applicability to commercial
diving operations involving any vessel
operating on the navigable waters of the
United States. Nor do we intend, despite
the proposed language for
§ 197.200(a)(5), to remove from
applicability those U.S. vessels engaged
in an OCS activity as defined in 33 CFR
part 140, or connected to a deepwater
port as defined in 33 CFR part 150. In
a final rule, in § 197.200, we would
remove paragraph (a)(3), remove the
words ‘‘foreign flagged’’ from paragraph
(a)(5), and renumber paragraphs in
accordance with this change. As we
stated in Table 2 on page 9156 of the
NPRM, our intentions for § 197.200 are
only to add paragraph (d) concerning
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foreign vessels, and to improve the
clarity of our existing provisions,
without making any other changes to
the substance of the applicability
provisions of subpart B.
Second, we provided incorrect
telephone and email contact
information for those wishing to view
material proposed for incorporation by
reference on pages 9158 and 9159 of the
NPRM. To make arrangements to view
that material, please contact Mr. Ken
Smith (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
Third, throughout the NPRM
comment period that ended May 20,
2015, the Preliminary Regulatory
Analysis and Interim Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis document for the
NPRM was unavailable in the
rulemaking docket. We corrected that
omission in June 2015, and that
document is currently available at
https://www.regulations.gov as docket
number USCG–1998–3786–0195.
This notice is issued under authority
of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: August 18, 2015.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and
Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 1
[WT Docket No. 15–180; DA 15–865]
Comment Sought on Scoping
Document Under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission’s
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
(Bureau) releases a Scoping Document
and seeks public comment on a
proposed Program Alternative to
improve and facilitate the review
process for deployments of small
wireless communications facilities,
including Distributed Antenna Systems
(DAS) and small cell facilities, under
section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
DATES: Comments are due September
28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by DA No. 15–865; WT
Docket No. 15–180, by any of the
following methods:
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D Electronic Filers: Comments may be
filed electronically using the Internet by
accessing the Commission’s Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS): https://
fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
D Paper Filers: Parties who choose to
file by paper should file an original and
one copy of each filing. If more than one
docket or rulemaking number appears in
the caption of this proceeding, filers
should submit two additional copies for
each additional docket or rulemaking
number.
D Filings can be sent by hand or
messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All
filings must be addressed to the
Commission’s Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission.
Æ All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the
Commission’s Secretary must be
delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445
12th St. SW., Room TW–A325,
Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours
are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand
deliveries must be held together with
rubber bands or fasteners. Any
envelopes and boxes must be disposed
of before entering the building.
D Commercial overnight mail (other
than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail
and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300
East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights,
MD 20743.
D U.S. Postal Service first-class,
Express, and Priority mail must be
addressed to 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen DelSordo, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, 202–418–
1986, email Stephen.Delsordo@fcc.gov;
Paul D’Ari, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418–
1550, email Paul.DAri@fcc.gov; Mania
Baghdadi, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418–
2133, email Mania.Baghdadi@fcc.gov; or
Brenda Boykin, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418–
2062, email Brenda.Boykin@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Bureau’s Public Notice,
DA No. 15–865; WT Docket No 15–180,
released July 28, 2015. The full text of
this document is available for
inspection and copying during business
hours in the FCC Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW.,
Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554.
Also, it may be purchased from the
Commission’s duplicating contractor at
Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room
CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554; the
contractor’s Web site, https://
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www.bcpiweb.com; or by calling (800)
378–3160, facsimile (202) 488–5563, or
email FCC@BCPIWEB.com. Copies of
the Public Notice also may be obtained
via ECFS by entering the docket number
WT Docket 15–180; DA No. 15–865.
Additionally, the complete item is
available on the Federal
Communications Commission’s Web
site at https://www.fcc.gov.
By this Public Notice, the Bureau
releases a scoping document (the
section 106 Scoping Document) and
invites input on a new program
alternative to improve and facilitate the
review process for deployments of small
wireless communications facilities,
including Distributed Antenna Systems
(DAS) and small cell facilities, under
section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA), 54 U.S.C.
306108. In particular, the attached
section 106 Scoping Document
describes options and seeks public
input on potentially amending the
Nationwide Programmatic Agreement
for the Collocation of Wireless Antennas
(Collocation Agreement), 47 CFR part 1,
App. B, to address the historic
preservation review of deployments of
small wireless communications
facilities under section 106. Copies of
the section 106 Scoping Document are
also being sent to State Historic
Preservation Officers (SHPOs), Tribal
and Native Hawaiian cultural
preservation officials (including Tribal
Historic Preservation Officers (THPOs)),
and other stakeholders. By this Public
Notice, the Bureau also initiates and
invites government-to-government
consultation with Federally-recognized
Tribal Nations.
As described more fully in the section
106 Scoping Document, new and
additional infrastructure deployments
are necessary to meet the increasing
demand for advanced wireless services
and greater wireless bandwidth. Many
wireless providers are deploying new
infrastructure technologies, particularly
DAS and small cells, in order to
increase coverage and capacity in
indoor and outdoor environments.
Because DAS networks and small cell
facilities use radio spectrum licensed by
the Commission, the installation of
these facilities on utility poles,
buildings, and other existing structures
is acknowledged as a Commission
undertaking under section 106 of the
NHPA. The Commission’s rules require
applicants to follow the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (ACHP), as modified by
two Nationwide Programmatic
Agreements (NPAs) executed by the
Commission with the ACHP and the
National Conference of State Historic
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Parts 8 and 197
[Docket No. USCG-1998-3786]
RIN 1625-AA21
Commercial Diving Operations--Reopening of Comment Period
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening for 60 days the comment period
for the notice of proposed rulemaking entitled ``Commercial Diving
Operations,'' published on February 19, 2015. Reopening the comment
period will allow time for the public to review and submit comments on
changes to the applicability of this proposed rule, and on the draft
regulatory analysis documentation that was not available in the docket
during the original comment period. This notice of proposed rulemaking
also provides corrected contact information for those persons
interested in the proposed regulatory incorporation of certain material
by reference, and the reopened comment period facilitates public
comment on the proposed incorporation. Finally, although we are making
no changes to the collection of information proposed in the February
notice of proposed rulemaking, during the reopened comment period the
public may continue to submit additional comments on that proposed
collection. Specific instructions for commenting on the proposed
collection are printed in the ADDRESSES section that follows.
DATES: The comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking
published on February 19, 2015 (80 FR 9152), is reopened. Comments and
related material must be submitted to the docket by October 23, 2015.
Comments sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on
collection of information must reach OMB on or before October 23, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments using one of the listed methods, and see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more information on public comments.
Online--https://www.regulations.gov following Web site
instructions.
Fax--202-493-2251.
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.
Hand deliver--mail address, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays (telephone 202-366-9329).
Collection of information. You must submit comments on the
collection of information discussed in the notice of proposed
rulemaking at 80 FR 9173 both to the Coast Guard's docket and to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the White House
Office of Management and Budget. OIRA submissions can be made using one
of the listed methods.
Email (preferred)_oira_submission@omb.eop.gov (include
the docket number and ``Attention: Desk Officer for Coast Guard, DHS''
in the subject line of the email).
Fax--202-395-6566.
Mail--Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
ATTN: Desk Officer, U.S. Coast Guard.
Viewing material proposed for incorporation by reference. To make
arrangements to view this material, please call or email Mr. Ken Smith
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice
of proposed rulemaking, call or email Mr. Ken Smith, Project Manager,
U.S. Coast Guard, Headquarters, Vessel and Facility Operating Standards
Division, Commandant (CG-OES-2); telephone 202-372-1413, email
Ken.A.Smith@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Public Participation and Comments
We encourage you to submit comments (or related material) on this
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). We will consider all submissions
and may adjust our final action based on your comments. Comments should
be marked with docket number USCG-1998-3786, and should provide a
reason for each suggestion or recommendation. You may provide personal
contact information so that we can contact you if we have questions
regarding your comments, but please note that all comments will be
posted to the online docket without change and any personal information
you include will be searchable online (see the Federal Register Privacy
Act notice regarding our public dockets, 73 FR 3316, Jan. 17, 2008).
Mailed or hand-delivered comments should be in an unbound 8\1/2\ x
11 inch format suitable for reproduction. The Docket Management
Facility will acknowledge receipt of mailed comments if you enclose a
stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope with your submission.
Documents mentioned in this NPRM and all public comments are
available in our online docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be
viewed by following the instructions on that Web site. You can also
view the docket online at the Docket Management Facility (see the
address under ADDRESSES) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
B. Regulatory History and Information
On February 19, 2015, we published an NPRM entitled ``Commercial
Diving Operations'' (80 FR 9152) that proposed amendments to our
regulations for commercial diving conducted from deepwater ports or
deepwater port safety zones, or in connection with Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) activities, or from vessels that are required to have a
Coast Guard certificate of inspection. The NPRM would revise and update
current regulations to improve safety and to reflect current industry
best practices. The NPRM would also allow the Coast Guard to approve
independent third-party organizations to assist in ensuring compliance
with commercial diving regulations. All comments on the NPRM, including
comments on the proposed collection of information, were due by May 20,
2015. In the course of reviewing comments on the NPRM, we became aware
of several errors on our part.
First, on page 9175 of the NPRM, our proposed regulatory text for
46 CFR 197.200 contained two unintended changes in the applicability of
subpart B. We do not intend, despite the proposed language for Sec.
197.200(a)(3), to extend applicability to commercial diving operations
involving any vessel operating on the navigable waters of the United
States. Nor do we intend, despite the proposed language for Sec.
197.200(a)(5), to remove from applicability those U.S. vessels engaged
in an OCS activity as defined in 33 CFR part 140, or connected to a
deepwater port as defined in 33 CFR part 150. In a final rule, in Sec.
197.200, we would remove paragraph (a)(3), remove the words ``foreign
flagged'' from paragraph (a)(5), and renumber paragraphs in accordance
with this change. As we stated in Table 2 on page 9156 of the NPRM, our
intentions for Sec. 197.200 are only to add paragraph (d) concerning
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foreign vessels, and to improve the clarity of our existing provisions,
without making any other changes to the substance of the applicability
provisions of subpart B.
Second, we provided incorrect telephone and email contact
information for those wishing to view material proposed for
incorporation by reference on pages 9158 and 9159 of the NPRM. To make
arrangements to view that material, please contact Mr. Ken Smith (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Third, throughout the NPRM comment period that ended May 20, 2015,
the Preliminary Regulatory Analysis and Interim Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis document for the NPRM was unavailable in the rulemaking
docket. We corrected that omission in June 2015, and that document is
currently available at https://www.regulations.gov as docket number
USCG-1998-3786-0195.
This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: August 18, 2015.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2015-20825 Filed 8-21-15; 8:45 am]
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