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DHS/USCG RIN: 1625-AA17 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Limited Service Domestic Voyage Load Lines for River Barges on Lake Michigan (USCG-1998-4623) 
Abstract: This regulatory project will allow certain unmanned dry cargo river barges operating on Lake Michigan to be exempted from the normal Great Lakes load line requirements. Instead, they may qualify for a conditional load line exemption, or for a limited service domestic voyage load line (depending on which Lake Michigan route). This rulemaking pertains to two specific routes: Chicago to Milwaukee, and Chicago to Muskegon. This will allow certain non-hazardous cargoes originating at inland river ports to be transported as far as Milwaukee and Muskegon by river barge, thereby benefiting from the relatively low cost per ton-mile of river barge transportation. Compliance is not mandatory other than for those river barge operators who voluntarily seek to expand their operations onto these routes. This rulemaking supports the Coast Guard's strategic goals of maritime safety and maritime mobility. Market or Regulatory Failure Analysis: The load line regime is a voluntary scheme to allow qualified non-load line river barges to operate on the Great Lakes. This provides an economic advantage to those river barge operators that choose to follow this scheme. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 46 CFR 45   
Legal Authority: 46 USC 51   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/02/1998  63 FR 58679   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  12/28/1998  63 FR 71411   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/04/1999    
NPRM Comment Period End  03/04/1999    
Interim Final Rule  04/23/2002  67 FR 19685   
Interim Final Rule Effective  05/23/2002    
Collection of Information Sections Effective  06/20/2002    
Interim Final Rule--Announcement of Effective Date of COI Sections  06/20/2002  67 FR 41847   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  10/23/2002    
Final Action  To Be Determined    
Additional Information: Old Docket Number CGD 95-015.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Thomas Jordan
Program Manager, Office of Design and Engineering Standards, Naval Architecture Division CG-5212
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 Second Street SW., STOP 7126,
Washington, DC 20593-7126
Phone:202 372-1370