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DHS/USCG RIN: 1625-AA59 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Rules of Practice, Procedure, and Evidence for Administrative Proceedings of the Coast Guard (USCG 1998-3472) 
Abstract: The Coast Guard maintains two separate sets of procedural rules: (1) The administrative adjudication rules against merchant mariners' licenses, certificates of registry, and documents; and (2) those for the adjudication of class II civil penalties. The rules for suspension and revocation, contained in part 5 of title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), date from 1948, and are based on criminal procedure. The rules for class II civil penalties, contained in part 20 of title 33 of the CFR, date from 1994, and are based on the Model Rules of Administrative Procedure and on other modern rules for civil procedure. Neither set implements the authority of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), which provides for the temporary suspension of a license, certificate of registry, or document for up to 45 days without a hearing, in certain circumstances, and a hearing within 30 days of any such suspension. This rulemaking would consolidate all procedural rules for administrative adjudications for class II civil penalties, and allow the Coast Guard to promulgate regulations implementing the OPA 90 authority. This project supports the strategic goal of the Coast Guard to promote marine safety. It would also align our rules with the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004. Market or Regulatory Failure Analysis: The Coast Guard is updating its rules of procedure in these areas to conform to statutory requirements and improve administrative due process. The justification of the regulation is improved functioning of government. 
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: 33 CFR 20    46 CFR 5   
Legal Authority: 46 USC 7701 and 7702    33 USC 1321    42 USC 9609   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  04/06/1998  63 FR 16731   
NPRM Comment Period End  05/06/1998    
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  05/20/1998  63 FR 27700   
NPRM Comment Period End  06/19/1998    
Interim Final Rule  05/24/1999  64 FR 28054   
Interim Final Rule Effective  06/23/1999    
Interim Final Rule Correction  06/28/1999  64 FR 34540   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  07/23/1999    
Interim Final Rule Comment Period Reopened  10/05/1999  64 FR 53970   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  04/03/2000    
Supplemental NPRM  To Be Determined    
Additional Information: This rulemaking revises in part the previous docket of CGD 94-101, which was terminated on December 20, 1995.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  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:
George Jordan
Project Manager, CG-00J
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 Second Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20593-0001
Phone:202 372-4442
Email: george.j.jordan@uscg.mil