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DHS/USCG RIN: 1625-AB00 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Long-Range Identification and Tracking of Ships (USCG-2005-22612) 
Abstract: This rulemaking would require, consistent with international law, certain vessels to report identifying and position data electronically. The requirements would better enable the Coast Guard to correlate Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) data with data from other sources, detect anomalies, and heighten our overall Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA). This rulemaking will implement an International Maritime Organization amendment to chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). This project is consistent with the Coast GuardÂ’s strategic goal of maritime security, maritime safety, and the Department's strategic goals of awareness, prevention, protection, and response. Market or Regulatory Failure Analysis: Cargo vessels 300 gross tons or more, passenger vessels that carry more than 12 passengers and MODUs that transit within 1,000 nm of the U.S. (including vessels on an innocent passage) would be required to submit the electronic position of the vessel through existing onboard equipment. This is an effort to track vessels that may or may not call on a U.S. port as authorized under the MTSA 2002. These security regulations address the fact that markets do not provide security because owners of ships cannot capture the full marginal benefits of security. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 33 CFR 169   
Legal Authority: sec 102 of PL 107-295    33 USC 1231    46 USC 70115   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Statutory  PL 109-347 and 46 USC 70115.   04/01/2007 

Overall Description of Deadline: Section 107 of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 directs that a long-range automated vessel tracking system consistent with international agreements to which the United States is a party be developed and implemented by April 1, 2007.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/03/2007  72 FR 56600   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/02/2008    
Final Rule  04/29/2008  73 FR 23310   
Final Rule Effective  05/29/2008    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  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:
William Cairns
Project Manager, CG-541
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 Second Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20593
Phone:202 372-1557