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RIN: 1625-AB10

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Training and Service Requirements for Merchant Marine Officers
Abstract: This project would make the following changes to merchant mariner training and service requirements: 1. Radar Endorsement: Remove the requirement for placing the expiration date of the radar-observer endorsement on a merchant mariner's license. This change would eliminate the confusion arising from having two conflicting expiration dates on the face of the license. 2. Training Programs: Allow an apprentice mate of towing vessels to reduce sea-service time required to qualify for mate (pilot) of towing vessels by successfully completing a Coast Guard-approved training program. 3. Alternate Progression: Provide an alternate path to qualify as mate (pilot) of towing vessels for masters of steam and motor vessels of not more than 200 gross register tons (GRT). Market or Regulatory Failure Analysis: 1. Radar Endorsement: Changing the requirement would simplify the process of issuing the license and ease the burden on the Coast Guard and mariners; 2. Training Programs: The requirements for an apprentice mate to become a mate (pilot) of towing vessels are restrictive and restrict the development of comprehensive long-term training programs, which may dampen interest in the development of such programs. The proposed action would provide flexibility within the regulations to allow the development of company training programs that the Coast Guard could approve and accept as meeting a portion of the service requirements for mate (pilot); 3. Alternate Progression: An alternate path for experienced masters of inspected vessels of 200 GRT or less, could provide relief regarding a shortage of qualified personnel, as well as provide alternatives to companies that operate diverse fleets of vessels (e.g., OSVs and towing vessels).
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: 46 CFR 10.465 46 CFR 10.480 46 CFR 10, subpart C 46 CFR 15.815 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 14 USC 633 31 USC 9701 46 USC 2101 46 USC 2103 46 USC 2110 46 USC 3306 46 USC 3703 46 USC 7502 46 USC 7505 46 USC 7701 46 USC 8101 to 8102 46 USC 8104 to 8105 46 USC 8301 46 USC 8304 44 USC 3507 46 USC 8502 to 8503 46 USC 8701 to 8702 46 USC 8901 to 8904 46 USC 8905(b) to 8906 46 USC 9102 ch 71 44 USC 3507 DHS Delegation 0170.1

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	09/17/2007	72 FR 52841
NPRM Comment Period End	12/17/2007
Final Rule	09/11/2008	73 FR 52789
Final Rule Effective	10/14/2008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
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: Gerald P. Miante Program Manager, CG-5221 Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE., STOP 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 Phone:202 372-1407 Email: gerald.p.miante@uscg.mil