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DHS/USCG RIN: 1625-AA16 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Implementation of the 1995 Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) for Seafarers, 1978 (USCG-2004-17914) 
Abstract: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) comprehensively amended the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) for Seafarers, 1978, in 1995. The amendments came into force on February 1, 1997. This project implements those amendments by revising current rules to ensure that the United States complies with their requirements on: The training of merchant mariners, the documenting of their qualifications, and watch-standing and other arrangements aboard seagoing merchant ships of the United States. In addition, the Coast Guard has identified the need for additional changes to the interim rule issued in 1997. This rulemaking makes several minor editorial and clarification changes throughout title 46 parts 10, 11, 12, and 15. This project supports the Coast Guard's strategic goal of maritime safety. It also supports the goals of the Coast Guard of reducing deaths and injuries of crew members on domestic merchant vessels and eliminating substandard vessels from the navigable waters of the United States. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 46 CFR 10    46 CFR 12    46 CFR 15   
Legal Authority: 46 USC 2103    46 USC chapters 71 and 73    DHS Delegation No. 0170.1   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice of Meeting  08/02/1995  60 FR 39306   
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End  09/29/1995    
Notice of Inquiry  11/13/1995  60 FR 56970   
Comment Period End  01/12/1996    
NPRM  03/26/1996  61 FR 13284   
Notice of Public Meetings  04/08/1996  61 FR 15438   
NPRM Comment Period End  07/24/1996    
Notice of Intent  02/04/1997  62 FR 5197   
Interim Final Rule  06/26/1997  62 FR 34505   
Interim Final Rule Effective  07/28/1997    
Supplemental NPRM  09/00/2009    
Additional Information: Old Docket Number CGD 95-062.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Mark Gould
Project Manager, CG-OES-1
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., STOP 7509,
Washington, DC 20593-7509
Phone:202 372-1409
Email: mark.c.gould@uscg.mil