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RIN: 1625-AB12

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Tank Level or Pressure Monitoring Devices: Removal of Regulations
Abstract: This rulemaking removed the requirements found in title 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 155 and 156 for tank level or pressure monitoring (TLPM) devices as published in the Federal Register of September 17, 2002, (67 FR 58515). Authority to remove these regulations comes from section 702 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Authorization Act of 2004 wherein Congress amended OPA 90 to give us discretion to publish regulations for TLPM devices. The Coast Guard completed a congressionally mandated study of these devices in March 2006. This study found that no such devices currently exist and that none were likely to be developed. A final rule suspending the regulations requiring a TLPM device on tank vessels until 2008 was published in 2005. Another final rule suspending the regulations for three years was published in 2008 extending the suspension to 2011 at which time all double hull tank vessels and barges should be phased out. A notice of proposed rulemaking was published for this action on June 30, 2008.
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 155 and 156
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1231, 1321(j) 46 USC 3703a, 3715 3 CFR 1971 to 1975 Comp p 793 46 USC 3703 note

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Final Rule; Suspension	05/05/2008	73 FR 24497
NPRM	06/30/2008	73 FR 36825
NPRM Comment Period End	08/29/2008
Final Rule	12/29/2008	73 FR 79314

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: Dolores Pyne-Mercier Program Manager, Office of Design and Engineering Standards, Systems Engineering Division CG-5213 Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593 Phone:202 372-1375 Email: dolores j. pyne-mercier@uscg.mil