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DHS/USCG RIN: 1625-AB81 Publication ID: 2012 
Title: ●Vessel Traffic Service Updated, Including Establishment of Vessel Traffic Service in Port Arthur, Texas, and Expansion of a VTS Special Area in Puget Sound, Washington 
Abstract: The Coast Guard proposes to revise the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)-related regulations in 33 CFR part 161. The proposed revisions will establish a mandatory-participation VTS in Port Arthur, Texas; consolidate two existing VTS Special Areas in Puget Sound, Washington into one expanded VTS Special Area, and make two minor revisions to the VTS regulations. One revision will update the designated frequencies for the Maritime Mobile Service Identifiers for Louisville, KY and Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA; the other revision will amend an outdated reference to the term "Dangerous Cargo" to the updated term "Certain Dangerous Cargos." 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 33 CFR 161.12    33 CFR 161.19    33 CFR 161.55    33 CFR 161.70   
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1221   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  09/10/2012  77 FR 55439   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/10/2012 
Final Rule  To Be Determined 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
LCDR Patricia Springer
Project Manager
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
Room (CG-7413), 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., STOP 7331,
Washington, DC 20593-7331
Phone:202 372-2576
Email: patricia.j.springer@uscg.mil