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DHS/USCG RIN: 1625-AA18 Publication ID: Spring 2013 
Title: Outer Continental Shelf Activities  
Abstract: The Coast Guard is the lead Federal agency for workplace safety and health on facilities and vessels engaged in the exploration for, or development, or production of, minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), other than for matters generally related to drilling and production that are regulated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE). This project would revise the regulations on OCS activities by: 1) Adding new requirements, for OCS units for lifesaving, fire protection, training, hazardous materials used as stores, and accommodation spaces; 2) adding standards for electrical and machinery installations in hazardous locations; 3) providing regulations for dynamic positioning systems; 4) providing for USCG acceptance and approval of specified classification society plan reviews, inspections, audits, and surveys; and 5) requiring foreign vessels engaged in OCS activities to comply with rules similar to those imposed on U.S. vessels similarly engaged. This project would affect the owners and operators of facilities and vessels engaged in offshore activities. 
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: 33 CFR 140 to 147   
Legal Authority: 43 USC 1333(d)(1)    43 USC 1348(c)    43 USC 1356    DHS Delegation No 0170.1   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Request for Comments  06/27/1995  60 FR 33185   
Comment Period End  09/25/1995    
NPRM  12/07/1999  64 FR 68416   
NPRM Correction  02/22/2000  65 FR 8671   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  03/16/2000  65 FR 14226   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  06/30/2000  65 FR 40559   
NPRM Comment Period End  11/30/2000    
Supplemental NPRM  12/00/2013 
Additional Information: Docket Numbers: The notice of request for comments published June 27, 1995, was assigned Coast Guard docket number 95-016. Following the request for comments, that docket was terminated. This project continues under Docket No. USCG-1998-3868 and RIN 1625-AA18. This docket may be viewed online by going to www.regulations.gov.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  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: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Dan Lawrence
Project Manager
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
Commandant (CG-OES-2), 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., STOP 7509,
Washington, DC 20593-7509
Phone:202 372-1382
Email: james.d.lawrence@uscg.mil