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RIN: 1625-AB61

Publication ID: Spring 2013

Title: Waiver of Citizenship Requirements for Crewmembers on Commercial Fishing Vessels
Abstract: The Coast Guard is adding to its regulations a description of the procedures for requesting and processing waivers from the citizenship requirements on commercial fishing vessels. Title 46 U.S.C. 8103 provides for relief from the requirement that not more than 25 percent of the total number of unlicensed seamen on a U.S. documented vessel may be aliens lawfully admitted to the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952. We believe we can improve our efforts to inform the commercial fishing industry of this statutorily provided relief by incorporating our application procedure policy into our regulations.
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 46 CFR 28
Legal Authority: 46 USC 4502 46 USC 4505 and 4506 46 USC 8103

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	08/18/2011	76 FR 51317
NPRM Correction	09/20/2011	76 FR 58226
NPRM Comment Period End	11/16/2011
Final Rule	07/00/2013

Additional Information: The docket number for this rulemaking is USCG-USCG-2010-0625. The docket can be found at www.regulations.gov.
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: David Belliveau Project Manager Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard Fishing Vessel Division, CG-CVC-3, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE., STOP 7501, Washington, DC 20593-7501 Phone:202 372-1247 Email: david.j.belliveau@uscg.mil