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RIN: 1625-AB68

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: Ballast Water Management Reporting and Recordkeeping
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the ballast water management reporting and recordkeeping requirement in 33 CFR part 151, subparts C and D. Obtaining a more complete understanding of vessels' ballasting operations supports the Coast Guard's broad roles and responsibilities of maritime safety and environmental stewardship. This rule would allow most vessels to submit ballast water reports after arrival to the port or place of destination, providing them more flexibility in fulfilling the reporting requirements. The Coast Guard would also require vessels with ballast tanks operating solely on voyages between ports or places within a single Captain of the Port Zone to submit annual reports of their ballast water management practices.
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: 33 CFR 151
Legal Authority: 16 USC 4711 DHS Delegation No. 0170.1

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	06/05/2013	78 FR 33774
NPRM Comment Period End	08/05/2013
Final Rule	07/00/2014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	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: No
Agency Contact: LCDR Rodney Wert Project Manager (CG-OES-3) Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE., STOP 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 Phone:202 372-1434 Email: rodney.wert@uscg.mil