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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>1625-AA16</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201304</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Update to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1625</CODE>
            <NAME>U.S. Coast Guard</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>USCG</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1600</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Homeland Security</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DHS</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Implementation of the 1995 Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) for Seafarers, 1978</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The International Maritime Organization (IMO) comprehensively amended the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) for Seafarers, 1978, in 1995 and 2010. The 1995 amendments came into force on February 1, 1997. This project implements those amendments by revising current rules to ensure that the United States complies with their requirements on: The training of merchant mariners, the documenting of their qualifications, and watch-standing and other arrangements aboard seagoing merchant ships of the United States. In addition, the Coast Guard has identified the need for additional changes to the interim rule issued in 1997.  This project supports the Coast Guard's broad role and responsibility of maritime safety. It also supports the roles and responsibilities of the Coast Guard of reducing deaths and injuries of crew members on domestic merchant vessels and eliminating substandard vessels from the navigable waters of the United States.

The Coast Guard published an NPRM on November 17, 2009, and  Supplemental NPRM (SNPRM) on March 23, 2010.

At a June 2010 diplomatic conference, the IMO adopted additional amendments to the STCW convention which change the minimum training requirements for seafarers.  In response to feedback and to the adoption of those amendments, the Coast Guard developed a second Supplemental NPRM to incorporate the 2010 Amendments into the 1990 interim rule.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>46 CFR 10</CFR>
            <CFR>46 CFR 11</CFR>
            <CFR>46 CFR 12</CFR>
            <CFR>46 CFR 15</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 2103</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 71</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 73</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>DHS Delegation No. 0170.1</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Meeting</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/02/1995</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>60 FR 39306</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/29/1995</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Inquiry</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/13/1995</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>60 FR 56970</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/12/1996</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/26/1996</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>61 FR 13284</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Public Meetings</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/08/1996</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>61 FR 15438</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/24/1996</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Intent</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/04/1997</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>62 FR 5197</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/26/1997</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>62 FR 34505</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/28/1997</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/17/2009</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>74 FR 59353</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/16/2010</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Supplemental NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/23/2010</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>75 FR 13715</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Supplemental NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/01/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 45908</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Public Meeting Notice</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/02/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 46217</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/30/2011</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/00/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>The docket number for this rulemaking is USCG-2004-17914. The docket is located at www.regulations.gov. The old docket number is CGD 95-062.

Includes Retrospective Review under E.O. 13563.</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>www.regulations.gov</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>Yes</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Yes</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Mark</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Gould</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Project Manager, CG-OES-1</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1625</CODE>
                    <NAME>U.S. Coast Guard</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>USCG</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 372-1409</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>mark.c.gould@uscg.mil</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., STOP 7509,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20593-7509</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
    </RIN_INFO>
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