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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>U.S. Coast Guard</NAME>
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            <CODE>1600</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Homeland Security</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Validation of Merchant Mariners&apos; Vital Information and Issuance of Coast Guard Merchant Mariner&apos;s Licenses and Certificates of Registry (USCG-2004-17455)
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        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[This rule imposes certain security-related requirements on merchant mariners in order to obtain a license or certificate of registry (COR). Applicants would be required to appear in person at least once during the application process, to provide two acceptable forms of identification, and be fingerprinted by Coast Guard personnel.  This appearance requirement is intended to be an interim measure until the appearance requirement in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential rulemaking is fully implemented.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Long-Term Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>46 CFR 10</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 2103</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>DHS Delegation No. 0170.1, para (92)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/13/2006</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>71 FR 2154</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/13/2006</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/13/2006</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>To Be Determined</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</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>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <RIN_RELATION>Related to</RIN_RELATION>
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            <RELATED_RIN>
                <RIN>1625-AB02</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Related to</RIN_RELATION>
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        <RELATED_AGENCY_LIST>
            <RELATED_AGENCY>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1652</CODE>
                    <NAME>Transportation Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>TSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <AGENCY_RELATION>Common</AGENCY_RELATION>
            </RELATED_AGENCY>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Gerald</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Miante</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>P.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Program Manager, CG-5221</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1625</CODE>
                    <NAME>U.S. Coast Guard</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>USCG</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 372-1407</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>gerald.p.miante@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>
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