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DHS/USCG RIN: 1625-AA91 Publication ID: Fall 2006 
Title: Navigation Equipment; SOLAS Chapter V Amendments and Electronic Chart System (USCG-2004-19588) 
Abstract: This rulemaking project would add new, and clarify existing navigation safety equipment regulations in 33 CFR part 164 including electronic chart system regulations. This project would also create a new 46 CFR part 165, and a new subpart: 46 CFR part 159, subpart 159.008. These new title 46 regulations would provide for specific type-approval procedures and quality assurance processes, respectively, to require uniform function and capability of equipment across a myriad of manufacturers. These changes would reconcile existing domestic safety navigation regulations with SOLAS Chapter V navigation safety regulations amended in 2000. By making these revisions to 33 CFR and 46 CFR, we would fulfill the United StatesÂ’ obligations as an International Maritime Organization Contracting Government to implement SOLAS Chapter V as amended for U.S. flag vessels and other vessels operating on navigable waters of the United States to which these SOLAS amendments apply. This project supports the Coast GuardÂ’s strategic goals of maritime safety and mobility. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 33 CFR 164    46 CFR 37    46 CFR 77    46 CFR 78    46 CFR 96    46 CFR 97    46 CFR 108    46 CFR 111    46 CFR 130    46 CFR 159    46 CFR 165    46 CFR 195   
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1223(a)(3)    46 USC 3306(a)(1)    46 USC 3703    PL 108-293, sec 410   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  Prescribe Electronic Charts Regulations before January 1, 2007  01/01/2007 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/00/2006    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State 
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
LCDR James Rocco
Project Manager, Office of Navigation Systems, Navigation Standards Division CG-3PWN-2
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 Second Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20593
Phone:202 372-1565

Ms. Dolores Mercier
Program Manager, Office of Design and Engineering Standards, Systems Engineering Division CG-5213
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 Second Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20593
Phone:202 372-1381