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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>1625-AB46</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201210</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and 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>Lifesaving Equipment, Production Testing, and Harmonization With International Standards</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Coast Guard amended its regulations for certain lifesaving equipment, including launching appliances (winches and davits), release mechanisms, survival craft (lifeboats, inflatable life rafts, and inflatable buoyant apparatuses), rescue boats, and automatic disengaging devices.  The currently effective rule harmonizes the Coast Guard's design, construction, and performance standards for this lifesaving equipment with international standards.  In addition, the rule provides for the use of qualified independent laboratories, instead of Coast Guard inspectors, during the approval process and for production inspections of certain types of lifesaving equipment.

The Coast Guard additionally updated the lifesaving equipment regulations for inflatable life rafts and inflatable buoyant apparatuses to harmonize Coast Guard regulations with recently adopted international standards affecting assumed occupant weight.  The Coast Guard proposes to further amend the lifesaving equipment regulations for release mechanisms to harmonize Coast Guard regulations with recently adopted international standards affecting construction materials.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>46 CFR 160</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 2103 and 2104</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 3301</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 3305 and 3306</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 3703</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 4102</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 4302</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 4502</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>DHS Delegation 0170.1, paragraph 92</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/31/2010</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>75 FR 53458</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/29/2010</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/11/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 62962</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>SNPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/11/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 62714</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/10/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 62962</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>SNPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/25/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 62714</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/21/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 9859</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/22/2012</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/26/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 70390</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/25/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>The docket number for this rulemaking is USCG-2010-0048 [Formerly USCG-2007-27669]. The docket can be found at www.regulations.gov.</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>http://www.regulations.gov</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>http://www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <RELATED_RIN_LIST>
            <RELATED_RIN>
                <RIN>1625-AB15</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Previously reported as</RIN_RELATION>
            </RELATED_RIN>
        </RELATED_RIN_LIST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>George</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Grills</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Project Manager </TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1625</CODE>
                    <NAME>U.S. Coast Guard</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>USCG</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 372-1385</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>george.g.grills@uscg.mil</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Commandant (CG-ENG-4), 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, 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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