1625-AC00 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1625 U.S. Coast Guard USCG 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Locations

The Coast Guard proposes to amend the electrical engineering regulations in 46 CFR subchapter J. We anticipate that the proposed regulations will be applicable to foreign and U.S. mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), floating facilities, and vessels that engage in OCS activities for the first time after the effective date of the regulations. The proposed regulations would expand the list of acceptable national and international explosion protection standards. It would also add IECEx (the IEC System for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres) as an acceptable independent third-party certification system for testing and certifying electrical equipment. Finally, the proposed regulations would provide owners and operators of U.S. tank vessels the option of choosing between the compliance regime contained in existing 46 CFR subpart 111.105 or the one contained in proposed regulations. This proposal would support the U.S. Coast Guard's maritime safety mission.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 33 CFR 143 46 CFR 110 46 CFR 111 43 USC 1333 43 USC 1348 43 USC 1356 33 USC 1509 46 USC 3306 46 USC 3307 46 USC 3703 No NPRM 06/24/2013 78 FR 37760 NPRM Comment Period End 09/23/2013 NPRM Comment Period Extended 09/25/2013 78 FR 58989 Second NPRM Comment Period End 11/30/2013 Final Rule 12/00/2014 No None No No No No Raymond Martin Electrical Engineer 1625 U.S. Coast Guard USCG 202 372-1384 raymond.w.martin@uscg.mil Office of Design and Engineering Standards (CG-ENG-3), 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, STOP 7509, Washington DC 20593-7509