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        <PUBLICATION>
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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <CODE>1625</CODE>
            <NAME>U.S. Coast Guard</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>USCG</ACRONYM>
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            <CODE>1600</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Homeland Security</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DHS</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Amendments to the Marine Radar Observer Refresher Training Regulations</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This rule allows U.S. merchant mariners with sufficient and relevant, recent sea service to harmonize the expiration dates of both their Merchant Mariner Credential and its radar observer endorsement, as well as maintaining the validity of their Merchant Mariner Credential&rsquo;s radar observer endorsement without completing formal recertification training.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time 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>
        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Deregulatory</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>46 CFR 10</CFR>
            <CFR>46 CFR 11</CFR>
            <CFR>46 CFR 15</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 U.S.C. 7302</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 U.S.C. 7101</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Other</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>02/08/2017</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>CGAA 2015, sec. 304 requires that the process must be established within 1 year (8 Feb 2017) and completed within 6 years of CGAA 2015, being enacted (8 Feb 2016)                             </DLINE_DESC>
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        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>CGAA 2015, section 304 requires that the process must be established within 1 year (8 Feb 2017) and completed within 6 years of CGAA 2015, being enacted (8 Feb 2016)                             </LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/00/2018</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Megan</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Johns</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Project Manager</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1625</CODE>
                    <NAME>U.S. Coast Guard</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>USCG</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 372-1225</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>megan.c.johns@uscg.mil</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>CG-MMC-2, 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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