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        <RIN>2115-AD35</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>199710</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2115</CODE>
            <NAME>U.S. Coast Guard</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>USCG</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2100</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Transportation</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOT</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Vessel Identification System (CGD 89-050)</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[46 USC 12501 requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Vessel Identification System (VIS). This rulemaking prescribes the manner and form for participating States to make information available for VIS; to establish guidelines for State vessel titling systems; and to establish procedures for certifying compliance with those guidelines.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>33 CFR 187</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 2103</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>46 USC 12501</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/15/1989</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>54 FR 38358</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/14/1989</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/05/1993</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>58 FR 51920</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Correction</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/15/1993</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>58 FR 53624</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/03/1994</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period Reopened to 03/28/94</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/24/1994</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>59 FR 8881</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/25/1995</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>60 FR 20310</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/24/1995</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Comment Period Reopened to 12/31/95</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/17/1995</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>60 FR 53727</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule: Change in Effective Date</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/23/1996</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>61 FR 6943</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/1998</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>The effective date of April 24, 1996 applies to all provisions in this interim final rule other than 33 CFR part 187, subpart D, which is suspended through April 23, 1998. The change in effective date of the interim final rule was published 2/23/96, 61 FR 6943. ^PANALYSIS:  Regulatory Evaluation, 10/05/93, 58 FR 51920</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>James</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Whitehead</LAST_NAME>
                <PREFIX>LT</PREFIX>
                <TITLE>Project Manager, G-MRI-3</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2115</CODE>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 267-0385</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>2100 Second Street SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20593-0001</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>No</REINVENT_GOVT>
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