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DOT/USCG RIN: 2115-AD35 Publication ID: Fall 1999 
Title: Vessel Identification System (CGD 89-050) 
Abstract: Shipping legislation 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. This rulemaking supports the Coast Guard's strategic goal of mobility of commercial and recreational vessels. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 33 CFR 187   
Legal Authority: 46 USC 2103    46 USC 12501   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  09/15/1989  54 FR 38358   
ANPRM Comment Period End  12/14/1989    
NPRM  10/05/1993  58 FR 51920   
Correction  10/15/1993  58 FR 53624   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/03/1994    
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  02/24/1994  59 FR 8881   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/28/1994    
Interim Rule  04/25/1995  60 FR 20310   
Comment Period End  07/24/1995    
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  10/17/1995  60 FR 53727   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/31/1995    
Change in Effective Date  02/23/1996  61 FR 6943   
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  10/20/1997  62 FR 54385   
Change in Effective Date  04/21/1998  63 FR 19657   
SNPRM  11/00/1999    
Additional Information: 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 24, 1999. The change in effective date of the interim final rule was published April 21, 1998, 63 FR 19657 ANALYSIS: Regulatory Evaluation, 10/05/93, 58 FR 51920
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
LCDR Nancy Goodridge
Project Manager, G-MRI
Department of Transportation
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 Second Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20593-0001
Phone:202 267-0254