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DOT/USCG RIN: 2115-AF59 Publication ID: Fall 1999 
Title: Rules of Practice, Procedure, and Evidence for Administrative Proceedings of the Coast Guard (USCG-1998-3472) 
Abstract: The Coast Guard maintains two separate sets of procedural rules for administrative adjudications against merchant mariners' license, certificates, and documents, and the adjudication of class II civil penalties. The rules for suspension and revocation, contained in part 5 of title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), date from 1948 and are based on criminal procedure. The rules for class II civil penalties, contained in part 20 of title 33 of the CFR, date from 1994 and are based on the Model Rules of Administrative Procedure and on other modern rules for civil procedure. Neither set implements the authority of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), which provides for the temporary suspension of a license, certificate, or document for up to 45 days without a hearing, in certain circumstances, and a hearing within 30 days of any such suspension. This rulemaking would consolidate all procedural rules for administrative adjudications for class II civil penalties, and allow the Coast Guard to implement the OPA 90 authority. This project supports two goals: the strategic goal of the Coast Guard to promote safety, and the goal of its program in Marine Safety and Environmental Protection to reduce injuries and deaths of crewmembers aboard commercial vessels of the United States. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 33 CFR 20    46 CFR 5    46 CFR 4   
Legal Authority: 46 USC 7701    46 USC 7702    33 USC 1321    42 USC 9609   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  04/06/1998  63 FR 16731   
NPRM Comment Period End  05/06/1998    
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  05/20/1998  63 FR 27700   
NPRM Comment Period End  06/19/1998    
Interim Final Rule  05/24/1999  64 FR 28054   
Interim Final Rule Effective  06/23/1999    
Interim Final Rule Correction  06/28/1999  64 FR 34540   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  07/23/1999    
Next Action Undetermined      
Additional Information: This rulemaking revises in part the previous docket of CGD 94-101 (RIN 2115-AD94), which was terminated on December 20, 1995.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Related RINs: Related to 2115-AD94 
Agency Contact:
George Jordan
Project Manager, CG-00J
2100 Second Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20593-0001
Phone:202 372-4442
Email: george.j.jordan@uscg.mil