Deepwater Ports

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard 33 CFR Parts 148, 149, and 150 [USCG 1998-3884] 1625-AA20 (Formerly RIN 2115-AF63) AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule supersedes the temporary interim rule that was published on January 6, 2004. The temporary interim rule revised 1975 regulations that implemented the Deepwater Port Act of 1974. It updated and streamlined those regulations in accordance with the 1996 Deepwater Port Modernization Act, and extended them to include the natural gas deepwater ports authorized by Congress in the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. This final rule revises and finalizes the regulations issued in the temporary interim rule. DATES: This rule is effective September 29, 2006. ADDRESSES: Comments and material received from the public, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, are part of docket USCG-1998-3884 and are available for inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, call Kevin Tone, Deepwater Port Standards Division (G-PSO-5), U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-1441. If you have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Man…