2012 Liquid Chemical Categorization Updates

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 46 CFR Parts 30, 150, and 153 [Docket No. USCG-2013-0423] RIN 1625-AB94 AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Interim rule. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is updating and revising regulatory tables that list liquid hazardous materials, liquefied gases, and compressed gases that have been approved for maritime transportation in bulk, and that indicate how each substance's pollution potential has been categorized. The interim rule provides new information about approved substances and their categorizations, but would not make any changes in which substances are approved or how each substance is categorized. Updated information is of value to shippers and to the owners and operators of U.S.-flag tank and bulk cargo vessels in any waters and most foreign-flag tank and oceangoing bulk cargo vessels in U.S. waters. This interim rule promotes the Coast Guard's maritime safety and stewardship missions. DATES: This interim rule is effective September 16, 2013. Comments and related material must either be submitted to our online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before November 14, 2013 or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-2013-0423 using any one of the following methods: (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal : http://www.regulations.gov . (2) Fax: 202-493-2251. (3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floo…