The Coast Guard is revising its original proposal, published as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register (54 FR 4412) of January 30, 1989, to amend the regulations governing small passenger vessels. This Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) contains a complete revision of the proposed regulations affecting small passenger vessels based on the numerous comments received to the NPRM. In this SNPRM, the Coast Guard is proposing significant changes including: The creation of separate regulations for small passenger vessels carrying more than 150 passengers or with overnight accommodations for more than 49 passengers; alternative requirements to certain lifesaving equipment; greater allowance of non- Coast Guard approved noncombustible materials; and the establishment of new upper limit breakpoints above which a vessel would have to comply with the construction and outfitting requirements applicable to a passenger vessel of more than 100 gross tons. These proposed revisions are expected to minimize the complexity of the original proposed regulation.
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