
[Federal Register: March 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 59)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-26416]

 
Voyage Data Recorder Study; Report to Congress

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of a report to 
Congress on the use of voyage data recorders on ferries. This report 
details the findings of the Coast Guard's study on the costs and 
benefits of requiring voyage data recorders on ferries of over 100 
gross regulatory tons and carrying more than 399 passengers between two 
points not more than 300 miles apart.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the 
technical aspects of the report, contact Ms. Dolores Pyne-Mercier, 
Office of Design and Engineering Standards, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 
202-382-1381 or e-mail Dolores.J.Pyne-Mercier@uscg.mil. If you have 
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact Ms. 
Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-493-
0402.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In section 420 of the Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-241), the Secretary of 
the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating is directed to 
study the use of voyage data recorders (VDR) on ferries over 100 gross 
regulatory tons and carrying more than 399 passengers between two 
points not more than 300 miles apart. The Act specified that the report 
would include an appraisal of the standards for VDRs, the methods of 
approving VDRs, and the procedures for annual VDR performance testing. 
The Act also specified that the study would include consultation with 
VDR manufacturers and ferry operators. The Coast Guard conducted the 
study between December 2006 and March 2007 and delivered a report to 
Congress on October 17, 2007. A copy of the report has been added into 
the docket. You may access the public docket electronically by 
performing a search for docket number ``USCG-2006-26416'' at http://
www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: March 4, 2008.
J.G. Lantz,
U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. E8-6142 Filed 3-25-08; 8:45 am]

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