
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15115-15116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06303]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0074]


Recreational Boating Safety--Strategic Plan of the National 
Recreational Boating Safety Program 2017-2021

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard requests public comments on its draft 
strategic plan of the National Recreational Boating Safety Program for 
2017-2021. This plan is under development to coordinate efforts of 
stakeholders to prevent future deaths and injuries of recreational 
boaters.

DATES: Comments must be submitted to the online docket via http://www.regulations.gov, or reach the Docket Management Facility, on or 
before April 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2016-0074 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further 
instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document, 
email StrategicPlan2017-2021@uscg.mil

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments and related data on this 
notice. Please include its docket number and explain each suggestion or 
recommendation you make. Although we do not plan to issue a new notice 
responding to the comments and data we receive, we may revise the draft 
plan based on that input.
    Please submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted 
using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the address in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate 
instructions.
    Both the draft plan and the final plan, along with any comments or 
data we receive from the public, will be available at http://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that Web site's 
instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online docket and sign up 
for email alerts, you will be notified

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when comments are posted or a final rule is published.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the 
docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal 
Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal 
Register (70 FR 15086).

Discussion

    Chapter 131 of Title 46, U.S. Code, requires the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to carry out a national recreational boating safety 
program and the Secretary has delegated that authority to the Coast 
Guard.\1\ Each year, approximately 650 citizens die and thousands are 
injured in reportable recreational boating safety accidents. To 
coordinate efforts to prevent future deaths and injuries of 
recreational boaters, the Coast Guard is working with stakeholders of 
the recreational boating community to develop a strategic plan. This 
plan contains specific initiatives to increase life jacket wear rates, 
decrease boating under the influence, and increase boating knowledge 
and skills and other prevention efforts. The Coast Guard seeks public 
comment on this draft plan, specifically for policy actions and 
supporting data that may help prevent future deaths and injuries.
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    \1\ DHS Delegation No. 0170.1(II)(92.i).
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    This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).

    Dated: March 8, 2016.
Verne B. Gifford,
Captain, Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-06303 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]
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