Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments

<RULE> DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY <SUBAGY>Coast Guard</SUBAGY> <CFR>33 CFR Parts 1, 26, 62, 66, 67, 95, 97, 100, 107, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 133, 151, 155, 159, 164, 165, and 174</CFR> <CFR>46 CFR Parts 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 15, 24, 26, 58, 62, 68, 90, 108, 110, 118, 125, 126, 131, 132, 133, 147, 169, 177, 181, 182, and 188</CFR> <DEPDOC>[Docket No. USCG-2024-1103]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Coast Guard, DHS. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Final rule. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> This final rule makes non-substantive, technical, organizational, and conforming amendments to existing Coast Guard regulations. This represents a continuation of our practice of periodically issuing rules to keep our regulations up-to-date and accurate. This final rule is deregulatory in nature due to the discontinuation of the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1625-0068. In all other respects, this final rule will have no substantive impact on the regulated public. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> This final rule is effective November 24, 2025. </EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> To view documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, go to <E T="03">www.regulations.gov,</E> type USCG-2024-1103 in the search box and click “Search.” Next, in the Document Type column, select “Supporting & Related Material.” <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> For information about this document, call or email Mr. Dale Murad, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 571-607-4608, email <E T="03">Dale.Murad@uscg.mil.</E> </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Table of Contents for Preamble</HD> <EXTRACT> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">I. Abbreviations</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">II. Regulatory History</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">III. Basis and Purpose</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">IV. Discussion of the Rule</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Authority Citation Updates</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. Formatting Amendments To Accompany Technical Amendments in This Document</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. Technical Amendments to Title 33 of the CFR</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. Technical Amendments to Title 46 of the CFR</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">V. Regulatory Analyses</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Regulatory Planning and Review</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. Small Entities</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. Assistance for Small Entities</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. Collection of Information</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">E. Federalism</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">F. Unfunded Mandates</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">G. Taking of Private Property</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">H. Civil Justice Reform</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">I. Protection of Children</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">J. Indian Tribal Governments</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">K. Energy Effects</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">L. Technical Standards and Incorporation by Reference</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">M. Environment</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">N. Congressional Review Act</FP> </EXTRACT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">I. Abbreviations</HD> <EXTRACT> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CFR Code of Federal Regulations</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">COTP Captain of the Port</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">DDH Document Drafting Handbook</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">DHS Department of Homeland Security</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">EPA Environmental Protection Agency</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">FR Federal Register</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">GPO Government Publishing Office</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">IBR Incorporation by Reference</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">ICR Information Collection Request</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">MHz megahertz</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NDAA 2023 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, Public Law 117-263</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">OMB Office of Management and Budget</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1"> § Section </FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">U.S.C. United States Code</FP> </EXTRACT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">II. Regulatory History</HD> We did not publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for this rule. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A), the Coast Guard finds that this final rule is exempt from notice and public comment rulemaking requirements because the changes made in this rulemaking involve rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice. In addition, the Coast Guard finds that notice and comment procedures are unnecessary under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), as this final rule consists of only technical and editorial corrections, and these changes will have no substantive effect on the public. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> Finally, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Guard finds, for the same reasons, that good cause also exists for making this final rule effective upon publication in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>  As explained below, notice and comment procedures are also unnecessary regarding the removal of 33 CFR part 133 because its removal flows directly from legislative changes made by the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, Public Law 117-263 (NDAA 2023), and leaves no room for the exercise of discretion by the Coast Guard. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">III. Basis and Purpose</HD> The purpose of this final rule, which becomes effective on November 24, 2025, is to make technical and editorial corrections throughout 33 CFR chapter I and 46 CFR chapter I. These changes are necessary to update authority citations, correct errors, update contact information, and make other non-substantive amendments that improve the clarity of the CFR. This rule does not create or change any substantive requirements. The legal basis for this final rule rests on the authorities of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 553; 14 U.S.C. 102 and 503; Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; and on authorities listed at the end of this rule for each CFR part this rule amends. <HD SOURCE="HD1">IV. Discussion of the Rule</HD> The Coast Guard periodically issues technical, organizational, and conforming amendments to existing regulations in titles 33 and 46 of the CFR. These technical amendments are intended to provide the public with more accurate and current regulatory information than exist in the rules they amend without changing the effect of any Coast Guard regulations on the public. <HD SOURCE="HD2">A. Authority Citation Updates</HD> This final rule implements updates to DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4 in 33 CFR parts 1, 26, 62, 66, 67, 95, 97, 107, 114, 115, 117, 118, 133, 151, 155, 159, 164, and 165, and 46 CFR parts 3, 4, 7, 11, 24, 26, 58, 62, 68, 90, 110, 125, 126, 131, 177, 182, and 188. <HD SOURCE="HD2">B. Formatting Amendments To Accompany Technical Amendments in This Document</HD> While making the technical amendments within this document, we identified cases where the text of the existing CFR does not meet current formatting standards and made stylistic changes to bring the affected portions of the CFR into compliance. Our formatting amendments reflect direction in three sources prescribing stylistic standards for Federal documents—the Document Drafting Handbook (DDH), <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> the Government Publishing Office (GPO) Style Manual, and Executive Order 12866, 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993), which directs Federal agencies to provide information to the public in plain, understandable language. The DDH provides guidance on how to follow the formatting and editorial requirements established in 44 U.S.C. chapter 15 (the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> Act) and 1 CFR chapter I. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> On page 2-55, the DDH refers readers to the GPO Style Manual as a guide for punctuation, capitalization, spelling, compounding, and other style matters not addressed in the DDH. <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>  The DDH is published by the Office of the Federal Register. We consulted the August 2018 edition (Revision 2.2, dated June 2025). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>  See the Introduction to the DDH, at <E T="03">www.archives.gov/files/federal-register/write/handbook/ddh.pdf.</E> </FTNT> Two stylistic changes occur repeatedly in this document. In cases where this final rule updates a mailing address that includes an abbreviation of a geographic quadrant, we have removed any periods from the abbreviation. This reflects Rule 9.17 in the GPO Style Manual, <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> which states “in addresses, no period is used with the abbreviations NW, SW, NE, SE (indicating sectional divisions of cities) following name or number.” This final rule further replaces all instances of “shall” in regulatory text otherwise amended by this rule with “must.” We do so to follow a recommendation in the Federal plain language guidelines, posted on <E T="03">plainlanguage.gov,</E> that the word “shall” should usually be replaced with the clearer and more commonly used “must.” <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>  The GPO Style Manual is available at <E T="03">www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016.pdf</E> (Last accessed 3-12-25). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD2">C. Technical Amendments to 33 CFR</HD> In § 1.07-100(a)(1), this final rule removes references to paragraph numbers in 46 U.S.C. 2101 because the paragraphs in that section of the U.S. Code have been renumbered, and the referenced paragraph numbers for the definitions of <E T="03">fishing vessel, fish processing vessel,</E> and <E T="03">fish tender vessel</E> are incorrect. We are not replacing the paragraph number references, as these definitions are listed in alphabetical order in the referenced statute, and cross-referencing to a paragraph number is unnecessary. In addition, Congress updates 46 U ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 109k characters. Full document text is stored and available for version comparison. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━