applicants, applicant     section.
                                                                trainees, and            Increases clarity by
                                                                apprentices.              changing ``Applicant
                                                                                Pilots'' to
                                                                                ``Apprentice Pilots''
                                                                                to be consistent with
                                                                                proposed definition
                                                                                changes.
Sec.   401.210(a)(8)...............  Adds new paragraph        This would be an          Adds clarity by making
                                      requiring the             administrative change     citation more specific
                                      individual to meet the    that integrates           and eliminating the
                                      chemical testing          references to the         need to update text
                                      requirements in 46 CFR    existing source of        when parts of 46 CFR
                                      part 16 for Full          requirements rather       part 16 change.
                                      Registration.             than restating
                                                                requirements. This is
                                                                an existing requirement
                                                                for all mariners
                                                                holding a MMC, per 46
                                                                CFR 10.209(h) and 46
                                                                CFR Part 16.
Sec.   401.211.....................  Changes text from         This would be an          Adds clarity and
                                      ``Applicant Pilots'' to   administrative change     consistency for
                                      ``Apprentice Pilots''     necessary to make text    references to new
                                      to be consistent with     consistent with new       definitions.
                                      new terms.                definitions added in
                                                                other sections.
Sec.   401.211(b)..................  Creates new paragraph     This would be an          Adds clarity and better
                                      (b) containing current    administrative change     readability by making
                                      text.                     necessary to detail       requirement list stand
                                                                changes in the            out within the
                                                                organization of the       paragraph.
                                                                text.
Sec.   401.211(b)(3)...............  Adds citation to 46 CFR   Pilots must already hold  Adds clarity by making
                                      part 11.480 to clarify    a radar observer          citation more specific
                                      requirements to obtain    qualification.            and eliminating the
                                      radar observer                                      need to update text
                                      qualification, but does                             when parts of 46 CFR
                                      not change the existing                             part 11.480 change.
                                      requirement to hold a
                                      radar observer
                                      qualification.

Sec.   401.211(e)..................  Adds address for          This would be an          Adds email and mailing
                                      submission of Form CG-    administrative change.    address to make it
                                      4509.                                               easier for the
                                                                                regulated public to
                                                                                submit forms.
Sec.   401.211(e)..................  Adds text requiring two   This would be an          Clarifies the
                                      photographs be            administrative change     requirements for
                                      submitted with Form CG-   that does not alter the   submitting Form CG-
                                      4509 to provide clarity   existing requirements     4509 where methods of
                                      since Sec.   401.200      of Form CG-4509.          submission are
                                      would no longer require                             discussed.
                                      it.
Sec.   401.211(f)..................  Modifies text to clarify  This would be an          Improves clarity and
                                      who may be issued a       administrative change.    makes text consistent
                                      U.S. Coast Guard                                    with proposed
                                      Apprentice Pilot                                    definitions.
                                      Identification Card.
                                      Replaces the terms
                                      ``applicant'' and
                                      ``Applicant Pilot''
                                      with ``Apprentice
                                      Pilot''.
Sec.   401.211(f)(1)...............  Adds new paragraph        This would be an          Improves clarity.
                                      stating the Director      administrative change.
                                      may set an expiration
                                      date for the Apprentice
                                      Pilot Identification
                                      Card.
Sec.   401.211(g)(4)...............  Minor wording changes...  This would be an          Improves clarity by
                                                                administrative change.    specifying the
                                                                                identification card is
                                                                                withdrawn.
Sec.   401.211(j)..................  New paragraph requires    This change would update  Improves clarity of
                                      Apprentice Pilots to be   text as this is already   applicability to make
                                      enrolled in the           required as part of       all text consistent
                                      association's chemical    casualty reporting.       across new sections
                                      testing program.                                    that specify
                                                                                requirements for
                                                                                applicants, applicant
                                                                                trainees, and
                                                                                apprentices.
Sec.   401.211(k)..................  New paragraph outlines    This change would update  Creates clarity by
                                      requirements for Full     text to describe          detailing section
                                      Registration, including   current practice. The     title for Apprentice
                                      passing an exam, a        impact of the change      Pilot to be consistent
                                      positive endorsement      from prior text has       with new terms.
                                      from the association,     already been realized
                                      and the determination     in 401.220(b).
                                      by the Director of the
                                      need for an additional
                                      pilot.
Sec.   401.214.....................  Adds new section with     This would be an          Creates clarity by
                                      requirements for          administrative change     codifying requirements
                                      Applicant Trainees.       to separate               for Applicant Trainees
                                                                requirements to           in a separate new
                                                                Applicant Trainees and    section distinct from
                                                                Apprentice Pilots in      apprentices so that
                                                                accordance with           requirements are in
                                                                proposed definitions.     clearly distinct
                                                                                sections and
                                                                                consistent with new
                                                                                terms. The
                                                                                requirements
                                                                                themselves are not
                                                                                new, as they were in
                                                                                place when all stages
                                                                                of training were
                                                                                referred to
                                                                                indistinguishably as
                                                                                applicants.
Sec.   401.214(b)..................  New paragraph adding      This would be an          Creates clarity by
                                      qualifications to be      administrative change     listing requirements
                                      considered an Applicant   necessary to              in clearly distinct
                                      Trainee.                  distinguish Applicants    sections and
                                                                from Applicant            consistent with new
                                                                Trainees. Use of this     terms. The
                                                                term is already common    requirements
                                                                practice.                 themselves are not
                                                                                new, as they were in
                                                                                place when all stages
                                                                                of training were
                                                                                referred to
                                                                                indistinguishably as
                                                                                applicants.
Sec.   401.214(e)..................  New paragraph clarifies   Applicant Trainees have   Improves clarity by
                                      that Applicant Trainees   already been submitting   codifying the
                                      must submit an            these forms, but the      requirement that
                                      application on Form CG-   regulatory text did not   Applicant Trainees
                                      4509.                     reference Applicant       must submit an
                                                                Trainees specifically.    application. The
                                                                This practice pre-dates   requirement itself is
                                                                any guidance issued in    not new and is a long-
                                                                2018 and is not a         standing practice.
                                                                result of this proposed
                                                                rulemaking. This new
                                                                clarifying paragraph
                                                                would codify a
                                                                longstanding practice.
                                                                Therefore, this would
                                                                be a no-cost change in
                                                                both our Pre-Guidance
                                                                baseline (2018-2032)
                                                                and our No Action
                                                                baseline (2023-2032).
Sec.   401.220(b)..................  Changes the term          This would be an          Creates clarity by
                                      ``Applicant Pilot'' to    administrative change     listing requirements
                                      ``Apprentice Pilot''.     necessary to make text    in clearly distinct
                                                                consistent with new       sections and
                                                                definitions added in      consistent with new
                                                                other sections.           terms. The
                                                                                requirements
                                                                                themselves are not
                                                                                new, as they were in
                                                                                place when all stages
                                                                                of training were
                                                                                referred to
                                                                                indistinguishably as
                                                                                applicants.
Sec.   401.220(b)(2)...............  Clarifies that            This would be an          Increased clarity of
                                      Apprentice Pilots, not    administrative change     the CFR to specify
                                      Applicant Pilots, must    necessary to make text    where ``Apprentice
                                      complete the approved     consistent with new       Pilot'' would replace
                                      course of instruction     definitions for           the previous term
                                      prescribed by the         applicant, applicant      ``Applicant Pilot.''
                                      association authorized    trainee, and apprentice.
                                      to establish the
                                      pilotage pool.
Sec.   401.220(b)(3)...............  Minor wording changes to  This would be an          Removes outdated and
                                      improve clarity and       administrative change     gendered references
                                      readability.              necessary to make text    consistent with
                                                                consistent with new       changes in other
                                                                definitions added in      sections.
                                                                other sections.
Sec.   401.220(c)..................  Changes wording to be     This would be an          Increased clarity of
                                      consistent with new       administrative change     the CFR to specify
                                      definitions of            necessary to make text    where ``Apprentice
                                      Apprentice Pilot and      consistent with new       Pilot'' would replace
                                      Applicant.                definitions added in      the previous term
                                                                other sections.           ``Applicant Pilot.''
Sec.   401.220(d)..................  Changes wording to be     This would be an          Increased clarity of
                                      consistent with new       administrative change     the CFR to specify
                                      definitions.              necessary to make text    where ``Apprentice
                                                                consistent with new       Pilot'' would replace
                                                                definitions added in      the old language and
                                                                other sections.           remove gendered
                                                                                references.
Sec.   401.220(e)..................  Deletes paragraph.......  This would be an          Increased clarity of
                                                                administrative change.    the CFR necessary to
                                                                                be consistent with new
                                                                                sections.

Sec.   401.222.....................  Moves Temporary           This would be an          Creates clarity by
                                      Registration              administrative that       making requirements
                                      requirements to their     changes organization of   clear and consistent
                                      own section for clarity.  the part.                 with a section for
                                                                                each category of
                                                                                applicant, applicant
                                                                                trainee, apprentice,
                                                                                pilot, and temporary
                                                                                pilot.
Sec.   401.222(a)..................  New paragraph that        This would be an          Creates clarity by
                                      clarifies who may hold    administrative            making requirements
                                      a Temporary               alteration that changes   clear and consistent a
                                      Registration.             organization of the       section for each
                                                                text but does not         category of applicant,
                                                                change the requirements.  applicant trainee,
                                                                                apprentice, pilot, and
                                                                                temporary pilot.
Sec.   401.230(a)..................  Minor wording change,     This would be an          Updates text to
                                      updates statutory         administrative change     reference U.S. Code to
                                      reference.                necessary to make text    improve clarity.
                                                                consistent with new
                                                                definitions added in
                                                                other sections.
Sec.   401.230(c)..................  Modifies to include more  This would be an          Increased clarity as
                                      up-to-date terms and      administrative change     ``Photostat'' is not a
                                      methods of copying        necessary to make text    common term.
                                      documents.                consistent with new
                                                                definitions added in
                                                                other sections.
Sec.   401.240(d)..................  Minor wording changes,    This would be an          Improves clarity by
                                      replaces the word         administrative change.    better matching the
                                      ``Commandant'' with                                 language used by
                                      ``Director''.                                       industry.
Sec.   401.250(d)..................  Removes the word          This would be an          Improves clarity and
                                      ``license''.              administrative change     eliminates confusion
                                                                that does not change      as to what ``license''
                                                                the requirement to have   refers.
                                                                an MMC.
Sec.   401.260(a)..................  Clarifies reporting       This would be an          Creates clarity by
                                      requirements also apply   administrative change     making requirements
                                      to pilots on a Limited    necessary to make text    clear and consistent
                                      or Temporary              consistent with new       with new terms.
                                      Registration and other    definitions added in
                                      minor wording changes.    other sections.
Sec.   401.260(a)..................  Reformats report          This would be an          Improves clarity by
                                      contents from a           administrative change     making the list of
                                      paragraph to a numbered   reflecting organization   requirements more
                                      list.                     of text.                  legible.
Sec.   401.260(a)..................  Modifies 401.260(a) to    This practice predates    Improves clarity on the
                                      add clarity regarding     any 2018 guidance. The    format of the
                                      the existing practice     Director's office         submission and when
                                      of receiving marine       already receives these    the marine accident
                                      accident reports. It      reports and does not      report is required.
                                      outlines that a written   expect the trend in
                                      report is required when   reports received to
                                      a marine incident         change as a byproduct
                                      occurs while an           of this rulemaking. The
                                      Apprentice Pilot,         submission requirement
                                      Apprentice Pilot with     for these reports is
                                      Limited Registration,     found in Sec.   401.260
                                      United States             and originated in 31 FR
                                      Registered Pilot, or      9065.\15\ Therefore, it
                                      Temporary Registered      is a no-cost change in
                                      Pilot is providing        both our Pre-Guidance
                                      pilotage services.        baseline (2018-2032)
                                                                and our No Action
                                                                baseline (2023-2032).
Sec.   401.260(a)(7)...............  Adds requirement for      This would not change     Improves clarity by
                                      pilot to share the        the requirement for       making requirements
                                      results of post-          testing governed by 46    easier to find in an
                                      casualty drug and         CFR Sec.   4.06-3.        explicit list.
                                      alcohol tests in the      Rather, Sec.
                                      notice to the Director.   401.260(a)(7) would
                                                                detail what information
                                                                must also be shared
                                                                with the Director in
                                                                the event that a
                                                                reportable casualty
                                                                affects pilotage.
Sec.   401.420(c)..................  Minor wording changes,    This would be an          Further clarifies who
                                      clarifies that a vessel   administrative change     determines whether an
                                      master and a pilot        since this is already     interruption is caused
                                      authorized to provide     industry practice.        by weather.
                                      pilotage service to the
                                      vessel determine
                                      weather delays jointly.
Sec.   401.425.....................  Removes provisions        This would be an          Adds additional
                                      governing Canadian        administrative change     clarity, as the
                                      approval of double        since the Director does   Director approves
                                      pilotage.                 not have to confer with   double pilotage for
                                                                the Canadians to          the U.S. pilots but
                                                                approve pilotage and      has no jurisdiction
                                                                has not had to. The       over Canadian pilots.
                                                                reference to Canada was   The Canadian pilots
                                                                erroneous.                base their decisions
                                                                                on different criteria,
                                                                                though both countries
                                                                                may notify each other
                                                                                of their decision to
                                                                                approve double
                                                                                pilotage to assist in
                                                                                pilotage assignments.
Sec.   401.425.....................  Removes the undesignated  This change would update  Improves clarity by
                                      waters of Lake Erie       text as the Director      removing outdated
                                      from the Southeast        can already require       language.
                                      Shoal to Colborne         double pilotage as the
                                      restrictions and states   situation dictates. The
                                      the director will         regulatory text was
                                      evaluate dual pilotage    outdated, and double
                                      on a case-by-case basis.  pilotage is allowed in
                                                                this area when needed.
Sec.   401.431(a)..................  Establishes 60-day        There has only been one   Improves clarity and
                                      billing dispute           instance of a dispute     reduces the likelihood
                                      deadline, minor word      longer than 60 days. We   of a dispute occurring
                                      changes.                  do not expect any         after the books have
                                                                further impacts.          been closed.
Sec.   401.431(d)..................  Minor wording changes to  This process predates     Improves clarity on who
                                      clarify that the pilot    the 2018 guidance. The    is considered the
                                      association is the        ability to appeal (Sec.   respondent and the
                                      respondent, and they        401.431(d)) was         exact timeline for any
                                      have 20 business days     initially added to the    pilot association
                                      to defend disputed        CFR via 29 FR 10467       wishing to defend
                                      charges starting from     (July 28, 1964).\16\ No   disputed charges.
                                      when they receive the     changes to this
                                      notice of appeal.         behavior occurred over
                                      Previous text listed 20   2018-2022. The Coast
                                      days without specifying   Guard does not expect
                                      business days or when     wording changes in the
                                      those days would begin    proposed rulemaking to
                                      counting.                 alter behavior from the
                                                                pilot association.
                                                                Therefore, it is a no-
                                                                cost change in both our
                                                                Pre-Guidance baseline
                                                                (2018-2032) and our No
                                                                Action baseline (2023-
                                                                2032).
                                     No previous dispute
                                      exceeded 20 days..
Sec.   401.431(e)..................  Minor wording changes to  No cost. This process     Improves clarity for
                                      clarify that the          predates 2018 guidance.   pilot associations
                                      Director would respond    Sec.   401.431(e) was     submitting charge
                                      with an advisory          initially added to the    disputes as to when an
                                      opinion within 30         CFR via 29 FR 10467       advisory opinion can
                                      working days..            (July 28, 1964).\17\ No   be expected from the
                                     Previous text did not      changes to this           Director.
                                      specify a specific        behavior occurred over
                                      number of days.           2018-2022. The Coast
                                                                Guard does not expect
                                                                wording changes in the
                                                                proposed rulemaking to
                                                                alter the Director's
                                                                behavior in responding
                                                                with advisory opinions.
                                                                The text simply
                                                                clarifies a long-
                                                                standing practice.

Sec.   401.431(h)..................  Creates new paragraph     This process predates     Improves clarity by
                                      (h) that codifies the     any 2018 guidance. This   codifying the existing
                                      existing practice of      proposed paragraph is     ability for pilotage
                                      pilotage associations     codifying this long-      associations to appeal
                                      appealing the advisory    standing practice         the advisory opinion
                                      opinion made by the       performed by the          made by the Director.
                                      Director. The proposed    pilotage associations.    The practice itself is
                                      reg text specifies that   Neither 2018 guidance     not new and is a long-
                                      the associations may do   nor the proposed          standing practice.
                                      so within 10 days of      rulemaking
                                      receiving the opinion.    substantively modifies
                                                                this pilot association
                                                                practice. Therefore, it
                                                                is a no-cost change in
                                                                both our Pre-Guidance
                                                                baseline (2018-2032)
                                                                and our No Action
                                                                baseline (2023-2032).
Sec.   401.450(b)..................  Removes the effective     This would be an          Improves clarity as the
                                      date for the              administrative change     text is outdated from
                                      establishment of the      since the date has        when change point was
                                      pilot change point at     passed.                   first introduced.
                                      Iroquois Lock.
Sec.   401.450(i)..................  Replaces Gros Cap with    This change would only    Makes text consistent
                                      Buoy 33, St. Mary's       move the change point     with change points
                                      River, Point Iroquois.    to a more convenient      currently used. This
                                                                location; it would not    change point is a new
                                                                change the number of      location in the river,
                                                                change points.            closer to the locks
                                                                                and a safer location
                                                                                to transfer pilots on
                                                                                and off the pilot
                                                                                boat. Gros Cap was too
                                                                                far out in the bay
                                                                                (about 2 nautical
                                                                                miles) and the
                                                                                transfers were
                                                                                affected by the
                                                                                weather and transit
                                                                                time.
Sec.   401.450(k)..................  Replaces Gros Cap with    See above...............  See above.
                                      Buoy 33.
Sec.   401.510(b)(3)-(7)...........  Deletes outdated text...  This would be an          Improves clarity of the
                                                                administrative change     CFR by removing
                                                                removing outdated         outdated text.
                                                                references that refer
                                                                to old systems of
                                                                communication in
                                                                paragraph (3) and
                                                                references to when the
                                                                Coast Guard was part of
                                                                the Department of the
                                                                Treasury in paragraphs
                                                                (4) through (7).
Sec.   401.710(b)..................  Updates Memorandum of     This would be an          Improves clarity of the
                                      Understanding reference   administrative change     CFR.
                                      and date.                 removing outdated
                                                                references.
Sec.   402.220(a)..................  Adds discretion for the   This would codify an      Improves clarity of the
                                      Director or association   existing practice that    CFR.
                                      to require additional     would not change the
                                      round trips in a          total number of trips
                                      particular area as part   to meet the minimum but
                                      of meeting the overall    may change where those
                                      minimum number of round   trips occur in order to
                                      trips requirement.        ensure that the
                                                                experience in training
                                                                is representative of
                                                                future operations.
Sec.   402.220(a)(5)...............  Removes section           This would be an          Improves clarity of the
                                      describing requirement    administrative change     CFR.
                                      for training in foreign   removing outdated
                                      languages.                references as these
                                                                courses are no longer
                                                                required under STCW.
Sec.   402.220(a)(7)...............  Updates Memorandum of     This would be an          Improves clarity of the
                                      Understanding reference.  administrative change     CFR.
                                                                removing outdated
                                                                references.
Sec.   402.220(a)(10)..............  Removes paragraph.......  This would be an          Improves clarity of the
                                                                administrative change     CFR.
                                                                removing outdated
                                                                references.
Sec.   402.230(a)..................  Updates statutory         This would be an          Improves clarity of the
                                      references and makes      administrative change     CFR.
                                      minor wording changes     removing outdated
                                      to improve clarity and    references.
                                      readability.
Sec.   402.320(a)..................  Removes reference to      This would be an          Improves clarity and
                                      each working rule         administrative change     electronic access of
                                      individually and          as the same information   information by the
                                      instead makes all rules   remains available and     public and eliminates
                                      available                 the Coast Guard has       the need to provide a
                                      electronically by email   never received a          technical amendment
                                      request.                  request for a paper       whenever the date of a
                                                                copy of a working rule.   working rule changes.
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    The information collections in this proposed rule are actions that
the affected population of pilots and pilot associations have already
complied with in prior years. Prior to this proposed rulemaking, the
Coast Guard had not codified the burden for these collections into the
information collection request for the Great Lakes Pilotage Rate
Methodology (OMB Control Number 1625-0086).\18\ We present details on
past reporting and estimated future regulatory costs to industry in
table 6, broken down by each of the two baselines. Table 6 also details
relevant regulatory costs that concurrently act as information
collection costs.
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    \15\ To access 31 FR 9065, please see https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1966/7/1/9063-9067.pdf.
Note that while the requirement is not new, a definition for
``marine accident'' is being proposed for Sec.  401.110 in this
NPRM.
    \16\ Sec.  401.431(d) was initially added to the CFR via 29 FR
10467 (July 28, 1964). To read the referenced final rule, see
https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1964/7/28/10461-10468.pdf#page=7. For more information on the history of how the
requirement was redesignated and amended through the years, see
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-III/part-401/subpart-D/section-401.431.
    \17\ Sec.  401.431(e) was initially added to the CFR via 29 FR
10467 (July 28, 1964). To read the referenced final rule, see
https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1964/7/28/10461-10468.pdf#page=7. For more information on the history of how the
requirement was redesignated and amended through the years, see
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-III/part-401/subpart-D/section-401.431.
    \18\ To access the Great Lakes pilotage Rate Methodology ICR,
please see www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201709-1625-004.

                                      Table 6--Summary of Costs by Baseline
                                        [2022 Dollars, discounted at 7%]
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                                                                 Pre-guidance baseline      No action baseline
             CFR section                Description of change         (2018-2032)              (2023-2032)
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Definitions: Sec.   401.110..........  Creates a definition     The Coast Guard began    No cost. No expected
                                        for ``individual         receiving                changes in cost from
                                        training plan.'' Prior   individualized           this rule when
                                        to 2018, associations    training plans in        compared with cost of
                                        used the same template   2018. Beginning in       informal guidance
                                        plan for the entire      2018, assume that        issued in 2018. Our No
                                        district, rather than    individualized           Action baseline
                                        individualizing plans.   training plans take 2    excludes any costs
                                                                 hours to prepare. This   directly attributed to
                                                                 hour burden per          the guidance.
                                                                 training plan is
                                                                 expected to remain
                                                                 consistent (2 hours)
                                                                 across 2018-2032.
                                                                Total Cost to Industry
                                                                 2018-2032: $10,015.59..
                                                                Annualized Cost:
                                                                 $784.04..
Sec.   401.211(g)....................  Adds new paragraph that  The Coast Guard began    No cost. No expected
                                        codifies existing        requiring The Director   changes in cost
                                        practice of requiring    approve these            stemming from this
                                        Apprentice Pilots to     individual training      rule when compared
                                        have The Director        plans in 2018 (same      with informal guidance
                                        approve their            year the agency began    issued in 2018. Our No
                                        individual training      receiving the            Action baseline
                                        plan.                    individualized           excludes any costs
                                                                 training plans).         directly attributed to
                                                                 Beginning in 2018,       the guidance.
                                                                 assume that it takes
                                                                 the Director 30
                                                                 minutes to review.
                                                                 This hour burden per
                                                                 training plan is
                                                                 expected to remain
                                                                 consistent (0.5 hours)
                                                                 across 2018-2032.
                                                                Total Cost to
                                                                 Government 2018-2032:
                                                                 $3,899.46..
                                                                Annualized Cost:
                                                                 $305.26..
Definitions: Sec.   401.110..........  Adds definition for      2018-2022: In the 2023   Any further impacts
                                        ``Temporary Registered   annual ratemaking, the   would be realized
                                        Pilot''.                 Coast Guard utilized     through a ratemaking.
                                                                 the definition of
                                                                 temporary pilot to
                                                                 reduce the number of
                                                                 temporary pilots
                                                                 projected.
                                                                2023-2032: Any further
                                                                 impacts would be
                                                                 realized through a
                                                                 ratemaking..
Sec.   401.211(h)....................  Adds new section that    This requirement began   No cost. No expected
                                        codifies existing        via informal guidance    changes in cost
                                        practice of requiring    in 2018. Average of 5    stemming from this
                                        Apprentice Pilots to     Apprentice Pilots        rule when compared
                                        have a Semi-annual       annually submitting 18   with informal guidance
                                        Performance Evaluation   reports on average.      issued in 2018. Our No
                                        Report.                  Submission requires 6    Action baseline
                                                                 hours per report.        excludes any costs
                                                                 Review of these          directly attributed to
                                                                 reports at the           the guidance.
                                                                 Director's office
                                                                 takes 20 minutes (0.33
                                                                 hours) per report.
                                                                 These hourly burdens
                                                                 remain unchanged
                                                                 across 2018-2032.
                                                                Total Cost to Industry
                                                                 2018-2032: $99,875.41..
                                                                Annualized Cost:
                                                                 $7,818.45..
                                                                Total Cost to
                                                                 Government 2018-2032:
                                                                 $8,641.19.
                                                                Annualized Cost:
                                                                 $1,053.61.
Sec.   401.230(d) and Sec.             Adds additional text to  2018-2022: Applicants    No additional cost
 401.240(a).                            clarify the nature of    have been asked to       stemming from
                                        photos submitted to      resubmit photos only a   rulemaking. Potential
                                        the Coast Guard.         handful of times since   for cost savings if
                                        Provides clarity by      2018.                    the number of photos
                                        using common language   2023-2032: No cost.       retaken is reduced.
                                        for ``passport style''   Potential for cost       This cost saving could
                                        photographs that would   savings if the number    not be quantified
                                        be more easily           of photos retaken is     given the limited
                                        understood. The Coast    reduced. This cost       number of times a cost
                                        Guard requires a         saving could not be      has been incurred to
                                        signed photo inserted    quantified given the     retake photos and that
                                        into Certificates of     limited number of        cost was never
                                        Registration as the      times a cost has been    quantified.
                                        photo with the           incurred to retake
                                        signature is used in     photos and that cost
                                        making certificates.     was never quantified..
                                        In some cases, the
                                        photo submitted is too
                                        far away from the face
                                        of the subject, and in
                                        order to capture the
                                        signature a portion of
                                        the person may be cut
                                        off. This change would
                                        help eliminate these
                                        issues and needing new
                                        photos to be submitted.

Sec.   401.260.......................  Removes paragraph (d)    2018-2022: No cost       Cost savings over 2023-
                                        which required           savings. This process    2032 are attributed
                                        submission of monthly    pre-dates 2018           only to this
                                        availability reports.    guidance and has not     rulemaking and are not
                                                                 changed in scope         a byproduct of any
                                                                 during 2018-2022 due     guidance over the 2018-
                                                                 to guidance. The         2022 timeframe.
                                                                 requirement to provide   Therefore, our cost
                                                                 these originates in 31   savings in the No
                                                                 FR 9065 (July 1,         Action baseline equate
                                                                 1966).\19\ From 2018-    to those in our Pre-
                                                                 2022, associations       Guidance baseline.
                                                                 kept record of          Removing the submission
                                                                 approximately 672        requirement results in
                                                                 monthly availability     cost savings over the
                                                                 reports each year        No Action Baseline
                                                                 during the 10 months     period of analysis
                                                                 of the shipping          (2023-2032).
                                                                 season, for each pilot  Total Cost Savings to
                                                                 and apprentice on        Industry (2023-2032):
                                                                 roster.                  $(835,065.99).
                                                                2023-2032: If Coast      Annualized Cost
                                                                 Guard continued to       Savings:
                                                                 require these reports,   $(118,894.61).
                                                                 we would expect to
                                                                 receive 650 annually.
                                                                 It estimated that each
                                                                 monthly report takes
                                                                 2.5 hours to submit.
                                                                 Removing this required
                                                                 submission results in
                                                                 cost savings over 2023-
                                                                 2032..
                                                                Total Cost Savings to
                                                                 Industry (2018-2032):
                                                                 $(835,065.99)..
                                                                Annualized Cost
                                                                 Savings: $(65,370.68)..
Sec.   401.431(b)....................  Changes ``in writing''   2018-2022: No cost. The
                                        to ``official            appeal process did not
                                        correspondence'' and     originate from 2018
                                        adds requirements for    guidance. The ability
                                        what information must    to appeal (Sec.
                                        be in the appeal,        401.431(b)) was
                                        rather than Coast        initially added to the
                                        Guard receiving          CFR via 29 FR 10467
                                        disputes in varying      (July 28, 1964).\20\
                                        formats.                 2018 guidance did not
                                                                 alter any aspect of
                                                                 this existing
                                                                 requirement.
                                                                2023-2032: With the
                                                                 proposed changes, the
                                                                 Coast Guard estimates
                                                                 that forthcoming
                                                                 submissions will take
                                                                 one hour each, an
                                                                 additional 30 minutes
                                                                 per report. To avoid
                                                                 double counting an
                                                                 existing regulatory
                                                                 cost associated with
                                                                 these reports, the Pre-
                                                                 Guidance baseline uses
                                                                 0.5 hours for the time
                                                                 burden. The Coast
                                                                 Guard estimates
                                                                 receiving one of these
                                                                 reports annually over
                                                                 2023-2032..
                                                                Total Cost to Industry
                                                                 2018-2032: $256.94.
                                                                Annualized Cost:         Costs over 2023-2032
                                                                 $20.11.                  are attributed only to
                                                                                this rulemaking and
                                                                                are not a byproduct of
                                                                                any guidance over the
                                                                                2018-2022 timeframe.
                                                                                Therefore, our cost
                                                                                savings in the No
                                                                                Action baseline equate
                                                                                to those in our Pre-
                                                                                Guidance baseline.
                                                                                The proposed changes
                                                                                result in costs over
                                                                                our No Action baseline
                                                                                period of analysis
                                                                                (2023-2032).
                                                                                Total Cost to Industry
                                                                                2023-2032: $256.94.
                                                                                Annualized Cost:
                                                                                $36.58.
Sec.   402.210(a)....................  Adds Apprentice Pilots   This requirement began   No cost. No expected
                                        and Temporary            via informal guidance    changes in cost
                                        Registered Pilots.       in 2018.                 stemming from this
                                        Adds citation to        This change impacts       rule when compared
                                        current CFR              mariners who submit      with informal guidance
                                        requirements for all     Apprentice Pilot         issued in 2018. Our No
                                        pilots to pass a         applications to the      Action baseline
                                        physical examination.    Director. From 2018-     excludes any costs
                                        Given this edition, it   2022, the Coast Guard    directly attributed to
                                        equates to more than     received an average of   the guidance.
                                        an editorial change.     15 such applications
                                                                 annually. Each medical
                                                                 certificate takes
                                                                 about 18 minutes (0.3
                                                                 hours) to draft and
                                                                 submit. The Coast
                                                                 Guard expects no
                                                                 change in behavior or
                                                                 burden over 2023-2032
                                                                 as a result of this
                                                                 rulemaking..
                                                                Total Cost to Industry
                                                                 2018-2032: $4,162.92.
                                                                Annualized Cost:
                                                                 $325.88.
Sec.   402.210(b)....................  Removes paragraph......  Cost included in change  No cost.
                                                                 to Sec.   402.210(a).
Sec.   402.210(c)....................  Removes paragraph......  Cost included in change  No cost.
                                                                 to Sec.   402.210(a).
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    \19\ To access 31 FR 9065, please see https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1966/7/1/9063-9067.pdf.
    \20\ Sec.  401.431(b) was initially added to the CFR via 29 FR
10467 (July 28, 1964). To read the referenced final rule, see
https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1964/7/28/10461-10468.pdf#page=7.
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    This section outlines regulatory costs in accordance with the Pre-
Guidance baseline. Therefore, costs from 2018-2022 stemming from the
2018 guidance are included, as applicable. The Coast Guard estimates
that the annual time burden over the 2018-2022 period is zero in cases
where the proposed rulemaking is (1) instituting a brand-new
requirement; (2) making a substantive change to an industry practice
that pre-dates 2018; or (3)

makes a substantive change to an existing regulatory requirement that
pre-dates 2018. This is to avoid including new costs in 2018-2022 that
are not attributable to guidance and therefore out of scope for this
portion of the Pre-Guidance baseline's timeframe. The Coast Guard
estimates costs specifically stemming from this proposed rulemaking in
the 2023-2032 portion of the Pre-Guidance period of analysis. The
overall period of analysis for the Pre-Guidance timeframe is 2018-2032.
Individual Training Plans for Apprentice Pilots
    One proposed addition to the Definitions portion of Sec.  401.110
is the creation of a definition for ``individual training plan.''
Moreover, the proposed creation of paragraph (g) in Sec.  401.211 would
codify the existing requirement for individual training plans to be
submitted to the Coast Guard for each Apprentice Pilot. The Coast Guard
has been receiving individualized plans since 2018 but did not
previously specify in the regulatory text that plans must be
individualized. Mentor pilots generate these plans and summarize the
training that Apprentice Pilots undergo to ensure that they are gaining
experience in all relevant transit areas. This is to ensure they are
qualified for Full Registration at the end of their training. From 2018
to 2022, the Coast Guard received an average of 5 individual training
plans annually, as shown in table 7. The Coast Guard estimates that it
took 2 hours to generate and submit these plans during 2018-2022. The
loaded wage of pilot submitters is $73.17 from a base wage of $50.09
and a load factor of 1.46.\21\
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    \21\ The base wage of captains, mates, and pilots of water
vessels is $50.09 as of May 2022, per https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes535021.htm. The load factor of 1.46 is obtained by dividing
total hourly compensation for Transportation and Material Moving
Occupations of $33.07 by hourly wages (CMU2010000520000D) and
salaries of $22.64 (CMU2020000520000D). Access these series by
searching the series number at https://beta.bls.gov/dataQuery/search. Last accessed August 2023.
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    Going forward, the Coast Guard expects to receive six plans
annually, one for each of the Apprentice Pilots authorized in the 2023
annual ratemaking (88 FR 12226, Feb. 27, 2023).\22\ Given the Coast
Guard is simply codifying this requirement, these individualized plans
will still each take 2 hours to generate and submit from 2023-2032.
With six submissions annually, the Coast Guard estimates the annual
cost of requiring individual training plans for apprentices over 2023-
2032 to be $877.99 (6 submissions x 2 hours x $73.17). For the Pre-
Guidance period of analysis (2018-2032), we estimate the grand total
cost to be $10,015.59 discounted to 7 percent and $784.04 annualized as
summarized in table 7.
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    \22\ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/27/2023-03212/great-lakes-pilotage-rates-2023-annual-ratemaking-and-review-of-methodology.

                                       Table 7--Cost of Submitting Individual Training Plans for Apprentice Pilots
                                                              [Pre-guidance; 2022 dollars]
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                                                                        Total pre-      Wage of       Pre-guidance
                           Year                              Plans    guidance hours   submitter     baseline cost        7-Percent         3-Percent
                                                                 [A]             [B]          [C]    [D = A * B * C]
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2018.....................................................          4               2       $73.17            $585.33           $767.24           $658.79
2019.....................................................          5               2        73.17             731.66            896.31            799.50
2020.....................................................          5               2        73.17             731.66            837.68            776.22
2021.....................................................          3               2        73.17             439.00            469.73            452.17
2022.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            877.99            877.99
2023.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            820.55            852.42
2024.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            766.87            827.59
2025.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            716.70            803.49
2026.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            669.82            780.08
2027.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            626.00            757.36
2028.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            585.04            735.30
2029.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            546.77            713.89
2030.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            511.00            693.09
2031.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            477.57            672.91
2032.....................................................          6               2        73.17             877.99            446.33            653.31
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total................................................  .........  ..............  ...........          12,145.54         10,015.59         11,054.11
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Annualized...........................................  .........  ..............  ...........  .................            784.04            798.75
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* Note: Components may not add to the totals due to rounding.

    The Coast Guard estimates that it takes 30 minutes (0.5 hours) for
the Director's office to review these plans. This estimate remains
consistent across 2018-2022 and 2023-2032. With 6 submissions annually,
using a loaded wage of $113.95 for a GS-14 in-government worker,\23\
the Coast Guard estimates the annual cost to government of reviewing
individual training plans for apprentices over 2023-2032 to be $341.84
(6 submissions x 0.5 hours x $113.95). For the Pre-Guidance period of
analysis (2018-2032), we estimate the grand total cost to be $3,899.46
discounted to 7 percent and $305.26 annualized as summarized in table
8.
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    \23\ The loaded wage of $113.95 (rounded) comes from the base
hourly wage of $68.55 for a GS-14 Step 5 from the DC region
multiplied by a load factor of 1.66, per https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2022/DCB_h.pdf. To calculate the load factor of 1.66, we divide total
hourly compensation for workers with master's degrees as shown in
table 4, $74.80, by the average hourly wage for workers with
master's degrees as shown in table 2, or $45.00. $74.80 / $45.00 =
1.6622. See ``Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private
Sector Employees, 2011-2015,'' https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/52637-federalprivatepay.pdf.

                                Table 8--Cost to Government of Reviewing Individual Training Plans for Apprentice Pilots
                                                              [Pre-guidance; 2022 dollars]
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                                                                        Total pre-      Wage of       Pre-guidance
                           Year                              Plans    guidance hours    reviewer     baseline cost        7-Percent         3-Percent
                                                                 [A]             [B]          [C]    [D = A * B * C]
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2018.....................................................          4             0.5      $113.95            $227.89           $298.72           $256.49
2019.....................................................          5             0.5       113.95             284.86            348.97            311.28
2020.....................................................          5             0.5       113.95             284.86            326.14            302.21
2021.....................................................          3             0.5       113.95             170.92            182.88            176.05
2022.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            341.84            341.84
2023.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            319.47            331.88
2024.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            298.57            322.21
2025.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            279.04            312.83
2026.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            260.79            303.72
2027.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            243.72            294.87
2028.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            227.78            286.28
2029.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            212.88            277.94
2030.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            198.95            269.85
2031.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            185.94            261.99
2032.....................................................          6             0.5       113.95             341.84            173.77            254.36
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total................................................  .........  ..............  ...........           4,728.73          3,899.46          4,303.79
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Annualized...........................................  .........  ..............  ...........  .................            305.26            407.61
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* Note: Components may not add to the totals due to rounding.

Semi-Annual Performance Evaluation Reports for Apprentice Pilots
    The proposed creation of paragraph (h) in Sec.  401.211 would
require associations to submit Semi-annual Performance Evaluation
Reports to the Director for Apprentice Pilots. The Coast Guard assumes
that mentor pilots generate these evaluation reports, which summarize
the Apprentice Pilot's training progress twice annually. These reports
allow the Director and the associations to make informed decisions on
Apprentice Pilot progress to better tailor what training is needed for
an Apprentice Pilot to successfully complete training to become a
United States Registered Pilot. Based on information from a United
States Coast Guard SME, this industry practice began in 2018. The Coast
Guard estimates that it takes 6 hours to generate and submit these
reports. The loaded wage of pilot submitters is $73.17 from a base wage
of $50.09 and a load factor of 1.46.\24\
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    \24\ The base wage of captains, mates, and pilots of water
vessels is $50.09 as of May 2022, per https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes535021.htm. The load factor of 1.46 is obtained by dividing
total hourly compensation for Transportation and Material Moving
Occupations of $33.07 by hourly wages (CMU2010000520000D) and
salaries of $22.64 (CMU2020000520000D). Access these series by
searching the series number at https://beta.bls.gov/dataQuery/search. Last accessed August 2023.
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    From 2018 to 2022 Coast Guard received an average of 18 reports
annually, which is greater than the 12 reports the Coast Guard would
expect for 6 Apprentice Pilots, assuming 2 reports submitted annually.
Where Coast Guard initially received more reports than the number of
active apprentices, some reports were backdated for mariners who had
already completed apprentice training and become pilots. To be
conservative, the Coast Guard uses the higher average of 18 to estimate
ongoing costs. The Coast Guard estimates the annual cost of requiring
individual training plans for apprentices over 2023-2032 to be
$7,901.92 (18 submissions x 6 hours x $73.17).\25\ For the Pre-Guidance
period of analysis (2018-2032), we estimate the grand total cost to be
$99,875.41 discounted to 7 percent and $7,818.45 annualized as
summarized in table 9.
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    \25\ The 6 hours to submit includes some time assumed for back-
and-forth review between the apprentice and their approving manager.

                                       Table 9--Cost of Submitting Semi-Annual Performance Reports for Apprentices
                                                              [Pre-guidance; 2022 dollars]
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                                                                        Total pre-      Wage of       Pre-guidance
                           Year                             Reports   guidance hours   submitter     baseline cost        7-Percent         3-Percent
                                                                 [A]             [B]          [C]    [D = A * B * C]
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2018.....................................................         20               6       $73.17          $8,779.91        $11,508.67         $9,881.87
2019.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          9,680.19          8,634.64
2020.....................................................         22               6        73.17           9,657.90         11,057.33         10,246.07
2021.....................................................          9               6        73.17           3,950.96          4,227.53          4,069.49
2022.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          7,901.92          7,901.92
2023.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          7,384.97          7,671.77
2024.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          6,901.84          7,448.32
2025.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          6,450.32          7,231.38
2026.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          6,028.34          7,020.75
2027.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          5,633.96          6,816.26

2028.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          5,265.38          6,617.73
2029.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          4,920.92          6,424.98
2030.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          4,598.99          6,237.85
2031.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          4,298.12          6,056.16
2032.....................................................         18               6        73.17           7,901.92          4,016.93          5,879.77
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total................................................  .........  ..............  ...........         117,211.79         99,875.41        108,138.95
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Annualized...........................................  .........  ..............  ...........  .................          7,818.45          7,813.88
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* Note: Components may not add to the totals due to rounding.

    The Coast Guard estimates that it takes 20 minutes (0.33 hours) for
the Director's office to review these reports, using a loaded wage of
113.95 for a GS-14 in-government worker.\26\ Using the same metric of
18 submissions annually, the Coast Guard estimates the annual cost to
Government of reviewing individual training plans for Apprentice Pilots
over 2023-2032 to be $683.67. For the Pre-Guidance period of analysis
(2018-2032), we estimate the grand total cost to be $8,641.19
discounted to 7 percent and $1,053.61 annualized as summarized in table
10.
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    \26\ The loaded wage of $113.95 (rounded) comes from the base
hourly wage of $68.55 for a GS-14 Step 5 from the DC region
multiplied by a load factor of 1.66, per https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2022/DCB_h.pdf. To calculate the load factor of 1.66, we divide total
hourly compensation for workers with master's degrees as shown in
table 4, $74.80, by the average hourly wage for workers with
master's degrees as shown in table 2, or $45.00. $74.80 / $45.00 =
1.6622. See ``Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private
Sector Employees, 2011-2015,'' https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/52637-federalprivatepay.pdf.

                                Table 10--Cost to Government of Reviewing Semi-Annual Performance Reports for Apprentices
                                                              [Pre-guidance; 2022 dollars]
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                                                                       Total pre-
                           Year                             Reports     guidance       Wage of        Pre-guidance        7-Percent         3-Percent
                                                                         hours        reviewer       baseline cost
                                                                 [A]          [B]             [C]    [D = A * B * C]
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2018.....................................................         20         0.33         $113.95            $759.64           $995.73           $854.98
2019.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            837.53            747.07
2020.....................................................         22         0.33          113.95             835.60            956.68            886.49
2021.....................................................          9         0.33          113.95             341.84            365.76            352.09
2022.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            683.67            683.67
2023.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            638.95            663.76
2024.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            597.15            644.43
2025.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            558.08            625.66
2026.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            521.57            607.43
2027.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            487.45            589.74
2028.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            455.56            572.56
2029.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            425.76            555.89
2030.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            397.90            539.70
2031.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            371.87            523.98
2032.....................................................         18         0.33          113.95             683.67            347.54            508.72
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    Total................................................  .........  ...........  ..............          10,141.13          8,641.19          9,356.15
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Annualized...........................................  .........  ...........  ..............  .................          1,053.61            676.06
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* Note: Components may not add to the totals due to rounding

Removing Monthly Availability Reports
    This proposed rule would remove the requirement in Sec.  401.260
that pilots and apprentices submit monthly availability reports. Often
these availability reports do not communicate meaningful information
because in practice pilots are listed as always available if they could
be called in. Therefore, the Coast Guard no longer sees a benefit in
requiring these reports. Based on information from a Coast Guard SME,
these monthly reports have been submitted by industry since the mid-
1960's.\27\ To capture the recent burden

these reports have had on industry, the Coast Guard has chosen to use
data from the last 5 years (2018-2022). From 2018 to 2022, the Coast
Guard received an average of 672 monthly availability reports. Each
report takes an estimated 2.5 hours to submit. Given this practice did
not begin in 2018 and is not a cost attributable to guidance, the Coast
Guard has zeroed out the hours from 2018 to 2022. If the Coast Guard
continued to require these reports, we could expect to receive 650
annually, one report for each of the 6 apprentice pilots, 56 pilots,
and 3 temporary pilots for the 10 months of the active shipping season
(650 reports = (6+56+3) x 10 months). The loaded wage of pilot
submitters is $73.17 from a base wage of $50.09 and a load factor of
1.46.\28\
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    \27\ Sec.  401.260(c) that deals with monthly availability
reports was initially added to the CFR via 31 FR 9065 (July 1,
1966). To read the referenced final rule, see https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1966/7/1/9063-9067.pdf#page=3. For more information on the history of how the
requirement was redesignated and amended through the years, see
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-III/part-401/subpart-B/section-401.260.
    \28\ The base wage of captains, mates, and pilots of water
vessels is $50.09 as of May 2022, per https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes535021.htm. The load factor of 1.46 is obtained by dividing
total hourly compensation for Transportation and Material Moving
Occupations of $33.07 by hourly wages (CMU2010000520000D) and
salaries of $22.64 (CMU2020000520000D). Access these series by
searching the series number at https://beta.bls.gov/dataQuery/search. Last accessed August 2023.
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    Continuing to require these reports would result in an hour burden
of 2.5 hours per submission. By entirely removing this regulatory
requirement, this acts as a marginal decrease in burden of 2.5 hours
per submission. Since this marginal change in hour burden is based in a
change to existing regulatory text rather than codifying or modifying
industry practice stemming from 2018 guidance, our annual Pre-Guidance
reduction in hourly burden in 2023-2032 is equal to that of our annual
No Baseline hourly burden (2.5 hours). For the Pre-Guidance period of
analysis (2018-2032), we estimate the total net cost savings to be
$(835,065.99) discounted to 7 percent and $(65,370.68) annualized as
summarized in table 11.

                                                Table 11--Cost of Submitting Monthly Availability Reports
                                                              [Pre-guidance; 2022 dollars]
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                                                                        Total pre-      Wage of       Pre-guidance
                           Year                             Reports   guidance hours   submitter     baseline cost        7-Percent         3-Percent
                                                                 [A]             [B]          [C]    [D = A x B x C]
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2018.....................................................        670             * 0       $73.17              $0.00             $0.00             $0.00
2019.....................................................        620             * 0        73.17               0.00              0.00              0.00
2020.....................................................        720             * 0        73.17               0.00              0.00              0.00
2021.....................................................        630             * 0        73.17               0.00              0.00              0.00
2022.....................................................        720             * 0        73.17               0.00              0.00              0.00
2023.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)      (111,116.46)      (115,431.66)
2024.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)      (103,847.16)      (112,069.57)
2025.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (97,053.42)      (108,805.41)
2026.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (90,704.13)      (105,636.32)
2027.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (84,770.21)      (102,559.54)
2028.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (79,224.50)       (99,572.36)
2029.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (74,041.59)       (96,672.20)
2030.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (69,197.75)       (93,856.50)
2031.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (64,670.79)       (91,122.82)
2032.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (60,439.99)       (88,468.76)
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    Total................................................  .........  ..............  ...........     (1,188,946.11)      (835,065.99)    (1,014,195.15)
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Annualized...........................................  .........  ..............  ...........  .................       (65,370.68)       (73,283.50)
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Note: Components may not add to the totals due to rounding. Cited hours with ``*'' indicate that this practice did not begin with the onset of guidance
  in 2018. To avoid inappropriately categorizing this as a new cost attributable to 2018 guidance, the Coast Guard has opted to zero out hours in
  applicable cases.

Disputes
    Under Sec.  401.431(b), the Coast Guard changes ``in writing'' to
``official correspondence'' and specifies that the letter expressing
the dispute must include the vessel name, date of service, and
reference number for the invoice/bill, the exact amount of dispute,
regulatory citation for dispute, and the requested resolution. Per a
Coast Guard SME, disputes have been submitted long since the mid-1960's
in accordance with Sec.  401.431.\29\ However, the Coast Guard
previously received these disputes in varying formats. From 2018 to
2022, the Coast Guard received 6 unique disputes (some including
multiple charges). Note that no unique disputes were submitted from
2019 to 2022. According to a Coast Guard SME, the agency expects one
trip charge dispute submission per year starting in 2023. The loaded
wage of pilot submitters is $73.17, from a base wage of $50.09 and a
load factor of 1.46.\30\
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    \29\ Sec.  401.431 was initially added to the CFR via 29 FR
10467 (July 28, 1964). To read the referenced final rule, see
https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1964/7/28/10461-10468.pdf#page=7. For more information on the history of how the
requirement was redesignated and amended through the years, see
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-III/part-401/subpart-D/section-401.431.
    \30\ The base wage of captains, mates, and pilots of water
vessels is 50.09 as of May 2022, per https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes535021.htm. The load factor of 1.46 is obtained by dividing
total hourly compensation for Transportation and Material Moving
Occupations of $33.07 by hourly wages (CMU2010000520000D) and
salaries of $22.64 (CMU2020000520000D). Access these series by
searching the series number at https://beta.bls.gov/dataQuery/search. Last accessed August 2023.
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    During 2018-2022, each dispute required 30 minutes to submit.
However, given this practice did not begin in 2018 and is, therefore,
not a cost attributable to guidance, the Coast Guard has zeroed out the
hours from 2018 to 2022. With the proposed changes, the Coast Guard
estimates that future submissions will take 1 hour each, an additional
30 minutes per report. Since this marginal change in hour burden is
based in a change to existing regulatory text rather than codifying or
modifying industry practice stemming from 2018 guidance, our annual
Pre-Guidance hourly burden in

2023-2032 is equal to that of our annual No Baseline hourly burden (0.5
hours). For the Pre-Guidance period of analysis (2018-2032), we
estimate the grand total cost to be $256.94 discounted to 7 percent and
$20.11 annualized as summarized in table 12.

                                                    Table 12--Cost of Submitting Trip Charge Disputes
                                                              [Pre-guidance; 2022 dollars]
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                                                                        Total pre-      Wage of       Pre-guidance
                        Year                            Submissions   guidance hours   submitter     baseline cost        7-percent         3-percent
                                                                 [A]             [B]          [C]    [D = A x B x C]
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2018................................................               6             * 0       $73.17              $0.00             $0.00             $0.00
2019................................................               0             * 0        73.17               0.00              0.00              0.00
2020................................................               0             * 0        73.17               0.00              0.00              0.00
2021................................................               0             * 0        73.17               0.00              0.00              0.00
2022................................................               0             * 0        73.17               0.00              0.00              0.00
2023................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             34.19             35.52
2024................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             31.95             34.48
2025................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             29.86             33.48
2026................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             27.91             32.50
2027................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             26.08             31.56
2028................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             24.38             30.64
2029................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             22.78             29.75
2030................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             21.29             28.88
2031................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             19.90             28.04
2032................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             18.60             27.22
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    Total...........................................  ..............  ..............  ...........             365.83            256.94            312.06
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    Annualized......................................  ..............  ..............  ...........  .................             20.11             22.55
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Note: Numbers may not sum due to rounding. Cited hours with ``*'' emphasize that this practice did not begin with the onset of guidance in 2018. To
  avoid inappropriately categorizing this as a new cost attributable to 2018 guidance, the Coast Guard has opted to zero out hours in applicable cases.

Submission of Medical Certificates
    Medical certificates are already required as part of an application
for an MMC under 46 CFR part 10, subpart C, which is an existing
requirement to apply to be an Apprentice Pilot as noted in Sec.
401.110 and Sec.  401.210. The proposed change in text would clarify
that the requirement applies to Apprentice Pilots, which was not
specified before. This change would directly impact mariners who submit
Apprentice Pilot applications to the Director. On average, the Coast
Guard receives 15 such applications annually. According to a Coast
Guard SME, this practice began in 2018 through informal program
guidance. This guidance was issued following a recommendation from the
Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee in 2018.
    The medical certificate part of the application takes approximately
18 minutes to draft and submit, as detailed in Information Collection
Request OMB Control Number 1625-0040, ``Applications for Merchant
Mariner Credentials and Medical Certificate.'' Given this information
collection both accounts for all medical certificates that have been
received and periodically updated, this uptick in medical certificates
is already accounted for in 1625-0040. Therefore, this is a regulatory
cost but not an information collection cost. The loaded wage of
submitters is $73.17, from a base wage of $50.09 and a load factor of
1.46.\31\ For the Pre-Guidance period of analysis (2018-2032), we
estimate the grand total cost to be $4,162.92 discounted to 7 percent
and $325.88 annualized as summarized in table 13.
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    \31\ The base wage of captains, mates, and pilots of water
vessels is 50.09 as of May 2022, per https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes535021.htm. The load factor of 1.46 is obtained by dividing
total hourly compensation for Transportation and Material Moving
Occupations of 33.07 by hourly wages (CMU2010000520000D) and
salaries of 22.64 (CMU2020000520000D). Access these series by
searching the series number at https://beta.bls.gov/dataQuery/search. Last accessed August 2023.

                                     Table 13--Total Cost of Medical Certificates for Apprentice Pilot Applications
                                                              [Pre-guidance; 2022 dollars]
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                                                                        Total pre-      Wage of       Pre-guidance
                        Year                            Submissions   guidance hours   submitter     baseline cost        7-percent         3-percent
                                                                 [A]             [B]          [C]    [D = A * B * C]
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2018................................................              17             0.3       $73.17            $373.15           $489.12           $419.98
2019................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            403.34            359.78
2020................................................              11             0.3        73.17             241.45            276.43            256.15
2021................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            352.29            339.12
2022................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            329.25            329.25
2023................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            307.71            319.66
2024................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            287.58            310.35

2025................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            268.76            301.31
2026................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            251.18            292.53
2027................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            234.75            284.01
2028................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            219.39            275.74
2029................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            205.04            267.71
2030................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            191.62            259.91
2031................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            179.09            252.34
2032................................................              15             0.3        73.17             329.25            167.37            244.99
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    Total...........................................  ..............  ..............  ...........           4,894.80          4,162.92          4,512.82
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    Annualized......................................  ..............  ..............  ...........  .................            325.88            326.09
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* Note: Components may not add to the totals due to rounding.

    Costs: No Action Baseline.
    This section outlines regulatory costs relative to the No Action
baseline scenario. The No Action analysis period is 2023-2032. Our No
Action baseline differs from the Pre-Guidance baseline in its exclusion
of any costs that are not directly stemming from the proposed
rulemaking. In other words, the No Action baseline represents the
current state of the world that exists solely under pre-existing
regulatory text and prior guidance. This results in many items having
non-zero costs in our Pre-Guidance baseline that are no-cost items in
the No Action baseline. For example, the Coast Guard began receiving
individualized training plans as a byproduct of informal guidance in
2018. While the proposed rulemaking codifies this practice through a
proposed addition to the CFR (Sec.  401.110), there is no additional
regulatory burden that results from said codification. In other words,
all applicable costs across 2018-2032 for individualized training plans
can be attributed specifically to the 2018 guidance. Therefore, this is
a no-cost provision in our No Action baseline.
    The following items had non-zero costs in our Pre-Guidance baseline
but are no-cost provisions in the No Action Baseline: (1) Individual
training plans for Apprentice Pilots (Sec.  401.110 and Sec.
401.211(g)); (2) Semi-annual Performance Evaluation Report for
Apprentice Pilots (Sec.  401.211(h)); and (3) Submission of Medical
Certificates (Sec.  402.210(a)). These three-line items all began as a
byproduct of informal guidance from 2018 and have no alteration in
burden stemming from this rulemaking that differs from the guidance.
See table 6 (the ``No Action Baseline (2023-2032)'' column) for more
context on each of these items.
    The following items have non-zero costs in our No Action Baseline:
(1) Removing monthly availability reports (Sec.  401.260) and (2)
Submitting Trip Charge Disputes (Sec.  401.431(b)). Both items have
associated costs or cost savings that stem directly from changes made
from this proposed rulemaking.
Removing Monthly Availability Reports
    This proposed rule would remove the requirement in Sec.  401.260
that pilots and apprentices submit monthly availability reports. Often
these availability reports do not communicate meaningful information
because in practice pilots are listed as always available if they could
be called in. Therefore, the Coast Guard no longer sees a benefit in
requiring these reports. Based on information from a Coast Guard SME,
these monthly reports have been submitted by industry since the mid-
1960's.\32\ If the Coast Guard continued to require these reports, we
could expect to receive 650 annually, one report for each of the 6
apprentice pilots, 56 pilots, and 3 temporary pilots for the 10 months
of the active shipping season (650 reports = (6+56+3) x 10 months).
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    \32\ Sec.  401.260(c) that deals with monthly availability
reports was initially added to the CFR via 31 FR 9065 (July 1,
1966). To read the referenced final rule, see https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1966/7/1/9063-9067.pdf#page=3. For more information on the history of how the
requirement was redesignated and amended through the years, see
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-III/part-401/subpart-B/section-401.260.
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    Continuing to require these reports would result in an hour burden
of 2.5 hours per submission. By entirely removing this regulatory
requirement through this proposed rulemaking, this acts as a marginal
decrease in burden of 2.5 hours per submission. The loaded wage of
submitters is $73.17, from a base wage of $50.09 and a load factor of
1.46.\33\ For the No Action period of analysis (2023-2032), we estimate
the total net cost savings to be $(835,065.99) discounted to 7 percent
and $(118,894.61) annualized as summarized in table 14.
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    \33\ The base wage of captains, mates, and pilots of water
vessels is $50.09 as of May 2022, per https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes535021.htm. The load factor of 1.46 is obtained by dividing
total hourly compensation for Transportation and Material Moving
Occupations of $33.07 by hourly wages (CMU2010000520000D) and
salaries of $22.64 (CMU2020000520000D). Access these series by
searching the series number at https://beta.bls.gov/dataQuery/search. Last accessed August 2023.

                                                Table 14--Cost of Submitting Monthly Availability Reports
                                                           [No action baseline; 2022 dollars]
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                                                                         Total no
                           Year                             Reports       action        Wage of        No action          7-percent         3-percent
                                                                      baseline hours   submitter     baseline cost
                                                                 [A]             [B]          [C]    [D = A * B * C]
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2023.....................................................        650             2.5       $73.17      $(118,894.61)     $(111,116.46)     $(115,431.66)
2024.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)      (103,847.16)      (112,069.57)
2025.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (97,053.42)      (108,805.41)
2026.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (90,704.13)      (105,636.32)
2027.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (84,770.21)      (102,559.54)
2028.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (79,224.50)       (99,572.36)
2029.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (74,041.59)       (96,672.20)
2030.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (69,197.75)       (93,856.50)
2031.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (64,670.79)       (91,122.82)
2032.....................................................        650             2.5        73.17       (118,894.61)       (60,439.99)       (88,468.76)
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    Total................................................  .........  ..............  ...........     (1,188,946.11)      (835,065.99)    (1,014,195.15)
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Annualized...........................................  .........  ..............  ...........  .................      (118,894.61)      (118,894.61)
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* Note: Components may not add to the totals due to rounding.

Disputes
    Under Sec.  401.431(b), the Coast Guard proposes changing ``in
writing'' to ``official correspondence'' and specifies that the letter
expressing the dispute must include the vessel name, date of service,
and reference number for the invoice/bill, the exact amount of dispute,
regulatory citation for dispute, and the requested resolution. Per a
Coast Guard SME, disputes have been submitted long since the mid-1960's
in accordance with Sec.  401.431.\34\ However, the Coast Guard
previously received these disputes in varying forms. According to a
Coast Guard SME, the agency expects one trip charge dispute submission
per year starting in 2023.
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    \34\ Sec.  401.431(b) was initially added to the CFR via 29 FR
10467 (July 28, 1964). To read the referenced final rule, see
https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1964/7/28/10461-10468.pdf#page=7. For more information on the history of how the
requirement was redesignated and amended through the years, see
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-III/part-401/subpart-D/section-401.431.
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    With the proposed 1changes, the Coast Guard estimates that
forthcoming submissions will take one hour each. This is an increase in
30 minutes when compared to the Coast Guard's estimate for submission
time associated with prior disputes that lack these new changes (30
minutes). The loaded wage of submitters is $73.17, from a base wage of
$50.09 and a load factor of 1.46.\35\ For the No Action period of
analysis (2023-2032), we estimate the grand total cost to be 256.94
discounted to 7 percent and 36.58 annualized as summarized in table 15.
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    \35\ The base wage of captains, mates, and pilots of water
vessels is 50.09 as of May 2022, per https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/oes535021.htm. The load factor of 1.46 is obtained by dividing
total hourly compensation for Transportation and Material Moving
Occupations of $33.07 by hourly wages (CMU2010000520000D) and
salaries of $22.64 (CMU2020000520000D). Access these series by
searching the series number at https://beta.bls.gov/dataQuery/search. Last accessed August 2023.

                                                    Table 15--Cost of Submitting Trip Charge Disputes
                                                                [No action; 2022 dollars]
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                                                                         Total no
                        Year                            Submissions       action        Wage of        No action          7-Percent         3-Percent
                                                                      baseline hours   submitter     baseline cost
                                                                 [A]             [B]          [C]    [D = A * B * C]  ................  ................
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2023................................................               1             0.5       $73.17             $36.58            $34.19            $35.52
2024................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             31.95             34.48
2025................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             29.86             33.48
2026................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             27.91             32.50
2027................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             26.08             31.56
2028................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             24.38             30.64
2029................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             22.78             29.75
2030................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             21.29             28.88
2031................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             19.90             28.04
2032................................................               1             0.5        73.17              36.58             18.60             27.22
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    Total...........................................  ..............  ..............  ...........             365.83            256.94            312.06
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    Annualized......................................  ..............  ..............  ...........  .................             36.58             36.58
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