Notice2023-20477
Availability of Coast Guard Data to the Public in Implementation of the Open Government Data Act and To Support Coast Guard Rulemaking
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Published
September 21, 2023
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Abstract
The Coast Guard announces the availability of Coast Guard data to the public in implementation of the Open Government Data Act and in support of Coast Guard rulemaking. The Coast Guard anticipates that the online data and geospatial dashboard will empower the general public, affected entities, and other interested parties to engage more effectively in Coast Guard rulemakings. We encourage you to submit comments describing what additional resources or data would help you participate in Coast Guard rulemakings.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65187-65188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20477]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2023-0589]
Availability of Coast Guard Data to the Public in Implementation
of the Open Government Data Act and To Support Coast Guard Rulemaking
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of Coast Guard data
to the public in implementation of the Open Government Data Act and in
support of Coast Guard rulemaking. The Coast Guard anticipates that the
online data and geospatial dashboard will empower the general public,
affected entities, and other interested parties to engage more
effectively in Coast Guard rulemakings. We encourage you to submit
comments describing what additional resources or data would help you
participate in Coast Guard rulemakings.
DATES: Comments must be submitted to the online docket via <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> on or before January 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2023-0589 using the Federal Decision-Making Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. See the ``Public Participation and Request for
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further
instructions on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document
call or email Evan Morris, Coast Guard Office Standards Evaluation and
Development; telephone 571-608-6719, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f6b3809798d8bb9984849f85b683859591d89b9f9a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c386b5a2aded8eacb1b1aab083b6b0a0a4edaeaaaf">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Comments
We encourage you to submit comments on your data needs to
participate more effectively in Coast Guard rulemakings. We will
consider all submissions and may adjust our public facing resources to
improve public participation in the rulemaking process based on your
comments.
Submitting comments. We encourage you to submit comments through
the Federal Decision-Making Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. To
do so, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, type USCG-2023-0589 in the
search box and click ``Search.'' Next, look for this
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document in the Search Results column, and click on it. Then click on
the Comment option. If your material cannot be submitted using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, contact the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions.
Viewing material in docket. Public comments will also be placed in
our online docket and can be viewed by following instructions on the
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> Frequently Asked Questions web page. We
review all comments received, but we may choose not to post off-topic,
inappropriate, or duplicate comments that we receive.
Personal information. We accept anonymous comments. Comments we
post to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> will include any personal
information you have provided. For more about privacy and submissions
in response to this document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records
notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020).
Discussion
The Coast Guard Office of Standards Evaluation and Development (CG-
REG) is endeavoring to provide to the public as much U.S. Coast Guard
data as possible and practicable--resource permitting--in
implementation of Title II within the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
of 2018, named the Open Government Data Act. The Open Government Data
Act guides federal agencies to make data open by default, subject to
certain provisions such as (i) risks and restrictions related to the
disclosure of personally identifiable information and (ii) security
considerations. This notice shares several U.S. Coast Guard websites
where our data resources are available to the public.
The ``Annual Vessel Statistics'' page provides the public with
access to the universe of commercial vessels the U.S. Coast Guard
regulates. The statistics available at the time of this notice are for
2021 and 2022; future year statistics will be provided as available.
This page also allows you to download a list of publicly available
information of these vessels by the vessel's commercial service. On
this page, we present the aggregated information. We have also analyzed
this information and created a dashboard which help any user quickly
understand the scale and change in vessel populations by routes,
responsible districts, and classification. The web address for the
``Annual Vessel Statistics'' page is <a href="https://dco.uscg.afpims.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-Standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-Standards-Evaluation-and-Development-CG-REG/Annual-Vessel-Statistics/2022-Annual-Vessel-Statistics/">https://dco.uscg.afpims.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-Standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-Standards-Evaluation-and-Development-CG-REG/Annual-Vessel-Statistics/2022-Annual-Vessel-Statistics/</a>.
In addition, we have created an interactive geospatial dashboard on
ArcGIS Pro that displays significant maritime incidents that involved
the U.S. Coast Guard from 2012 to 2022. This dashboard defines a
significant maritime incident as an incident that resulted in at least
$100,000 of property damage or an incident that resulted in three or
more injuries or one fatality. This data comes from the Coast Guard's
Marine Investigation Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE) database. This
information is displaying publicly available information from the Coast
Guard's Port State Information eXchange system: <a href="https://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/Default.aspx">https://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/Default.aspx</a>. The web address for the Significant Maritime
Incident GIS Dashboard is <a href="https://dco.uscg.afpims.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-Standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-Standards-Evaluation-and-Development-CG-REG/Annual-Vessel-Statistics/GIS/">https://dco.uscg.afpims.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-Standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-Standards-Evaluation-and-Development-CG-REG/Annual-Vessel-Statistics/GIS/</a>.
This Significant Maritime Incident Dashboard is a visual aid which
can help end users better understand specific aspects of the affected
populations for the ongoing Coast Guard rulemakings that are on the
Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (<a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://www.reginfo.gov</a>). The data may be useful for public participation in
our current Unified Agenda regulatory actions, such as Claims
Procedures Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Regulatory
Identification Number: 1625-AA03), Marine Casualty Reporting on the
Outer Continental Shelf (1625-AB99), Shipping Safety Fairways Along the
Atlantic Coast (1625-AC57), Safety Management Systems for Domestic
Passenger Vessels (1625-AC65), and Towing Vessel Firefighting Training
(1625-AC64).
We encourage you to submit comments describing your data needs to
participate more effectively in Coast Guard rulemaking. In particular,
the U.S. Coast Guard requests responses to the following questions:
1. What data could the U.S. Coast Guard provide that would
encourage your participation in rulemakings?
2. What data could the U.S. Coast Guard provide that would help
your academic research to inform future rulemakings?
3. In addition to the Unified Agenda, how do you recommend the U.S.
Coast Guard publicize information about rulemaking activities?
Based on public comment, other factors, and available USCG
resources, we may continue to expand the availability of U.S. Coast
Guard data resources that may be useful for participating in the
rulemaking process.
This notice is issued under authority of 44 U.S. Code 3506(b)(6).
T. Brown,
Office Chief, U.S. Coast Guard, Standards Evaluation and Development.
[FR Doc. 2023-20477 Filed 9-20-23; 8:45 am]
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