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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 164 / Friday, August 27, 2021 / Proposed Rules
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TABLE 1SUMMARY OF THE AFFECTED POPULATION, COST SAVINGS, AND BENEFITS FOR THIS PROPOSED RULE
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Amend 46 CFR 10.301 and 15.401 to extend the maximum period of validity of merchant mariner medical certificates issued to FCPs, and masters or mates serving as pilot, from 2 years to 5 years.
Amend 46 CFR 11.709 by modifying the medical certificate application submission requirement for FCPs from 2 years to 5 years, as well as masters and mates who serve as pilot on vessels of 1,600 GRT or more.
There are currently 3,897 mariners who hold MMC endorsements as FCP as of June 1 each year from 2010 to 2020. This number does not include masters or mates who could serve as pilot.
The affected population for this proposed rule is 95 percent of that population, or 3,702 mariners net affected population.
Fewer medical certificate applications would reduce NMCs workload and generate cost savings to the government and to mariners.
There could be unquantified benefits for some pilots due to a decrease in the likelihood of a lapse in medical certification from less frequent medical certificate application submissions. A lapse in medical certification can have significant costs for individual pilots and for employers, because pilots may not work under the authority of their credential without a valid medical certificate.
Industry cost savings: $20,098 annualized and $146,847 over a 10year period of analysis.
Government cost savings: $15,756 annualized and $110,664 over a 10-year period of analysis.
Total cost savings to industry and government: $36,664 annualized and $257,511 over a 10-year period of analysis.

Affected Population

Benefits

Cost savings in $2020, 7% discount rate

Totals may not sum due to rounding.

Affected Population The Merchant Mariner Licensing and Documentation MMLD database is used by the Coast Guards National Maritime Center NMC to issue MMCs and maintain records of U.S. merchant mariners. Based on data obtained from the MMLD, we determined that a total of 3,897 mariners hold MMC
endorsements as FCP. This proposed rule would not impact FCPs holding medical certificates issued with waivers requiring more frequent reporting of
medical examination results to the Coast Guard. Based on MMLD data, this group currently consists of 195 mariners, which is 5 percent of the total affected population of 3,897 mariners. We reduced the total population 3,897
mariners by this number 195 to obtain a net affected population of 3,702
mariners who would be impacted by this proposed rule.
Additionally, we determined that there are 89,713 74,827 + 14,886
mariners who hold an MMC

endorsement as master or mate, without holding an FCP endorsement, who could serve as pilot. Because there is no requirement to report when a master or mate serves as pilot, we are unable to determine how many masters or mates are serving as pilot; therefore, we limited the affected population in this analysis to mariners holding FCP
endorsements and holding medical certificates without time-limited medical waivers. Table 2 presents these populations.

TABLE 2SUMMARY OF POPULATION BY ENDORSEMENT
Number of mariners
Population Total number of mariners holding an MMC endorsement as FCP and holding a medical certificate with or without time-limited medical waivers total potentially affected FCP population
Those mariners holding an MMC endorsement as FCP and holding a medical certificate with time-limited medical waivers unaffected FCP population due to waiver status resulting in no change in the period of validity of the medical certificate
Those mariners holding an MMC endorsement as FCP and holding a medical certificate without time-limited medical waivers affected FCP population due to change in the period of validity of the medical certificate

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Costs and Cost Savings The proposed rule would reduce the frequency of mariner medical certificate applications to the Coast Guard, resulting in a cost savings to both mariners and the government. Industry cost savings would be the costs avoided by reducing the frequency with which FCPs and masters or mates serving as pilot would have to apply for a medical certificate. Subsequently, fewer
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applications would reduce the NMCs workload, generating cost savings for the government. The total 10-year discounted cost savings of this proposed rule would be $257,511 and the annualized total cost savings would be approximately $36,664, both discounted at 7 percent. This includes the 10-year industry and government savings of $146,847 and $110,664 respectively, discounted at 7 percent.

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Turnover Rate We did not factor mariner turnover into this analysis. Mariner turnover means the number or percentage of mariners leaving employment within a certain period of time, combined with the number or percentage of mariners obtaining employment within the same period of time. There are two reasons for not factoring in mariner turnover. First, the MMC serves as a certificate of
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