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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 47 / Friday, March 12, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
business revenue and size data provided by publicly available sources such as Manta 69 and ReferenceUSA.70 As described in Section VIII.A of this preamble, Regulatory Planning and Review, we found that a total of 474
unique vessels used pilotage services from 2017 through 2019. These vessels are owned by 49 entities. We found that of the 49 entities that own or operate
vessels engaged in trade on the Great Lakes that will be affected by this rule, 38 are foreign entities that operate primarily outside the United States, and the remaining 11 entities are U.S.
entities. We compared the revenue and employee data found in the company search to the Small Business Administrations SBA small business threshold as defined in the SBAs
Table of Size Standards for small businesses to determine how many of these companies are considered small entities.71 Table 49 shows the North American Industry Classification System NAICS codes of the U.S.
entities and the small entity standard size established by the SBA.

TABLE 49NAICS CODES AND SMALL ENTITIES SIZE STANDARDS
NAICS
211120
237990
238910
483212
487210
488330
523910
561599
982100

Description

Crude Petroleum Extraction
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
Site Preparation Contractors
Inland Water Passenger Transportation
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water
Navigational Services to Shipping
Miscellaneous Intermediation
All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services
National Security

Of the 11 U.S. entities, 8 exceed the SBAs small business standards for small entities. To estimate the potential impact on the 3 small entities, the Coast Guard used their 2019 invoice data to estimate their pilotage costs in 2021. We increased their 2019 costs to account for the changes in pilotage rates resulting from this rule and the Great Lakes Pilotage Rates2020 Annual Review and Revisions to Methodology final rule 85 FR 20088. We estimated the change in cost to these entities resulting from this rule by subtracting their estimated 2020 costs from their estimated 2021
costs, and found the average costs to small firms will be approximately $2,146. We then compared the estimated change in pilotage costs between 2020 and 2021 with each firms annual revenue. In all cases, their estimated pilotage expenses were below 1 percent of their annual revenue.
In addition to the owners and operators discussed above, three U.S.
entities that receive revenue from pilotage services will be affected by this rule. These are the three pilot associations that provide and manage pilotage services within the Great Lakes districts. Two of the associations operate as partnerships, and one operates as a corporation. These associations are designated with the same NAICS code and small-entity size standards described above, but have fewer than 500 employees. Combined, they have approximately 65 employees 69 See
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in total and, therefore, are designated as small entities. The Coast Guard expects no adverse effect on these entities from this rule because the three pilot associations will receive enough revenue to balance the projected expenses associated with the projected number of bridge hours time on task and pilots.
Finally, the Coast Guard did not find any small not-for-profit organizations that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields that will be impacted by this rule.
We did not find any small governmental jurisdictions with populations of fewer than 50,000 people that will be impacted by this rule. Based on this analysis, we conclude this rule will not affect a substantial number of small entities, nor have a significant economic impact on any of the affected entities.
Based on our analysis, this rule will have a less than 1 percent annual impact on 3 small entities; therefore, the Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C.
605b that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

1,250 employees $39.5 million $16.5 million 500 employees $8.0 million $41.5 million $41.5 million $22.0 million Population of <= 50,000
People
Guard will not retaliate against small entities that question or complain about this rule or any policy or action of the Coast Guard.
Small businesses may send comments on the actions of Federal employees who enforce, or otherwise determine compliance with, Federal regulations to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman and the Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and rates each agencys responsiveness to small business. If you wish to comment on actions by employees of the Coast Guard, call 1
888REGFAIR 18887343247.
D. Collection of Information This rule calls for no new collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501
3520, and will not alter or adjust any existing collection of information.
E. Federalism
Under section 213a of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, Public Law 104
121, we offer to assist small entities in understanding this rule so that they can better evaluate its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking. The Coast
A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132
Federalism if it has a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13132 and have determined that it is consistent with the fundamental
of Size Standards for small businesses that sets small business size standards by NAICS code. A
size standard, which is usually stated in number of employees or average annual receipts revenues,
represents the largest size that a business including its subsidiaries and affiliates may be in order to remain classified as a small business for SBA and Federal contracting programs.

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