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These changes will improve navigation safety, enhance our ability to identify and track vessels, and heighten our overall maritime domain awareness (MDA), thus helping us address threats to maritime transportation safety and security.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Coast Guard","name":"Coast Guard","id":53,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/coast-guard","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/53","parent_id":227,"slug":"coast-guard"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2015/01/30/2015-01331.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":62,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":66,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":101,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":110,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":117,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":118,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":151,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":160,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":161,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":164,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":165,"title":33},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":4,"title":46},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":148,"title":46}],"citation":"80 FR 5282","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This final rule is effective March 2, 2015, except for amendments to 33 CFR part 160 which become effective April 30, 2015, with the further exception of Sec. 160.204(a)(6), which is effective April 30, 2015 through December 31, 2015; and except for Sec. Sec. 160.204(a)(5)(vii), 160.205, 160.208(a) and (c), and 164.46(b) and (c), which contain collection of information requirements that have not yet been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Coast Guard will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these four collection-of-information related sections. 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