The US Coast Guard, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security, is reopening for 60 days the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ‘‘Commercial Diving Operations.”

Reopening the comment period will allow time for the public to review and submit comments on changes to the applicability of this proposed rule, and on the draft regulatory analysis documentation that was not available in the docket during the original comment period.

On 19 February 2015, the Coast Guard published an NPRM entitled ‘‘Commercial Diving Operations’’ (80 FR 9152) that proposed amendments to their regulations for commercial diving conducted from deepwater ports or deepwater port safety zones, or in connection with Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activities, or from vessels that are required to have a Coast Guard certificate of inspection. The NPRM would revise and update current regulations to improve safety and to reflect current industry best practices. The NPRM would also allow the Coast Guard to approve independent third-party organizations to assist in ensuring compliance with commercial diving regulations. All comments on the NPRM, including comments on the proposed collection of information, were originally due by 20 May 2015. In the course of reviewing comments on the NPRM, the Coast Guard became aware of several errors, which prompted this extension.

Specific instructions for commenting on the proposed collection are available here.