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  <title><![CDATA[  Large Passenger Vessel Crew Requirements ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-04-24-E7-7696</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Coast Guard is amending its regulations on merchant 
mariner documentation to implement section 3509 of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Warner Act), 
which allows for the issuance of merchant mariner documents (MMDs) to 
certain nonresident aliens for service in the stewards departments of 
U.S.flag large passenger vessels endorsed for coastwise trade. Coast 
Guard regulations currently prohibit the Coast Guard from issuing MMDs, 
which are required for service on large passenger vessels, to non immigrant aliens. This interim rule<br/> [[Page 20279]]<br/>
amends Coast Guard regulations to allow the Coast Guard to issue MMDs 
to qualified nonresident aliens who are authorized to be employed in 
the United States. This rule also sets the requirements that these 
aliens must meet in order to qualify for MMDs, and the requirements for 
the large passenger vessels that may choose to hire these aliens. This 
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  <pubDate>Tue, Apr 24 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Final Flood Elevation Determinations ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-04-24-07-1978</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified 
BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and 
modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that 
each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being 
already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for 
participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
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  <title><![CDATA[  Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-04-24-07-1979</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are 
finalized for the communities listed below. These modified BFEs will be 
used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and 
their contents.
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