National Driver Register and Criminal Record Review in Issuing Licenses, Certificates of Registry, or Merchant Mariner's Documents

Résumé

In furtherance of the President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, this rulemaking establishes Coast Guard regulations which implement the provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) that permit the Coast Guard to review information from the National Driver Register on an applicant prior to issuing or renewing a license, certificate of registry (COR), or merchant mariner's document (MMD). This rulemaking also addresses OPA 90 provisions that permit the Coast Guard to review the criminal records of applicants prior to issuing a license, COR or MMD. In addition, it establishes regulations that permit criminal record checks of any individual applying for a raise in grade of a license or COR; a renewal of a license, COR, or MMD; or an endorsement of an MMD with a new expiration date. This rulemaking provides the Coast Guard an opportunity to identify an applicant who has been convicted of certain motor vehicle offenses or convicted of certain serious crimes.