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Final rule.

This rule makes technical changes to various parts of titles 33 (Navigation and Navigable Waters) and 46 (Shipping) of the Code of Federal Regulations. These revisions coincide with the scheduled March 1, 2003, transfer of the Coast Guard from the Department of Transportation to the newly created Department of Homeland Security. This rule, which revises existing regulations to reflect organizational changes, has no substantive effect on the regulated public.

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