# 2025-20727: Coast Guard Makes Minor Updates to Navigation and Shipping Rules

2025-20727, Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments, is a Federal Register rule from Homeland Security Department, Coast Guard published 2025-11-24, effective 2025-11-24 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20727
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20727
- Title: Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Citation: 90 FR 52867
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: 2025-11-24
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Coast Guard Makes Minor Updates to Navigation and Shipping Rules

## Summary

The Coast Guard updated its navigation and shipping rules with technical and organizational fixes to keep things clear and current. These changes don’t add new rules or costs but do stop an old paperwork requirement, making life a bit easier for those involved. The updates take effect on November 24, 2025, so everyone affected should be ready by then.

## Abstract

This final rule makes non-substantive, technical, organizational, and conforming amendments to existing Coast Guard regulations. This represents a continuation of our practice of periodically issuing rules to keep our regulations up-to-date and accurate. This final rule is deregulatory in nature due to the discontinuation of the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1625-0068. In all other respects, this final rule will have no substantive impact on the regulated public.

## Effects PRIA read

- Paperwork Cut: ICR 1625-0068 Ends: benefit, low. The Coast Guard removed 33 CFR part 133 and discontinued the Information Collection Request (ICR), OMB Control Number 1625-0068, eliminating that paperwork requirement. This change is deregulatory and takes effect on November 24, 2025; the rule also notes triennial savings to Federal agencies from…

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## Sources
- [2025-20727 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20727/navigation-and-navigable-waters-and-shipping-technical-organizational-and-conforming-amendments)
- [2025-20727 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20727.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20727 (as of 2026-06-11).