[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-536]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 126
[USCG-1998-4302]
RIN 2115-AE22
Handling of Class 1 (Explosive) Materials or Other Dangerous
Cargoes within or Contiguous to Waterfront Facilities
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening the comment period for the notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for Handling of Class 1 (Explosive)
Materials or Other Dangerous Cargoes within or Contiguous to Waterfront
Facilities to March 1, 1999 to allow additional time for public
comment.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before March 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Docket Management Facility
[USCG-1998-4302], U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Room PL-401,
400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, or deliver them to
room PL-401, located on the Plaza Level of the Nassif Building at the
same address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this
rulemaking. Comments will become part of this docket and will be
available for inspection or copying at room PL-401, located on the
Plaza Level of the Nassif Building at the above address between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may
also electronically access the public docket for this rulemaking on the
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the NPRM
provisions, contact LCDR John Farthing, Project Manager, Vessel and
Facility Operating Standards Divisions, Coast Guard, telephone 202-267-
6451, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. For information on the public docket, contact Dorothy Walker,
Chief, Dockets, telephone 202-366-9329.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Coast Guard encourages you to participate in this rulemaking by
submitting written data, views, or arguments. If you submit comments,
you should include your name and address, identify this notice (USCG-
1998-4302) and the specific section or question in this document to
which your comments apply, and give the reason for each comment. Please
submit all comments and attachments in an unbound format, no larger
than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing to
the DOT Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES. If
you want acknowledgment of receipt of your comments, you should enclose
a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope.
The Coast Guard will consider all comments received during the
comment period.
The Coast Guard plans no public meeting. Persons may request a
public meeting by writing to the Docket Management Facility at the
address under ADDRESSES. The request must identify this docket [USCG-
1998-4302] and should include the reasons why a public meeting would be
helpful to this rulemaking. If we determine that a meeting should be
held, we will announce the time and place in a later notice in the
Federal Register.
Background and Purpose
The regulations in 33 CFR part 126 prescribing requirements for
designated waterfront facilities that handle, store, and transfer
hazardous materials to and from vessels were written in the 1950s and
have never been significantly updated. On October 29, 1998 (63 FR
57964), we published a NPRM proposing to amend part 126 by updating the
requirements to meet current industry standards for containerized
hazardous material cargoes. The closing date for the original comment
period was scheduled for December 28, 1998.
During the original NPRM comment period we received several
comments requesting an extension of the comment period. One comment
from an industry group potentially affected by these regulations stated
that it is meeting in mid-December and needs more time to develop
comments. Another comment indicated difficulty meeting the December 28,
1998 deadline because the shipping industry is typically very busy
during the holiday season. We accept these as reasonable requests and
we are reopening the NPRM comment period by 60 days. The new NPRM
comment period will close March 1, 1999.
Dated: January 5, 1999.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental
Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-536 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
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