[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63266-63267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30270]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Chapter I
[USCG-1998-4501]
RIN 2115-AF68
Improvements to Marine Safety in Puget Sound-Area Waters
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of rescheduled meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the rescheduling of the two meetings
to describe the results of and solicit comments on the cost-benefit
analysis of potential rules that could improve marine safety in Puget
Sound-Area waters. These meetings, originally scheduled for Tuesday
November 16, 1999 and Wednesday November 17, 1999 (64 FR 56286, October
19, 1999), will now be conducted on December 10, 1999. Under
consideration are regulatory requirements for tug escorts and/or
dedicated rescue tugs for certain vessels operating in the Strait of
Juan de Fuca and adjacent waters.
DATES: The meetings will be held from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and from 2:00
PM to 5:00 PM on Friday December 10, 1999, with additional time for
questions to the regulatory analysis study team from 12:00 PM to 1:00
PM. Comments to the docket for the advance notice of proposed
rulemaking must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before
January 31, 2000.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Jackson Federal
Building Auditorium, 915 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174-1067.
You may submit your written comments and related material by only
one of the following methods:
(1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, (USCG-1999-4501),
U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(2) By hand to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
(3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
(4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this
notice. Comments and documents, as indicated in this notice, will
become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or
copying at room PL-401 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. You may electronically access the public docket for
this notice on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on the public meeting,
contact CDR Timothy M. Close, Human Element and Ship Design Division
(G-MSE-1), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone 202-267-2997, fax 202-267-4816,
email fldr-he@comdt.uscg.mil. For questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Dorothy Walker, Chief, Dockets, Department
of Transportation, telephone 202-366-9329.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate by submitting comments and related
material. If you do so, please include your name and address, identify
the docket number [USCG-1998-4501], indicate the specific section of
this document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for
each comment. You may submit your comments and material by mail, hand
delivery, fax, or electronic means to the Docket Management Facility at
the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and
material by only one means. If you submit them by mail or hand
delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11
inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them
by mail and would like to know they reached the Facility, please
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will
consider all comments and material received during the comment period.
We may change this rule in view of them.
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Public Meeting
The purpose of the meeting is to describe the results of the cost-
benefit analysis. Also, as time allows, the Coast Guard will respond to
questions about the cost-benefit analysis, and discuss how the results
will be used. Attendance is open to the public.
Background and Purpose
This meeting has been rescheduled to allow time for the contracted
study team to finalize the report. The purpose of the meeting is to
provide the public with a briefing on the results of the cost-benefit
analysis. Comments to the docket regarding the results of the cost-
benefit analysis and their interpretation are encouraged. The analysis
and these comments will be used by the Navigation Safety Advisory
Council panel formed to develop a long-term oil-spill risk management
plan for the region (64 FR 48442, September 3, 1999) and by the
Secretary in the final determination regarding the regulatory measures
under consideration. The cost-benefit study will be available from the
Coast Guard's Marine Safety and Environmental Protection Internet site
at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/gmhome.
Information on Services for the Handicapped
Contact CDR Close for information on facilities or services for the
handicapped or to request special assistance at the meetings as soon as
possible.
Dated: November 16, 1999.
Jeffrey High,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental
Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-30270 Filed 11-16-99; 3:05 pm]
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