2024-29381. Decommissioning and Disposition of the National Historic Landmark Nuclear Ship Savannah; Notice of Public Meeting and Site Visit Schedule

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Department of Transportation

Maritime Administration

AGENCY:

Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces the schedule for the 2025 Peer Review Group (PRG) ( print page 101093) public meetings and periodic site visits. The PRG was established pursuant to the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and its implementing regulations to plan for the decommissioning and disposition of the Nuclear Ship Savannah (NSS). PRG membership is comprised of officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation, MARAD, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), the Maryland State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), and other consulting parties. The public meetings afford the public an opportunity to participate in PRG activities, including reviewing and providing comments on draft deliverables. The site visits provide interested parties an opportunity to learn more about the NSS to assist in determining if they may wish to consider acquiring the ship for preservation purposes. MARAD encourages public participation and provides the PRG meeting and site visit information below.

DATES:

The PRG meetings will be held every two months on the third Tuesday of the month from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), as follows: January 21, March 18, May 20, July 15, September 16, and November 18. Site visits will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, on the following Saturdays: February 22, August 23, and November 15.

Requests to attend the meeting or site visit must be received by 5 p.m. ET one week in advance. Requests for accommodations for a disability must also be received one week in advance.

ADDRESSES:

The PRG meetings will be held onboard the NSS, online, or by phone. The site visits will be held onboard the NSS. The NSS is located at Pier 13 Canton Marine Terminal, 4601 Newgate Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21124.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Erhard W. Koehler, [phone] or via email at [e-mail]. You may send mail to N.S. Savannah/Savannah Technical Staff, Pier 13 Canton Marine Terminal, 4601 Newgate Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, ATTN: Erhard Koehler.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The decommissioning and disposition of the NSS is an Undertaking under section 106 of the NHPA. Section 106 requires that Federal agencies consider views of the public regarding their Undertakings; therefore, in 2020, MARAD established a Federal docket at https://www.regulations.gov/​docket/​MARAD-2020-0133 to provide public notice about the NSS Undertaking. The federal docket was also used in 2021 to solicit public comments on the future uses of the NSS. MARAD is continuing to use this same docket to take in public comment, share information, and post agency actions.

The NHPA Programmatic Agreement (PA) for the Decommissioning and Disposition of the NSS is available on the MARAD docket located at www.regulations.gov under docket id “MARAD-2020-0133.” The PA stipulates a deliberative process by which MARAD will consider the disposition of the NSS. This process requires MARAD to make an affirmative, good-faith effort to preserve the NSS. The PA also establishes the PRG in Stipulation II. The PRG is the mechanism for continuing consultation during the effective period of the PA and its members consist of the signatories and concurring parties to the PA, as well as other consulting parties. The PRG members will provide individual input and guidance to MARAD regarding the implementation of stipulations in the PA. PRG members and members of the public are invited to provide input by attending bi-monthly meetings and reviewing and commenting on deliverables developed as part of the PA.

II. Agenda

The agenda for the PRG Meetings will include (1) welcome and introductions; (2) program update; (3) status of PA stipulations; (4) other business; and (5) date of next meeting. The agenda will also be posted on MARAD's website at https://www.maritime.dot.gov/​outreach/​history/​maritime-administration-history-program and on the MARAD docket located at www.regulations.gov under docket id “MARAD-2020-0133.”

The agenda for the site visits will include tours of the ship and group presentations.

III. Public Participation

The meetings and site visits will be open to the public. Members of the public who wish to attend must RSVP to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section with your name and affiliation.

Special services. The NSS is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ship has some capability to accommodate persons with impaired mobility. If you require accommodations to attend PRG meetings in-person, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to providing all participants equal access to this meeting. If you need alternative formats or services such as sign language, interpretation, or other ancillary aids, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.93; 36 CFR part 800; 5 U.S.C. 552b.)

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.