[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8523]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD 97-003]
Additional Hazards Study
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Additional hazards study; Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending the comment period on the
Additional Hazards Study in order to provide more time for collection
of information for the expert panel which will consider the hazards to
marine transportation in and around Puget Sound.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before April 4, 1997.
ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Executive Secretary, Marine
Safety Council (G-LRA-2/3406) [CGD 97-003], U.S. Coast Guard
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-001, or may
deliver them to room 3406 at the same address between 9:30 a.m. and 2
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is (202) 267-1477.
The Executive Secretary maintains the public docket for this
project. Comments, and documents as indicated in this notice, will
become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or
copying at room 3406, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, between 9:30 a.m.
and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Duane Boniface, Human Element and
Ship Design Division (G-MSE-1), telephone 202-267-0178, fax 202-267-
4816, email fldr-he@comdt.uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Coast Guard encourages interested persons to submit written
data, views, or arguments, concerning the subject matter of this
notice. Persons submitting comments should include their names and
addresses, identify this docket (CGD 97-003), and give the reason for
each comment, providing specific examples whenever possible. Please
submit two copies of all comments and attachments in an unbound format,
no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic
filing. Persons wanting acknowledgment of receipt of comments should
enclose stamped, self-addressed postcards or envelopes.
Background and Purpose
On February 18, 1997, the Coast Guard published a notice of
initiation of the Additional Hazards Study and request for comments in
the Federal Register (62 FR 7292). This notice extends the comment
period. The Additional Hazards Study will use information gathered at
two public workshops held in Seattle, Washington on March 6, 1997, and
collected from other sources which includes the public comments to the
docket. During the course of the public workshops, several requests
were made to extend the open period of the public docket to allow
workshop participants to submit relevant material to the docket. The
information developed during the workshops, along the information
submitted to the docket and derived from other sources, will be used by
an expert panel. The panel will use the information to identify and
rank, by level of risk, the hazards related to a major spill of cargo
or fuel oil by commercial vessels transiting the study area. The expert
panel will also identify potential measures to decrease the risks.
A brief summary of the March 6, 1997 workshops, which includes
potential hazards, potential additional measures, and attendees, is
available by contacting the person listed above in FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: March 27, 1997.
Edward L. Ziff,
Director for Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 97-8523 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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