[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-15391]
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[Federal Register: June 24, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD 94-049]
Annual Certification of Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory
Council
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight
and Monitoring Act of 1990, the Coast Guard may certify, on an annual
basis, a voluntary advisory group in lieu of a Regional Citizen's
Advisory Council for Cook Inlet, Alaska. This certification allows the
advisory group to monitor the activities of oil tankers and facilities
under the Cook Inlet Program established by the Act. The purpose of
this notice is to inform the Public that the Coast Guard has
recertified the alternative voluntary advisory group for Cook Inlet,
Alaska.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1994 through May 3, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Janice Jackson, Project Manager,
Marine Environmental Protection Division, (G-MEP-3), (202) 267-0500,
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC
20593-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
Congress passed the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight
and Monitoring Act of 1990, (the Act), 33 U.S.C. 2732, to foster the
long-term partnership among industry, government, and local communities
in overseeing compliance with environmental concerns in the operation
of crude oil terminals and oil tankers.
Section 2732(o) permits an alternative voluntary advisory group to
represent the communities and interests in the vicinity of the oil
terminal facilities in Cook Inlet, in lieu of a council of the type
specified in 33 U.S.C. 2732(d), if certain conditions are met. The Act
requires that the group enter into a contract to ensure annual funding
and receive annual certification by the President that it fosters the
general goals and purposes of the Act and is broadly representative of
the community and interests in the vicinity of the terminal facilities.
Accordingly, in 1991, the President granted certification to the Cook
Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (CIRCAC). The authority to
certify alternative advisory groups was subsequently delegated to the
Commandant of the Coast Guard, and redelegated to the Chief, Office of
Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection.
On April 19, 1994, the Coast Guard announced in the Federal
Register, the availability of the application for recertification that
it received from the CIRCAC, and requested comments (59 FR 18592). No
comments were received. The Coast Guard reviewed the application in
accordance with the policy statement published on July 7, 1993 in the
Federal Register (58 FR 36505).
Recertification
By letter dated June 1, 1994, the Chief, Office of Marine Safety,
Security and Environmental Protection certified that the Prince William
Regional Citizens' Advisory Council qualifies as an alternative
voluntary advisory group under the provisions of 33 U.S.C. 2732(o).
This recertification terminates on May 31, 1995.
Dated: June 15, 1994.
J.F. McGowan,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety,
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 94-15391 Filed 6-23-94; 8:45 am]
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