[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20636]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD 97-040]
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 instead of a Regional Citizens'
Advisory Council for Cook Inlet, Alaska. This certification allows the
advisory group to monitor the activities of terminal facilities and
crude-oil tankers in Cook Inlet as established by the statute. 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: July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark Meza, Project Manager, Port
and Environmental Management Division (G-MOR-1), (202) 267-0421, U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress passed, as part of the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990, 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 terminal facilities and crude-oil tankers.
Sub-section 2732(o) permits an alternative voluntary advisory group
to represent the communities and interests in the vicinity of the
terminal facilities in Cook Inlet, instead of a council of the type
specified in sub-section 2732(d), if certain conditions are met. The
Act requires that the group enter into a contract to ensure annual
funding, and that it receive annual certification by the President to
the effect 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). He later delegated the authority to certify
alternative advisory groups to the Commandant of the Coast Guard, who
redelegated it to the Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and
Environmental Protection.
On May 22, 1997, in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard announced
the availability of the application for recertification that it
received from the CIRCAC and requested comments (61 FR 19110). It
received none. Since it received no comments in opposition to the
continued operation of the CIRCAC, the Coast Guard has determined that
recertification of the CIRCAC in accordance with the Act is
appropriate.
Recertification: By letter dated July 7, 1997, the Assistant
Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, certified
that the CIRCAC qualifies as an alternative voluntary advisory group
under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o). This recertification terminates on May 31,
1998.
Dated: July 27, 1997.
R.C. North,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 97-20636 Filed 8-5-97; 8:45 am]
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