[Federal Register: October 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 201)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[CGD17-04-002]

 
Cook Inlet Regional Citizen's Advisory Committee; Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of recertification.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has recertified the Cook Inlet Regional 
Citizen's Advisory Council for the period covering September 1, 2004 
through August 31, 2005. Under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker 
Environmental Oversight Act of 1990, the Coast Guard may certify on an 
annual basis an alternative voluntary advisory group in lieu of a 
regional citizens' advisory council for Cook Inlet, Alaska. This 
advisory group monitors the activities of terminal facilities and crude 
oil tankers under the Cook Inlet Program established by the statute.

DATES: The Cook Inlet Regional Citizen's Advisory Council is certified 
through August 31, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of the recertification letter by 
writing to Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District (mor), P.O. Box 
25517, Juneau, AK 99802-5517.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Andrew Vanskike, 
Seventeenth Coast Guard District (mor), 907-463-2818.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background And Purpose

    On September 1, 2004, the Coast Guard recertified the Cook Inlet 
Regional Citizen's Advisory Council (CIRCAC) through August 31, 2005. 
Under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2732), the Coast Guard may certify, on an annual basis, 
an alternative voluntary advisory group in lieu of a regional citizens' 
advisory council for Cook Inlet, Alaska. This advisory group monitors 
the activities of terminal facilities and crude oil tankers under the 
Cook Inlet Program established by Congress, 33 U.S.C. 2732 (b).
    On September 16, 2002, the Coast Guard published a notice of policy 
on revised recertification procedures for alternative voluntary 
advisory groups in lieu of councils at Prince William Sound and Cook 
Inlet, AK (67 FR 58440, 58441). This revised policy indicated that 
applicants seeking recertification in 2003 and 2004 need only submit a 
streamlined application and public comments would not be solicited 
prior to recertification.

    Dated: September 24, 2004.
James C. Olson,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 04-23370 Filed 10-18-04; 8:45 am]

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