[Federal Register: June 15, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 114)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2000-7833]
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Vessel and
Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements
and Alternative Technology Revisions
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of public hearings.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will hold four public hearings to solicit
comments on the draft programmatic environmental impact statement
(DPEIS) for the rulemaking on Vessel and Facility Response Plans for
Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology
Revisions. The DPEIS addresses the increase of the oil removal capacity
requirements for tank vessels and marine transportation-related
facilities and added requirements for new response technologies. We
seek comments from any interested or affected stakeholders and
encourage all stakeholders to attend these hearings.
DATES: The public hearings will be held on the following dates in the
cities listed:
Houston, TX, July 11, 2005, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sacramento, CA, July 13, 2005, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m
Anchorage, AK, July 15, 2005, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Washington DC, July 19, 2005, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Material submitted in response to the request for comments must
reach the Department of Transportation's Docket Management Facility on
or before August 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The Coast Guard will hold the public hearings at the
following locations:
Houston, TX--Hilton-University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun
Street, Houston, TX 77204.
Sacramento, CA--Office of Spill Prevention and Response,
1700 K Street, First Floor Meeting Room, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Anchorage, AK--Hilton-Anchorage, 500 West 3rd Avenue,
Anchorage, AK 99501.
Washington, DC--Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW.,
Room 2230, Washington, DC 20590.
You may also submit your comments directly to the Docket Management
Facility. To ensure that your comments and related material are not
entered more than once in the docket (USCG-2000-7833), please submit
them by only one of the following means:
(1) Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(4) Delivery: Room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call Bradley McKitrick, Coast Guard, telephone 202-267-0995, or e-mail
bmckitrick@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Andrea M. Jenkins, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-0271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
All comments received will be posted, without change, to http://dms.dot.gov
and will include any personal information you have
provided. We have an agreement with the Department of Transportation
(DOT) to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see DOT's ``Privacy
Act'' paragraph below.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your
name and address, identify the docket number for this notice (USCG-
2000-7833) and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your
comments by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket
Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit
your comments by only one means. If you submit them by mail or
delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11
inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them
by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will
consider all comments received during the comment period.
We are requesting your comments on issues related to the DPEIS. We
will publish comments received during the DPEIS review period in the
final PEIS.
Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, go to http://dms.dot.gov
at any time and conduct a simple search using the docket
number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in room PL-
401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the
Department of Transportation's Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit
http://dms.dot.gov.
Public Hearings
The Coast Guard encourages interested and affected stakeholders to
attend the hearings and present oral comment or written comments during
the hearings. The hearings are open to members of the public. Please
note that the hearings may close early if all business is finished. If
you are unable to attend the hearings, we encourage you to submit
comments to the Docket Management Facility as indicated under ADDRESSES
by August 1, 2005.
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities
If you plan to attend these hearings and require special
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, contact us as indicated in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Background and Purpose
On June 1, 2005, the Coast Guard published a notice of availability
with a request for comments in the Federal Register (70 FR 31487) to
announce the availability of the draft programmatic environmental
impact statement (DPEIS) for the rulemaking on Vessel and Facility
Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and
Alternative Technology Revisions. At the time of that notice, public
hearings had not been scheduled. This notice provides the information
on the public hearings. Public hearings are an integral part of the
environmental review process and are authorized by 40 CFR Part 1506.
Therefore, the Coast Guard will hold public hearings at the times and
locations noted above in DATES and ADDRESSES. You can access the DPEIS
through the Department of Transportation Docket Management System (DMS)
at http://dms.dot.gov using docket number USCG-2000-7833 or the Coast Guard's Web site http://
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http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/regs/PEIS/peisindex.html.
Dated: June 8, 2005.
Raymond J. Petow,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety,
Security, and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard.
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