[Federal Register: September 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 181)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 54792-54793]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[USCG-2006-25767; Formerly CGD09-06-123]
Safety Zones; U.S. Coast Guard Water Training Areas, Great Lakes
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will meet to discuss issues relating to the
proposed permanent safety zones located in the Great Lakes to conduct
live gunnery training exercises. The meetings will be open to the
public.
DATES: The Coast Guard will hold four public meetings as follows:
Monday, October 16, 2006 in Duluth MN; Wednesday October 18, in Grand
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Haven, MI; Thursday, October 19, 2006, in Port Huron/Marysville, MI;
Monday, October 23, in Cleveland, OH.
Comments and materials related to these public meetings must reach
the Docket Management Facility on or before October 6, 2006. If you are
unable to attend, you may submit comments to the Docket Management
Facility by November 13, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments and related material by one of
the following means:
(1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (USCG-2006-2567),
U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(2) By delivery to 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. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
(3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
(4) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket Management
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for the
rulemaking. Comments and material received from the public will become
part of this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at
room PL-401, located on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building at the
same address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. You may electronically access the public docket on
the internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
Electronic forms of all comments received into any of our dockets
can be searched by the name of the individual submitting the comment
(or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor unit, etc.) and is open to the public without
restriction. You may review the Department of Transportation's complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning
this notice and the public meeting, contact Commander Gustav Wulfkuhle,
Chief Enforcement Branch, Ninth Coast Guard District, Cleveland, Ohio
at (216) 902-6091. If you have any questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202-493-0402.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Meetings
The Coast Guard will hold four public meetings as follows: Monday,
October 16, 2006 in Duluth MN; Wednesday October 18, in Grand Haven,
MI; Thursday, October 19, 2006, in Port Huron/Marysville, MI; Monday,
October 23, in Cleveland, OH. These meetings will be held to take
comments regarding the proposed Safety Zones; U.S. Coast Guard Water
Training Areas, Great Lakes, published on August 1, 2006, in the
Federal Register at 71 FR 43402. Specific times, locations and
additional information for the public meetings will be announced in a
subsequent notice in the Federal Register.
The Coast Guard encourages interested persons to submit written
data, views, or comments. Persons submitting comments should please
include their name and address and identify the docket number (USCG-
2006-25767). You may submit your comments and material by mail, hand
delivery, fax or electronic means to the Docket Management Facility at
the address under ADDRESSES.
Regulatory History
On August 1, 2006, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) (71 FR 43402) to establish permanent safety zones
throughout the Great Lakes to conduct live fire gun exercises. The
initial comment period for this NPRM ended on August 31, 2006. In
response to public requests, the Coast Guard re-opened the comment
period on this NPRM. (71 FR 53629, September 12, 2006) Re-opening the
comment period from September 12, 2006 to November 13, 2006, provides
the public more time to submit comments and recommendations.
Background and Propose
These safety zones are necessary to protect vessels and people from
hazards associated with live fire gun exercises. Such hazards include
projectiles that may ricochet and damage vessels and/or cause death or
serious bodily harm. The thirty-four zones will be located throughout
the Great Lakes in order to accommodate 57 separate Coast Guard units.
The proposed safety zones are all located at least three nautical miles
from the shoreline.
Procedural
The meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings
may close early if all business is finished. If you are unable to
attend, you may submit comments to the Docket Management Facility at
the address under ADDRESSES by November 13, 2006.
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities
If you plan to attend the public meeting and require special
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, please contact us as indicated in FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: September 14, 2006.
John E. Crowley, Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District.
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