[Federal Register: October 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 197)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60094-60095]
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; 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 is announcing that it is adding three more
public meetings to its current schedule of public meetings to discuss
issues relating to the proposed permanent safety zones located in the
Great Lakes to conduct live gunnery training exercises. These meetings
will be open to the public and are in addition to the four currently
scheduled public meetings.
DATES: The Coast Guard will hold three additional public meetings as
follows: Monday, October 30, 2006 in Rochester, NY; Wednesday, November
1, in the Milwaukee, WI/Chicago, IL area; and Friday, November 3, in
Charlevoix, MI.
Comments and materials related to these public meetings must reach
the Docket Management Facility on or before October 20, 2006. If you
are unable to attend, you may submit comments to the Docket Management
Facility by November 13, 2006.
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.
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(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 by
performing a ``Simple Search'' for docket number 25767 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 three additional public meetings as
follows: Monday, October 30, 2006 in Rochester, NY; Wednesday, November
1, in the Milwaukee WI/Chicago, IL area; and Friday, November 3, in
Charlevoix, MI. 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-
2006-2567). 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. In
addition, the Coast Guard announced on September 19, 2006 it would hold
public meetings in Duluth, MN; Grand Haven/Spring Lake, MI; Port Huron/
Marysville, MI; and Cleveland, OH to discuss issues related to the
proposed permanent safety zones. See, 71 FR 54792. The times and
locations of these four meetings were announced in the Federal Register
on September 27, 2006. (71 FR 56420)
This document announces the decision to include three additional
meetings to the list of currently scheduled public meetings. These
added meetings will be held as follows: Monday, October 30, 2006 in
Rochester, NY; Wednesday, November 1, in the Milwaukee, WI/Chicago, IL
area; and Friday, November 3, in Charlevoix, MI. Specific times,
locations and additional information for the public meetings will be
announced in a subsequent notice in the Federal Register.
Background and Purpose
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 56 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. Requests for special assistance should reach the
Coast Guard within seven (7) business days of the meeting.
Dated: October 3, 2006.
John E. Crowley, Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. E6-16903 Filed 10-11-06; 8:45 am]
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