[Federal Register: May 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 88)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2008-1017]
RIN 1625-AA11
Regulated Navigation Areas; Bars Along the Coasts of Oregon and
Washington
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of reopening of comment period; request
for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the reopening of the comment period
to receive comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
entitled ``Regulated Navigation Areas; Bars Along the Coasts of Oregon
and Washington'' that was published in the Federal Register on February
12, 2009. As stated in the NPRM, the Coast Guard proposes to establish
Regulated Navigation Areas (RNA) covering specific bars along the
coasts of Oregon and Washington that will include procedures for
restricting and/or closing those bars as well as additional safety
requirements for recreational and small commercial vessels operating in
the RNAs. The RNAs are necessary to help ensure the safety of the
persons and vessels operating in those hazardous bar areas. The RNAs
will do so by establishing clear procedures for restricting and/or
closing the bars and mandating additional safety requirements for
recreational and small commercial vessels operating in the RNAs when
certain conditions exist.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on February
12, 2009 (74 FR 7022), is reopened and will close on June 30, 2009. All
comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or
before June 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments identified by docket number
USCG-2008-1017 using any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
Our online docket for this rulemaking is available on the Internet at
http://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2008-1017. For
instructions on submitting comments, see the ``Public Participating and
Request for Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning the
proposed rule, please call or e-mail LCDR Emily Saddler, Thirteenth
Coast Guard District, Prevention Division, Inspections and
Investigations Branch; telephone 206-220-7210, e-mail
Emily.C.Saddler@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
We published an NPRM in the Federal Register on February 12, 2009
(74 FR 7022), entitled ``Regulated Navigation Areas; Bars Along the
Coasts of Oregon and Washington.'' On April 13, 2009 (74 FR 16814), we
published a notice of public meetings and the reopening of the comment
period to April 14, 2009.
In the NPRM, we propose to establish Regulated Navigation Areas
(RNA) covering specific bars along the coasts of Oregon and Washington
that will include procedures for restricting and/or closing those bars
as well as additional safety requirements for recreational and small
commercial vessels operating in the RNAs. The RNAs are necessary to
help ensure the safety of the persons and vessels operating in those
hazardous bar areas. The RNAs will do so by establishing clear
procedures for restricting and/or closing the bars and mandating
additional safety requirements for recreational and small commercial
vessels operating in the RNAs when certain conditions exist.
Public Participation and Request for Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking (USCG-2008-1017), indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and material
online, or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but please use only one of
these means. We recommend that you include your name and a mailing
address, an e-mail address, or a telephone number in the body of your
document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding your
submission.
To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
select the Advanced Docket Search option on the right side of the
screen, insert ``USCG-2008-1017'' in the Docket ID box, press Enter,
and then click on the balloon shape in the Actions column. If you
submit your comments by mail or hand 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 and
material received during the comment period and may change the rule
based on your comments.
You may view the NPRM in our online docket, in addition to
supporting documents prepared by the Coast Guard, including an
``Environmental Analysis Checklist'' and RNA Fact Sheets for
recreational, passenger, and commercial fishing vessels, and comments
submitted thus far by going to http://www.regulations.gov. Once there,
select the Advanced Docket Search option on the right side of the
screen, insert USCG-2008-1017 in the Docket ID box, press Enter, and
then click on the item in the Docket ID column. You may also visit the
Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays; or the Thirteenth Coast Guard
District, Prevention Division, Inspections and Investigations Branch in
Room 3506 on the 35th floor of the Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second
Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. We have an agreement with the
Department of Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility.
We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments via one of the methods listed under ADDRESSES. All comments
received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov
and will include any personal information you have provided.
Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before June 30, 2009. If
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submit a comment online via http://www.regulations.gov, it will be
considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit
the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be
considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is
received at the Docket Management Facility.
Anyone can search the electronic form of 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 a Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
Dated: April 27, 2009.
J.P. Currier,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Thirteenth Coast Guard
District.
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