[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 186 (Monday, September 28, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49355-49356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23386]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 151
46 CFR Part 162
[USCG-2001-10486]
RIN 1625-AA32
Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged
in U.S. Waters
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides the times and locations of the first four
of six public meetings which will be held by the Coast Guard (USCG)
regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``Standards
for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S.
Waters'' that published in the Federal Register on Friday, August 28,
2009.
DATES: Public meetings will be held in the Seattle, WA (September 28,
2009), New Orleans, LA (September 30, 2009), Chicago, IL (October 2,
2009), Washington, DC (October 8, 2009), Oakland, CA (October 27,
2009), and New York, NY (October 29, 2009) areas to provide
opportunities for oral comments. The comment period for the NPRM closes
on November 27, 2009. All comments and related material submitted after
a meeting must either be submitted to our online docket via
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov on or before November 27, 2009 or
reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.
ADDRESSES: The dates and locations of the first four public meetings
are provided in the following table. All meetings will be held from 9
a.m. until 4 p.m. local time unless otherwise noted. The meetings may
conclude before the allotted time if all matters of discussion have
been addressed.
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Date Location Phone
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09/28/2009.............................. Hotel 1000 Seattle, 1000 First 206-957-1000.
Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104.
09/30/2009.............................. Hotel Monteleone, 214 Rue Royal, 866-338-4684.
New Orleans, LA 70130.
10/02/2009.............................. Hilton Garden Inn Chicago 312-595-0000.
Downtown/Magnificent Mile, 10
E. Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL
60611.
10/08/2009.............................. U.S. Environmental Protection 202-564-9545.
Agency, 1201 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
10/27/2009.............................. TBD, Oakland, CA................ TBD.
10/29/2009.............................. TBD, New York, NY............... TBD.
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You may submit written comments identified by docket number USCG-
2001-10486 before or after the meeting using any one of the following
methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:[sol][sol]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-2001-10486.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this proposed
rulemaking, call or e-mail Mr. John Morris, Project Manager,
Environmental Standards Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
telephone 202-372-1433, e-mail: [email protected]. 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: The Coast Guard published a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on Friday, August
28, 2009 (74 FR 44632), entitled ``Standards for Living Organisms in
Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters.'' In it, we stated our
intention to hold public meetings, and to publish a notice with
additional details regarding those public meetings as soon as the
information was available. 74 FR 44632. On Monday, September 14, 2009,
we published a Notice of Public Meeting to inform the public of the
date for each public meeting, as well as the city in which those
meetings will be held. 74 FR 46964. That notice also stated that
additional notice(s) would be published in the Federal Register as
specific locations and details for these meetings were finalized. On
Tuesday, September 22, 2009, we published a Notice of Public Meeting
with the specific locations and details for the first two of the six
public meetings. 74 FR 48190. This notice provides those details for
the second two public meetings and restates the information for the
first two public meetings. Those details are as follows:
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Date Location Phone
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09/28/2009.............................. Hotel 1000 Seattle, 1000 First 206-957-1000.
Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104.
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09/30/2009.............................. Hotel Monteleone, 214 Rue Royal, 866-338-4684.
New Orleans, LA 70130.
10/02/2009.............................. Hilton Garden Inn Chicago 312-595-0000.
Downtown/Magnificent Mile, 10
E. Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL
60611.
10/08/2009.............................. U.S. Environmental Protection 202-564-9545.
Agency, 1201 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
10/27/2009.............................. TBD, Oakland, CA................ TBD.
10/29/2009.............................. TBD, New York, NY............... TBD.
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Written comments and related material may also be submitted to
Coast Guard personnel specified at those meetings for inclusion in the
official docket for this rulemaking.
Information on Service for Individuals with Disabilities
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meetings,
contact Mr. John Morris at the telephone number or e-mail address
indicated under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
Dated: September 23, 2009.
F.J. Sturm,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast
Guard.
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