[Federal Register: February 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 37)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2009-0099]
Public Meeting and Comment Request on MARPOL Reception Facilities
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking comments and recommendations
from the public for optimizing domestic International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) port reception
facilities and will conduct a public meeting on the subject on
Thursday, March 12, 2009, at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of the meeting is to
assist and complement efforts by the Coast Guard's Chemical
Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) on implementing MARPOL
regulations with respect to providing adequate port/terminal MARPOL
reception facilities.
DATES: The public meeting will take place on Thursday, March 12, 2009,
from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593, to provide an
opportunity for oral comments. Please note that the meeting may close
early if all business is finished. Interested persons wishing to attend
the meeting should notify the Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting (by 8:30 a.m.,
March 11, 2009) and include contact information and affiliation of
attendee(s). Interested persons wishing to submit written comments for
the record should notify the Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) and send such written comments by close of business (COB),
March 9, 2009 (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2009-0099 using any one of the following methods:
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(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.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call or e-mail David Condino, MARPOL COA Project Manager, telephone
202-372-1145, e-mail: david.a.condino@uscg.mil; or Commander Michael
Roldan, telephone 202-372-1130, e-mail: luis.m.roldan@uscg.mil. If you
have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call
Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-
9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to submit comments and related material. All
comments received will be posted, without change, to http://
www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have
provided.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the
docket number for this notice (USCG-2009-0099) 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-2009-0099'' 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.
Viewing the comments: To view the comments, go to http://
www.regulations.gov, select the Advanced Docket Search option on the
right side of the screen, insert USCG-2009-0099 in the Docket ID box,
press Enter, and then click on the item in the Docket ID column. If you
do not have access to the Internet, you may view the docket online by
visiting 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. We have an agreement
with the Department of Transportation to use the Docket Management
Facility.
Privacy Act: 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, system of records notice regarding our public dockets in
the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
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 meeting,
contact David Condino at the telephone number or e-mail address
indicated under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
Background and Purpose
The public is invited to learn about how wastes from ships are
handled at our ports and terminals and to comment on how to improve the
Coast Guard's efforts to implement MARPOL requirements to provide
adequate reception facilities. The public, commercial interests, local,
State, and Federal Agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),
public interest groups, trade organizations, and all other interested
parties are invited to attend the meeting. The proposed agenda for the
meeting will include--
Introduction and welcome by U.S. Coast Guard;
A presentation on U.S. Port Reception Facilities and the
regulatory framework for the Coast Guard's Certificate of Adequacy
(COA) Program for implementing MARPOL regulations for reception
facilities;
Questions and answer period on the COA presentation.
Presentation of public comments received by the Coast
Guard for the record. Note: Interested Parties, having previously
submitted written comments for the record, may wish to give an oral
presentation summarizing their comments; and
Oral comments from the public.
The Coast Guard is seeking comments from the general public on
MARPOL reception facilities in the U.S. The Coast Guard is specifically
interested in identifying all issues that impact implementation of
MARPOL requirements for port reception facilities in the U.S. and in
obtaining recommendations to address those issues. Issues include--
Conflicts with other regulations;
Disposal cost issues at ports/terminals;
Requirement for lab analysis of wastes;
Segregation of Annex V wastes;
Impacts of MARPOL waste collection requirements on local/
regional waste disposal capacity and infrastructure;
Emerging opportunities for business development for
reception facilities at ports/terminals; and
Additional burden, if any, of adopting standardized
Advance Notice Forms (ANF) and/or Waste Delivery Receipt (WDR) forms
adopted by the International Maritime Organization.
Oral comments made at the meeting will be summarized. The
summarized oral comments, along with any prepared comments delivered at
the meeting, will be added to the docket number for this notice (USCG-
2009-0099). Summarized comments made at the meeting, written comments
received prior to the meeting, prepared comments delivered at the
meeting, and other relevant documents presented, will be provided to
the CTAC subcommittee on MARPOL at the CTAC meeting to be held later
this year (see Federal Register notice, 73 FR 79496, Dec. 29, 2008,
seeking public comments for optimizing MARPOL port reception
facilities). Notice of the CTAC public meeting will be given at a later
date.
Dated: February 23, 2009.
H. Hime,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
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