[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-11979]


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[Federal Register: May 17, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 94-031]

 

Unified Command and Incident Command System

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting; clarification.

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SUMMARY: This notice is a correction to the notice that appeared in the 
April 28, 1994, Federal Register concerning a workshop to be held on 
May 20, 1994, in Alexandria, Virginia. The workshop will address 
general issues relating to unified command and the Incident Command 
System, as they have been practiced, and relate these concepts, 
generally, to the oil spill area planning process. This notice 
clarifies the purpose of the workshop.

DATES: The public workshop will be held on May 20, 1994, from 9 a.m. to 
4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public workshop will be held at the Best Western Old 
Colony Inn, 625 1st Street, Alexandria, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LCDR Rhae Giacoma, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection (G-MEP-4), (202) 267-2616.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard and the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) are co-sponsoring a workshop on the unified 
command and Incident Command System on May 20, 1994, in Alexandria, 
Virginia. The Coast Guard and EPA announced the workshop in the April 
28, 1994, Federal Register Notice (59 FR 22043).
    The intent of the workshop is to address general issues relating to 
unified command and the Incident Command System, as they have been 
practiced, and relate these concepts, generally, to the oil spill area 
planning process. Neither the Coast Guard nor the EPA consider the 
meeting to be a reopening of the comment period on the October 22, 
1993, proposed revisions to the National Oil and Hazardous Materials 
Pollution Contingency Plan or NCP (40 CFR part 300; 58 FR 54702). The 
meeting will not address specific issues related to the NCP revisions.
    As stated in the April 28, 1994, FR notice, many EPA and Coast 
Guard On-Scene Coordinators, in guiding the Area Committees in the 
development of Area Contingency Plans, are outlining detailed response 
structures. Several Area Committees are investigating the possibility 
of incorporating one of the fire fighting-based Incident Command 
Systems into the response structure outlined in Area Contingency Plans. 
Some of those involved in the process have raised questions regarding 
the best system for oil and hazardous substances spill response. To 
address these issues, the Coast Guard and EPA have decided to hold a 
public workshop as a forum for discussing how various response 
structures relate to oil and hazardous substance spill response.

    Dated: May 11, 1994.
J.F. McGowan,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 94-11979 Filed 5-16-94; 8:45 am]
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