[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 25935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11889]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 95-039]


Oil Spill Removal Organization Program Workshop

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is considering revisions to its Oil Spill 
Removal Organization (OSRO) classification process. The Coast Guard has 
identified a number of economic, programmatic, and operational 
inefficiencies in the current process. In order to fully understand and 
properly address these concerns with a focus on meeting our customer 
needs, the Coast Guard intends to revise the OSRO program. The Coast 
Guard will conduct a workshop to obtain information from the affected 
community and the general public.

DATES: The workshop will be held June 15, 1995 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Comments on proposed issues to be raised at the workshop should be 
submitted by May 30, 1995. Individuals interested in attending the 
public workshop should contact LT Terry Hoover by June 8, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Best Western Old Colony 
Inn, 625 1st Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Written comments should be 
mailed to Commandant (G-MEP-2), Room 2100, U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, ATTN: LT Terry Hoover.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Terry Hoover, Marine Environmental 
Protection Division (G-MEP), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone (202) 267-0448.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OSRO program was established to allow 
vessel and facility owners and operators to list a Coast Guard 
evaluated OSRO in an OPA 90 response plan in lieu of providing a 
detailed list of oil spill response equipment. Through the plan 
development and plan review processes, inefficiencies have been 
identified in the OSRO classification process. Because of these 
identified inefficiencies, the Coast Guard intends to revise the OSRO 
program.
    The Coast Guard held a similar workshop in January 1994, with the 
intent of reviewing how the program was serving the customer and 
potentially modifying the OSRO program. However, since revisions would 
have been implemented during the critical response plan preparation and 
submission period, it was determined that modifying the OSRO program 
might adversely disrupt the ongoing planning process. The issues raised 
at the January 1994 workshop will be summarized at the June 1995 
workshop.
    The workshop format will consist of a briefing on the current 
program, a review of difficulties reported, a verbal summary of written 
comments received to date, and a structured but open forum discussion 
on ideas to improve the system. Written comments or questions may be 
submitted before or after the workshop. All comments or questions after 
the workshop should be submitted prior to July 1, 1995. The Coast Guard 
intends to publish a revised process no later than August 1, 1995. Any 
changes to location or dates of the workshop will be announced in the 
Federal Register.
    The Coast Guard also plans to hold a workshop on June 14, 1995, at 
the same location to discuss the National Preparedness for Response 
Exercise Program (PREP). A separate notice will be published in the 
Federal Register to address the PREP workshop.

    Dated: May 9, 1995.
G.N. Naccara,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-11889 Filed 5-12-95; 8:45 am]
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