[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 188 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 50235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24109]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 95-074]


Oil Spill Removal Organization Classification Guidelines

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has developed revised guidelines for 
classifying Oil Spill Removal Organizations (OSRO). These organizations 
provide oil spill response capabilities to vessel and facility owners 
and operators. OSROs are classified based on their oil spill response 
resources. The revised OSRO guidelines make fundamental changes in the 
Coast Guard's OSRO classification process. This notice announces the 
availability of the revised OSRO guidelines and solicits comments on 
them.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed to Commandant (G-MRO-3), Room 
2100, U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20593-
0001, ATTN: LT Terry Hoover.
    Copies of the revised OSRO guidelines may be obtained by contacting 
LT Terry Hoover at (202) 267-0448 or faxing a request at (202) 267-
4085.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Vessel and facility owners and operators are 
required to have oil spill response plans which identify oil spill 
response resources. The OSRO program was established to allow vessel 
and facility owners and operators to list an OSRO in an OPA 90 response 
plan instead 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 has revised 
the OSRO classification process. The process has been changed to make 
the classification process a better representation of an OSRO's 
capability to respond to an oil spill.

    Dated: September 21, 1995.
J.C. Card,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-24109 Filed 9-27-95; 8:45 am]
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