[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 52 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14226-14227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6546]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, and 147

[USCG-1998-3868]
RIN 2115-AF39


Outer Continental Shelf Activities

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending the periods for public comment on 
its notice of proposed rulemaking on Outer Continental Shelf 
Activities. We received several requests to extend the comment period 
for an additional 90 days because of the length and complexity of the 
proposed rulemaking. We are changing the deadline for receipt of 
comments from April 5, 2000, to July 5, 2000. Also, due to requests 
submitted both to the Docket Management Facility and to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), we are changing the deadline for receipt 
of comments by OMB on the proposed collection-of-information 
requirements from February 7, 2000, to July 5, 2000.

DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management 
Facility on or before July 5, 2000. Comments sent to OMB on collection 
of information must reach OMB on or before July 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your comments and related material are not 
entered more than once in the docket, please submit them by only one of 
the following methods:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, (USCG-1998-3868), 
U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (2) By hand to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
    (4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    You may also mail comments on collection of information to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk Officer, 
U.S. Coast Guard.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this proposed rule, 
call Mr. James M. Magill, Vessel and Facility Operating Standards 
Division (G-MSO-2), telephone 202-267-1082 or fax 202-267-4570. For 
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Ms. 
Dorothy Walker, Chief of Dockets, Department of Transportation, 
telephone 202-366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    The NPRM, published on December 7, 1999 [64 FR 68416], encouraged 
interested persons to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
written data, views, or arguments by April 5, 2000. It also invited 
comments on collection of information to be submitted by February 7, 
2000. This request does the same, except that it invites their 
submitting them by July 5, 2000.
    Persons submitting comments should include their names and 
addresses, identify this docket [USCG-1998-3868] and the specific 
section of the NPRM to which each comment applies, and give the reason 
for each comment. Please submit one copy of each comment and attachment 
in an unbound format, no larger that 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for 
copying and electronic filing, to the DOT Docket Management Facility at 
the address under ADDRESSES. If you want acknowledgement of receipt of 
your comment, enclose a stamped self-addressed postcard or envelope.
    The Coast Guard will consider all comments received during the 
comment period. It may change this NPRM in view of them.

    Dated: March 13, 2000.
R.C. North,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety 
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 00-6546 Filed 3-15-00; 8:45 am]
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