[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 108 (Monday, June 5, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35600-35601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14112]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2000-6096]


Marine Shipboard Electrical Cable Standards

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Proposed rule: notice of public meeting and reopening of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is holding a public meeting and reopening the 
comment period to allow for additional comments on the notice of 
proposed rulemaking for Marine Shipboard Electrical Cable Standards. 
Since publication of the notice, we have received several requests to 
hold a public meeting.

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 28, 2000, 
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. but will close early if all business is finished. 
Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management Facility 
on or before July 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in room 2415, U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC.
    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 means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility [USCG-2000-6096], 
U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (2) By delivery 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.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
rulemaking. Comments and material received from the public will become 
part of this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at 
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. You may also find this docket on the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on the public meeting, 
call Dolores Mercier, Project Manager, Office of Design and Engineering 
Standards (G-MSE), Coast Guard, telephone 202-267-0658, fax 202-267-
4816, e-mail [email protected]. For questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Dorothy Beard, Chief, Dockets, 
Department of Transportation, phone 202-366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), published on February 8, 
2000 (65 FR 6111), encouraged interested persons to participate in this 
rulemaking by submitting written comments by May 8, 2000. The comment 
period for this rulemaking is reopened and will close July 7, 2000.
    If you submit written comments, please include your name and 
address, and identify the docket number for this rulemaking [USCG-2000-
6096] and the reason for each comment. You may submit your comments and 
material by mail, delivery, fax, or electronic means to the Docket 
Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit 
your comments and material by only one means. Please submit all 
comments and material in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 
inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing to the Facility at 
the address under ADDRESSES. If you want acknowledgement of receipt of 
your comments, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or 
envelope. We will consider all comments and material received whether 
submitted in writing to the docket or presented during the public 
meeting discussed below.

Public Meeting

    We have received several requests for a public meeting and have 
scheduled one. The scope of the meeting is limited only to matters 
addressed in the NPRM. Comments concerning adoption of IEEE Standard 45 
(1998) will not be included as part of this meeting. A request for 
comments concerning adoption of IEEE Standard 45 (1998) is scheduled 
for publication this summer.
    We encourage your further participation by attending the meeting or 
by submitting comments and related material on the NPRM.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for people with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
Dolores Mercier, Office of Design and Engineering Standards

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(G-MSE), Coast Guard, telephone 202-267-0658, e-mail 
[email protected], as soon as possible.

    Dated: May 31, 2000.
R.C. North,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety 
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 00-14112 Filed 6-1-00; 1:02 pm]
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