[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 161 (Friday, August 18, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50479-50480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21126]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 26, 161, and 165

[USCG-1998-4399]
RIN 2115-AF75


Vessel Traffic Service Lower Mississippi River

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Proposed rulemaking; notice of reopening of comment period, and 
public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening the period for public comment on 
the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) establishing a Vessel Traffic 
Service (VTS) on the Lower Mississippi River published on April 26, 
2000 (65 FR 24616). Due to several requests for additional time to 
comment, the Coast Guard is reopening the comment period. The Coast 
Guard will also schedule a public meeting to receive comments on the 
NPRM. The date and address of this meeting will be determined in the 
future, and subsequently published in a separate notice in the Federal 
Register.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before December 1, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: Please submit your comments and related material by any one 
of the following methods (but by only one, to avoid multiple listings 
in the public docket):
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility [USCG-1998-4399], 
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,

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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 address of the meeting will be determined in the future, and 
subsequently published in a separate notice in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on the proposed 
rulemaking, contact Mr. Jorge Arroyo, Office of Vessel Traffic 
Management, (G-MWV), Coast Guard, telephone 202-267-6277. For questions 
on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Dorothy 
Beard, Chief of Dockets, Department of Transportation, telephone 202-
366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on 
a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) on the Lower Mississippi River, 
published on April 26, 2000 (65 FR 24616), encouraged interested 
persons to participate in this rulemaking by submitting written data, 
views, or arguments by July 25, 2000. In response to several requests 
for additional comment time, the Coast Guard is reopening the comment 
period on the NPRM until December 1, 2000. Please do not resubmit 
comments that have already been made part of this docket. The NPRM and 
comments already received may be viewed at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Persons submitting comments should include their names and 
addresses, identify this docket (USCG-1998-4399), 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 than 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 acknowledgment 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.

Public Meeting

    The Coast Guard intends to hold a public meeting in the New Orleans 
area to receive comments on the NPRM. The exact date and location will 
be published in a notice in the Federal Register as soon as they are 
determined.

    Dated: August 14, 2000.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 00-21126 Filed 8-17-00; 8:45 am]
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