[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45409-45410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15542]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2000-7833]


Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Vessel and 
Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements 
and Alternative Technology Revisions; Reopening Comment Period

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments; reopening the 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to public request, the Coast Guard is reopening 
the public comment period on the Draft Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the rulemaking on Vessel and Facility 
Response Plans for Oil; 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and 
Alternative Technology Revisions published on June 1, 2005 (70 FR 
31487). The DPEIS

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addresses the increase of the oil removal capacity (caps) requirements 
for tank vessels and marine transportation-related (MTR) facilities and 
added requirements for new response technologies. Reopening of the 
comment period gives the public more time to submit comments and 
recommendations on the issues raised in the DPEIS.

DATES: Comments must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before 
September 6, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number USCG-2000-7833 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one 
of the following methods:
    (1) Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov.
    (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    (4) Delivery: 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call Bradley McKitrick, Coast Guard, telephone (202) 267-0995, or e-
mail [email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Andrea M. Jenkins, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-0271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    All comments received will be posted, without change, to http://dms.dot.gov and will include any personal information you have 
provided. We have an agreement with the Department of Transportation 
(DOT) to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see DOT's ``Privacy 
Act'' paragraph below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your 
name and address, identify the docket number for this notice (USCG-
2000-7833) and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your 
comments by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket 
Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit 
your comments by only one means. If you submit them by mail or 
delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 
inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them 
by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please 
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will 
consider all comments received during the comment period.
    Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time, click on ``Simple Search,'' enter the last 
five digits of the docket number for this rulemaking, and click on 
``Search.'' You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in 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.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the 
Department of Transportation's Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.

Background and Purpose

    We are requesting your comments on environmental concerns you may 
have related to the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
(DPEIS) for the rulemaking on Vessel and Facility Response Plans for 
Oil; 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology 
Revisions published on June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31487). We will publish 
comments received during the DPEIS review period in the final PEIS. We 
will publish a notice of availability of the final PEIS in the Federal 
Register. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted, as 
they will be incorporated into the public record as part of this 
reopened comment period, and will be fully considered.

    Dated: August 2, 2005.
R. Petow,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, 
Security, and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 05-15542 Filed 8-4-05; 8:45 am]
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