[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 144 (Thursday, July 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 42717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12032]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No: MARAD-2006-25364]


Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration.

ACTION: Notice of the Availability of a draft Environmental Assessment.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this Notice is to make available to the public 
the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Removal of Non-
Retention Vessels from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. The draft EA 
analyzes the impacts associated with removal of all non-retention 
vessels for eventual disposal through various means such as recycling, 
museum donations, artificial reef creation, and/or military and 
civilian uses.

DATES: Comments on this draft Environmental Assessment must be received 
by August 28, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
MARAD-2006-25364] by any of the following methods:
     Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 7th St., SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 7th St., SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this action. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://dms.dot.gov including any personal 
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 7th St., SW., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal Holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel E. Yuska, Jr., Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Activities, U.S. 
Maritime Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC. 
20590; telephone (202) 366-0714, fax (202) 366-6988.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An electronic version of this document and 
all documents entered into this docket are available at http://dms.dot.gov. In addition, copies of the draft EA are available for 
public viewing at the Benicia Public Library in Benicia, California.

Privacy Act

    Anyone is able to 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 DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66)

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: July 21, 2006.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-12032 Filed 7-26-06; 8:45 am]
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