[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 12, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 53629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15109]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[USCG-2006-25767; CGD09-06-123]
RIN 1625-AA00


Safety Zones; U.S. Coast Guard Water Training Areas, Great Lakes

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Re-opening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to public requests, the Coast Guard is re-opening 
the comment period on its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to 
establish permanent safety zones throughout the Great Lakes to conduct 
live fire gun exercises. These safety zones are necessary to protect 
the public from the hazards associated with the firing of weapons and 
to ensure the operational readiness of Coast Guard personnel, cutters 
and small boats. Re-opening the comment period will provide the public 
more time to submit comments and recommendations.

DATES: Comments and related materials must reach the Coast Guard on or 
before November 13, 2006.

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 means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (USCG-2006-2567), 
U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 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 the 
rulemaking. Comments will become part of this docket and will be 
available for inspection or copying at room PL-401, located on the 
Plaza level of the Nassif Building at the same address between 10 a.m. 
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may 
electronically access the public docket on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the NPRM provisions 
contact Commander Gustav Wulfkuhle, Enforcement Branch, Response 
Division, Ninth Coast Guard District, Cleveland, Ohio at 216-902-6091. 
For questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call 
Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-493-
0402.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose

    On August 1, 2006, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPRM)(71 FR 43402) to establish permanent safety zones 
throughout the Great Lakes to conduct live fire gun exercises. The 
initial comment period for this NPRM ended on August 31, 2006.
    In response to public requests, the Coast Guard is re-opening the 
comment period on this NPRM. Re-opening the comment period will provide 
the public more time to submit comments and recommendations.
    In addition, the Coast Guard has added a copy of the ``Preliminary 
Health Risk Assessment for Proposed U.S. Coast Guard Weapons Training 
Exercises'' (January 2006) to the docket in order to better inform the 
public that the proposed training will pose no elevated health or 
ecological risks in the Great Lakes.

Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard encourages you to submit comments and related 
materials. If you submit a comment, please include your name and 
address, identify the NPRM [USCG-2006-2567 (formerly CGD09-06-123)]; 
published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2006 (71 FR 43402) and 
indicate the specific section of this document to which each comment 
applies, and give the reason for each comment. Please submit one copy 
of all comments and attachments 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 
submit them by mail and would like to know that they reached the 
facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or 
envelope.
    The Coast Guard will consider all comments received during the 
comment period. It may change the proposed rules in view of the 
comments.

    Dated: September 1, 2006.
John E. Crowley, Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District.
 [FR Doc. E6-15109 Filed 9-11-06; 8:45 am]
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