[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 164 (Friday, August 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49694-49695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19525]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2004-19621]


Dry Cargo Residue Discharges in the Great Lakes

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) which provides an assessment of 
the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed 
regulation of residue resulting from the shipping of dry cargo on the 
Great Lakes. We request your comments on the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS).

DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management 
Facility on or before September 22, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number USCG-2004-19621 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one 
of the following methods:
    (1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (4) Fax: 202-493-2251.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), please contact Mr. Greg 
Kirkbride, U.S Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-1479 or e-mail 
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments and related material on the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Dry Cargo Residue 
Discharges in the Great Lakes. All comments received will be posted, 
without change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with the 
Department of Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number for this notice (USCG-2004-19621), and give the reason 
for each comment. You may submit your comments and material by 
electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket Management 
Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit your 
comments and material by only one means. We recommend that you include 
your name and a mailing address, an e-mail address, or a phone number 
in the body of your document so that we can contact you if we have 
questions regarding your submission. 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 and material received during the comment period.
    Viewing the comments and FEIS: To view the comments and Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) go to http://www.regulations.gov 
at any time. Enter the docket number for this notice (USCG-2004-19621) 
in the Search box, and click ``Go >>.'' If you do not have access to 
the internet, you may view the docket online by visiting the Docket 
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the 
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., Washington, DC 20590, 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 a 
Privacy Act system of records notice regarding our public dockets in 
the January 17, 2008 issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

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Background and Purpose

    The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) provides an 
assessment of the potential environmental impacts associated with the 
proposed regulation of residue resulting from the shipping of dry cargo 
on the Great Lakes. The preferred alternative would amend Coast Guard 
regulations in accordance with an existing policy that allows the 
discharge of nontoxic and nonhazardous bulk dry cargo residues in 
limited areas in the Great Lakes, with new requirements for 
recordkeeping and new designated special areas where discharges would 
be prohibited. The USCG has the authority to regulate such discharges 
on the Great Lakes under Section 623 of Public Law 108-293.

    Dated: August 15, 2008.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, United States 
Coast Guard.
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