[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 37 (Thursday, February 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8807-8808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4146]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2009-0099]


Public Meeting and Comment Request on MARPOL Reception Facilities

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking comments and recommendations 
from the public for optimizing domestic International Convention for 
the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) port reception 
facilities and will conduct a public meeting on the subject on 
Thursday, March 12, 2009, at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of the meeting is to 
assist and complement efforts by the Coast Guard's Chemical 
Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) on implementing MARPOL 
regulations with respect to providing adequate port/terminal MARPOL 
reception facilities.

DATES: The public meeting will take place on Thursday, March 12, 2009, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593, to provide an 
opportunity for oral comments. Please note that the meeting may close 
early if all business is finished. Interested persons wishing to attend 
the meeting should notify the Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting (by 8:30 a.m., 
March 11, 2009) and include contact information and affiliation of 
attendee(s). Interested persons wishing to submit written comments for 
the record should notify the Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT) and send such written comments by close of business (COB), 
March 9, 2009 (see ADDRESSES).

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2009-0099 using any one of the following methods:

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    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    (3) 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.
    (4) 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.
    To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods. 
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on 
submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or e-mail David Condino, MARPOL COA Project Manager, telephone 
202-372-1145, e-mail: [email protected]; or Commander Michael 
Roldan, telephone 202-372-1130, e-mail: [email protected]. If you 
have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call 
Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-
9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments and related material. All 
comments received will be posted, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have 
provided.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number for this notice (USCG-2009-0099) and provide a reason for 
each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and 
material online, or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but please use only 
one of these means. We recommend that you include your name and a 
mailing address, an e-mail address, or a telephone number in the body 
of your document so that we can contact you if we have questions 
regarding your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
select the Advanced Docket Search option on the right side of the 
screen, insert ``USCG-2009-0099'' in the Docket ID box, press Enter, 
and then click on the balloon shape in the Actions column. If you 
submit your comments by mail or hand 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: To view the comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov, select the Advanced Docket Search option on the 
right side of the screen, insert USCG-2009-0099 in the Docket ID box, 
press Enter, and then click on the item in the Docket ID column. 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. We have an agreement 
with the Department of Transportation to use the Docket Management 
Facility.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of 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).

Information on Service for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting, 
contact David Condino at the telephone number or e-mail address 
indicated under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
notice.

Background and Purpose

    The public is invited to learn about how wastes from ships are 
handled at our ports and terminals and to comment on how to improve the 
Coast Guard's efforts to implement MARPOL requirements to provide 
adequate reception facilities. The public, commercial interests, local, 
State, and Federal Agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), 
public interest groups, trade organizations, and all other interested 
parties are invited to attend the meeting. The proposed agenda for the 
meeting will include--
     Introduction and welcome by U.S. Coast Guard;
     A presentation on U.S. Port Reception Facilities and the 
regulatory framework for the Coast Guard's Certificate of Adequacy 
(COA) Program for implementing MARPOL regulations for reception 
facilities;
     Questions and answer period on the COA presentation.
     Presentation of public comments received by the Coast 
Guard for the record. Note: Interested Parties, having previously 
submitted written comments for the record, may wish to give an oral 
presentation summarizing their comments; and
     Oral comments from the public.
    The Coast Guard is seeking comments from the general public on 
MARPOL reception facilities in the U.S. The Coast Guard is specifically 
interested in identifying all issues that impact implementation of 
MARPOL requirements for port reception facilities in the U.S. and in 
obtaining recommendations to address those issues. Issues include--
     Conflicts with other regulations;
     Disposal cost issues at ports/terminals;
     Requirement for lab analysis of wastes;
     Segregation of Annex V wastes;
     Impacts of MARPOL waste collection requirements on local/
regional waste disposal capacity and infrastructure;
     Emerging opportunities for business development for 
reception facilities at ports/terminals; and
     Additional burden, if any, of adopting standardized 
Advance Notice Forms (ANF) and/or Waste Delivery Receipt (WDR) forms 
adopted by the International Maritime Organization.
    Oral comments made at the meeting will be summarized. The 
summarized oral comments, along with any prepared comments delivered at 
the meeting, will be added to the docket number for this notice (USCG-
2009-0099). Summarized comments made at the meeting, written comments 
received prior to the meeting, prepared comments delivered at the 
meeting, and other relevant documents presented, will be provided to 
the CTAC subcommittee on MARPOL at the CTAC meeting to be held later 
this year (see Federal Register notice, 73 FR 79496, Dec. 29, 2008, 
seeking public comments for optimizing MARPOL port reception 
facilities). Notice of the CTAC public meeting will be given at a later 
date.

    Dated: February 23, 2009.
H. Hime,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
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