[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 88 (Friday, May 8, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 21564-21565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10755]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2008-1017]
RIN 1625-AA11


Regulated Navigation Areas; Bars Along the Coasts of Oregon and 
Washington

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of reopening of comment period; request 
for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the reopening of the comment period 
to receive comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 
entitled ``Regulated Navigation Areas; Bars Along the Coasts of Oregon 
and Washington'' that was published in the Federal Register on February 
12, 2009. As stated in the NPRM, the Coast Guard proposes to establish 
Regulated Navigation Areas (RNA) covering specific bars along the 
coasts of Oregon and Washington that will include procedures for 
restricting and/or closing those bars as well as additional safety 
requirements for recreational and small commercial vessels operating in 
the RNAs. The RNAs are necessary to help ensure the safety of the 
persons and vessels operating in those hazardous bar areas. The RNAs 
will do so by establishing clear procedures for restricting and/or 
closing the bars and mandating additional safety requirements for 
recreational and small commercial vessels operating in the RNAs when 
certain conditions exist.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on February 
12, 2009 (74 FR 7022), is reopened and will close on June 30, 2009. All 
comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or 
before June 30, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments identified by docket number 
USCG-2008-1017 using any one of the following methods:
    (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. 
Our online docket for this rulemaking is available on the Internet at 
http://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2008-1017. For 
instructions on submitting comments, see the ``Public Participating and 
Request for Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning the 
proposed rule, please call or e-mail LCDR Emily Saddler, Thirteenth 
Coast Guard District, Prevention Division, Inspections and 
Investigations Branch; telephone 206-220-7210, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose

    We published an NPRM in the Federal Register on February 12, 2009 
(74 FR 7022), entitled ``Regulated Navigation Areas; Bars Along the 
Coasts of Oregon and Washington.'' On April 13, 2009 (74 FR 16814), we 
published a notice of public meetings and the reopening of the comment 
period to April 14, 2009.
    In the NPRM, we propose to establish Regulated Navigation Areas 
(RNA) covering specific bars along the coasts of Oregon and Washington 
that will include procedures for restricting and/or closing those bars 
as well as additional safety requirements for recreational and small 
commercial vessels operating in the RNAs. The RNAs are necessary to 
help ensure the safety of the persons and vessels operating in those 
hazardous bar areas. The RNAs will do so by establishing clear 
procedures for restricting and/or closing the bars and mandating 
additional safety requirements for recreational and small commercial 
vessels operating in the RNAs when certain conditions exist.

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this 
rulemaking (USCG-2008-1017), indicate the specific section of this 
document to which each comment applies, 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-2008-1017'' 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 and may change the rule 
based on your comments.
    You may view the NPRM in our online docket, in addition to 
supporting documents prepared by the Coast Guard, including an 
``Environmental Analysis Checklist'' and RNA Fact Sheets for 
recreational, passenger, and commercial fishing vessels, and comments 
submitted thus far by going to http://www.regulations.gov. Once there, 
select the Advanced Docket Search option on the right side of the 
screen, insert USCG-2008-1017 in the Docket ID box, press Enter, and 
then click on the item in the Docket ID column. You may also visit 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; or the Thirteenth Coast Guard 
District, Prevention Division, Inspections and Investigations Branch in 
Room 3506 on the 35th floor of the Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second 
Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays. We have an agreement with the 
Department of Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility.
    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
comments via one of the methods listed under ADDRESSES. All comments 
received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov 
and will include any personal information you have provided.
    Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before June 30, 2009. If 
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submit a comment online via http://www.regulations.gov, it will be 
considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit 
the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be 
considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is 
received at the Docket Management Facility.
    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 notice 
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

    Dated: April 27, 2009.
J.P. Currier,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Thirteenth Coast Guard 
District.
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