[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14384-14385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07069]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2019-0131]
Port Access Route Study: The Areas Offshore of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces an additional public meeting in
Montauk, NY, to receive comments on a notice of study entitled ``Port
Access Route Study: The Areas Offshore of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island'' that was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, March
26, 2019, (84 FR 11314). As stated in that document the Coast Guard is
conducting a Massachusetts and Rhode Island Port Access Route Study
(MARIPARS) to evaluate the need for establishing vessel routing
measures.
DATES: Three public meetings will now be held to provide an opportunity
for oral comments about the MARIPARS on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on
Monday, April 29, 2019, form 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Written comments and
related material may also be submitted to Coast Guard personnel
specified at the meetings. The comment period for the notice of study
closes on May 28, 2019. All comments and related material submitted
after the meetings must be received by the Coast Guard on or before May
28, 2019. Commenters should be aware that the electronic Federal Docket
Management System will not accept comments after midnight Eastern
Daylight Time on the last day of the comment period.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2019-0131 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further
instructions on submitting comments.
The public meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m., will be held at Corless Auditorium (Watkins Laboratory Building),
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography at 215
South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882-1197.
The public meeting on Thursday, April 25, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m., will be held at Flanagan Hall,
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Massachusetts Maritime Academy at 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA
02532.
The public meeting on Monday, April 29, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m., will be held at Inlet Seafood Restaurant at 541 East Lake Drive,
Montauk, NY 11954.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice or study call or email the Project Officer, Mr. Edward G.
LeBlanc, Chief of Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Waterways
Management Division, telephone (401) 435-2351; email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose and Background
On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 we published a notice of study entitled
``Port Access Route Study: The Areas Offshore of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island'' in the Federal Register, (84 FR 11314), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/26/2019-05730/port-access-route-study-the-areas-offshore-of-massachusetts-and-rhode-island. In it
we stated our intention to hold two public meetings at a location in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Since the publication of the notice in
the Federal Register we have received a request to hold a public
meeting in the Montauk, NY area. This document is the notice of that
meeting.
II. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this study by submitting
comments and related materials to the online public docket or orally at
the public meetings. All comments received will be posted, without
change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal
information you have provided.
A. Submitting Comments: If you submit comments to the online public
docket, please include the docket number for this rulemaking (USCG-
2019-0131), indicate the specific section of this document to which
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. We accept anonymous comments.
To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
and insert ``USCG-2019-0131'' in the ``search box''. Click ``Search''.
Then click ``Comment Now''. We will consider all comments and material
received during the comment period.
B. Public Meetings: We now plan to hold three public meetings to
receive oral comments on this notice. If you bring written comments to
the public meeting, you may submit them to Coast Guard personnel
specified at the meeting to receive written comments. These comments
will be added to our online public docket. We recommend that you
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a
telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact
you if we have questions regarding your submission. Attendance at the
public meeting is not required. We will provide a written summary of
the oral comments received and will place that summary in the docket.
The first public meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 6 p.m. to
9 p.m., will be held at Corless Auditorium (Watkins Laboratory
Building), University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography,
215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882-1197.
The second public meeting on Thursday, April 25, 2019, from 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m., will be held at Flanagan Hall, Massachusetts Maritime
Academy, 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.
The third public meeting on Monday, April 29,, 2019, from 6 p.m. to
9 p.m., will be held at Inlet Seafood Restaurant at 541 East Lake
Drive, Montauk, NY 11954.
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting,
contact Mr. Edward Leblanc at the telephone number or email address
indicated under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
C. Viewing the comments and documents: You may view the notice of
study, comments submitted thus far, and documents mentioned in this
preamble in our online docket by going to http://www.regulations.gov.
Once there, click on the ``read comments'' box, which will then become
highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box insert ``USCG-2019-0131''
and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in the
``Actions'' column.
D. 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)
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/01/17/E8-785/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records.
This notice is published under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 70004 and
5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: April 1, 2019.
A.J. Tiongson,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2019-07069 Filed 4-9-19; 8:45 am]
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