[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 129 (Monday, July 6, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 40155-40156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14270]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 167

[USCG-2018-1058]


Port Access Route Study: Alaskan Arctic Coast; Reopening of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: Notification of reopening of commend period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Coast Guard is reopening the comment period 
for the notice of study and request for comments for the Port Access 
Route Study: Alaskan Arctic Coast that we published on December 21, 
2018. This action will provide the public with additional time and 
opportunity to provide the Coast Guard with information regarding the 
Port Access Route Study: Alaskan Arctic Coast. The comment period is 
extended until September 30, 2021.

DATES: The comment period for the document that published on December 
21, 2018 (83 FR 65701), which was extended on September 4, 2019 (84 FR 
46501), and January 13, 2020 (85 FR 1793), is reopened. Comments and 
related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before 
September 30, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2018-1058 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
document, please contact LCDR Michael Newell, Seventeenth Coast Guard

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District (dpw), at telephone number (907) 463-2263 or email 
[email protected], or Mr. David Seris, Seventeenth Coast Guard 
District (dpw), at telephone number (907) 463-2267 or email to 
[email protected], or LT Stephanie Alvarez, Seventeenth Coast 
Guard District (dpw), at telephone number (907) 463-2265 or email 
[email protected].

SUPPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 21, 2018, the Coast Guard 
published a notice of study and request for comments for the Port 
Access Route Study: Alaskan Artic Coast (83 FR 65701). The comment 
period in that document closed September 1, 2019. On September 4, 2019, 
the Coast Guard published a notification to extend the public comment 
period until January 30, 2020 (84 FR 46501). On January 13, 2020, the 
Coast Guard published a notification to extend the public comment 
period until June 30, 2020 (85 FR 1793). In this action, the Coast 
Guard is providing notice that the public comment period is reopened 
until September 30, 2021. The Coast Guard has reopened the comment 
period to provide adequate opportunity for public meetings in impacted 
Arctic communities, given recent COVID-19 impacts to travel. These 
discussions are vital to the Port Access Route Study and necessary to 
creating a well-informed proposal. The Port Access Route Study remains 
a high priority for the Coast Guard, critical to maintaining waterway 
safety in the Arctic. Documents mentioned in this document, and all 
public comments, are in our online docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by searching the docket number 
``USCG-2018-1058''.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1223(c) and 5 
U.S.C. 552.

    Dated: June 26, 2020.
Matthew T. Bell, Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 2020-14270 Filed 7-2-20; 8:45 am]
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