[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 59326-59327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23389]


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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, Department of 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 
reopened until March 31, 2022.

DATES: The comment period for the document 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), and reopened on July 6, 2020 
(85 FR 40155), is reopened again. Comments and related material must be 
received by the Coast Guard on or before March 31, 2022.

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 
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 to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY 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 
(84 FR 46501), the Coast Guard published a document extending the 
public comment period until January 30, 2020. On January 13, 2020 (85 
FR 1793), the Coast Guard published a document extending the public 
comment period until June 30, 2020. On July 6, 2020 (85 FR 40155), the 
Coast Guard published a document reopening the public comment period 
until September 30, 2021. In this action, the Coast Guard is providing 
notice that the public comment period is reopened until March 31, 2022. 
The Coast Guard has reopened the comment period to provide adequate 
opportunity for public meetings in impacted Arctic communities, given 
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 notification, and all public comments, are in our 
online docket at https://www.regulations.gov

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and can be viewed by searching the docket number ``USCG-2018-1058''.
    This notification is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1223(c) 
and 5 U.S.C. 552.

    Dated: September 27, 2021.
Nathan A. Moore,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 2021-23389 Filed 10-26-21; 8:45 am]
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