[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38853-38854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09691]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 110

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0749]
RIN 1625-AA01


Establish Anchorage Ground; Port Westward Anchorage, Columbia 
River, Oregon and Washington

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening the comment period for the notice 
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``Establish Anchorage Ground; 
Port Westward Anchorage, Columbia River, Oregon and Washington,'' 
published on December 28, 2023. Reopening the comment period will allow 
additional time for the public to review and submit comments on the 
proposed rule.

DATES: The comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking 
published on December 28, 2023 (88 FR 89644) is reopened. Comments and 
related material must be submitted to the docket by June 7, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2023-0749 using the Federal Decision Making Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further 
instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email LT Carlie Gilligan, Sector Columbia River Waterways 
Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 503-240-9319, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard views public participation as essential to 
effective rulemaking and will consider all comments and material 
received on this notice of proposed rulemaking during the comment 
period. Your comment can help shape the outcome of this rulemaking. If 
you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this 
proposed rule, indicate the specific section of this document to which 
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or 
recommendation.
    Submitting comments. We encourage you to submit comments through 
the Federal Decision Making Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. To 
do so, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type USCG-2023-0749 in the 
search box and click ``Search.'' Next, look for this document in the 
Search Results column, and click on it. Then click on the Comment 
option. If you cannot submit your material by using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the person in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this proposed rule for alternate 
instructions.
    Viewing material in docket. To view documents mentioned in this as 
being available in the docket, find the docket as described in the 
previous paragraph, and then select ``Supporting & Related Material'' 
in the Document Type column. Public comments will also be placed in our 
online docket and can be viewed by following instructions on the 
https://www.regulations.gov Frequently Asked Questions web page. We 
review all comments received, but we will only post comments that 
address the topic of the document. We may choose not to post off-topic, 
inappropriate, or duplicate comments that we receive.
    Personal information. We accept anonymous comments. Comments we 
post to https://www.regulations.gov will include any personal 
information you have provided. For more about privacy and submissions 
to the docket in response to this document, see DHS's eRulemaking 
System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020).
    Public meeting. We are not planning to hold a public meeting but 
will consider doing so if we determine from public comments that a 
meeting would

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be helpful. We would issue a separate Federal Register notice to 
announce the date, time, and location of such a meeting.

    Dated: April 29, 2024.
Charles E. Fosse,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Thirteenth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 2024-09691 Filed 5-7-24; 8:45 am]
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