[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76793-76794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21463]


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U.S. COMMITTEE ON THE MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2024-0044]


Request for Information To Identify Barriers to Planning for 
Climate Resilience in U.S. Ports; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System.

ACTION: Notice; request for information (RFI); reopening of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On July 15, 2024, the CMTS published in the Federal Register 
an RFI seeking information to identify what types of planning guidance, 
documents, datasets, and Federal funding opportunities are currently 
being utilized in planning for long-term environmental change in U.S. 
Ports, and to identify barriers to action. The information received 
from this RFI will be analyzed to assess whether the needs for this 
type of planning are being met and identify where improvements could be 
made. Information is requested from anyone who works in or adjacent to 
climate resilience planning and execution in ports (public and 
private), as well as any interested members of the public. That RFI 
established a 45-day comment period closing on August 29, 2024. CMTS is 
reopening the public

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comment period until September 30, 2024.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published on July 15, 2024 (89 
FR 57389) is reopened. The due date for submitting comments is 
September 30, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please submit any written comments to Docket Number DOT-OST-
2024-0044 electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
regulations.gov. Due to time constraints, comments received after the 
deadline may not be incorporated or taken into consideration.
    Instructions: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov 
to submit your comments electronically. Information on how to use 
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, 
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site 
under ``FAQ'' (https://www.regulations.gov/faq).
    Privacy Note: CMTS's policy is to make all comments received from 
members of the public available for public viewing in their entirety on 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 
commenters should be careful to include in their comments only 
information that they wish to make publicly available. CMTS requests 
that no proprietary information, copyrighted information, or personally 
identifiable information be submitted in response to this RFI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Gilbert, Senior Policy 
Advisor, U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System; telephone 
(202) 366-3612; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All other information in the original RFI 
from July 15, 2024 (89 FR 57389) remains the same. It can be found at 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/15/2024-15356/request-for-information-to-identify-barriers-to-planning-for-climate-resilience-in-us-ports. The Department considers any comments submitted 
between August 29, 2024 and September 16, 2024 to be timely submitted.
    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 50401.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Ashley Chappell,
Executive Director, U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System.
[FR Doc. 2024-21463 Filed 9-18-24; 8:45 am]
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