[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69433-69434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27681]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2013-0075]
Executive Order 13650 Improving Chemical Facility Safety and
Security Listening Sessions
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of public listening sessions.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination
with the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), is announcing a series of public listening sessions and
webinars to solicit comments and suggestions from stakeholders on
issues pertaining to Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security
(Executive Order [EO] 13650).
DATES: The public listening sessions will be held from 8:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. on the following dates: November 19, 2013, and December 11,
2013. Online webinars will be hosted November 25, 2013, and December
16, 2013. Additional listening sessions may be scheduled in December
2013 and January 2014. We will notify the public of the date(s),
time(s), location(s), and other details of any such session(s) as soon
as we have information available. Previous public listening sessions
were held November 5, 2013 and November 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The public listening sessions will be held at the following
locations:
November 19, 2013, Illinois Emergency Management Agency,
2200 Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, IL 62703; and
December 11, 2013, Valencia Criminal Justice Institute,
8600 Valencia College Lane, Auditorium-150, Orlando, FL 32825.
Note: Previous public listening sessions were held:
November 5, 2013, College of the Mainland, 1200 Amburn
Road, Texas City, TX 77591, Learning Resource Center, Room 131; and
November 15, 2013, GSA's ROB Auditorium, 301 7th Street
SW., (7th and D Streets), Washington, DC 20407.
Submit written comments to the DHS Docket Office, Docket No. DHS-
2013-0075, Technical Data Center, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Comments will
also be accepted by email at: [email protected]. All comments
should be identified with Docket No. DHS-2013-0075.
Registration to Attend and/or to Participate: If you wish to attend
any public listening session and/or a Webinar and/or make an oral
comment/presentation at both the in-person and Webinar listening
sessions, you must register at www.GovEvents.com. When registering, you
must indicate that you wish to make a comment/presentation and indicate
the related EO topic. Registration for those wishing to make comments
will be on a first come, first served basis provided a cross-section of
stakeholders are represented by the speakers. Comments are requested
not to exceed five minutes. Actual schedule for the presentations will
depend on the number of requests. There is no fee to register for the
public listening sessions or Webinars. Same-day registration at a
listening session is permitted but only on a space-available basis,
beginning at 8:00 a.m. We will do our best to accommodate all persons
who wish to make a comment/presentation at a listening session or
webinar. The EO Working Group encourages persons and groups having
similar interests to consolidate their information for presentation
through a single representative. Each participant will be notified
prior to the listening session or webinar of the approximate time that
the participant's comment/presentation is scheduled to begin.
Registration for the in-person listening sessions and webinars can be
found at www.GovEvents.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information please email:
[email protected]. Individuals with access and functional needs
wishing to attend the sessions and/or webinar and requiring
accommodations should contact Kathryn Willcutts at
[email protected] as soon as possible.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On August 1, 2013, President Obama issued EO 13650 to improve
chemical facility safety and security. The Working Group charged with
implementing the EO is co-chaired by DHS, DOL, and EPA, and includes
participation from the Departments of Justice, Agriculture, and
Transportation.
Obtaining stakeholder input is critical to the success of the EO.
To that end, the EO Working Group is scheduling public listening
sessions around the country, as well as several Webinars. Attendees
will have an opportunity to provide input EO related on topics such as:
Improving operational coordination with Federal, state, tribal, and
local partners; enhanced information
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collection and sharing; modernizing regulations, guidance, and
policies; and identifying best practices in chemical facility safety
and security. In particular, the EO Working Group is interested in
hearing from the following stakeholders: Chemical producers, chemical
storage companies, agricultural supply companies, state and local
regulators, chemical critical infrastructure owners and operators,
first responders, labor organizations representing affected workers,
environmental and community groups, and consensus standards
organizations. Input from these public listening sessions will be used
to inform the EO Working Groups' efforts to improve chemical regulation
and better protect the nation. Basic information on the EO can be found
at: http://www.dhs.gov/topic/chemical-security.
II. Scope of Public Listening Sessions
The Working Group is interested in obtaining information from the
public on key issues impacting the EO. In particular, the EO Working
Group seeks comments on the following:
Improving operational coordination with state, tribal, and
local partners;
Enhanced information collection and sharing;
Modernizing regulations, guidance, and policies; and
Identifying best practices in chemical facility safety and
security.
III. Request for Comments
Regardless of attendance at the public listening sessions and
Webinars, interested persons may submit comments to the DHS Docket
Office, Docket No. DHS-2013-0075, Technical Data Center, Room N-2625,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20210. Comments will also be accepted by email at:
[email protected] or through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
http://www.regulations.gov.
IV. Notes
Participants that do speak will be asked to provide their name,
title, company and stakeholder segment (i.e. chemical producers,
chemical storage companies, agricultural supply companies, state and
local regulators, chemical critical infrastructure owners and
operators, first responders, labor organizations representing affected
workers, environmental and community groups, and consensus standards
organizations). Notes from the listening sessions will be posted at
http://www.regulations.gov. The public listening sessions may also be
recorded to support the note taking effort.
Dated: November 13, 2013.
Caitlin Durkovich,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Infrastructure Protection.
[FR Doc. 2013-27681 Filed 11-18-13; 8:45 am]
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