[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33930-33931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13928]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2014-0414]
Application for Recertification of Cook Inlet Regional Citizens'
Advisory Council
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of, and seeks
comments on, the application for recertification submitted by the Cook
Inlet Regional Citizen's Advisory Council (CIRCAC) for September 1,
2014, through August 31, 2015. Under the Oil Terminal and Tanker
Environmental Oversight Act of 1990, the Coast Guard may certify on an
annual basis, an alternative voluntary advisory group in lieu of a
Regional Citizens' Advisory Council for Cook Inlet, Alaska. This
advisory group monitors the activities of terminal facilities and crude
oil tankers under the Cook Inlet program established by the statute.
The current certification for CIRCAC will expire August 31, 2014.
DATES: Public comments on CIRCAC's recertification application must
reach the Seventeenth Coast Guard District on or before July 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2014-0414 using any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
recertification, call or email LT Tom Pauser, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District (dpi); telephone (907) 463-2812; email
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Cheryl F. Collins, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this application for
recertification by submitting comments and related materials. All
comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have
provided.
Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
notice of availability (USCG-2014-0414), indicate the specific section
of this document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason
for each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and
material online (via http://www.regulations.gov) or by fax, mail, or
hand delivery, but please use only one of these means. If you submit a
comment online via www.regulations.gov, it will be considered received
by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit the comment. If you
fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be considered as
having been received by the Coast Guard when it is received at the
Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you include your name and
a mailing address, an email address, or a telephone number in the body
of your document so that we can contact you if we have questions
regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
click on the ``submit a comment'' box, which will then become
highlighted in blue. In the ``Document Type'' drop down menu select
``Proposed Rule'' and insert ``USCG-2014-0414'' in the ``Keyword'' box.
Click ``Search'' then click on the balloon shape in the ``Actions''
column. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit
them in an unbound format, no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable
for copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by mail and
would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a
stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all
comments and material received during the comment period and may
withhold recertification or grant a conditional recertification based
on your comments.
Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
click on the ``read comments'' box, which will then become highlighted
in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box insert ``USCG-2014-0414'' and click
``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column.
You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on
the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West Building,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. We have an
agreement with the Department of Transportation to use the Docket
Management Facility.
Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy
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Act notice regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue
of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
Public Meeting
The Coast Guard does not plan to hold a public meeting. But you may
submit a request for one on or before July 16th, 2014 using one of the
four methods specified under ADDRESSES. Please explain why you believe
a public meeting would be beneficial. If we determine that one would
aid the process of thoroughly considering the application for
recertification, we will hold one at a time and place announced by a
later notice in the Federal Register.
Background and Purpose
The Coast Guard published guidelines on December 31, 1992 (57 FR
62600), to assist groups seeking recertification under the Oil Terminal
and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight and Monitoring Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2732) (the Act). The Coast Guard issued a policy statement on
July 7, 1993 (58 FR 36504), to clarify the factors that the Coast Guard
would be considering in making its determination as to whether advisory
groups should be certified in accordance with the Act; and the
procedures which the Coast Guard would follow in meeting its
certification responsibilities under the Act. Most recently, on
September 16, 2002 (67 FR 58440), the Coast Guard changed its policy on
recertification procedures for regional citizen's advisory council by
requiring applicants to provide comprehensive information every three
years. For the two years in between, applicants only submit information
describing substantive changes to the information provided at the last
triennial recertification. This is the year in this triennial cycle
that CIRCAC must provide comprehensive information.
At the conclusion of the comment period, July 16, 2014, the Coast
Guard will review all application materials and comments received and
will take one of the following actions:
(a) Recertify the advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o).
(b) Issue a conditional recertification for a period of 90 days,
with a statement of any discrepancies, which must be corrected to
qualify for recertification for the remainder of the year.
(c) Deny recertification of the advisory group if the Coast Guard
finds that the group is not broadly representative of the interests and
communities in the area or is not adequately fostering the goals and
purposes of 33 U.S.C. 2732.
The Coast Guard will notify CIRCAC by letter of the action taken on
their respective applications. A notice will be published in the
Federal Register to advise the public of the Coast Guard's
determination.
Dated: May 23, 2014.
T.P. Ostebo,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 2014-13928 Filed 6-12-14; 8:45 am]
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