[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 3016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00319]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2016-0437]
Update to Alternative Planning Criteria (APC) National Guidelines
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening the comment period on the draft
Alternative Planning Criteria (APC) National Guidelines. The available
draft is the same as that which was made available for comment in May
2016. The APC Guidelines would provide the maritime industry with
updated information on the development and submission of an APC request
made pursuant to existing regulations. In addition to providing
guidance to vessel owners and operators on developing APC requests, the
APC Guidelines would also facilitate consistency in the review of APC
requests by Coast Guard personnel. Comments previously submitted do not
need to be submitted again.
DATES: Comments must reach the USCG by April 10, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2016-0437 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://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 CDR Scott Stoermer, USCG Headquarters, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Ave. SE., Stop 7516, Washington DC, 20593,
[email protected], (202) 372-2234.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to submit comments (or related material) on the
draft APC Guidelines. We will consider all submissions and may adjust
our final action based on your comments. If you submit a comment,
please include the docket number for this notice, indicate the specific
section of this document to which each comment applies, and provide a
reason for each suggestion or recommendation.
We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be
submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice and all public
comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and
can be viewed by following that Web site's instructions. Additionally,
if you go to the online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will
be notified when comments are posted or a final rule is published.
We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the
docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal
Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal
Register (70 FR 15086).
Discussion
The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy
is continuing to refine its national-level policy to clarify APC
submissions and processes pursuant to 33 CFR 155.1065 and 155.5067. We
made a draft policy available for public comment on May 27, 2016 (81 FR
33685), and held a public meeting on September 21, 2016, during the
public comment period (81 FR 54584). The Coast Guard is aware of APC's
critical role in tank and non-tank vessel response preparedness, and
therefore desires to thoroughly consider all facets of the policy's
implementation. Although open to any comments, the Coast Guard is
specifically interested in comments related to the economic impact of
the policy, especially in remote areas. Additionally, the Coast Guard
is interested in public comment regarding the exercise and verification
aspects of the policy.
The Coast Guard will consider all of the information received from
public comments, including the comments received at the public meeting
held on September 21, 2016, as well as written comments submitted
during the open comment periods.
This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552.
Dated: January 4, 2017.
Joseph B. Loring,
Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy.
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