80_FR_10174 80 FR 10137 - Port Access Route Study: In the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering Sea

80 FR 10137 - Port Access Route Study: In the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering Sea

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 37 (February 25, 2015)

Page Range10137-10138
FR Document2015-03859

The Coast Guard announces three public meetings to receive comments on a port access route study (PARS) published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2014, under the title ``Port Access Route Study: In the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering Sea.'' The goal of this study is to help reduce the risk of marine casualties and increase the efficiency of vessel traffic in the region. The recommendations of the study may lead to future rulemaking action or appropriate international agreements.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10137-10138]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03859]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2014-0941]


Port Access Route Study: In the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and 
Bering Sea

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces three public meetings to receive 
comments on a port access route study (PARS) published in the Federal 
Register on December 5, 2014, under the title ``Port Access Route 
Study: In the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering Sea.'' The goal of 
this study is to help reduce the risk of marine casualties and increase 
the efficiency of vessel traffic in the region. The recommendations of 
the study may lead to future rulemaking action or appropriate 
international agreements.

DATES: The first meeting will be held in Juneau, Alaska on March 9, 
2015 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The second meeting will be held in 
Anchorage, Alaska on March 30, 2015 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. The third 
and final meeting will be held in Nome, Alaska on April 2, 2015 from 3 
p.m. to 6 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting Locations: Juneau Meeting: Elizabeth Peratrovich 
Event Center located at 320 W. Wiloughby Ave, Juneau, AK 99801; 
Anchorage Meeting: Hotel Captain Cook located at 939 West 5th Ave., 
Anchorage, AK 99501; Nome Meeting: City Of Nome Council Chambers 
located at 102 Division St, Nome, AK 99762.
    Comment submission: You may submit comments associated with docket 
number USCG-2014-0941 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of study or any of the meetings, call or email LT Kody Stitz, 
Seventeenth Coast Guard District (dpw); telephone (907) 463-2270; email 
Kody.J.Stitz@uscg.mil or Mr. David Seris, Seventeenth Coast Guard 
District (dpw); telephone (907) 463-2267; email David.M.Seris@uscg.mil. 
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: 

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this study by submitting 
comments and related materials as well as attending a public meeting. 
All comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have 
provided.

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 Act notice 
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Requirement for Port Access Route Studies

    Under the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (PWSA) (33 U.S.C. 
1223(c)), the Commandant of the Coast Guard may designate necessary 
fairways and traffic separation schemes (TSSs) to provide safe access 
routes for vessels proceeding to and from U.S. ports.
    Schematic of proposed vessel routing system: A chart showing the 
Coast Guard's proposed two-way route can be downloaded from http://www.regulations.gov, type ``USCG-2014-0941'' into the search bar and 
click search, next to the displayed search results click ``Open Docket 
Folder'', which will display all comments and documents associated with 
this docket.

Information on Service for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting, 
contact LT Kody Stitz at the telephone number or email address provided 
under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

Meeting Details

    All meetings are open to the public. The purpose of the meetings is 
to increase awareness of the PARS and to receive feedback and comments 
from the public regarding the PARS. Each meeting will begin with the 
Coast Guard meeting facilitator presenting an explanation of and the 
purpose for the PARS along with an overview of the Coast Guard's 
proposed two-way route through the region. Public participants will 
then be able to provide comments and feedback to the meeting 
facilitator. Public participants are not required to stay for the 
entire meeting duration as the process of the meeting facilitator 
presenting the PARS information followed by a public comment period 
will be repeated hourly throughout the allotted meeting time.

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    Copies of the PARS announced in the Federal Register on December 5, 
2014 as well as the schematic showing the two-way route will be 
available at the public meeting. The meeting facilitator will accept 
written comments from participants who wish to comment in writing. All 
written comments received by the meeting facilitator will be uploaded 
to the PARS docket (USCG-2014-0941) without change. Comments made 
verbally will be summarized by the meeting facilitator and incorporated 
into the study. The public comment period closes on June 3, 2015 and 
comments may be submitted up until that time using one of the methods 
detailed under the COMMENT SUBMISSION section of this document. The 
Coast Guard will not make any decisions at the meetings and will only 
begin analyzing the comments and information received after the public 
comment period closes on June 3, 2015.

D.B. Abel,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 2015-03859 Filed 2-24-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 37 / Wednesday, February 25, 2015 / Notices 10137 elaborate what is meant by the boundary reduce the risk of marine casualties and any personal information you have of a facility conducting bunkering. In increase the efficiency of vessel traffic provided. response, the Coast Guard provides that in the region. The recommendations of Privacy Act the boundaries of an LNG facility the study may lead to future rulemaking handling LNG should be based on the action or appropriate international Anyone can search the electronic requirements for design and spacing in agreements. form of comments received into any of NFPA 59A as outlined in 33 CFR Part our dockets by the name of the DATES: The first meeting will be held in 127 and any risk or fire safety individual submitting the comment (or Juneau, Alaska on March 9, 2015 from assessments that may be prepared for signing the comment, if submitted on 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The second meeting the specific operation. The boundary of behalf of an association, business, labor will be held in Anchorage, Alaska on each facility conducting bunkering union, etc.). You may review a Privacy March 30, 2015 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. should be based on details of the Act notice regarding our public dockets The third and final meeting will be held specific bunkering operation. in the January 17, 2008, issue of the in Nome, Alaska on April 2, 2015 from Voluntary Policy 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Federal Register (73 FR 3316). The Coast Guard’s intent in issuing ADDRESSES: Meeting Locations: Juneau Requirement for Port Access Route these policy letters is to assist the Meeting: Elizabeth Peratrovich Event Studies industry, public, Coast Guard, and other Center located at 320 W. Wiloughby Under the Ports and Waterways Safety Federal and State regulators in applying Ave, Juneau, AK 99801; Anchorage Act (PWSA) (33 U.S.C. 1223(c)), the existing statutory and regulatory Meeting: Hotel Captain Cook located at Commandant of the Coast Guard may requirements. Following the policy and 939 West 5th Ave., Anchorage, AK designate necessary fairways and traffic guidance recommended in these policy 99501; Nome Meeting: City Of Nome separation schemes (TSSs) to provide letters is voluntary. The policy letters Council Chambers located at 102 safe access routes for vessels proceeding are not a substitute for applicable legal Division St, Nome, AK 99762. to and from U.S. ports. requirements nor are they regulations Comment submission: You may Schematic of proposed vessel routing themselves. The policy letters, however, submit comments associated with system: A chart showing the Coast do contain references to existing docket number USCG–2014–0941 using Guard’s proposed two-way route can be requlations which may require certain any one of the following methods: downloaded from http:// action where applicable. The Coast (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov, type ‘‘USCG– Guard notes those instances where it http://www.regulations.gov. 2014–0941’’ into the search bar and discusses requirements under existing (2) Fax: 202–493–2251. click search, next to the displayed regulations instead of policy or (3) Mail: Docket Management Facility search results click ‘‘Open Docket guidance. Nothing in the policy letters (M–30), U.S. Department of Folder’’, which will display all and guidance they contain are meant to Transportation, West Building Ground comments and documents associated override or subvert the discretion of the Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey with this docket. COTP when addressing the unique Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– safety and security concerns of an LNG 0001. Information on Service for Individuals operation. (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail With Disabilities This notice is issued under authority address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 of 5 U.S.C. 552(a). For information on facilities or p.m., Monday through Friday, except services for individuals with disabilities Dated: February 19, 2015. Federal holidays. The telephone number or to request special assistance at the J.G. Lantz, is 202–366–9329. public meeting, contact LT Kody Stitz at Director of Commercial Regulations and To avoid duplication, please use only the telephone number or email address Standards, U.S. Coast Guard. one of these four methods. provided under the FOR FURTHER [FR Doc. 2015–03852 Filed 2–24–15; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If INFORMATION CONTACT section of this BILLING CODE 9110–04–P you have questions on this notice of document. study or any of the meetings, call or email LT Kody Stitz, Seventeenth Coast Meeting Details DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND Guard District (dpw); telephone (907) All meetings are open to the public. SECURITY 463–2270; email Kody.J.Stitz@uscg.mil The purpose of the meetings is to or Mr. David Seris, Seventeenth Coast increase awareness of the PARS and to Coast Guard Guard District (dpw); telephone (907) receive feedback and comments from [USCG–2014–0941] 463–2267; email David.M.Seris@ the public regarding the PARS. Each uscg.mil. If you have questions on meeting will begin with the Coast Guard Port Access Route Study: In the viewing or submitting material to the meeting facilitator presenting an Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering docket, call Cheryl F. Collins, Program explanation of and the purpose for the Sea Manager, Docket Operations, telephone PARS along with an overview of the AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 202–366–9826. Coast Guard’s proposed two-way route ACTION: Notice of public meeting. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: through the region. Public participants will then be able to provide comments asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces Public Participation and Request for and feedback to the meeting facilitator. three public meetings to receive Comments Public participants are not required to comments on a port access route study We encourage you to participate in stay for the entire meeting duration as (PARS) published in the Federal this study by submitting comments and the process of the meeting facilitator Register on December 5, 2014, under the related materials as well as attending a presenting the PARS information title ‘‘Port Access Route Study: In the public meeting. All comments received followed by a public comment period Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering will be posted without change to http:// will be repeated hourly throughout the Sea.’’ The goal of this study is to help www.regulations.gov and will include allotted meeting time. 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10138 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 37 / Wednesday, February 25, 2015 / Notices Copies of the PARS announced in the to the Office of Information and to collect and analyze fire incident data Federal Register on December 5, 2014 Regulatory Affairs, Office of at the Federal, State, and local levels as well as the schematic showing the Management and Budget. Comments with a myriad of life and property two-way route will be available at the should be addressed to the Desk Officer saving uses and benefits. public meeting. The meeting facilitator for the Department of Homeland Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal, will accept written comments from Security, Federal Emergency and Federal Governments. participants who wish to comment in Management Agency, and sent via Estimated Number of Respondents: writing. All written comments received electronic mail to oira.submission@ 23,856. The number of respondents has by the meeting facilitator will be omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806. increased by 856 since FEMA published uploaded to the PARS docket (USCG– FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the 60 day Federal Register notice on 2014–0941) without change. Comments Requests for additional information or October 30, 2014 because of a clerical made verbally will be summarized by copies of the information collection error. the meeting facilitator and incorporated should be made to Director, Records Estimated Total Annual Burden into the study. The public comment Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Hours: 13,500,230. The annual burden period closes on June 3, 2015 and Room 7NE, Washington, DC 20472, hours decreased by 204,670 hours from comments may be submitted up until facsimile number (202) 212–4701, or the previous inventory due to that time using one of the methods email address FEMA-Information- discontinuation of use of NFIRS paper detailed under the COMMENT Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov. forms and a small decrease in the SUBMISSION section of this document. number of students receiving the NFIRS SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On The Coast Guard will not make any Program Management Training and October 10, 2014, FEMA published in Orientation. decisions at the meetings and will only the Federal Register at 79 FR 64610 a begin analyzing the comments and Estimated Cost: The estimated annual 60 day Federal Register notice operations and maintenance costs to information received after the public requesting comment on FEMA’s comment period closes on June 3, 2015. respondents or record keepers resulting proposed revision to the National Fire from the collection of information is D.B. Abel, Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0 $13,915,000. The estimated annual cost Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, informaton collection. FEMA to the Federal Government is Seventeenth Coast Guard District. subsquently received 8 comments $2,416,255. [FR Doc. 2015–03859 Filed 2–24–15; 8:45 am] providing positive and constructive feedback regarding the information Dated: February 5, 2015. BILLING CODE 9110–04–P collected by NFIRS. The cost and hour Charlene D. Myrthil, burden of the NFIRS to users was not Director, Records Management Division, addressed directly in any of the Mission Support, Federal Emergency DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND comments received. All comments Management Agency, Department of SECURITY Homeland Security. received regarding the content of Federal Emergency Management [FR Doc. 2015–03838 Filed 2–24–15; 8:45 am] information collected, the suggested Agency combination of the NFIRS with other BILLING CODE 9111–76–P [Docket ID: FEMA–2014–0031; OMB No. data collection systems, the suggested 1660–0069] enhancements to the user interface experience of some specific systems DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND (which would impact average time SECURITY Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB burden in reporting), the suggested Federal Emergency Management Review; Comment Request; National ‘‘mandatory reporting’’ by all fire Agency Fire Incident Reporting System agencies (including Wildland), and the (NFIRS) v5.0 capability for fire departments to review [Docket ID FEMA–2015–0001] other fire department and regional fire AGENCY: Federal Emergency incident data were provided to the Final Flood Hazard Determinations Management Agency, DHS. program office for their consideration AGENCY: Federal Emergency ACTION: Notice. when updating or modifiying the Management Agency, DHS. NFIRS. ACTION: Final notice. SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will Collection of Information SUMMARY: Flood hazard determinations, submit the information collection Title: National Fire Incident Reporting which may include additions or abstracted below to the Office of System (NFIRS) v5.0. modifications of Base Flood Elevations Management and Budget for review and Type of information collection: (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood clearance in accordance with the Revision of a currently approved Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone requirements of the Paperwork information collection. designations, or regulatory floodways on Reduction Act of 1995. The submission Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) will describe the nature of the Form The National Fire Incident and where applicable, in the supporting information collection, the categories of Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0. Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., Abstract: NFIRS was established in have been made final for the asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES the time, effort and resources used by 1975 by the USFA as a cooperative communities listed in the table below. respondents to respond) and cost, and effort of local, State, and Federal The FIRM and FIS report are the basis the actual data collection instruments authorities to improve uniformity in fire of the floodplain management measures FEMA will use. incident reporting and to ensure that that a community is required either to DATES: Comments must be submitted on data are useable for fire protection adopt or to show evidence of having in or before March 27, 2015. planning and management. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesThe first meeting will be held in Juneau, Alaska on March 9, 2015 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The second meeting will be held in Anchorage, Alaska on March 30, 2015 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. The third and final meeting will be held in Nome, Alaska on April 2, 2015 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
ContactIf you have questions on this notice of study or any of the meetings, call or email LT Kody Stitz, Seventeenth Coast Guard District (dpw); telephone (907) 463-2270; email [email protected] or Mr. David Seris, Seventeenth Coast Guard District (dpw); telephone (907) 463-2267; 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.
FR Citation80 FR 10137 
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