80 FR 26514 - Safety Zones; Misery Challenge, Manchester Bay, Manchester, MA
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 89 (May 8, 2015)
Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 89 (May 8, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-11189 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 2015)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 26514-26517] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-11189] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165 [Docket Number USCG-2015-0188] RIN 1625-AA00 Safety Zones; Misery Challenge, Manchester Bay, Manchester, MA AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary safety zone in Manchester Bay to be enforced during the Misery Challenge marine event, which will involve swimmers, kayakers, and stand-up paddlers. This safety zone would ensure the protection of the event participants, support vessels, and maritime public from the hazards associated with the event. Vessels will be prohibited from entering into, transiting through, mooring, or anchoring within this safety zone during periods of enforcement unless authorized by the Coast Guard Sector Boston Captain of the Port (COTP) or the COTP's designated representative. DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before June 8, 2015. Requests for public meetings must be received by the Coast Guard on or before May 15, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number using any one of the following methods: (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. (2) Fax: 202-493-2251. (3) Mail or Delivery: 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. Deliveries accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329. See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for further instructions on submitting comments. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these three methods. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, contact Mr. Mark Cutter, Coast Guard Sector Boston Waterways Management Division, telephone 617-223-4000, email [email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366- 9826. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Acronyms DHS Department of Homeland Security CFR Code of Federal Regulation FR Federal Register NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking NAD 83 North American Datum of 1983 A. Public Participation and Request for Comments We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking 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. [[Page 26515]] 1. Submitting Comments If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this rulemaking, 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 at 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, 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, type the docket number USCG-2015-0188 in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with this rulemaking. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ 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 change the rule based on your comments. 2. 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, type the docket number USCG-2015-0188 in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with this rulemaking. 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. 3. 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). 4. Public Meeting We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a request for one, using one of the methods specified under ADDRESSES. Please explain why you believe a public meeting would be beneficial. If we determine that one would aid this rulemaking, we will hold one at a time and place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register. B. Regulartory History and Information This is a first time event with no regulatory history. C. Basis and Purpose The legal basis for the proposed rule is 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, which collectively authorize the Coast Guard to establish regulatory safety zones. By establishing a temporary safety zone, the Coast Guard will ensure the protection of the event participants, support vessels, and maritime public from the hazards associated with the event. D. Discussion of Proposed Rule For the reason discussed above, the COTP, Sector Boston, is proposing to establish a temporary safety zone in the navigable waters of Manchester Bay, Manchester, Massachusetts. This rule is necessary to ensure the protection of the event participants, support vessels, and maritime public from the hazards associated with the event. Vessels not associated with the event shall maintain a distance of at least 100 yards from the participants. Specific geographic locations are specified in the regulatory text. This rule will be effective on August 1, 2015, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. E. Regulatory Analyses We developed this proposed rule after considering numerous statutes and executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our analyses based on these statutes or executive orders. 1. Regulatory Planning and Review This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, as supplemented by Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, and does not require an assessment of potential costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of Executive Order 12866 or under section 1 of Executive Order 13563. The Office of Management and Budget has not reviewed it under those Orders. We expect the economic impact of this rule to be minimal. This regulation may have some impact on the public, but that potential impact will likely be minimal for several reasons. First, this safety zone will be in effect for only 4 hours in the morning when vessel traffic is expected to be light. Second, vessels may enter or pass through the safety zone during an enforcement period with the permission of the COTP or the designated representative. Finally, the Coast Guard will provide notification to the public through Broadcast Notice to Mariners well in advance of the event. 2. Impact on Small Entities The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601-612, as amended, requires federal agencies to consider the potential impact of regulations on small entities during rulemaking. The term ``small entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000. The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. For all of the reasons discussed in the REGULATORY PLANNING AND REVIEW section, the Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. If you think that your business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity and that this rule would have a significant economic impact on it, please submit a comment (see ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it qualifies and how and to what degree this rule would economically affect it. 3. Assistance for Small Entities Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we want to assist small entities in understanding this proposed rule. If the rule would affect your small business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction and you have questions concerning its provisions or options for [[Page 26516]] compliance, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above. The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small entities that question or complain about this proposed rule or any policy or action of the Coast Guard. 4. Collection of Information This proposed rule will not call for a new collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501- 3520.). 5. Federalism A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132, Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. We have analyzed this proposed rule under that Order and determined that this rule does not have implications for federalism. 6. Protest Activities The Coast Guard respects the First Amendment rights of protesters. Protesters are asked to contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to coordinate protest activities so that your message can be received without jeopardizing the safety or security of people, places or vessels. 7. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538) requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may result in the expenditure by a State, local, or tribal government, in the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or more in any one year. Though this proposed rule would not result in such an expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere in this preamble. 8. Taking of Private Property This proposed rule would not cause a taking of private property or otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630, Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights. 9. Civil Justice Reform This proposed rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize litigation, eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden. 10. Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks We have analyzed this proposed rule under Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks. This rule is not an economically significant rule and would not create an environmental risk to health or risk to safety that might disproportionately affect children. 11. Indian Tribal Governments This proposed rule does not have tribal implications under Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, because it would not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes. 12. Energy Effects This proposed rule is not a ``significant energy action'' under Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use. 13. Technical Standards This proposed rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we did not consider the use of voluntary consensus standards. 14. Environment We have analyzed this proposed rule under Department of Homeland Security Management Directive 023-01 and Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, which guide the Coast Guard in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have made a preliminary determination that this action is one of a category of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. This rule involves the establishment of a temporary safety zone. This rule may be categorically excluded from further review under paragraph 34(g) of Figure 2-1 of the Commandant Instruction. A preliminary environmental analysis checklist supporting this assessment is available in the docket where indicated under ADDRESSES. We seek any comments or information that may lead to the discovery of a significant environmental impact from this proposed rule. List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways. For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows: PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 0 1. The authority citation for part 165 continues to read as follows: Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04- 1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 0 2. Add a new Sec. 165.T01-0188 to read as follows: Sec. 165.T01-0188 Safety Zone--Misery Challenge--Manchester Bay, Manchester, Massachusetts. (a) General. Establish a temporary safety zone: (1) Location. The following area is a safety zone: All navigable waters, from surface to bottom, within (100) yards from the participants and vessels in support of events in Manchester Bay, Manchester, MA, and enclosed by a line connecting the following points (NAD 83): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latitude Longitude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42[deg]34'03'' N................. 70[deg]46'42'' W; thence to 42[deg]33'58'' N................. 70[deg]46'33'' W; thence to 42[deg]32'32'' N................. 70[deg]47'45'' W; thence to 42[deg]32'58'' N................. 70[deg]48'40'' W; thence to point of origin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (2) Effective and enforcement period. This rule will be effective on August 1, 2015, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (b) Regulations. While this safety zone is being enforced, the following regulations, along with those contained in 33 CFR 165.23, apply: (1) No person or vessel may enter or remain in this safety zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP), Sector Boston the COTP's representatives. However, any vessel that is granted permission by the COTP or the COTP's representatives must proceed through the area with caution and operate at a speed no faster than that speed necessary to maintain a safe course, unless otherwise required by the Navigation Rules. (2) Any person or vessel permitted to enter the safety zone shall comply with the directions and orders of the COTP or the COTP's representatives. Upon being hailed by a U.S. Coast Guard vessel by siren, radio, flashing lights, or other means, the operator of a vessel [[Page 26517]] within the zone shall proceed as directed. Any person or vessel within the safety zone shall exit the zone when directed by the COTP or the COTP's representatives. (3) To obtain permissions required by this regulation, individuals may reach the COTP or a COTP representative via VHF channel 16 or 617- 223-5757 (Sector Boston Command Center). (c) Penalties. Those who violate this section are subject to the penalties set forth in 33 U.S.C. 1232 and 50 U.S.C. 1226. (d) Notification. Coast Guard Sector Boston will give notice through the Local Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and to mariners for the purpose of enforcement of this temporary safety zone. Also, Sector Boston will notify the public to the greatest extent possible of any period in which the Coast Guard will suspend enforcement of this safety zone. (e) COTP representative. The COTP's representative may be any Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or petty officer or any Federal, state, or local law enforcement officer who has been designated by the COTP to act on the COTP's behalf. The COTP's representative may be on a Coast Guard vessel, a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel, a state or local law enforcement vessel, or a location on shore. Dated: April 27, 2015. J.C. O'Connor III, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Boston. [FR Doc. 2015-11189 Filed 5-7-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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from barges near the shoreline that transit the area, the Captain of the Port would ensure the protection of the event
generally rely on the use of navigable Baltimore and his designated participants, support vessels, and
waters as a safety buffer to protect the representatives can be contacted at maritime public from the hazards
public from fireworks fallouts and telephone number 410–576–2693 or on associated with the event. Vessels will
premature detonations. This rule is Marine Band Radio VHF–FM channel be prohibited from entering into,
categorically excluded from further 16 (156.8 MHz). The Coast Guard transiting through, mooring, or
review under paragraph 34(g) of Figure vessels enforcing this section can be anchoring within this safety zone during
2–1 of the Commandant Instruction. A contacted on Marine Band Radio VHF– periods of enforcement unless
preliminary environmental analysis FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz). Upon authorized by the Coast Guard Sector
checklist supporting this determination being hailed by a U.S. Coast Guard Boston Captain of the Port (COTP) or the
and a Categorical Exclusion vessel, or other Federal, State, or local COTP’s designated representative.
Determination are available in the agency vessel, by siren, radio, flashing DATES: Comments and related material
docket where indicated under light, or other means, the operator of a must be received by the Coast Guard on
ADDRESSES. We seek any comments or vessel shall proceed as directed. If or before June 8, 2015. Requests for
information that may lead to the permission is granted, all persons and public meetings must be received by the
discovery of a significant environmental vessels must comply with the Coast Guard on or before May 15, 2015.
impact from this proposed rule. instructions of the Captain of the Port ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
Baltimore or his designated identified by docket number using any
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165
representative and proceed as directed one of the following methods:
Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation while within the zone. (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
(water), Reporting and recordkeeping (4) Enforcement. The U.S. Coast http://www.regulations.gov.
requirements, Security measures, Guard may be assisted in the patrol and (2) Fax: 202–493–2251.
Waterways. enforcement of the zone by Federal, (3) Mail or Delivery: Docket
For the reasons discussed in the State, and local agencies. Management Facility (M–30), U.S.
preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to (c) Definitions. As used in this
Department of Transportation, West
amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows: section:
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Captain of the Port Baltimore means
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION the Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
Washington, DC 20590–0001. Deliveries
AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS Sector Baltimore, Maryland.
accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Designated representative means any
■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 Monday through Friday, except federal
Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or
continues to read as follows: holidays. The telephone number is 202–
petty officer who has been authorized
366–9329.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191; by the Captain of the Port Baltimore to
See the ‘‘Public Participation and
33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; assist in enforcing the safety zone
Department of Homeland Security Delegation Request for Comments’’ portion of the
described in paragraph (a) of this
No. 0170.1. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
section.
■ 2. Add § 165.T05–0315 to read as (d) Enforcement period. This section below for further instructions on
follows: will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. through submitting comments. To avoid
10:30 p.m. on July 2, 2015. duplication, please use only one of
§ 165.T05–0315 Safety Zone for Fireworks these three methods.
Display, Patapsco River, Inner Harbor; Dated: April 28, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
Baltimore, MD. Kevin C. Kiefer, you have questions on this rule, contact
(a) Location. The following area is a Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Mr. Mark Cutter, Coast Guard Sector
safety zone: All waters of the Patapsco Port Baltimore. Boston Waterways Management
River, within a 300 yards radius of a [FR Doc. 2015–11190 Filed 5–7–15; 8:45 am] Division, telephone 617–223–4000,
fireworks discharge barge in BILLING CODE 9110–04–P email Mark.E.Cutter@uscg.mil. If you
approximate position latitude 39°16′56″ have questions on viewing or submitting
N, longitude 076°36′19″ W, located in material to the docket, call Cheryl
the Inner Harbor at Baltimore, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND Collins, Program Manager, Docket
Maryland. All coordinates refer to SECURITY Operations, telephone 202–366–9826.
datum NAD 1983.
Coast Guard SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(b) Regulations. The general safety
zone regulations found in 33 CFR Table of Acronyms
165.23 apply to the safety zone created 33 CFR Part 165
DHS Department of Homeland Security
by this temporary section. [Docket Number USCG–2015–0188] CFR Code of Federal Regulation
(1) All persons are required to comply FR Federal Register
with the general regulations governing RIN 1625–AA00
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
safety zones found in 33 CFR 165.23. NAD 83 North American Datum of 1983
(2) Entry into or remaining in this Safety Zones; Misery Challenge,
zone is prohibited unless authorized by Manchester Bay, Manchester, MA A. Public Participation and Request for
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the Coast Guard Captain of the Port Comments
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
Baltimore. All vessels underway within ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. We encourage you to participate in
this safety zone at the time it is this rulemaking by submitting
implemented are to depart the zone. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is proposing comments and related materials. All
(3) Persons desiring to transit the area to establish a temporary safety zone in comments received will be posted
of the safety zone must first obtain Manchester Bay to be enforced during without change to http://
authorization from the Captain of the the Misery Challenge marine event, www.regulations.gov and will include
Port Baltimore or his designated which will involve swimmers, kayakers, any personal information you have
representative. To seek permission to and stand-up paddlers. This safety zone provided.
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within the zone shall proceed as comments electronically should contact proposed rule would establish a
directed. Any person or vessel within the person identified in the FOR FURTHER maximum inactive period that would
the safety zone shall exit the zone when INFORMATION CONTACT section by automatically initiate docket closure,
directed by the COTP or the COTP’s telephone for advice on filing without Commission action, thereby
representatives. alternatives. preventing dormant dockets from
(3) To obtain permissions required by FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: remaining open without productive
this regulation, individuals may reach David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at activity. It would also establish an
the COTP or a COTP representative via 202–789–6820. opportunity for interested persons to
VHF channel 16 or 617–223–5757 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
request the reopening of an
(Sector Boston Command Center). automatically closed docket for good
(c) Penalties. Those who violate this Table of Contents cause.
section are subject to the penalties set I. Introduction III. Proposed Rules
forth in 33 U.S.C. 1232 and 50 U.S.C. II. Background
1226. III. Proposed Rules Proposed § 3001.44(a) sets an inactive
(d) Notification. Coast Guard Sector IV. Comments Requested period of 12 months as the triggering
Boston will give notice through the V. Ordering Paragraphs event for automatic docket closure.
Local Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Proposed § 3001.44(b) provides
I. Introduction
Notice to Mariners, and to mariners for interested persons with an opportunity
the purpose of enforcement of this The Commission establishes a to request that an inactive docket
temporary safety zone. Also, Sector rulemaking docket pursuant to the remain open at least 10 days prior to
Boston will notify the public to the Postal Accountability and Enhancement automatic closure. Proposed
greatest extent possible of any period in Act (PAEA), Public Law 109–435, 120 § 3001.44(c) provides interested persons
which the Coast Guard will suspend Stat. 3198 (2006), which authorizes the with an opportunity to request that an
enforcement of this safety zone. Commission to develop rules and automatically closed docket be
(e) COTP representative. The COTP’s establish procedures that it deems reopened for good cause.
representative may be any Coast Guard necessary and proper to carry out
Commission functions.1 IV. Comments Requested
commissioned, warrant, or petty officer
or any Federal, state, or local law The primary purpose of this Interested persons are invited to
enforcement officer who has been rulemaking is to establish procedures provide written comments concerning
designated by the COTP to act on the that would simplify the docket closure the proposed rules. Comments are due
COTP’s behalf. The COTP’s process by permitting automatic closure no later than 30 days after the date of
representative may be on a Coast Guard of a docket where there has been no publication of this notice in the Federal
vessel, a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel, activity in the docket for at least 12 Register. All comments and suggestions
a state or local law enforcement vessel, months. The proposed rule would received will be available for review on
or a location on shore. ensure that the information provided to the Commission’s Web site, http://
the public concerning active dockets www.prc.gov.
Dated: April 27, 2015. remains current. The proposed rule Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Anne C.
J.C. O’Connor III, promotes sound and efficient O’Connor is appointed to serve as an
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the administrative practice, and would officer of the Commission (Public
Port Boston. serve the public interest by reducing Representative) to represent the
[FR Doc. 2015–11189 Filed 5–7–15; 8:45 am] uncertainty over the status of inactive interests of the general public in the
BILLING CODE 9110–04–P dockets. above-captioned docket.
II. Background VI. Ordering Paragraphs
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION Currently, there are no regulations in It is ordered:
place that allow for the automatic 1. Docket No. RM2015–8 is
39 CFR Part 3001 closure of an inactive docket. In recent established for the purpose of receiving
years, the Commission has initiated comments on the proposed changes to
[Docket No. RM2015–8; Order No. 2465]
closure of inactive dockets by issuing an part 3001, as discussed in this Order.
Rules for Automatic Closure of order to that effect. For example, on 2. Interested persons may submit
Inactive Dockets January 29, 2015, the Commission comments no later than 30 days from
issued an order closing Docket No. the date of publication of this notice in
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. PI2012–1 after nearly two years of the Federal Register.
ACTION: Proposed rulemaking. inactivity.2 On January 30, 2015, the 3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Anne C.
Commission issued an order closing O’Connor is appointed to serve as
SUMMARY: The Commission is proposing Docket No. PI2010–1 as there had been Public Representative in this
a rule which establishes procedures no activity in the docket since June proceeding.
related to the automatic closure of 2011.3 Certain other long-standing 4. The Secretary shall arrange for
inactive dockets. The primary purpose dockets, such as the ones noted above, publication of this Order in the Federal
of the proposed rule is to simplify the remain open and are identified on the Register.
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docket closure process and reduce Commission’s Web site as active By the Commission.
uncertainty over the status of inactive dockets, despite years of inactivity. The Shoshana M. Grove,
dockets. The Commission invites public
Secretary.
comment on the proposal. 1 See 39 U.S.C. 503; see also Postal
DATES: Comments are due: June 8, 2015. Reorganization Act, Public Law 91–375, 84 Stat. Concurring Opinion of Commissioner
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
759 (1970), at section 3603. Goldway
2 Docket No. PI2012–1, Order No. 2335, Order
electronically via the Commission’s Closing Docket, January 29, 2015. I believe due process and
Filing Online system at http:// 3 Docket No. PI2010–1, Order No. 2337, Order transparency in public proceedings
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit Closing Proceeding, January 30, 2015, at 2. obliges a notice to the public when a
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| Contact | If you have questions on this rule, contact Mr. Mark Cutter, Coast Guard Sector Boston Waterways Management Division, telephone 617-223-4000, email [email protected] If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366- 9826. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 26514 | |
| RIN Number | 1625-AA00 | |
| CFR Associated | Harbors; Marine Safety; Navigation (water); Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements; Security Measures and Waterways |
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