80 FR 40074 - Port Access Route Study: In the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering Sea

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 133 (July 13, 2015)

The Coast Guard is extending the comment period for the Port Access Route Study (PARS) in the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering Sea until August 18, 2015. This extension is necessary to allow all interested parties to submit comments to the docket for Coast Guard consideration.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40074-40075]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16967]


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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; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending the comment period for the Port 
Access Route Study (PARS) in the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering 
Sea until August 18, 2015. This extension is necessary to allow all 
interested parties to submit comments to the docket for Coast Guard 
consideration.

DATES: Comments and related material must either be submitted to our 
online docket via http://www.regulations.gov or reach the Docket 
Management Facility on or before August 18, 2015.

ADDRESSES: 
    Comment submission: You may submit comments identified by 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. 
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 notice 
of study or extension of comment period, 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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this study 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 study (USCG-2014-0941), indicate the specific section of this 
document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each 
suggestion or recommendation. You

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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, 
type ``USCG-2014-0941'' into the search bar and click search, next to 
the displayed search results click ``Comment Now'', which will open the 
comment page for this study. 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.

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

Background and Purpose

    The Coast Guard published a Notice of Study in the Federal Register 
of December 05, 2014 entitled, ``Port Access Route Study (PARS) in the 
Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering Sea''. This original notice of 
study announcement stated the comment period would end on June 3, 2015; 
however, on February 19, 2015 the Coast Guard issued a notice in the 
Federal Register which errantly stated the comment period would end on 
August 18, 2015. The Coast Guard placed a correction notice in the 
Federal Register informing the public of the error but because this 
error was caused by the Coast Guard we are extending the public comment 
period through August 18, 2015 to ensure all interested members of the 
public are able to submit their comments to the docket.

    Dated: July 2, 2015.
D.B. Abel,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 2015-16967 Filed 7-10-15; 8:45 am]
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