81_FR_54742 81 FR 54584 - Update to Alternative Planning Criteria (APC) National Guidelines

81 FR 54584 - Update to Alternative Planning Criteria (APC) National Guidelines

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 158 (August 16, 2016)

Page Range54584-54585
FR Document2016-19512

Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard's Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy and Seventeenth District will meet on September 21, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. The meeting will be used as an opportunity to discuss Alternative Planning Criteria (APC) as they relate to oil spill preparedness pursuant to vessel response plan requirements. The meeting will be open to the public. In addition, the comment period for the notice published May 27, 2016, is extended.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54584-54585]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19512]


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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: Extension of comment period and notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard's Office of Marine 
Environmental Response Policy and Seventeenth District will meet on 
September 21, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. The meeting will be used as 
an opportunity to discuss Alternative Planning Criteria (APC) as they 
relate to oil spill preparedness pursuant to vessel response plan 
requirements. The meeting will be open to the public. In addition, the 
comment period for the notice published May 27, 2016, is extended.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published May 27, 2016 (81 FR 
33685) is extended. Comments and related material must be submitted on 
or before Friday, September 23, 2016. The Coast Guard will meet 
Wednesday, September 21, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please note 
that the meeting may close early if all comments have been heard.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Robert Atwood Room (Room 
104) on the first floor of the Robert B. Atwood Building, 550 W. 7th 
Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. Parking will be available in the adjacent 
Lilly Pacillo Parking Garage. Parking tickets can be validated at the 
Atwood Building's Security Desk.
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
the person listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below, as soon as 
possible.
    To view the APC Guidelines, as well as public comments and any 
documents mentioned in this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov 
and type ``USCG-2016-0437,'' and click ``Search.'' Then click ``Open 
Docket Folder.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR Scott Stoermer, USCG Headquarters, 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE., Stop 7516, Washington, DC 20593, 
[email protected], (202) 372-2234.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This public meeting is part of the public 
comment period already announced regarding the draft National APC 
Policy (81 FR 33685). To facilitate public participation, we are 
extending the comment period and holding a public meeting, and we 
invite public comment on the issues as listed in the ``Agenda'' section 
below. Comments previously submitted do not need to be submitted again.

Submitting Written Comments

    If you submit a written comment, please include the docket number, 
indicate the specific material 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).

Public Meeting

    A public comment period will be held during the meeting on 
September 21, 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Speakers are requested 
to limit their comments to 3 minutes. Please note that the public 
comment period may end before the time indicated, following the last 
call for comments. Contact the individual listed below to pre-register 
as a speaker. Pre-registration is not required to speak at the meeting 
as attendees will be able to note their desire to speak via the on-site 
meeting attendance/registration form. Written comments may also be 
brought to the meeting and will be included as part of the docket. 
Written comments submitted to the docket via http://www.regulations.gov 
do not need to be brought to the meeting.
    The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy 
is developing national-level policy to clarify APC submissions and 
processes pursuant to Title 33 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 
155.1065 and 155.5067. While not a regulatory or rule-making activity, 
the Coast Guard is aware of the impact of the policy related to APC and 
its critical role in tank and non-tank vessel response preparedness. 
The goals of this public meeting are to: (1) Inform public entities of 
the status of Alternative Planning Criteria policy; (2) Inform public 
entities of the comments from earlier comment period(s); (3)

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Ensure public understanding of the Coast Guard's view of APC; and (4) 
Seek public comment & public insight into current APC policy 
challenges.

Agenda

    The Coast Guard will present information pertaining to APC and 
receive oral comments from the public. Written comments will be 
accepted at the meeting; however, it is preferred any written comments 
are submitted in advance of the meeting. The Coast Guard will present 
the following topics:
    (1) Brief, high-level summary of comments received following the 
release of District Seventeen's Draft Marine Safety Information 
Bulletin (July 2015) and during the comment period to date.
    (2) Tenets of the draft APC policy.
    (3) Open floor to receive public comments.
    The Coast Guard will review all of the information received from 
public comment and take both oral and written comments into 
consideration as it finalizes the development of national APC policy.

    Dated: August 10, 2016.
Joseph B. Loring,
Captain, Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-19512 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am]
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54584 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 16, 2016 / Notices present data, information, or views, Environmental Response Policy and reason for each suggestion or orally or in writing, on issues pending Seventeenth District will meet on recommendation. before the committee. Written September 21, 2016, in Anchorage, We encourage you to submit submissions should be forwarded to the Alaska. The meeting will be used as an comments through the Federal contact person (below) on or before opportunity to discuss Alternative eRulemaking Portal at http:// August 19, 2016. Oral presentations Planning Criteria (APC) as they relate to www.regulations.gov. If your material from the public will be scheduled at the oil spill preparedness pursuant to vessel cannot be submitted using http:// conclusion of the meeting. Individuals response plan requirements. The www.regulations.gov, contact the person interested in making oral presentations meeting will be open to the public. In in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION are encouraged to notify the contact addition, the comment period for the CONTACT section of this document for person on or before August 19, 2016. notice published May 27, 2016, is alternate instructions. Documents Five minutes will be allotted for each extended. mentioned in this notice, and all public presentation. DATES: The comment period for the comments, are in our online docket at The meeting may be accesed via notice published May 27, 2016 (81 FR http://www.regulations.gov and can be telephone. To attend on site, obtain the 33685) is extended. Comments and viewed by following that Web site’s call-in number and access code, submit related material must be submitted on or instructions. Additionally, if you go to written or brief oral comments, or before Friday, September 23, 2016. The the online docket and sign up for email request special accommodations for Coast Guard will meet Wednesday, alerts, you will be notified when persons with disabilities, please register September 21, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to comments are posted or a final rule is on-line at http://nac.samhsa.gov/ 3:00 p.m. Please note that the meeting published. Registration/meetingsRegistration.aspx, We accept anonymous comments. All may close early if all comments have or communicate with SAMHSA’s comments received will be posted been heard. Designated Federal Officer, Ms. Nadine without change to http:// ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Benton (see contact information below). www.regulations.gov and will include the Robert Atwood Room (Room 104) on any personal information you have Substantive meeting information and the first floor of the Robert B. Atwood a roster of Committee members may be provided. For more about privacy and Building, 550 W. 7th Avenue, the docket, you may review a Privacy obtained either by accessing the Anchorage, AK 99501. Parking will be SAMHSA Committees’ Web site http:// Act notice regarding the Federal Docket available in the adjacent Lilly Pacillo Management System in the March 24, www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory- Parking Garage. Parking tickets can be councils/advisory-committee-womens- 2005, issue of the Federal Register (70 validated at the Atwood Building’s FR 15086). services-acws or by contacting Ms. Security Desk. Benton. For information on facilities or Public Meeting Committee Name: Substance Abuse and services for individuals with A public comment period will be held Mental Health Services Administration disabilities, or to request special during the meeting on September 21, Advisory Committee for Women’s Services assistance at the meeting, contact the 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (ACWS). person listed in FOR FURTHER Speakers are requested to limit their Date/Time/Type: Wednesday, August 24, INFORMATION CONTACT below, as soon as comments to 3 minutes. Please note that 2016, from: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT, open. possible. Place: SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, the public comment period may end To view the APC Guidelines, as well before the time indicated, following the Conference Room 5N76, Rockville, Maryland as public comments and any documents 20857. last call for comments. Contact the Contact: Nadine Benton, Designated mentioned in this notice, go to http:// individual listed below to pre-register as Federal Official, SAMHSA’s Advisory www.regulations.gov and type ‘‘USCG– a speaker. Pre-registration is not Committee for Women’s Services, 5600 2016–0437,’’ and click ‘‘Search.’’ Then required to speak at the meeting as Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, click ‘‘Open Docket Folder.’’ attendees will be able to note their Telephone: (240) 276–0127, Fax: (240) 276– FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR desire to speak via the on-site meeting 2252, Email: nadine.benton@samhsa.hhs.gov. Scott Stoermer, USCG Headquarters, attendance/registration form. Written Summer King, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE., comments may also be brought to the Statistician, Substance Abuse and Mental Stop 7516, Washington, DC 20593, meeting and will be included as part of Health, Services Administration. scott.a.stoermer@uscg.mil, (202) 372– the docket. Written comments [FR Doc. 2016–19422 Filed 8–15–16; 8:45 am] 2234. submitted to the docket via http:// BILLING CODE 4162–20–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This www.regulations.gov do not need to be public meeting is part of the public brought to the meeting. comment period already announced The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Marine regarding the draft National APC Policy Environmental Response Policy is DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND (81 FR 33685). To facilitate public developing national-level policy to SECURITY participation, we are extending the clarify APC submissions and processes Coast Guard comment period and holding a public pursuant to Title 33 Code of Federal meeting, and we invite public comment Regulations, Part 155.1065 and [Docket No. USCG–2016–0437] 155.5067. While not a regulatory or rule- on the issues as listed in the ‘‘Agenda’’ making activity, the Coast Guard is asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Update to Alternative Planning Criteria section below. Comments previously submitted do not need to be submitted aware of the impact of the policy related (APC) National Guidelines again. to APC and its critical role in tank and AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. non-tank vessel response preparedness. Submitting Written Comments The goals of this public meeting are to: ACTION: Extension of comment period and notice of public meeting. If you submit a written comment, (1) Inform public entities of the status of please include the docket number, Alternative Planning Criteria policy; (2) SUMMARY: Representatives from the U.S. indicate the specific material to which Inform public entities of the comments Coast Guard’s Office of Marine each comment applies, and provide a from earlier comment period(s); (3) VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Aug 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16AUN1.SGM 16AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 16, 2016 / Notices 54585 Ensure public understanding of the applicant submission of biometric and determined that the driver is not a threat Coast Guard’s view of APC; and (4) Seek biographic information for TSA’s to transportation security. public comment & public insight into security threat assessment in order to TSA’s implementing regulations current APC policy challenges. obtain the hazardous materials (codified at 49 CFR part 1572) describe endorsement (HME) on a commercial the procedures, standards, and Agenda drivers license (CDL) issued by states eligibility criteria for security threat The Coast Guard will present and the District of Columbia. assessments on individuals seeking to information pertaining to APC and DATES: Send your comments by October obtain, renew, or transfer a HME on a receive oral comments from the public. 17, 2016. CDL. In order to conduct the security Written comments will be accepted at ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed threat assessment, states (or TSA’s agent the meeting; however, it is preferred any to TSAPRA@dhs.gov or delivered to the in states electing to have TSA perform written comments are submitted in TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information the collection of information) must advance of the meeting. The Coast Technology (OIT), TSA–11, collect the driver’s legal name, current Guard will present the following topics: Transportation Security Administration, and previous mailing addresses, date of (1) Brief, high-level summary of 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA birth, gender, height, weight, hair and comments received following the 20598–6011. eye color, city/state/country of birth, release of District Seventeen’s Draft social security number (optional) and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marine Safety Information Bulletin (July immigration status/naturalization date/ Christina A. Walsh at the above address, 2015) and during the comment period to alien registration number (as or by telephone (571) 227–2062. date. applicable). (2) Tenets of the draft APC policy. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In addition, states or the TSA agent (3) Open floor to receive public Comments Invited must submit the driver’s comments. acknowledgement concerning previous In accordance with the Paperwork The Coast Guard will review all of the criminal history, the driver’s Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 information received from public fingerprints, and whether the driver is a et seq.), an agency may not conduct or comment and take both oral and written new applicant or applying to renew or sponsor, and a person is not required to comments into consideration as it transfer the HME. This information is respond to, a collection of information finalizes the development of national necessary for TSA to forecast driver unless it displays a valid OMB control APC policy. retention, transfer rate, and drop-rate to number. The ICR documentation is Dated: August 10, 2016. available at www.reginfo.gov. Therefore, help improve customer service, reduce Joseph B. Loring, in preparation for OMB review and program costs, and provide approval of the following information comparability with other Federal Captain, Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy. collection, TSA is inviting comments background checks, including the [FR Doc. 2016–19512 Filed 8–15–16; 8:45 am] to— Transportation Workers Identification (1) Evaluate whether the proposed Credential (TWIC). Finally, states are BILLING CODE 9110–04–P information requirement is necessary for required to maintain a copy of the driver the proper performance of the functions application for a period of one year. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND of the agency, including whether the The currently approved ICR also SECURITY information will have practical utility; includes an optional survey to gather (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the information regarding the drivers’ Transportation Security Administration agency’s estimate of the burden; overall customer satisfaction with the (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and service received at the enrollment center [Docket No. TSA–2003–14610] utilized by the TSA agent states. The clarity of the information to be Intent To Request Revision From OMB collected; and optional survey will be administered at of One Current Public Collection of (4) Minimize the burden of the the end of the in-person enrollment Information: Security Threat collection of information on those who service. Please note that the optional Assessment for Individuals Applying are to respond, including using survey is only provided for drivers who for a Hazardous Materials appropriate automated, electronic, enroll with a state serviced by TSA’s Endorsement for a Commercial mechanical, or other technological designated enrollment contractor. Driver’s License collection techniques or other forms of TSA is revising the collection of information technology. information to expand the potential use AGENCY: Transportation Security of information. This revision would Administration, DHS. Information Collection Requirement allow future use of the information ACTION: 60-day notice. OMB Control Number 1652–0027; collected for additional comparability Security Threat Assessment for determinations, such as allowing the SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Individuals Applying for a Hazardous HME applicant to participate in a Administration (TSA) invites public Materials Endorsement for a program such as the TSA Pre✓® comment on one currently approved Commercial Driver’s License, 49 CFR Application Program without requiring Information Collection Request (ICR), part 1572. TSA is requesting a revision an additional background check. For asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Office of Management and Budget of the currently approved ICR. The example, the HME applicant may be (OMB) control number 1652–0027, currently approved ICR supports able to ‘‘opt in’’ for a determination that abstracted below that we will submit to implementation of section 1012 of the the HME holder is eligible to participate OMB for revision in compliance with USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. 107–56, 115 in TSA Pre✓®, TSA’s expedited the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Stat. 272, 396, Oct. 26, 2001) (49 U.S.C. screening program for air travelers. TSA The ICR describes the nature of the 5103a), which mandates that no state or does not foresee additional fees for information collection and its expected the District of Columbia may issue a completing the comparability burden. The collection involves HME on a CDL unless TSA has first determination. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Aug 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16AUN1.SGM 16AUN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionExtension of comment period and notice of public meeting.
DatesThe comment period for the notice published May 27, 2016 (81 FR 33685) is extended. Comments and related material must be submitted on or before Friday, September 23, 2016. The Coast Guard will meet Wednesday, September 21, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please note that the meeting may close early if all comments have been heard.
ContactCDR Scott Stoermer, USCG Headquarters, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE., Stop 7516, Washington, DC 20593, [email protected], (202) 372-2234.
FR Citation81 FR 54584 
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