81_FR_90126 81 FR 89887 - Proposed Amendment to the Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program

81 FR 89887 - Proposed Amendment to the Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 239 (December 13, 2016)

Page Range89887-89888
FR Document2016-29842

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management is requesting comments on the preliminary findings and draft environmental assessment for a request from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for approval of amendments to the Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program (PRCZMP). NOAA has determined that the amendments to the PRCZMP do not meet the requirements for approval. This determination is subject to change depending on public comments and further information that may be submitted by the Commonwealth. As part of its review of the amendments, NOAA developed a draft environmental assessment pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act for which comments are also requested.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 89887-89888]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29842]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 923


Proposed Amendment to the Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management 
Program

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office 
for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Request for Comments on preliminary findings and draft EA.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) 
Office for Coastal Management is requesting comments on the preliminary 
findings and draft environmental assessment for a request from the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for approval of amendments to the Puerto 
Rico Coastal Zone Management Program (PRCZMP). NOAA has determined that 
the amendments to the PRCZMP do not meet the requirements for approval. 
This determination is subject to change depending on public comments 
and further information that may be submitted by the Commonwealth. As 
part of its review of the amendments, NOAA developed a draft 
environmental assessment pursuant to the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act for which comments are also requested.

DATES: Comments on the preliminary findings and draft environmental 
assessment must be received by February 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the preliminary findings and/or 
draft environmental assessment by either of the following methods:
     Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal www.regulations.gov. To 
submit a comment, go to the docket for this review by typing ``NOAA-
NOS-2016-0148'' into the search function on the Regulations.Gov Home 
Page.
     Mail: Submit written comments to Mr. Kerry Kehoe, Federal 
Consistency Specialist, Office for Coastal Management, NOAA, 1305 East-
West Highway, 10th Floor, N/OCM6, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Attention: 
PRCZMP Amendment.
    Instructions: Comments must be submitted by one of the above 
methods to ensure that the comments are received, documented and 
considered. Comments sent by any other method, to any other address or 
individual, or received after the end of the commend period may not be 
considered. All comments received are part of the public record and 
will generally be posted for public viewing on www.regulations.gov 
without change. All personal identifying information (e.g., name, 
address, etc.) submitted voluntarily by the sender will be publicly 
accessible. Do not submit confidential business information, or 
otherwise sensitive or protected information. NOS will accept anonymous 
comments Enter ``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain 
anonymous. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in 
Microsoft Word or Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kerry Kehoe, Federal Consistency 
Specialist, Office for Coastal Management, NOAA, at 240-533-0782 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The federal Coastal Zone Management Act provides 
incentives to states and U.S. territories to develop programs to manage 
coastal resources and uses. The PRCZMP was approved NOAA in 1978. Since 
that time, statutory and regulatory changes have been made to the 
organizational structure of the land use agencies which comprise the 
PRCZMP; the land use authority of local governments; and the permit 
decision-making process. These changes are in force and being 
implemented as laws of the Commonwealth pursuant to the Puerto Rico 
Permit Process Reform Act of 2009 (Law 161), as amended by Law 151 of 
2013, and pursuant to the Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991 (Law 
81). In order to demonstrate that the program continues to meet the 
requirements for program approval established under the Coastal Zone 
Management Act and its implementing regulations, the Department of 
Natural and Environmental Resources has submitted these changes to NOAA 
for approval. Copies of the Commonwealth's submission are available on 
the Regulations.Gov Web site under the Docket No. ``NOAA-NOS-2016-
0148.''
    NOAA's Office for Coastal Management has determined that these 
changes are substantial and should be reviewed as a program amendment 
in accordance with 15 CFR part 923, subpart H. NOAA held a public 
hearing on the amendment in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 2, 2015. 
The focus of the hearing was on whether the PRCZMP continues to meet 
the requirements for program approval as

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specified in the Coastal Zone Management Program regulations at 15 CFR 
part 923. In addition to the hearing, NOAA solicited written comments 
from the public on the amendment.
    NOAA is issuing preliminary findings on the request for approval of 
the amendments to the PRCZMP. Although most of the changes to the 
PRCZMP have been found to be approvable, NOAA has found that the fast-
tracking of the permitting process does not provide a meaningful 
opportunity for public participation in the process. NOAA has also 
identified concerns with the placement of permitting authority in 
authorized professionals.
    These preliminary findings are subject to change pending a response 
from the Commonwealth, and comments from the public.
    NOAA has also completed a draft environmental assessment pursuant 
to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act for this 
review. Comments on the draft environmental assessment are also being 
solicited.
    The preliminary findings and draft environmental assessment are 
available for review on the Regulations.Gov Web site under Docket No. 
``NOAA-NOS-2016-0148.''

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419.

    Dated: December 2, 2016.
Christopher Cartwright,
Acting, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Management, Coastal Zone Management Program Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-29842 Filed 12-12-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 13, 2016 / Proposed Rules 89887 § 71.1 [Amended] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE any other address or individual, or ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in received after the end of the commend National Oceanic and Atmospheric period may not be considered. All 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, Administration comments received are part of the Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, effective public record and will generally be 15 CFR Part 923 posted for public viewing on September 15, 2016, is amended as follows: www.regulations.gov without change. Proposed Amendment to the Puerto All personal identifying information Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. Rico Coastal Zone Management (e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted * * * * * Program voluntarily by the sender will be AGENCY: National Oceanic and publicly accessible. Do not submit AEA NY D Elmira, NY [Amended] confidential business information, or Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Elmira/Corning Regional Airport, NY Office for Coastal Management, National otherwise sensitive or protected (Lat. 42°09′35″ N., long 76°53′30″ W.) information. NOS will accept Ocean Service, Department of That airspace extending upward from the Commerce. anonymous comments Enter ‘‘N/A’’ in surface to and including 3,500 MSL within ACTION: Request for Comments on the required fields if you wish to remain a 4.2-mile radius of the Elmira/Corning anonymous. Attachments to electronic preliminary findings and draft EA. Regional Airport. This Class D airspace area comments will be accepted in Microsoft is effective during the specific dates and SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Word or Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe times established in advance by a Notice to Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) PDF file formats only. Airmen. The effective date and time will Office for Coastal Management is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. thereafter be continuously published in the requesting comments on the preliminary Kerry Kehoe, Federal Consistency Airport/Facility Directory. findings and draft environmental Specialist, Office for Coastal Paragraph 6002 Class E Surface Area assessment for a request from the Management, NOAA, at 240–533–0782 Airspace. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for or kerry.kehoe@noaa.gov. * * * * * approval of amendments to the Puerto SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rico Coastal Zone Management Program Background: The federal Coastal Zone AEA NY E2 Elmira, NY [Amended] (PRCZMP). NOAA has determined that Management Act provides incentives to Elmira/Corning Regional Airport, NY the amendments to the PRCZMP do not states and U.S. territories to develop (Lat. 42°09′35″ N., long 76°53′30″ W.) meet the requirements for approval. programs to manage coastal resources That airspace extending upward from the This determination is subject to change and uses. The PRCZMP was approved surface within a 4.2-mile radius of the depending on public comments and NOAA in 1978. Since that time, Elmira/Corning Regional Airport. This Class further information that may be statutory and regulatory changes have E airspace area is effective during the specific submitted by the Commonwealth. As been made to the organizational dates and times established in advance by a part of its review of the amendments, structure of the land use agencies which Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time NOAA developed a draft environmental comprise the PRCZMP; the land use will thereafter be continuously published in assessment pursuant to the authority of local governments; and the the Airport/Facility Directory. requirements of the National permit decision-making process. These Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Environmental Policy Act for which changes are in force and being Designated as an Extension to a Class D comments are also requested. implemented as laws of the Surface Area. DATES: Comments on the preliminary Commonwealth pursuant to the Puerto * * * * * findings and draft environmental Rico Permit Process Reform Act of 2009 assessment must be received by (Law 161), as amended by Law 151 of AEA NY E4 Elmira, NY [Amended] February 13, 2017. 2013, and pursuant to the Autonomous Elmira/Corning Regional Airport, NY ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Municipalities Act of 1991 (Law 81). In (Lat. 42°09′35″ N., long 76°53′30″ W.) on the preliminary findings and/or draft order to demonstrate that the program That airspace extending upward from the environmental assessment by either of continues to meet the requirements for surface within 1.8 miles each side of the 062° the following methods: program approval established under the bearing from the airport extending from the • Electronic Submission: Submit all Coastal Zone Management Act and its 4.2-mile radius of Elmira/Corning Regional electronic public comments via the implementing regulations, the Airport to 6 miles northeast of the airport, Federal e-Rulemaking Portal Department of Natural and and within 1.8 miles each side of the 101° Environmental Resources has submitted www.regulations.gov. To submit a bearing from the airport extending from the comment, go to the docket for this these changes to NOAA for approval. 4.2-mile radius to 1.2 miles east of the review by typing ‘‘NOAA–NOS–2016– Copies of the Commonwealth’s airport, and within 1.8 miles each side of the 248° bearing from the airport extending from 0148’’ into the search function on the submission are available on the the 4.2-mile radius to 7 miles southwest of Regulations.Gov Home Page. Regulations.Gov Web site under the the airport, and within 1.8 miles each side of • Mail: Submit written comments to Docket No. ‘‘NOAA–NOS–2016–0148.’’ the 282° bearing from the airport extending Mr. Kerry Kehoe, Federal Consistency NOAA’s Office for Coastal from the 4.2-mile radius to 8 miles northwest Specialist, Office for Coastal Management has determined that these changes are substantial and should be pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS of the airport. Management, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, N/OCM6, Silver reviewed as a program amendment in Issued in College Park, Georgia, on Spring, MD 20910. Attention: PRCZMP accordance with 15 CFR part 923, December 1, 2016. Amendment. subpart H. NOAA held a public hearing Ryan W. Almasy, Instructions: Comments must be on the amendment in San Juan, Puerto Manager Operations Support Group, Eastern submitted by one of the above methods Rico on September 2, 2015. The focus of Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. to ensure that the comments are the hearing was on whether the [FR Doc. 2016–29632 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am] received, documented and considered. PRCZMP continues to meet the BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Comments sent by any other method, to requirements for program approval as VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:06 Dec 12, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\13DEP1.SGM 13DEP1

89888 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 13, 2016 / Proposed Rules specified in the Coastal Zone Federal Register. In response to a documents to prepare public comments Management Program regulations at 15 request for an extension, the on the NPR.1 CFR part 923. In addition to the hearing, Commission is extending the comment The Commission has considered this NOAA solicited written comments from period. request and is extending the comment the public on the amendment. DATES: Submit comments by April 24, period for an additional 75 days until NOAA is issuing preliminary findings 2017. April 24, 2017. on the request for approval of the Dated: December 8, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, amendments to the PRCZMP. Although Todd A. Stevenson, identified by Docket No. CPSC–2006– most of the changes to the PRCZMP 0057, by any of the following methods: Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety have been found to be approvable, Commission. NOAA has found that the fast-tracking Electronic Submissions [FR Doc. 2016–29845 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am] of the permitting process does not Submit electronic comments in the BILLING CODE 6355–01–P provide a meaningful opportunity for following way: public participation in the process. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// NOAA has also identified concerns with www.regulations.gov. Follow the the placement of permitting authority in DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION instructions for submitting comments. authorized professionals. The Commission does not accept Federal Highway Administration These preliminary findings are subject comments submitted by electronic mail to change pending a response from the (email), except through: http:// 23 CFR Part 655 Commonwealth, and comments from www.regulations.gov. The Commission the public. encourages you to submit electronic [FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2016–0036] NOAA has also completed a draft comments by using the Federal environmental assessment pursuant to National Standards for Traffic Control eRulemaking Portal, as described above. Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act for this Written Submissions Control Devices for Streets and review. Comments on the draft Highways; Request for Information Submit written submissions in the environmental assessment are also being Related to Use of Clearview Font following way: solicited. Mail/Hand delivery/Courier, AGENCY: Federal Highway The preliminary findings and draft preferably in five copies, to: Office of the Administration (FHWA), DOT. environmental assessment are available Secretary, Consumer Product Safety ACTION: Request for Information. for review on the Regulations.Gov Web Commission, Room 820, 4330 East-West site under Docket No. ‘‘NOAA–NOS– Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; SUMMARY: The Manual on Uniform 2016–0148.’’ telephone (301) 504–7923. Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419. Instructions: All submissions received Highways (MUTCD) is incorporated by Dated: December 2, 2016. must include the agency name and reference in regulation, approved by docket number for this notice. All FHWA, and recognized as the national Christopher Cartwright, comments received may be posted standard for traffic control devices used Acting, Deputy Assistant Administrator for without change, including any personal on all streets, highways, bikeways, and Ocean Services and Coastal Management, Coastal Zone Management Program identifiers, contact information, or other private roads open to public travel. This Administration. personal information provided, to: document is a Request for Information [FR Doc. 2016–29842 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am] http://www.regulations.gov. Do not (RFI) related to the use of the Clearview submit confidential business letter style on highway signs. BILLING CODE 3510–08–P information, trade secret information, or DATES: Responses to this RFI should be other sensitive or protected information submitted by January 27, 2017. The electronically. Such information should FHWA will consider late-filed responses CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY be submitted in writing. COMMISSION to the extent possible. Docket: For access to the docket to ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not read background documents or 16 CFR Part 1241 duplicate your docket submissions, comments received, go to: http:// [Docket No. CPSC–2006–0057] please submit them by only one of the www.regulations.gov and insert the following means: Docket No. CPSC–2006–0057 into the Safety Standard for Portable • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts. Generators; Notice of Extension of http://www.regulations.gov and follow SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the online instructions for submitting Comment Period November 2, 2016, the Commission comments. AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety voted to publish an NPR in the Federal • Mail: Docket Management Facility, Commission. Register, proposing standards that U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 ACTION: Extension of comment period. would apply to portable generators. The New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, NPR was published on November 21, Washington, DC 20590. SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 2016, with a 75-day comment period • Hand Delivery: West Building pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS Commission (Commission or CPSC) that will close on February 6, 2017. The Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 voted to publish a notice of proposed Commission issued the proposed rule New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. rulemaking (NPR) in the Federal under the authority of the Consumer Register on November 2, 2016, Product Safety Act (CPSA). The Portable 1 The Commission voted (4–1) to publish this concerning portable generators. The Generator Manufacturers’ Association notice in the Federal Register. Chairman Elliot F. NPR invited the public to submit (PGMA) has requested an additional 75 Kaye and Commissioners Robert S. Adler, Joseph P. Mohorovic, and Marietta S. Robinson voted to written comments during a comment days to do research, conduct testing, approve publication of this notice. Commissioner period that would close 75 days after and review the portable generator Ann Marie Buerkle voted against publication of this the date of publication of the NPR in the briefing package and supporting notice. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:06 Dec 12, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\13DEP1.SGM 13DEP1


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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
SectionProposed Rules
ActionRequest for Comments on preliminary findings and draft EA.
DatesComments on the preliminary findings and draft environmental assessment must be received by February 13, 2017.
ContactMr. Kerry Kehoe, Federal Consistency Specialist, Office for Coastal Management, NOAA, at 240-533-0782 or [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 89887 
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