Pollution: Hazardous substances; tank vessel response plans,

[Federal Register: June 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 114)]

[Proposed Rules]

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 155

[USCG-1998-4354]

RIN 2115-AE88

Tank Vessel Response Plans for Hazardous Substances

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces a public meeting on its proposed rules on Tank Vessel Response Plans for Hazardous Substances. The meeting will provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the proposed rule. We are also extending the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for Tank Vessel Response Plans for Hazardous Substances to August 30, 1999, to allow additional time for public comment.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 12, 1999, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, August 13, 1999, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting may close early if all business is finished. Written comments and related material must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before August 30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at The Hilton--University of Houston Hotel and Conference Center, 4800 Calhoun Street, Houston, TX 77204. The conference center is located at Entrance 1# to the Central University of Houston campus.

To make sure your written comments and related material are not entered more than once in the docket, please submit them by only one of the following methods:

(1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, (USCG-1998-4354), U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

(2) By hand to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.

(3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.

(4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management System at http://dms.dot.gov.

The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this notice. Comments and material received from the public, as indicated in this notice, will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may electronically access the

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public docket for this notice on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Michael Roldan, Office of Operating and Environmental Standards (G-MSO), telephone 202-267-0106: e-mail: mroldan1@comdt.uscg.mil or LT Claudia Gelzer, Office of Response, (G- MOR), telephone 202-267-1983; email: cgelzer@comdt.uscg.mil. These telephones are equipped to record messages on a 24-hour basis. For questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact Dorothy Walker, Chief, Dockets, Department of Transportation, telephone 202-366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

On March 22, 1999, we published an NPRM entitled ``Tank Vessel Response Plans for Hazardous Substances'' in the Federal Register (64 FR 13734). In response to requests, we will hold this public meeting to receive comments on the vessel response plan requirements as proposed in the NPRM.

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourage you to participate by attending this public meeting. The Coast Guard also encourage you to submit written comments on our NPRM entitled ``Tank Vessel Response Plans for Hazardous Substances.'' if you submit written comment or related material, please include your name and address, identify the docket number for this rulemaking (USCG-1998-4354), indicate the specific section of the NPRM to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your comments and material by mail, hand delivery, fax, or electronic means to the Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and material by only one means. If you submit them 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 them by mail and would like to know they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelop. We will consider all comments and material received during the comment period.

Information on Service for Individual With Disabilities

For information of facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting, contact LT Michael Roldan at the address or phone number under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT as soon as possible.

Dated: June 9, 1999. Joseph J. Angelo, Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.

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