Waterfront facilities: Class 1 (explosive) materials or other dangerous cargoes, handling; improved safety procedures,

[Federal Register: January 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 7)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 1770]

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

[DOCID:fr12ja99-17]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 126

[USCG-1998-4302]

RIN 2115-AE22

Handling of Class 1 (Explosive) Materials or Other Dangerous Cargoes within or Contiguous to Waterfront Facilities

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is reopening the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for Handling of Class 1 (Explosive) Materials or Other Dangerous Cargoes within or Contiguous to Waterfront Facilities to March 1, 1999 to allow additional time for public comment.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before March 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Docket Management Facility

[USCG-1998-4302] , U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, or deliver them to room PL-401, located on the Plaza Level of the Nassif Building at the same address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.

The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this rulemaking. Comments will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room PL-401, located on the Plaza Level of the Nassif Building at the above address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also electronically access the public docket for this rulemaking on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the NPRM provisions, contact LCDR John Farthing, Project Manager, Vessel and Facility Operating Standards Divisions, Coast Guard, telephone 202-267- 6451, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. For information on the public docket, contact Dorothy Walker, Chief, Dockets, telephone 202-366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting written data, views, or arguments. If you submit comments, you should include your name and address, identify this notice (USCG- 1998-4302) and the specific section or question in this document to which your comments apply, and give the reason for each comment. Please submit all comments and attachments in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing to the DOT Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES. If you want acknowledgment of receipt of your comments, you should enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope.

The Coast Guard will consider all comments received during the comment period.

The Coast Guard plans no public meeting. Persons may request a public meeting by writing to the Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES. The request must identify this docket [USCG- 1998-4302] and should include the reasons why a public meeting would be helpful to this rulemaking. If we determine that a meeting should be held, we will announce the time and place in a later notice in the Federal Register.

Background and Purpose

The regulations in 33 CFR part 126 prescribing requirements for designated waterfront facilities that handle, store, and transfer hazardous materials to and from vessels were written in the 1950s and have never been significantly updated. On October 29, 1998 (63 FR 57964), we published a NPRM proposing to amend part 126 by updating the requirements to meet current industry standards for containerized hazardous material cargoes. The closing date for the original comment period was scheduled for December 28, 1998.

During the original NPRM comment period we received several comments requesting an extension of the comment period. One comment from an industry group potentially affected by these regulations stated that it is meeting in mid-December and needs more time to develop comments. Another comment indicated difficulty meeting the December 28, 1998 deadline because the shipping industry is typically very busy during the holiday season. We accept these as reasonable requests and we are reopening the NPRM comment period by 60 days. The new NPRM comment period will close March 1, 1999.

Dated: January 5, 1999. Joseph J. Angelo, Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 99-536Filed1-11-99; 8:45 am]

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