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it is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

under Executive Order 12866 and is not 

likely to have a significant adverse effect 

on the supply, distribution, or use of 

energy. The Administrator of the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

has not designated it as a significant 

energy action. Therefore, it does not 

require a Statement of Energy Effects 

under Executive Order 13211. 

Technical Standards 

The National Technology Transfer 

and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 

U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use 

voluntary consensus standards in their 

regulatory activities unless the agency 

provides Congress, through the Office of 

Management and Budget, with an 

explanation of why using these 

standards would be inconsistent with 

applicable law or otherwise impractical. 

Voluntary consensus standards are 

technical standards (e.g., specifications 

of materials, performance, design, or 

operation; test methods; sampling 

procedures; and related management 

systems practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. 

This proposed rule does not use 

technical standards. Therefore, we did 

not consider the use of voluntary 

consensus standards. 

Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Department of Homeland 

Security Management Directive 023–01, 

and Commandant Instruction 

M16475.lD which guides the Coast 

Guard in complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have made a preliminary determination 

that this action is one of a category of 

actions which do not individually or 

cumulatively have a significant effect on 

the human environment because it 

simply promulgates the operating 

regulations or procedures for 

drawbridges. We seek any comments or 

information that may lead to the 

discovery of a significant environmental 

impact from this proposed rule. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117 

Bridges. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 117 as follows: 

PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE 

OPERATION REGULATIONS 

1. The authority citation for part 117 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05–1; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1. 

2. Revise § 117.551 to read as follows: 

§ 117.551 Chester River. 

The draw of the S213 Bridge, mile 

26.8, at Chestertown MD shall open on 

signal if at least six hours notice is 

given. 

Dated: September 3, 2009. 

Wayne E. Justice, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Fifth Coast Guard District. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Parts 151, 155, and 160 

[USCG–2008–1070] 

RIN 1625–AB27 

Nontank Vessel Response Plans and 

Other Vessel Response Plan 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

three public meetings to receive 

comments on a notice of proposed 

rulemaking that would require owners 

or operators of nontank vessels to 

prepare and submit oil spill response 

plans. The meetings will be held to 

allow for greater public involvement. 

DATES: The public meetings will be held 

at the following locations: 

• Washington, DC, October 28, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

• Oakland, CA, November 3, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

• New Orleans, LA, November 19, 

2009, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. 

Written comments and related 

material may also be submitted to Coast 

Guard personnel specified at that 

meeting. The comment period for the 

proposed rule closes November 30, 

2009. All comments and related 

material submitted after the meeting 

must either be submitted to our online 

docket via http://www.regulations.gov 

on or before November 30, 2009, or 

reach the Docket Management Facility 

by that date. 

ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be 

held at the following locations: 

• Washington, DC—United States 

Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 

Room 4202, 2100 Second St, SW., 

Washington, DC 20593. 

• Oakland, CA—Ronald V. Dellums 

Federal Building, Auditorium, 3rd Floor 

North Tower, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

CA 94612. 

• New Orleans, LA—Ernest N. Morial 

Convention Center, Room 208, Exhibit 

Hall A, 900 Convention Center Blvd, 

New Orleans, LA 70130. 

You may submit written comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2008–1070 before or after the meeting 

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. Our online 

docket for this rulemaking is available 

on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number USCG–2008–1070. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this proposed 

rulemaking, contact Lieutenant Jarrod 

DeWitz, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of 

Vessel Activities, Vessel Response Plan 

Review Team, telephone (202) 372– 

1219. You may also e-mail questions to 

Jarrod.M.DeWitz@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Ms. Renee V. 

Wright, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

We published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 

Register on August 31, 2009 (74 FR 

44970), entitled ‘‘Nontank Vessel 

Response Plans and Other Vessel 

Response Plan Requirements.’’ In it, we 

stated our intention to hold one or more 

public meetings, and to publish a notice 

to announce the location and date of the 

public meetings. In this notice, we 

announce those public meetings to 

receive comments on this proposed rule. 

In the NPRM, we proposed requiring 

owners or operators of nontank vessels 

to prepare and submit oil spill response 

plans. The Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act defines nontank vessels as 

self-propelled vessels of 400 gross tons 

or greater that operate on the navigable 

waters of the United States, carry oil of 

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and are not tank vessels. The proposed 

rule would specify the content of a 

response plan, and among other issues, 

address the requirement to plan for 

responding to a worst case discharge 

and a substantial threat of such a 

discharge. Additionally, the proposed 

rule would update the international 

Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency 

Plan (SOPEP) requirements that apply to 

nontank vessels and certain tank 

vessels. Finally, the proposed rule 

would require vessel owners and 

operators to submit their vessel 

response plan control number as part of 

already required notice of arrival 

information. 

You may view the NPRM in our 

online docket, in addition to supporting 

documents prepared by the Coast Guard 

(Regulatory Analysis & Initial 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis), and 

comments submitted thus far by going 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Once 

there, select the Advanced Docket 

Search option on the right side of the 

screen, insert USCG–2008–1070 in the 

Docket ID box, press Enter, and then 

click on the item in the Docket ID 

column. If you do not have access to the 

Internet, you may view the docket by 

visiting 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. 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments either orally at a meeting or 

in writing. If you bring written 

comments to a meeting, you may submit 

them to Coast Guard personnel specified 

at the meeting to receive written 

comments. These comments will be 

submitted to our online public docket. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

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). 

Information on Service for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

public meeting, contact Lieutenant 

Jarrod DeWitz at the telephone number 

indicated under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

Public Meeting 

The Coast Guard will hold three 

public meetings regarding this proposed 

rulemaking on the following dates and 

at the following locations: 

• Washington, DC, October 15, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the United 

States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, Room 4202, 2100 Second 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20593. 

Note: A government-issued photo 

identification (for example, a driver’s 

license) will be required for entrance to 

the building. 

• Oakland, CA, November 3, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Ronald 

V. Dellums Federal Building, 

Auditorium, 3rd Floor North Tower, 

1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612. 

Note: A government-issued photo 

identification (for example, a driver’s 

license) will be required for entrance to 

the building. 

• New Orleans, LA, November 19, 

2009, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the 

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 

Room 208, Exhibit Hall A, 900 

Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, 

LA 70130. 

Members of the public may attend 

these meetings up to the seating 

capacity of the rooms. The meetings 

may conclude before the allotted time if 

all matters of concern have been 

addressed. 

We plan to record each meeting using 

an audio-digital recorder and to make 

that audio recording available through a 

link in our online docket. A written 

summary of comments made and a list 

of attendees will be placed in the docket 

after each meeting concludes. 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards, U.S. Coast Guard. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

36 CFR Part 1254 

[FDMS Docket NARA–09–0004] 

RIN 3095–AB59 

Researcher Identification Card 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The proposed rule will 

require researchers using original 

records, NARA microfilm, and public 

use computers at the National Archives 

Building in Washington, DC, to obtain a 

researcher identification card. 

Researchers at regional archives are also 

required to obtain a researcher 

identification card when there is no 

separate research room for the use of 

microfilm and public access computers. 

The proposed rule also updates our 

regulations to reflect changes in 

available technology and research room 

practices, such as abolishing the threehour time limit for using microfilm 

readers. This proposed rule will affect 

the public. 

DATES: Comments are due by November 

24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: NARA invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

proposed rule. Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: Submit comments by facsimile 

transmission to 301–837–0319. 

• Mail: Send comments to 

Regulations Comments Desk (NPOL), 

Room 4100, Policy and Planning Staff, 

National Archives and Records 

Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, 

College Park, MD 20740–6001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

comments to 8601 Adelphi Road, 

College Park, MD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marilyn Redman at 301–837–1850; or, 

fax number 301–837–0319. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed rule modifies our regulations 

relating to the public use of Federal 

records and donated historical 

materials. In particular, we are 

modifying the regulation addressing the 

issuance of researcher identification 

cards to enhance security in the 

National Archives Building in 

Washington, DC, and some other NARA 

facilities. For many years, we have not 

required researchers who use only 


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