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document announcing the dates of 

public meetings and indicating that 

more detailed information related to the 

meetings would be published at a later 

date (71 FR 54792). This document 

provides detailed information regarding 

the actual location of the public 

meetings and topics to be discussed. 

Background and Purpose 

The thirty-four permanent safety 

zones proposed in the NPRM will be 

located throughout the Great Lakes in 

order to accommodate the training 

needs of 57 separate Coast Guard units. 

The proposed safety zones are all 

located more than three nautical miles 

from the shoreline. Establishing 

permanent training areas serves to 

notify the public and solicit its input on 

selection of the training locations. 

The proposed safety zones will be 

enforced only when training is 

conducted, and then only after notice by 

the Captain of the Port for the area in 

which the exercise will be held. The 

Captain of the Port will use all 

appropriate means to effect the widest 

publicity among the affected segments 

of the public, including publication in 

the Federal Register if practicable, in 

accordance with 33 CFR 65.7(a). Such 

means of notification may also include, 

but are not limited to, Broadcast Notice 

to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. 

The appropriate Captain of the Port will 

also issue a Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners and Local Notice to Mariners 

notifying the public when enforcement 

of a live fire exercise safety zone is 

suspended. 

Interested individuals are encouraged 

to attend the open house forums and 

public meetings, provide comments and 

ask questions about the weapons 

training areas. 

Meeting Times and Topics 

The meetings are expected to run 

from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. (local). We may 

end the meetings early if there are no 

additional comments or questions. 

Topics to be covered during the public 

meetings include the following: 

(1) Introduction of the proposed zones 

and the need to train on the Great Lakes; 

(2) How the Coast Guard determined 

the locations of the zones; 

(3) Scheduling and frequency of 

training in the zones; 

(4) Notification procedures; 

(5) Safety procedures; 

(6) Weapons and munitions; and 

(7) Environmental risk assessment 

overview. 

Before the start of the formal public 

meetings, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

(local), the Coast Guard is hosting an 

open house so that the public can speak 

with Coast Guard personnel and obtain 

more information on the proposed 

zones. 

Procedure 

Each open house and meeting is open 

to the public. Ideally, comments will 

provide specific information and facts 

related to the impact of the zone(s) on 

the commenter. Detailed and focused 

comments will enable the Coast Guard 

to address identified areas of concern in 

the rulemaking process. Please note that 

the meeting may close early if all 

business is finished. If you are unable to 

attend, you may submit comments to 

the Docket Management Facility at the 

address under ADDRESSES by November 

13, 2006. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

If you plan to attend any of the public 

meetings and require special assistance, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other reasonable accommodations, 

please contact us as indicated in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Requests 

for special assistance should reach the 

Coast Guard within 7 business days of 

the meeting you plan to attend. 

Dated: September 21, 2006. 

John E. Crowley, Jr., 

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

Ninth Coast Guard District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

36 CFR Part 242 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 100 

RIN 1018–AU92 

Subsistence Management Regulations 

for Public Lands in Alaska; Kenai 

Peninsula Subsistence Resource 

Region 

AGENCIES: Forest Service, Agriculture; 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the Federal Subsistence 

Board, are extending the comment 

period through November 9, 2006, on 

the proposed rule that would amend the 

regulations governing subsistence use of 

fish and wildlife in Alaska by creating 

an additional subsistence resource 

region for the Kenai Peninsula. 

DATES: The comments period on the 

proposed rule is extended through 

November 9, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

electronically to Subsistence@fws.gov or 

via the Federal E-Rulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for file 

format and other information about 

electronic filing. You may also submit 

written comments to the Office of 

Subsistence Management, 3601 C Street, 

Suite 1030, Anchorage, AK 99503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general subsistence management 

program questions, contact Pete 

Probasco at (907) 786–3888. For Forest 

Service questions, contact Steve Kessler, 

Regional Subsistence Program Leader, 

USDA–FS Alaska Region, at (907) 786–

3592. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In Title VIII of the Alaska National 

Interest Lands Conservation Act 

(ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111–3126), 

Congress found that ‘‘the situation in 

Alaska is unique in that, in most cases, 

no practical alternative means are 

available to replace the food supplies 

and other items gathered from fish and 

wildlife which supply rural residents 

dependent on subsistence uses * * * ’’

and that ‘‘continuation of the 

opportunity for subsistence uses of 

resources on public and other lands in 

Alaska is threatened * * * ’’ As a result, 

Title VIII requires, among other things, 

that the Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) 

implement a joint program to grant a 

preference for subsistence uses of fish 

and wildlife resources on public lands 

in Alaska, unless the State of Alaska 

enacts and implements laws of general 

applicability that are consistent with 

ANILCA and that provide for the 

subsistence definition, preference, and 

participation specified in Sections 803, 

804, and 805 of ANILCA. 

The State implemented a program that 

the Department of the Interior 

previously found to be consistent with 

ANILCA. However, in December 1989, 

the Alaska Supreme Court ruled in 

McDowell v. State of Alaska that the 

rural preference in the State subsistence 

statute violated the Alaska Constitution. 

The Court’s ruling in McDowell required 

the State to delete the rural preference 

from its subsistence statute and, 

therefore, negated State compliance 

with ANILCA. The Court stayed the 

effect of the decision until July 1, 1990. 

As a result of the McDowell decision, 


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the Department of the Interior and the 

Department of Agriculture 

(Departments) assumed, on July 1, 1990, 

responsibility for implementation of 

Title VIII of ANILCA on public lands. 

On June 29, 1990, the Temporary 

Subsistence Management Regulations 

for Public Lands in Alaska were 

published in the Federal Register (55 

FR 27114). 

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory 

Councils 

Pursuant to the Subsistence 

Management Regulations for Federal 

Public Lands in Alaska, April 6, 1992, 

and the Subsistence Management 

Regulations for Federal Public Lands in 

Alaska, 36 CFR 242.11 (2002) and 50 

CFR 100.11 (2002), and for the purposes 

identified therein, we divided Alaska 

into 10 subsistence resource regions, 

each of which is represented by a 

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory 

Council (Regional Council). The 

Regional Councils provide a forum for 

residents of the regions, who have 

personal knowledge of local conditions 

and resource requirements, to have a 

meaningful role in the subsistence 

management of fish and wildlife on 

Alaska public lands. The Regional 

Council members represent varied 

geographical, cultural, and user 

diversity within each region. 

Comments and Extension of Comment 

Period on the Proposed Rule 

The Kenai Peninsula has unique fish 

and wildlife management challenges 

due to intense use of the Peninsula’s 

fish and wildlife by local and nonlocal 

residents and by nonresidents, and due 

to the recent Board actions to begin to 

provide a meaningful subsistence 

priority for fisheries in Federally 

managed fresh waters on the Kenai 

Peninsula. Kenai Peninsula lands 

primarily under Federal management 

include the Chugach National Forest 

and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. 

On August 14, 2006, the Board 

published a proposed rule (71 FR 

46427) related to the establishment of a 

new Kenai Peninsula Subsistence 

Resource Region. During a Southcentral 

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory 

Council meeting held in Anchorage, 

Alaska on August 24, 2006, we heard 

significant testimony regarding the 

creation of a new Kenai Peninsula 

Subsistence Resource Region. 

Additionally, the Southcentral Regional 

Council unanimously recommended 

against the formation of such a region 

without providing more opportunity for 

public input. Letters from the public 

also strongly recommended providing 

more opportunity for public input. 

Therefore, the comment period on that 

proposed rule is extended through 

November 9, 2006. Prior to that date, the 

Board will hold public meetings on the 

Kenai Peninsula to receive testimony 

and discuss the proposed Kenai 

Peninsula Subsistence Resource Region. 

The specific time and place will be 

noticed in local and regional 

newspapers and by press release. You 

may submit electronic comments 

(preferred method) as a PDF or MS 

Word file, avoiding the use of any 

special characters and any form of 

encryption. 

Dated: September 19, 2006. 

Peter J. Probasco, 

Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board. 

Dated: September 19, 2006. 

Steve Kessler, 

Subsistence Program Leader, USDA-Forest 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–8280 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P; 4310–55–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 82 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0087; FRL–8223–5] 

RIN–2060–AM24 

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 

Listing of Substitutes for OzoneDepleting Substances—Fire 

Suppression and Explosion Protection 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to list four 

substitutes for ozone-depleting 

substances (ODSs) in the fire 

suppression and explosion protection 

sector as acceptable subject to use 

conditions under the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Significant New Alternatives 

Policy (SNAP) program. SNAP 

implements section 612 of the Clean Air 

Act, as amended in 1990, which 

requires EPA to evaluate substitutes for 

ODSs and find them acceptable where 

they do not pose a greater overall risk 

to human health and the environment 

than other acceptable substitutes. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by October 27, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

OAR–2005–0087 by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: OAR Docket and Information 

Center, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode 6102T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. To expedite review, a second 

copy of the comments should be sent to 

Bella Maranion at the address listed 

below under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

• Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation 

Docket, EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, 

EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20004. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–

0087. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 


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