This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Vol. 80, No. 47 

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Parts 140, 143, and 146 

46 CFR Parts 61 and 62 

[USCG–2014–0063] 

RIN 1625–AC16 

Requirements for MODUs and Other 

Vessels Conducting Outer Continental 

Shelf Activities With Dynamic 

Positioning Systems 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces a 

public meeting to receive comments on 

a notice of proposed rulemaking 

entitled, ‘‘Requirements for MODUs and 

Other Vessels Conducting Outer 

Continental Shelf Activities With 

Dynamic Positioning Systems.’’ The 

proposed regulations would establish 

minimum design, operation, training, 

and manning standards for mobile 

offshore drilling units (MODUs) and 

other vessels using dynamic positioning 

systems to engage in Outer Continental 

Shelf activities. 

DATES: A public meeting will be held in 

New Orleans, LA, on March 31, 2015, 

from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please note that 

the public meeting has a limited number 

of seats. We request those who plan to 

attend to contact the meeting 

coordinator, Lieutenant Stephanie 

Waller, by phone or email listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section not later than March 24, 2015. 

The meeting may close early if all 

business is finished or time may be 

extended to allow for more comments. 

Written comments and related material 

may be submitted to Coast Guard 

personnel specified at the meeting for 

inclusion in the official docket. The 

comment period for the proposed rule 

closes May 27, 2015. All written 

comments and related material 

submitted after the meeting must either 

be submitted to our online docket via 

http://www.regulations.gov on or before 

May 27, 2015 or reach the Docket 

Management Facility by that date. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the following location: 

• Board’s Administration Building, 

1350 Port of New Orleans Place, New 

Orleans, LA, 70130. The Board’s 

Administration Building is located at 

the Port of New Orleans Headquarters, 

which is building 3 in the map linked 

below. Please view the map at the 

following link for the exact location: 

http://portno.com/cms/resources/

facilities/facilitiesmaps_03.jpg. 

• Parking will be at local private payto-park facilities. The Morial 

Convention Center’s ‘‘J’’ lot is one 

option and is about 2 blocks from the 

Administration Building off of 

Henderson Street and right across from 

building 4 in the map linked above, 

which is Mardi Gras World. 

You may submit written comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2014–0063 before or after the meeting 

using any one of the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket number USCG–2005–21869. 

(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. The online 

docket for this rulemaking is available 

on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number USCG–2014–0063. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions concerning the 

public meeting, on facilities or services 

for individuals with disabilities, or wish 

to request special assistance or 

reasonable accommodation at the public 

meeting, please contact Lieutenant 

Stephanie Waller, Human Factors and 

Ship Design Division (CG–ENG–1), 

Coast Guard, Stephanie.E.Waller@

uscg.mil, telephone 202–372–1374. If 

you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, call 

Ms. Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826 or 1–800–647–5527. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments either orally at the meeting or 

in writing. If you bring written 

comments to the 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. 

A. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment using any of 

the methods described in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice, please include the 

docket number for this rulemaking 

(USCG–2014–0063), indicate the 

specific section of the NPRM to which 

each comment applies, and provide a 

reason for each suggestion or 

recommendation. We recommend that 

you include your name and a mailing 

address, an email address, or a phone 

number in the body of your document 

so that we can contact you if we have 

questions regarding your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and insert 

‘‘USCG–2014–0063’’ in the ‘‘Search’’ 

box. Click on ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ in 

the ‘‘Actions’’ column. If you submit 

your comments by mail or hand 

delivery, submit them in an unbound 

format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, 

suitable for copying and electronic 

filing. If you submit comments by mail 

and would like to know that they 

reached the Facility, please enclose a 

stamped, self-addressed postcard or 

envelope. 

We will consider all comments and 

material received during the comment 

period and may change this notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) based on 

your comments. 

B. Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and insert 


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‘‘USCG–2014–0063’’ in the ‘‘Search’’ 

box. Click ‘‘Search.’’ Click the ‘‘Open 

Docket Folder’’ in the ‘‘Actions’’ 

column. If you do not have access to the 

Internet, you may view the docket 

online 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. 

C. Privacy Act 

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). 

II. Background and Purpose 

The Coast Guard published a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the 

Federal Register on November 28, 2014 

entitled, ‘‘Requirements for MODUs and 

Other Vessels Conducting Outer 

Continental Shelf Activities With 

Dynamic Positioning Systems’’ (79 FR 

70943). In the NPRM we stated our 

intention to hold a public meeting, and 

to publish a notice to announce the 

location and date of that meeting (79 FR 

70944). 

The proposed rule would establish 

minimum design, operation, training, 

and manning standards for MODUs and 

other vessels using dynamic positioning 

systems to engage in Outer Continental 

Shelf activities. Establishing these 

minimum standards is necessary to 

improve the safety of people and 

property involved in such operations, 

and the protection of the environment 

in which they operate. The rule would 

decrease the risk of a loss of position by 

a dynamically-positioned MODU or 

other vessel that could result in a fire, 

explosion, or subsea spill, and support 

the Coast Guard’s strategic goals of 

maritime safety and protection of 

natural resources. 

We plan to record this meeting using 

an audio-digital recorder and to make 

that audio recording available through a 

link in our online docket. We will also 

provide a written summary of the 

meeting and comments and will place 

that summary in the docket. 

III. Authority 

This notice is issued under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a). 

Dated: March 4, 2015. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards, U.S. Coast Guard. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05551 Filed 3–10–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 228 

[EPA–R04–OW–2014–0372; FRL–9921–73– 

Region 4] 

Ocean Dumping: Expansion of an 

Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site 

Offshore of Jacksonville, Florida 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

an expansion of the ocean dredged 

material disposal site (ODMDS) site 

offshore of Jacksonville, Florida 

pursuant to the Marine Protection, 

Research and Sanctuaries Act, as 

amended (MPRSA). The primary 

purpose for the site expansion is to 

serve the long-term need for a location 

to dispose of material dredged from the 

St. Johns River navigation channel, and 

to provide a location for the disposal of 

dredged material for persons who have 

received a permit for such disposal. The 

expanded site will be subject to ongoing 

monitoring and management to ensure 

continued protection of the marine 

environment. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 10, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OW–2014–0372, by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments and accessing the docket and 

materials related to this proposed rule. 

• Email: mcarthur.christopher@

epa.gov. 

• Mail: Christopher McArthur, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, Water Protection Division, 

Marine Regulatory and Wetlands 

Enforcement Section, 61 Forsyth Street, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R04–OW–2014– 

0372. The 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 through 

www.regulations.gov or email, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. The 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the 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, the 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 the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the 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 the EPA’s public 

docket visit the EPA Docket Center 

homepage at http://www.epa.gov/

epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically at www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours from the regional library at the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4 Library, 9th Floor, 61 Forsyth 

Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. For 

access to the documents at the Region 

4 Library, contact the Region 4 Library 

Reference Desk at (404) 562–8190, 

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 

p.m., and between the hours of 1:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays, for 

an appointment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher McArthur, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, Water Protection Division, 

Marine Regulatory and Wetlands 

Enforcement Section, 61 Forsyth Street, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303; phone number 

(404) 562–9391; email: 

mcarthur.christopher@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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