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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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 110 

[Docket Number USCG–2014–1009] 

RIN 1625–AA01 

Anchorage Grounds; South Timbalier 

Anchorages; South of Port Fourchon, 

LA; Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

considering establishing two new 

anchorage grounds in the Gulf of 

Mexico for the port of Port Fourchon, 

LA. These actions are being considered 

to help accommodate increased vessel 

volume and future increases and 

improve navigation safety for vessels 

transiting the Port Fourchon area, 

providing for the overall safe and 

efficient flow of vessel traffic and 

commerce. The Coast Guard is seeking 

comments and information about what 

form the proposed regulations should 

take and the actual need for them. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must be received by the Coast Guard on 

or before June 5, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in 

this preamble are part of Docket Number 

USCG–2014–1009. To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, type the docket 

number in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click 

‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on ‘‘Open Docket 

Folder’’ on the line associated with this 

rulemaking. You may also visit 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. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by docket number, using any one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

(3) Mail or Delivery: 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. Deliveries 

accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except federal 

holidays. The telephone number is 202– 

366–9329. 

See the ‘‘Public Participation and 

Request for Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for further instructions on 

submitting comments. To avoid 

duplication, please use only one of 

these three methods. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) 

Christopher Tuckey, Waterways 

Management, Eighth Coast Guard 

District; telephone (504) 671–2112, 

email Christopher.B.Tuckey@uscg.mil or 

Lieutenant (LT) Jon Scott, Chief, 

Waterways Management Division, 

Marine Safety Unit Morgan City, U.S. 

Coast Guard; telephone (985) 380–5334, 

email Jonathan.J.Scott@uscg.mil. If you 

have questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Cheryl F. 

Collins, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Acronyms 

ANPRM Advance Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking 

CFR Code of Federal Regulation 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

A. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments and related materials. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

1. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

rulemaking, indicate the specific section 

of this document to which each 

comment applies, and provide a reason 

for each suggestion or recommendation. 

You may submit your comments and 

material online at http://

www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or 

hand delivery, but please use only one 

of these means. If you submit a 

comment online, it will be considered 

received by the Coast Guard when you 

successfully transmit the comment. If 

you fax, hand deliver, or mail your 

comment, it will be considered as 

having been received by the Coast 

Guard when it is received at the Docket 

Management Facility. We recommend 

that you include your name and a 

mailing address, an email address, or a 

telephone 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, type the 

docket number in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box 

and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on ‘‘Submit 

a Comment’’ on the line associated with 

this rulemaking. 

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 the rule based on your 

comments. 

2. 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, type the 

docket number in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box 

and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open 

Docket Folder on the line associated 

with this advanced notice of proposed 

rulemaking. The following link should 

take you directly to the docket: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=USCG-2014-1009. You 

may also visit 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., 


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Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

3. 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). 

4. Public Meeting 

We have not scheduled a public 

meeting at this time. Once a public 

meeting is scheduled, we will publish a 

notice in the Federal Register separate 

from this ANPRM but within the same 

Docket Number USCG–2014–1009. 

B. Regulatory History and Information 

As reflected in title 33 Code of 

Federal Regulation section 109.05 (33 

CFR 109.05), the Commandant of the 

U.S. Coast Guard has delegated the 

authority to establish anchorage grounds 

to U.S. Coast Guard District 

Commanders. The Coast Guard 

establishes Anchorage Grounds under 

authority of the authority in section 7 of 

the act of March 4, 1915, as amended 

(38 Stat. 1053; 33 U.S.C. 471) and places 

these regulations in Title 33 CFR part 

110.1, subpart B. [CGFR 67–46, 32 FR 

17728, Dec. 12, 1967, as amended by 

CGD 86–082, 52 FR 33811, Sept. 8, 

1987; USCG–1998–3799, 63 FR 5526, 

June 30, 1998]. The Coast Guard is now 

considering a proposed rulemaking to 

establish two new offshore anchorage 

grounds. The two new anchorages are 

referenced in this document as South 

Timbalier Anchorage West and South 

Timbalier Anchorage East. 

C. Basis and Purpose 

The legal basis and authorities for this 

advance notice of proposed rulemaking 

are found in 33 U.S.C. 471, 1221 

through 1236; 33 CFR 1.05–1, 

Department of Homeland Security 

Delegation No. 0170.1, which 

collectively authorize the Coast Guard 

to propose, establish, and define 

regulatory anchorages. The Coast Guard 

is now considering a proposed 

rulemaking establishing two offshore 

anchorage grounds; South Timbalier 

Anchorage West and South Timbalier 

Anchorage East. 

The Coast Guard received a request 

from the Greater Lafourche Port 

Commission and its users to consider 

the establishment of a suitable 

anchorage or anchorage areas offshore in 

the vicinity of Port Fourchon, LA to 

alleviate and provide relief to vessel 

traffic and congestion in the port of Port 

Fourchon, LA. The volume of vessel 

traffic through Port Fourchon has 

increased over 30 percent since 2009. 

We expect continued growth within the 

Port in the coming years. Additionally, 

vessels to service the deepwater oil and 

gas industry continue to grow larger in 

size. For these reasons, the Coast Guard 

is considering the request to establish 

new offshore anchorages. This request 

was presented and discussed at a 

Greater Lafourche Port Commission 

Committee meeting on September 24, 

2014, and with the Louisiana 

Department of Natural Resources on 

November 13, 2014. 

The purpose of this ANPRM is to 

solicit input and comments on potential 

proposed rulemakings to help 

accommodate increased vessel volume 

and future increases and improve 

navigation safety for vessels transiting 

the Port Fourchon area, providing for 

the overall safe and efficient flow of 

vessel traffic and commerce. This 

objective would be to establish offshore 

anchorages intended to increase the 

safety of life and property on navigable 

waters, improve the safety of vessels 

operating, transiting, or anchored and 

moored in the vicinity of the port of Port 

Fourchon and provide for the overall 

safe and efficient flow of vessel traffic 

and commerce in the area. 

D. Discussion 

The Coast Guard is considering 

establishing two new offshore 

anchorages supporting the vessel traffic 

in and around the Port of Port 

Fourchon, LA area. Preliminary details 

describing and an image depicting these 

anchorages are provided below. 

The intended users of the proposed 

anchorages are Offshore Supply Vessels 

(OSV) and other vessels using or 

providing services within Port 

Fourchon, LA and on the outercontinental shelf. 

As described by the Executive 

Director of the Greater Lafourche Parish 

Port Commission (GLPC), the volume of 

vessel traffic through Port Fourchon has 

increased over 30 percent since 2009. 

The GLPC estimates significant, 

continued growth in the near future. 

Due to congestion, Port Fourchon tenant 

companies and users either direct 

vessels dynamically position within a 

berth, Belle Pass, Bayou Lafourche, or 

Flotation Canal or depart the port 

entirely until a berth is available. 

Vessels servicing the deepwater oil and 

gas industry in and around Port 

Fourchon continue to grow in length 

and tonnage. The largest OSV’s are 300 

feet and over 4,500 Gross Tons. OSV’s 

within Port Fourchon are often moored 

three or four abreast, requiring constant 

shifting and repositioning of vessels, 

crewmembers, and dockworkers, greatly 

increasing the risks of collisions, 

groundings, or harm to personnel. 

The approximate depths of the 

proposed anchorages range from 36 feet 

to 60 feet, which will accommodate a 

variety of vessel types and 

configurations. The nearest safety 

fairways are the Belle Pass Safety 

Fairway approximately 3 nautical miles 

to the east and the Southwest Pass to 

Gulf Safety Fairway approximately 50 

nautical miles to the south. 

Based on National Automatic 

Identification System data, establishing 

an anchorage in the proposed location 

will have negligible effects on 

customary shipping lanes. 

Contemplated South Timbalier 

Anchorage West Location 

We are considering proposing that the 

South Timbalier Anchorage West would 

cover an area 7 nautical miles long by 

5 nautical miles wide. Also, we are 

contemplating the following boundaries 

for the anchorage: 

• The western boundary would match 

the western boundary of South 

Timbalier blocks 16 and 33; 

• The eastern boundary would match 

eastern boundary of South Timbalier 

blocks 18 and 31; 

• The northern boundary would 

match the northern boundary of South 

Timbalier blocks 16, 17, and 18; and 

• The southern boundary would 

match the southern boundary of South 

Timbalier blocks 31, 32, and 33. 

The anchorage we are contemplating 

may also be represented by drawing 

rhumb lines joining points at: 

Latitude Longitude 

29°2′0.492′′ N 90°30′28.619′′ W. 

29°2′0.492′′ N 90°22′48.216′′ W. 

28°57′13.895′′ N 90°22′48.216′′ W. 

28°57′13.895′′ N 90°30′28.619′′ W. 

Contemplated South Timbalier 

Anchorage East Location 

We are considering proposing that the 

South Timbalier Anchorage East would 

cover an area 5 nautical miles wide by 

5 nautical miles deep. The following are 

the contemplated proposed boundaries 

for the anchorage. 

The western boundary would match 

the western boundary of South 

Timbalier blocks 20 and 29. 

The eastern boundary would match 

the eastern boundary of South Timbalier 

blocks 21 and 28. 

The northern boundary would match 

the northern boundary of South 

Timbalier blocks 20 and 21. 


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The southern boundary would match 

the southern boundary of South 

Timbalier blocks 29 and 28. 

The South Timbalier Anchorage East 

anchorage we are contemplating may 

also be represented may by drawing 

rhumb lines joining points at: 

Latitude Longitude 

29°2′0.492′′ N 90°20′3.299′′ W. 

29°2′0.492′′ N 90°15′0.287′′ W. 

28°57′13.895′′ N 90°15′0.287′′ W. 

28°57′13.895′′ N 90°20′3.299′′ W. 

We have also placed illustrations of 

the currently contemplated offshore 

anchorage grounds in the docket ( 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=USCG-2014-1009). 

Look for a supporting document with 

‘‘Illustrations’’ in its title. 

In a letter to the National 

Oceanographic and Atmospheric 

Administration, the Coast Guard will 

request that the Office of Coast Survey 

ensure the suitability and safety of the 

contemplated anchorage grounds. 

Additionally, the Coast Guard is 

coordinating with the Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, the Bureau of 

Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 

and the State of Louisiana’s Department 

of Natural Resources to verify the 

location of existing pipeline corridors. 

The contemplated anchorage area is 

larger than the envisioned final 

anchorage. This advance notice of 

proposed rulemaking is intended to 

prompt discussion and gather input 

from the affected marine industries to 

determine the most appropriate 

anchorage within the contemplated 

area. 

E. Information Requested 

Public participation is requested to 

assist in determining the best way 

forward in developing a proposed 

rulemaking to establish these offshore 

anchorages. To aid us in developing a 

proposed rule, we seek any comments, 

whether positive or negative, including 

but not limited to the impacts anchorage 

areas may have on navigation safety and 

current vessel traffic in this area. 

Please submit any comments or 

concerns you may have in accordance 

with the ‘‘submitting comments’’ 

section above. 

This document is issued under 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 552; 33 CFR 

1.05–1, and 1.05–30. 

Dated: March 17, 2015. 

K.S. Cook, 

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

Eighth Coast Guard District. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 147 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0520; FRL–9924–91– 

OW] 

State of Tennessee Underground 

Injection Control (UIC) Program; 

Primacy Approval 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to 

approve the State of Tennessee 

Underground Injection Control (UIC) 

Program for primacy to implement and 

enforce state regulations for all UIC 

injection wells located within the state, 

except for Class VI wells and all wells 

on Indian lands, as required by rule 

under the Safe Drinking Water Act 

(SDWA). The Agency determined that 

the state’s program is consistent with 

the provisions of the SDWA and is as 

stringent as all applicable federal 

regulations to prevent underground 

injection activities that endanger 

underground sources of drinking water. 

EPA requests public comment on this 

proposed rule and supporting 

documentation. In the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register, the Agency published EPA’s 

approval of the state’s program as a 

direct final rule without a prior 

proposed rule. If the Agency receives no 

adverse comment, EPA will not take 

further action on this proposed rule. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by May 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2011–0520, by one of the following 

methods, by mail to Water Docket, State 

of Tennessee, Underground Injection 

Control (UIC) Primacy, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Comments may also be submitted 

electronically or through hand delivery/ 

courier by following the detailed 

instructions in the ADDRESSES section of 

the direct final rule located in the rules 

section of this Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marilyn Ginsberg, Drinking Water 

Protection Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (4606M), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–3881; fax number: (202) 564–3754; 

email address: ginsberg.marilyn@

epa.gov or Nancy H. Marsh, Safe 

Drinking Water Branch, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303; telephone 

number (404) 562–9450; fax number: 

(404) 562–9439; email address: 

marsh.nancy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Why is EPA issuing this proposed rule? 

EPA proposes to approve the State of 

Tennessee’s UIC Program primacy 

application for Class I, II, III, IV, and V 

injection wells located within the state 

(except all wells on Indian lands), as 

required by rule under the SDWA, to 

prevent underground injection activities 

that endanger underground sources of 

drinking water. Accordingly, the 

Agency proposes to codify the state’s 

program in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR part 147. 

EPA will continue to administer the UIC 

Program for Class VI wells and wells on 

Indian lands, if any such lands exist in 

the state in the future. The Agency has 

published a direct final rule in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of 

today’s Federal Register, approving the 

state’s program because EPA views 

these actions as noncontroversial and 

anticipates no adverse comment. The 

Agency has provided reasons for the 

approval and additional supplementary 

information in the preamble to the 

direct final rule. If EPA receives no 

adverse comment, the Agency will not 

take further action on this proposed 

rule. If EPA receives adverse comment, 

the Agency will withdraw the direct 

final rule and it will not take effect. The 

Agency would then address all public 

comments in any subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. The 

Agency does not intend to institute a 

second comment period on this action. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

must do so at this time. For further 

information, please contact the persons 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

Dated: March 30, 2015. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

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