16814 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 69 / Monday, April 13, 2009 / Proposed Rules 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on April 2, 

2009. 

H. Steve Karnes, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. E9–8363 Filed 4–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2008–0478] 

RIN 1625–AA09 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

LaLoutre Bayou, Yscloskey, LA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

withdrawing its notice of proposed 

rulemaking concerning the operation of 

the State Route 46 (LA 46) Bridge across 

LaLoutre Bayou, mile 22.9, at Yscloskey, 

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. 

DATES: The notice of proposed 

rulemaking is withdrawn on April 13, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this 

withdrawn rulemaking is available for 

inspection and copying at the 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, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. You may also 

find this docket on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this proposed 

rule, call Kay Wade, Bridge 

Administration Branch, telephone 504– 

671–2128. If you have questions on 

viewing or submitting material to the 

docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 

Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 

202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 25, 2008, we published a 

notice of proposed rulemaking entitled 

‘‘Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

LaLoutre Bayou, Yscloskey, LA’’ in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 35985). The 

rulemaking concerned the modification 

of the operation schedule of the draw to 

allow for the more efficient use of 

personnel by requiring a two-hour 

notice for nighttime openings. 

Withdrawal 

At the request of the Louisiana 

Department of Transportation and 

Development (LDOTD), the owner of the 

bridge, the notice of proposed 

rulemaking is being withdrawn as it has 

been determined that the present 

schedule of operation of the bridge 

provides for the needs of the public. 

Authority 

This action is taken under the 

authority of 33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05– 

1; Department of Homeland Security 

Delegation No. 0170.1. 

Dated: March 26, 2009. 

J.R. Whitehead, 

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

Eighth Coast Guard District. 

[FR Doc. E9–8271 Filed 4–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket No. USCG–2008–1017] 

RIN 1625–AA11 

Regulated Navigation Areas; Bars 

Along the Coasts of Oregon and 

Washington 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

two public meetings to receive 

comments on the notice of proposed 

rulemaking entitled ‘‘Regulated 

Navigation Areas; Bars Along the Coasts 

of Oregon and Washington’’ that was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 12, 2009 (74 FR 7022). The 

Coast Guard is also reopening the period 

for public comment on that notice of 

proposed rulemaking. 

As stated in the notice of proposed 

rulemaking, the Coast Guard proposes to 

establish Regulated Navigation Areas 

(RNA) covering specific bars along the 

coasts of Oregon (OR) and Washington 

(WA) that will include procedures for 

restricting and/or closing those bars as 

well as additional safety requirements 

for recreational and small commercial 

vessels operating in the RNAs. The 

RNAs are necessary to help ensure the 

safety of the persons and vessels 

operating in those hazardous bar areas. 

The RNAs will do so by establishing 

clear procedures for restricting and/or 

closing the bars and mandating 

additional safety requirements for 

recreational and small commercial 

vessels operating in the RNAs when 

certain conditions exist. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published at 74 FR 7022, 

Feb. 12, 2009 is reopened and will close 

on April 19, 2009. All comments and 

related material must be received by the 

Coast Guard on or before April 19, 2009. 

The public meetings for the proposed 

rule will be held in Astoria, OR, on 

Tuesday, April 14, 2009, from 6 p.m. to 

9 p.m., and in Newport, OR, on 

Wednesday, April 15, 2009, from 6 p.m. 

to 9 p.m., in order to provide an 

opportunity for oral comments. Please 

note that the meetings may close early 

if all business is finished. Written 

comments and related material may also 

be submitted to Coast Guard personnel 

specified at that meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting in 

Astoria, OR, will be held at ‘‘The Loft’’ 

at the Red Building, 20 Basin Street, 

Astoria, OR 97103, telephone 503–325– 

2223. The public meeting in Newport, 

OR, will be held at The Embarcadero 

Resort Hotel & Marina, 1000 SE Bay 

Blvd., Newport, OR 97365, telephone 

541–265–8521 or 1–800–547–4779. 

You may submit written comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2008–1017 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–2008–1017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions concerning the 

meeting or the proposed rule, please call 

or e-mail LCDR Emily Saddler, 

Thirteenth Coast Guard District, 

Prevention Division, Inspections and 

Investigations Branch, telephone 

206–220–7210, e-mail 

Emily.C.Saddler@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: 

Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 69 / Monday, April 13, 2009 / Proposed Rules 16815 

Background and Purpose 

We published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 

Register on February 12, 2009 (74 FR 

7022), entitled ‘‘Regulated Navigation 

Areas; Bars Along the Coasts of Oregon 

and Washington.’’ In it we stated that 

we did not plan to hold a public 

meeting, but that we welcomed requests 

explaining why one would be beneficial 

(74 FR 7023). We received several such 

requests and have concluded that a 

public meeting would aid this 

rulemaking. Therefore, we are 

publishing this notice. 

In the NPRM, we propose to establish 

Regulated Navigation Areas (RNA) 

covering specific bars along the coasts of 

Oregon and Washington that will 

include procedures for restricting and/ 

or closing those bars as well as 

additional safety requirements for 

recreational and small commercial 

vessels operating in the RNAs. The 

RNAs are necessary to help ensure the 

safety of the persons and vessels 

operating in those hazardous bar areas. 

The RNAs will do so by establishing 

clear procedures for restricting and/or 

closing the bars and mandating 

additional safety requirements for 

recreational and small commercial 

vessels operating in the RNAs when 

certain conditions exist. 

You may view the NPRM in our 

online docket, in addition to supporting 

documents prepared by the Coast 

Guard, including an ‘‘Environmental 

Analysis Checklist’’ and RNA Fact 

Sheets for recreational, passenger, and 

commercial fishing vessels, 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–2008–1017 in the 

Docket ID box, press Enter, and then 

click on the item in the Docket ID 

column. 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. 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 the meetings 

or in writing. If you bring written 

comments to the meetings, you may 

submit them to Coast Guard personnel 

specified at the meetings 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. 

Comments submitted after the 

meetings must reach the Coast Guard on 

or before April 19, 2009. If you submit 

a comment online via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, 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. 

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 LCDR Emily 

Saddler at the telephone number or 

e-mail address indicated under the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice. 

Public Meeting 

The Coast Guard will hold a public 

meeting regarding its ‘‘Regulated 

Navigation Areas; Bars Along the Coasts 

of Oregon and Washington’’ proposed 

rule on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, from 

6 p.m. to 9 p.m, at The Loft at the Red 

Building, 20 Basin Street, Astoria, OR 

97103, telephone 503–325–2223, and on 

Wednesday, April 15, 2009, from 6 p.m. 

to 9 p.m., at The Embarcadero Resort 

Hotel & Marina, 1000 SE Bay Blvd., 

Newport, OR 97365, telephone 541– 

265–8521 or 1–800–547–4779. 

We plan to have an official transcript 

of the meetings prepared and will make 

that transcript available through a link 

in our online docket. 

Dated: March, 30, 2009. 

J.P. Currier, 

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

Thirteenth Coast Guard District. 

[FR Doc. E9–8266 Filed 4–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

45 CFR Part 612 

RIN 3145–AA52 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 

Opportunity for Comment 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

and opportunity for comment. 

SUMMARY: This document sets forth 

proposed revisions of the Foundation’s 

regulations under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). The new FOIA 

provisions implement the Openness 

Promotes Effectiveness in our National 

Government Act of 2007, or the OPEN 

Government Act of 2007, Public Law 

110–175. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this proposed rule to the 

Office of the General Counsel, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Suite 1265, Arlington, VA 

22230. You may also send comments by 

facsimile transmission to (703) 292– 

9041, or send them electronically 

through the Federal Government’s onestop rulemaking Web site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie A. Jensen, Legal Analyst, Office of 

the General Counsel, National Science 

Foundation, telephone 703–292–8060 

and e-mail ljensen@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Records and 

Information (45 CFR part 612) (FOIA 

Regulations) 

This revision of part 612 implements 

the new provisions of the Openness 

Promotes Effectiveness in our National 

Government Act of 2007, or the OPEN 

Government Act of 2007, Public Law 

110–175. No changes to the Act’s nine 

exemptions were made. The 

amendments address a range of 

procedural issues impacting FOIA 

administration, including the 

codification of several provisions of 

Executive Order 13392, Improving 

Agency Disclosure of Information. 

Clarifications or minor procedural 

changes are found at § 612.3(a), (b), (f) 

and (g) (Requirements for making 

requests), § 612.4(a) (Responding to 

requests), § 612.5 (c)(1) and (2) (Timing 

of Response to Requests), § 612.6 (a), (b), 

(c)(1) (Processing requests) and 

§ 612.10(c)(iii) (Fees). 

For purposes of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601), the 

proposed rule will not have a significant