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please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. We will consider 

all comments and material received 

during the comment period. The 

comment period is hereby reopened; 

comments and related material must 

reach the Docket Management Facility 

on or before December 15, 2008. 

Viewing the comments as well as 

other background documents available 

in the docket: To view the comments 

and other documents listed in the 

ANPRM, go to http:// 

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Management Facility in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the Department 

of Transportation West Building, 1200 

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DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

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notice regarding our public dockets in 

the January 17, 2008 issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Procedural 

These meetings are open to the 

public. Please note that the meetings 

may close early if all business is 

finished. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting(s), contact the Coast Guard at 

the number listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT as soon as 

possible. 

Background and Purpose 

In addition to announcing public 

meetings, the Coast Guard is reopening 

the public comment period announced 

in the ANPRM from August 12, 2008 to 

December 15, 2008. 

Commercial fishing remains one of 

the most hazardous occupations in the 

United States. Congress addressed this 

problem by enacting the Commercial 

Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Act of 

1988 (‘‘the 1988 Act,’’ Pub. L. 100–424, 

as subsequently amended; see generally, 

46 U.S.C. chapter 45, ‘‘Uninspected 

Commercial Fishing Industry Vessels’’). 

The Act directed the Secretary of 

Transportation to provide safety 

requirements for fishing vessels, fish 

processing vessels, and fish tender 

vessels. It also established the 

Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel 

Safety Advisory Committee (CFIVSAC) 

to advise the Secretary on matters 

relating to the safe operation of 

commercial fishing vessels. 

Coast Guard regulations under the 

1988 Act were first issued on August 14, 

1991 (56 FR 40364), and were further 

addressed in the following documents: 

• August 3, 1992, interim rule (57 FR 

34188) that amended the 1991 

immersion suit requirements in 46 CFR 

28.110, but advised the public that 

immersion suits would be the subject of 

further rulemaking; 

• October 27, 1992, SNPRM (57 FR 

48670) that proposed the adoption of 

stability regulations for vessels less than 

79 feet in length; 

• May 20, 1993, NPRM (58 FR 29502) 

that proposed further changes to 

immersion suit requirements; 

• October 24, 1995, final rule (60 FR 

54441) that adopted regulations for 

Aleutian Trade Act vessels; 

• November 5, 1996, interim rule (61 

FR 57268) that adopted safety 

equipment and vessel operating 

procedure regulations and deferred 

further action on the 1992 SNPRM’s 

proposal to extend stability regulations 

to smaller vessels; 

• September 4, 1997, final rule (62 FR 

46672) that finalized the 1996 

regulations with some changes; and 

• July 15, 1998, notice (63 FR 38141) 

that announced the termination of the 

1993 NPRM and the Coast Guard’s plans 

for a subsequent rulemaking to address 

immersion suits, vessel stability, and 

other commercial fishing industry 

vessel issues. 

These documents, as well as other 

background documents, are available in 

the docket. Each document may be 

downloaded. 

Dated: August 1, 2008. 

J.G. Lantz, 

U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Commercial 

Regulations and Standards. 

[FR Doc. E8–18532 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1776–DR] 

Kansas; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of 

a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Kansas (FEMA–1776–DR), dated 

July 9, 2008, and related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 4, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Kansas is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the catastrophe declared a 

major disaster by the President in his 

declaration of July 9, 2008. 

Elk, Haskell, Reno, and Wilson Counties 

for Public Assistance. 

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E8–18525 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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