Document ID: USCG-2021-0345-0100
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Availability of Draft Study; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2022-10-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 198 (Friday, October 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 62434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22339]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0345]

Notice of Availability of Draft Study; Extension of Comment 
Period

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending the comment period of the draft 
Pacific Coast Port Access Route Study (PAC-PARS) in order to provide 
stakeholders with additional time to provide the Coast Guard with 
valuable input. This study evaluates safe access routes for the 
movement of vessel traffic proceeding to or from ports or places along 
the western seaboard of the United States and determines whether a 
shipping safety fairway (``fairway'') and/or routing measures should be 
established, adjusted or modified.

DATES: Comments must be submitted to the online docket via https://www.regulations.gov on or before November 8, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2021-0345 using the Federal Decision Making Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further 
instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email LCDR Sara Conrad, Coast Guard Pacific Area (PAC-54), U.S. 
Coast Guard; telephone (510) 437-3813, email [email protected] or 
Mr. Tyrone Conner, Eleventh Coast Guard District (dpw), U.S. Coast 
Guard; telephone (510) 437-2968, email [email protected] or Mr. 
John Moriarty, Thirteenth Coast Guard District (dpw), U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone (206) 220-7274, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Comments

    Two webinars are being offered to present the contents of the draft 
study to the public and answer questions. The first webinar was held on 
October 4th, 2022. The presentation slides and a recording of the 
webinar are available on the PAC-PARS Homeport website here: https://cglink.uscg.mil/efedac43. The second webinar will be held on Tuesday, 
October 11th, 2022 at 11:00am PST. The link to register can also be 
found on the PAC-PARS Homeport website: https://cglink.uscg.mil/efedac43.
    We encourage you to submit comments (or related material) on the 
draft PAC-PARS. We will consider all submissions and may adjust our 
final recommendations based on your comments. If you submit a comment, 
please include the docket number for this notice, indicate the specific 
section of this document to which each comment applies, and provide a 
reason for each suggestion or recommendation.
    Submitting comments. We encourage you to submit comments through 
the Federal Decision Making Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. To do 
so, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type USCG-2021-0345 in the 
search box and click ``Search.'' Next, look for this document in the 
Search Results column, and click on it. Then click on the Comment 
option. If your material cannot be submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions.
    Viewing material in docket. To view documents mentioned in this 
notice as being available in the docket, find the docket as described 
in the previous paragraph, and then select ``Supporting & Related 
Material'' in the Document Type column. Public comments will also be 
placed in our online docket and can be viewed by following instructions 
on the https://www.regulations.gov Frequently Asked Questions web page. 
We review all comments received, but we may choose not to post off-
topic, inappropriate, or duplicate comments that we receive.
    Personal information. We accept anonymous comments. Comments we 
post to https://www.regulations.gov will include any personal 
information you have provided. For more about privacy and submissions 
in response to this document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records 
notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020).

Discussion

    The draft PAC-PARS was published on August 26, 2022 (87 FR 52587). 
The original comment period closes on October 25, 2022. However, the 
Coast Guard has been notified that several stakeholders would like more 
time to prepare their comments on the draft study. The Coast Guard has 
decided that an extension of the public comment period would be 
appropriate to allow interested parties additional time to submit 
comments for Coast Guard's consideration. Thus, the comment period is 
extended by 14 days until November 8, 2022. This notice is issued under 
authority of 46 U.S.C. 70003(c)(1).

    Dated: October 6, 2022.
L. Hannah,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Pacific Area Preparedness Division.
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