Document ID: USCG-2001-10486-0148
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2009-09-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 186)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 49355-49356]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 151

46 CFR Part 162

[USCG-2001-10486]
RIN 1625-AA32

 
Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged 
in U.S. Waters

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the times and locations of the first four 
of six public meetings which will be held by the Coast Guard (USCG) 
regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``Standards 
for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. 
Waters'' that published in the Federal Register on Friday, August 28, 
2009.

DATES: Public meetings will be held in the Seattle, WA (September 28, 
2009), New Orleans, LA (September 30, 2009), Chicago, IL (October 2, 
2009), Washington, DC (October 8, 2009), Oakland, CA (October 27, 
2009), and New York, NY (October 29, 2009) areas to provide 
opportunities for oral comments. The comment period for the NPRM closes 
on November 27, 2009. All comments and related material submitted after 
a meeting must either be submitted to our online docket via 
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov on or before November 27, 2009 or 
reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.

ADDRESSES: The dates and locations of the first four public meetings 
are provided in the following table. All meetings will be held from 9 
a.m. until 4 p.m. local time unless otherwise noted. The meetings may 
conclude before the allotted time if all matters of discussion have 
been addressed.

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                  Date                                Location                              Phone
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09/28/2009..............................  Hotel 1000 Seattle, 1000 First    206-957-1000.
                                           Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104.
09/30/2009..............................  Hotel Monteleone, 214 Rue Royal,  866-338-4684.
                                           New Orleans, LA 70130.
10/02/2009..............................  Hilton Garden Inn Chicago         312-595-0000.
                                           Downtown/Magnificent Mile, 10
                                           E. Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL
                                           60611.
10/08/2009..............................  U.S. Environmental Protection     202-564-9545.
                                           Agency, 1201 Constitution Ave.,
                                           NW., Washington, DC 20460.
10/27/2009..............................  TBD, Oakland, CA................  TBD.
10/29/2009..............................  TBD, New York, NY...............  TBD.
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    You may submit written comments identified by docket number USCG-
2001-10486 before or after the meeting using any one of the following 
methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:[sol][sol]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-2001-10486.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this proposed 
rulemaking, call or e-mail Mr. John Morris, Project Manager, 
Environmental Standards Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
telephone 202-372-1433, e-mail: John.C.Morris@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: The Coast Guard published a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on Friday, August 
28, 2009 (74 FR 44632), entitled ``Standards for Living Organisms in 
Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters.'' In it, we stated our 
intention to hold public meetings, and to publish a notice with 
additional details regarding those public meetings as soon as the 
information was available. 74 FR 44632. On Monday, September 14, 2009, 
we published a Notice of Public Meeting to inform the public of the 
date for each public meeting, as well as the city in which those 
meetings will be held. 74 FR 46964. That notice also stated that 
additional notice(s) would be published in the Federal Register as 
specific locations and details for these meetings were finalized. On 
Tuesday, September 22, 2009, we published a Notice of Public Meeting 
with the specific locations and details for the first two of the six 
public meetings. 74 FR 48190. This notice provides those details for 
the second two public meetings and restates the information for the 
first two public meetings. Those details are as follows:

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                  Date                                Location                              Phone
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09/28/2009..............................  Hotel 1000 Seattle, 1000 First    206-957-1000.
                                           Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104.

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09/30/2009..............................  Hotel Monteleone, 214 Rue Royal,  866-338-4684.
                                           New Orleans, LA 70130.
10/02/2009..............................  Hilton Garden Inn Chicago         312-595-0000.
                                           Downtown/Magnificent Mile, 10
                                           E. Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL
                                           60611.
10/08/2009..............................  U.S. Environmental Protection     202-564-9545.
                                           Agency, 1201 Constitution Ave.,
                                           NW., Washington, DC 20460.
10/27/2009..............................  TBD, Oakland, CA................  TBD.
10/29/2009..............................  TBD, New York, NY...............  TBD.
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    Written comments and related material may also be submitted to 
Coast Guard personnel specified at those meetings for inclusion in the 
official docket for this rulemaking.

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 meetings, 
contact Mr. John Morris at the telephone number or e-mail address 
indicated under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
notice.

    Dated: September 23, 2009.
F.J. Sturm,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast 
Guard.
[FR Doc. E9-23386 Filed 9-24-09; 11:15 am]

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