Document ID: USCG-2014-0142-0054
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Anchorage Regulations; Special Anchorage Areas, Marina del Rey Harbor, California
Posted Date: 2016-07-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 135 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16713]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 110

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0142]
RIN 1625-AA01

Anchorage Regulations; Special Anchorage Areas, Marina del Rey 
Harbor, California

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; reopen comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is re-opening the comment period for its 
supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM), published in May 
2014. The Coast Guard is proposing to amend the shape and reduce the 
size of the special anchorage in Marina del Rey Harbor, California. 
Additionally, we propose to clarify the language in the note section of 
the existing regulation. Because the date of the public meeting was not 
published in the Federal Register until after the meeting was held, the 
Coast Guard is providing an additional opportunity for public comment.

DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Coast Guard on or 
before August 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments identified by docket number 
USCG-2014-0142 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning the 
proposed rule, please call or email Lieutenant Junior Grade Colleen 
Patton, Waterways Management Branch, Eleventh Coast Guard District, 
telephone 510-437-5984, email Colleen.M.Patton@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose

    We published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 
Register on May 28, 2014 (79 FR 30509), entitled ``Anchorage 
Regulations: Special Anchorage Areas, Marina del Rey Harbor, 
California.'' The NPRM proposed to disestablish the special anchorage 
area. In response to comments received, we have issued a supplemental 
NPRM (81 FR 10156, February 29, 2016) to retain the special anchorage, 
but amend the shape and reduce the size of the anchorage to remove the 
anchorage area from a location where it could endanger vessel traffic.
    Because the date of the public meeting was not published in the 
Federal Register until after the meeting was held, we have concluded 
that additional comments would aid this rulemaking. Therefore, we are 
publishing this document to reopen the comment period.
    You may view the SNPRM, in our online docket, in addition to 
supporting documents prepared by the Coast Guard and comments submitted 
thus far by going to http://www.regulations.gov. Once there, insert 
``USCG-2014-0142'' in the ``Keyword'' box and click ``Search.''
    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
comments to the docket through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. 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.
    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 March 24, 2005, issue of the 
Federal Register (70 FR 15086).

Public Meeting

    We do not now plan to hold another public meeting, but will 
consider holding one in response to a request from the public. You may 
submit a request for a meeting either by submitting a comment to the 
docket or by writing to Eleventh Coast Guard District at the address 
under ADDRESSES explaining why one would be beneficial. If we determine 
that a meeting would aid this rulemaking, we will hold one at a time 
and place announced by a later notice.

Reopening the Comment Period

    The comment period for the SNPRM published in February 2016 ended 
April 30, 2016. In order to give the public a chance to make additional 
comments, the Coast Guard is reopening the comment period on our SNPRM. 
All comments must reach the public docket at the address found in 
ADDRESSES on or before August 15, 2016.

    Dated: June 10, 2016.
J.A. Servidio,
RADM, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-16713 Filed 7-13-16; 8:45 am]
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