Document ID: USCG-2013-0522-0029
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Tank Vessel Oil Transfers (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-11-29T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71633-71634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28584]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0522]

 Tank Vessel Oil Transfers

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard issued a notice in the Federal Register of 
October 23, 2013, concerning new measures to reduce the risks of oil 
spills in oil transfer operations from or to a tank vessel. In response 
to public comments requesting an extension of the original comment 
period ending on November 22, 2013, the Coast Guard is reopening the 
comment period for an additional 30 days.

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DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 30, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments using one of the listed methods, and see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more information on public comments.
     Online--http://www.regulations.gov following Web site 
instructions.
     Fax--202-493-2251.
     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.
     Hand deliver--mail address, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays (telephone 202-366-9329).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email Ken Smith, Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1413, email 
Ken.A.Smith@uscg.mil. For information about viewing or submitting 
material to the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document reopens the comment period on 
the Coast Guard's October 23, 2013, notice (78 FR 63235) by an 
additional 30 days, in response to several public comments that 
requested an extension of the original comment period, which ended 
November 22, 2013. This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 
552(a).

    Dated: November 21, 2013.
F.J. Sturm,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast 
Guard.
[FR Doc. 2013-28584 Filed 11-27-13; 8:45 am]
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