Document ID: USCG-2019-0131-0010
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Port Access Route Study: The Areas Offshore of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Posted Date: 2019-04-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14384-14385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07069]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0131]

Port Access Route Study: The Areas Offshore of Massachusetts and 
Rhode Island

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces an additional public meeting in 
Montauk, NY, to receive comments on a notice of study entitled ``Port 
Access Route Study: The Areas Offshore of Massachusetts and Rhode 
Island'' that was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, March 
26, 2019, (84 FR 11314). As stated in that document the Coast Guard is 
conducting a Massachusetts and Rhode Island Port Access Route Study 
(MARIPARS) to evaluate the need for establishing vessel routing 
measures.

DATES: Three public meetings will now be held to provide an opportunity 
for oral comments about the MARIPARS on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 6 
p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on 
Monday, April 29, 2019, form 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Written comments and 
related material may also be submitted to Coast Guard personnel 
specified at the meetings. The comment period for the notice of study 
closes on May 28, 2019. All comments and related material submitted 
after the meetings must be received by the Coast Guard on or before May 
28, 2019. Commenters should be aware that the electronic Federal Docket 
Management System will not accept comments after midnight Eastern 
Daylight Time on the last day of the comment period.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2019-0131 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further 
instructions on submitting comments.
    The public meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 9 
p.m., will be held at Corless Auditorium (Watkins Laboratory Building), 
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography at 215 
South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882-1197.
    The public meeting on Thursday, April 25, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 9 
p.m., will be held at Flanagan Hall,

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Massachusetts Maritime Academy at 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 
02532.
    The public meeting on Monday, April 29, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 9 
p.m., will be held at Inlet Seafood Restaurant at 541 East Lake Drive, 
Montauk, NY 11954.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice or study call or email the Project Officer, Mr. Edward G. 
LeBlanc, Chief of Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Waterways 
Management Division, telephone (401) 435-2351; email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Purpose and Background

    On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 we published a notice of study entitled 
``Port Access Route Study: The Areas Offshore of Massachusetts and 
Rhode Island'' in the Federal Register, (84 FR 11314), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/26/2019-05730/port-access-route-study-the-areas-offshore-of-massachusetts-and-rhode-island. In it 
we stated our intention to hold two public meetings at a location in 
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Since the publication of the notice in 
the Federal Register we have received a request to hold a public 
meeting in the Montauk, NY area. This document is the notice of that 
meeting.

II. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this study by submitting 
comments and related materials to the online public docket or orally at 
the public meetings. All comments received will be posted, without 
change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal 
information you have provided.
    A. Submitting Comments: If you submit comments to the online public 
docket, please include the docket number for this rulemaking (USCG-
2019-0131), indicate the specific section of this document to which 
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or 
recommendation. We accept anonymous comments.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
and insert ``USCG-2019-0131'' in the ``search box''. Click ``Search''. 
Then click ``Comment Now''. We will consider all comments and material 
received during the comment period.
    B. Public Meetings: We now plan to hold three public meetings to 
receive oral comments on this notice. If you bring written comments to 
the public meeting, you may submit them to Coast Guard personnel 
specified at the meeting to receive written comments. These comments 
will be added to our online public docket. We recommend that you 
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a 
telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact 
you if we have questions regarding your submission. Attendance at the 
public meeting is not required. We will provide a written summary of 
the oral comments received and will place that summary in the docket.
    The first public meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 
9 p.m., will be held at Corless Auditorium (Watkins Laboratory 
Building), University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, 
215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882-1197.
    The second public meeting on Thursday, April 25, 2019, from 6 p.m. 
to 9 p.m., will be held at Flanagan Hall, Massachusetts Maritime 
Academy, 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.
    The third public meeting on Monday, April 29,, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 
9 p.m., will be held at Inlet Seafood Restaurant at 541 East Lake 
Drive, Montauk, NY 11954.
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting, 
contact Mr. Edward Leblanc at the telephone number or email address 
indicated under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
notice.
    C. Viewing the comments and documents: You may view the notice of 
study, comments submitted thus far, and documents mentioned in this 
preamble in our online docket by going to http://www.regulations.gov. 
Once there, click on the ``read comments'' box, which will then become 
highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box insert ``USCG-2019-0131'' 
and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in the 
``Actions'' column.
    D. Privacy Act: 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, system of records notice regarding our public dockets in 
the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316) 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/01/17/E8-785/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records.
    This notice is published under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 70004 and 
5 U.S.C. 552(a).

    Dated: April 1, 2019.
A.J. Tiongson,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2019-07069 Filed 4-9-19; 8:45 am]
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