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drawn between the following points:
southeasterly from a point along the
shoreline at latitude 39°21′31″ N,
longitude 074°25′04″ W, thence to
latitude 39°21′08″ N, longitude
074°24′48″ W, thence southwesterly to
latitude 39°20′16″ N, longitude
074°27′17″ W, thence northwesterly to a
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thence northeasterly along the shoreline
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p.m. on August 31, 2005.
Dated: June 26, 2005.
Sally Brice-O’Hara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
Fifth Coast Guard District.
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Request for Information
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
49 CFR Chapter I
[USCG–2005–20052]
Potable Water on Inspected Vessels
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of inquiry; request for
information.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice solicits public
input on the amount of potable water
that should be available on inspected
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vessels. Section 416 of the Coast Guard
and Marine Transportation Act of 2004
amended 46 U.S.C. 3305 on ‘‘Scope and
standards of inspection.’’ This
amendment adds a new item to the
inspection process; that is, to ensure
that each inspected vessel has an
adequate supply of potable water for
drinking and washing by passengers and
crew. The Coast Guard is considering
the options for implementing the new
statute and seeks public input and
information on criteria to determine the
amount of potable water that should be
available on inspected vessels.
DATES: Information and related material
must reach the Docket Management
Facility on or before September 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
information identified by Coast Guard
docket number USCG–2005–20052 to
the Docket Management Facility at the
U.S. Department of Transportation. To
avoid duplication, please use only one
of the following methods:
(1) Web site: https://dms.dot.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20590–0001.
(3) Fax: 202–493–2251.
(4) Delivery: Room PL–401 on the
Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
The telephone number is 202–366–
9329.
(5) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this notice, call
or e-mail Mr. Craig Burch, U.S. Coast
Guard Office of Design and Engineering
Standards, telephone 202–267–2206, email cburch@comdt.uscg.mil. If you
have questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Andrea M.
Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202–366–0271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
All comments and information
received will be posted, without change,
to https://dms.dot.gov and will include
any personal information you have
provided. We have an agreement with
the Department of Transportation (DOT)
to use the Docket Management Facility.
Please see DOT’s ‘‘Privacy Act’’
paragraph below.
Submitting comments and
information: If you submit information,
please include your name and address,
identify the docket number for this
notice (USCG–2005–20052) and give the
reason for each comment or for bringing
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information to our attention. You may
submit your information by electronic
means, mail, fax, or delivery to the
Docket Management Facility at the
address under ADDRESSES; but please
submit your information by only one
means. If you submit them by mail or
delivery, submit them in an unbound
format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches,
suitable for copying and electronic
filing. If you submit them by mail and
would like to know that they reached
the facility, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We
will consider all comments and
information received during the
comment period.
Viewing comments and documents:
To view comments, go to https://
dms.dot.gov at any time and conduct a
simple search using the docket number.
You may also visit the Docket
Management Facility in room PL–401
on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the
electronic form of all comments and
information 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 the Department of
Transportation’s Privacy Act Statement
in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you
may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
Background and Purpose
Section 416 of the Coast Guard and
Marine Transportation Act of 2004
amended 46 U.S.C. 3305 on ‘‘Scope and
standards of inspection.’’ This
amendment adds a new item to the
inspection process; that is, to ensure
that each inspected vessel has an
adequate supply of potable water for
drinking and washing by passengers and
crew. The Coast Guard seeks public
input and information on criteria that
could be used to determine an adequate
supply of potable water on inspected
vessels. In this case, inspected vessels
include ships, manned barges, and
Mobile Offshore Drilling Units. Factors
that will be used to determine an
adequate supply are:
• The size and type of vessel;
• The number of passengers and crew
on board;
• The duration and routing of
voyages; and
• Guidelines for potable water
recommended by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the Public
Health Service.
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Through this notice, the Coast Guard
asks for comments and information
related to the following questions:
• What other factors should be
considered in determining the amount
of potable water that should be available
on a vessel?
• What design practices and policies
are used for potable water systems on
vessels?
• Are periodic water tests conducted
on U.S. vessels to determine continued
potability?
• What protocols or test methods are
being used and who is conducting the
testing?
• What industry standards could be
applied to the design and testing of
potable water systems on vessels?
• Should the Coast Guard consider
incorporating the International
Organization for Standardization
(ISO)standards 15748–1 on Ships and
marine technology—Potable water
supply on ships and marine structures—
Part 1: Planning and Design and 15748–
2 on Ships and marine technology—
Potable water supply on ships and
marine structures—Part 2: Method of
calculation?
ISO standards 15748–1 and 15748–2
have not been put into the public docket
because they are protected by copyright.
These standards are available for
purchase through the International
Organization for Standardization, 1, rue
´
de Varembe, Case postale 56, CH–1211
Geneva 20, Switzerland. These
standards may also be viewed at U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters. Please call or
e-mail Mr. Craig Burch, U.S. Coast
Guard Office of Design and Engineering
Standards, telephone 202–267–2206, email cburch@comdt.uscg.mil to
schedule an appointment.
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3305, 46 U.S.C. 3306,
Department of Homeland Security Delegation
No. 0170.1.
Dated: June 27, 2005.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety,
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 05–13074 Filed 7–8–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 600
[Docket No. 040517149–5173–03; I.D.
050304C]
Petition for Emergency Rulemaking to
Protect Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge
Habitat from Mobile Bottom-Tending
Fishing Gear Under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act Essential Fish Habitat
Provisions
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; denial
of emergency action.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces its decision
on a petition for rulemaking under the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
Oceana, a non-governmental
organization (NGO), petitioned the U.S.
Department of Commerce to promulgate
immediately a rule to protect deep-sea
coral and sponge (DSCS) habitat from
the impacts of mobile bottom-tending
fishing gear. NMFS finds that the
petitioned emergency rulemaking is not
warranted. NMFS will work actively
with each Regional Fishery Management
Council (Council) to evaluate, and take
action where appropriate to protect
DSCS and may pursue future
rulemakings to protect DSCS in specific
locations based on analyses for specific
fisheries. Additionally, NMFS plans to
develop a strategy to address research,
conservation, and management issues
regarding DSCS habitat, which
eventually may result in rulemaking for
some fisheries.
ADDRESSES: Copies of NMFS decision
on the Oceana petition are available
from Tom Hourigan, NMFS Coral Reef
Coordinator, Office of Habitat
Conservation, NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910;
telephone 301–713–3459 ext. 122.
NMFS decision on the Oceana petition
is available via internet at: https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/
habitatconservation/DSClpetition.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
Hourigan, NMFS Coral Reef
Coordinator; telephone: 301–713–3459
Ext. 122; e-mail:
Tom.Hourigan@noaa.gov.
NMFS
published a notice of receipt of petition
for rulemaking on June 14, 2004 (69 FR
32991) and invited public comments for
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60 days ending August 13, 2004. NMFS
reopened the comment period on
August 31, 2004 (69 FR 53043) to allow
for more time to comment. This
comment period ran 45 days,
concluding on October 15, 2004. NMFS
received 16 letters from interest groups
including 6 Councils, commercial
fishermen, fisheries organizations, a
Federal agency, environmental groups,
and other interested individuals. NMFS
also received more than 32,000 form
letters of similar content and two lists
of signatures from interested members
of the general public. Summaries of and
responses to comments are provided
under the Public Comments section
below.
The Petition
The petition filed by Oceana sought
rulemaking to protect DSCS habitat.
This petition states that DSCS habitat
comprises long-lived, slow-growing
organisms that are especially vulnerable
to destructive fishing practices, such as
the use of mobile bottom-tending fishing
gear and claims that without immediate
protection, many of these sensitive
DSCS habitats will suffer irreparable
harm.
The petition cites specific legal
responsibilities of NMFS for EFH and
HAPCs under the Magnuson-Stevens
Act and the EFH regulatory guidelines
at 50 CFR 600, subparts J and K, and
concludes that NMFS must: identify and
describe DSCS habitat as EFH; designate
some, if not all, of these habitat types as
HAPCs; take appropriate measures to
minimize to the extent practicable
adverse fishing effects on this EFH; and
protect such habitat from other forms of
destructive activity. The petition gives a
short overview of known DSCS habitat
in regions off the mainland United
States, including areas known in the
North Pacific, Pacific, Northeast and
Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Gulf of
Mexico fishery management regions.
The petition asserts that DSCS habitat
satisfy the definition of EFH in the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and concludes
that such areas must be identified and
described as EFH under the relevant
FMPs. In addition, the petition states
that DSCS habitat should be identified
as HAPCs because it meets the
definition of HAPC and satisfies one or
more of the criteria set forth in the EFH
guidelines for creating HAPCs. Further,
the petition argues that the MagnusonStevens Act requires NMFS to protect
areas identified as EFH and HAPC and
that such protection, as articulated in
the petition, is ‘‘practicable.’’ Finally,
the petition asserts that the MagnusonStevens Act requires the Secretary and
the Councils to develop FMPs
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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39699-39700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13074]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
49 CFR Chapter I
[USCG-2005-20052]
Potable Water on Inspected Vessels
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry; request for information.
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SUMMARY: This notice solicits public input on the amount of potable
water that should be available on inspected vessels. Section 416 of the
Coast Guard and Marine Transportation Act of 2004 amended 46 U.S.C.
3305 on ``Scope and standards of inspection.'' This amendment adds a
new item to the inspection process; that is, to ensure that each
inspected vessel has an adequate supply of potable water for drinking
and washing by passengers and crew. The Coast Guard is considering the
options for implementing the new statute and seeks public input and
information on criteria to determine the amount of potable water that
should be available on inspected vessels.
DATES: Information and related material must reach the Docket
Management Facility on or before September 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit information identified by Coast Guard docket
number USCG-2005-20052 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one
of the following methods:
(1) Web site: https://dms.dot.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(4) Delivery: Room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
(5) Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call or e-mail Mr. Craig Burch, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Design and
Engineering Standards, telephone 202-267-2206, e-mail
cburch@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202-366-0271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Information
All comments and information received will be posted, without
change, to https://dms.dot.gov and will include any personal information
you have provided. We have an agreement with the Department of
Transportation (DOT) to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see
DOT's ``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.
Submitting comments and information: If you submit information,
please include your name and address, identify the docket number for
this notice (USCG-2005-20052) and give the reason for each comment or
for bringing information to our attention. You may submit your
information by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket
Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit
your information by only one means. If you submit them by mail or
delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11
inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them
by mail and would like to know that they reached the facility, please
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will
consider all comments and information received during the comment
period.
Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, go to https://
dms.dot.gov at any time and conduct a simple search using the docket
number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in room PL-
401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments
and information 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 the Department of Transportation's Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may
visit https://dms.dot.gov.
Background and Purpose
Section 416 of the Coast Guard and Marine Transportation Act of
2004 amended 46 U.S.C. 3305 on ``Scope and standards of inspection.''
This amendment adds a new item to the inspection process; that is, to
ensure that each inspected vessel has an adequate supply of potable
water for drinking and washing by passengers and crew. The Coast Guard
seeks public input and information on criteria that could be used to
determine an adequate supply of potable water on inspected vessels. In
this case, inspected vessels include ships, manned barges, and Mobile
Offshore Drilling Units. Factors that will be used to determine an
adequate supply are:
The size and type of vessel;
The number of passengers and crew on board;
The duration and routing of voyages; and
Guidelines for potable water recommended by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention and the Public Health Service.
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Through this notice, the Coast Guard asks for comments and
information related to the following questions:
What other factors should be considered in determining the
amount of potable water that should be available on a vessel?
What design practices and policies are used for potable
water systems on vessels?
Are periodic water tests conducted on U.S. vessels to
determine continued potability?
What protocols or test methods are being used and who is
conducting the testing?
What industry standards could be applied to the design and
testing of potable water systems on vessels?
Should the Coast Guard consider incorporating the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)standards 15748-1
on Ships and marine technology--Potable water supply on ships and
marine structures--Part 1: Planning and Design and 15748-2 on Ships and
marine technology--Potable water supply on ships and marine
structures--Part 2: Method of calculation?
ISO standards 15748-1 and 15748-2 have not been put into the public
docket because they are protected by copyright. These standards are
available for purchase through the International Organization for
Standardization, 1, rue de Varemb[eacute], Case postale 56, CH-1211
Geneva 20, Switzerland. These standards may also be viewed at U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters. Please call or e-mail Mr. Craig Burch, U.S.
Coast Guard Office of Design and Engineering Standards, telephone 202-
267-2206, e-mail cburch@comdt.uscg.mil to schedule an appointment.
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3305, 46 U.S.C. 3306, Department of
Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
Dated: June 27, 2005.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, and Environmental
Protection.
[FR Doc. 05-13074 Filed 7-8-05; 8:45 am]
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