Ballast Water Management for Vessels Entering the Great Lakes That Declare No Ballast Onboard; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, 4605-4606 [E6-1014]
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Information Collection Request
1. Title: Oil Record Book for Ships.
OMB Control Number: 1625–0009.
Summary: The Act to Prevent
Pollution from Ships (APPS), 33 U.S.C.
1901–1911, and the International
Convention for Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, as modified by the
1978 Protocol relating thereto (MARPOL
73/78), require that information about
oil cargo or fuel operations be entered
into an Oil Record Book (CG–4602A).
The requirement is contained in 33 CFR
151.25.
Need: This information is used to
verify sightings of actual violations of
the APPS to determine the level of
compliance with MARPOL 73/78 and as
a means of reinforcing the discharge
provisions.
Respondents: Operators of vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated
burden has decreased from 29,048 hours
to 26,993 hours a year.
2. Title: Request for Designation and
Exemption of Oceanographic Research
Vessels.
OMB Control Number: 1625–0014.
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Summary: Title 46 U.S.C. 2113
authorizes the Secretary of Homeland
Security to exempt Oceanographic
Research Vessels, by regulation, from
provisions of Subtitle II, of Title 46,
Shipping, of the United States Code,
concerning maritime safety and
seaman’s welfare laws.
Need: This information is necessary to
ensure a vessel qualifies for the
designation.
Respondents: Owners or operators of
vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated
burden has increased from 21 hours to
51 hours a year.
3. Title: Plan Approval and Records
for Tank, Passenger, Cargo and
Miscellaneous Vessels, Mobile Offshore
Drilling Units, Nautical School Vessels,
Oceanographic Research Vessels and
Electrical Engineering ? 46 CFR
Subchapters D, H, I, I–A, J, R, and U.
OMB Control Number: 1625–0038.
Summary: This information collection
requires the shipyard, designer or
manufacturer for the construction of a
vessel to submit plans, technical
information and operating manuals to
the Coast Guard.
Need: Under 46 U.S.C. 3301, 3306,
and 3307, the Coast Guard is
responsible for enforcing regulations
promoting the safety of life and property
in marine transportation. The Coast
Guard uses this information to ensure
that a vessel meets the applicable
standards for construction, arrangement
and equipment.
Respondents: Shipyards, designers,
and manufacturers of certain vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated
burden has increased from 8,835 hours
to 13,790 hours a year.
4. Title: Declaration of Inspection
Before Transfer of Liquid Cargo in Bulk.
OMB Control Number: 1625–0039.
Summary: A Declaration of Inspection
(DOI) documents the transfer of oil and
hazardous materials, to help prevent
spills and damage to a facility or vessel.
Persons-in-charge of the transfer
operations must review and certify
compliance with procedures specified
by the terms of the DOI.
Need: 33 U.S.C. 1231 authorizes the
Coast Guard to establish regulations to
prevent the discharge of oil and
hazardous material from vessels and
facilities. The DOI regulations appear at
33 CFR 156.150 and 46 CFR 35.35–30.
Respondents: Persons-in-charge of
transfers.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated
burden has increased from 66,223 hours
to 68,534 hours a year.
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Dated: January 20, 2006.
R.T. Hewitt,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant
Commandant for Command, Control,
Communications, Computers and
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG–2004–19842]
Ballast Water Management for Vessels
Entering the Great Lakes That Declare
No Ballast Onboard; Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces
the availability of the Final
Environmental Assessment (EA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) that evaluated the potential
environmental impacts resulting from
the implementation of the policy on
ballast water management for vessels
entering the Great Lakes declaring no
ballast onboard (NOBOB). The purpose
of this policy is to prevent the
introductions of aquatic nonindigenous
species (NIS) into the Great Lakes.
ADDRESSES: Comments and material
received from the public as well as
documents mentioned in this notice as
being available in the docket, are part of
Coast Guard docket number USCG–
2004–19842 and are available for
inspection or copying at the Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, room PL–401, 400
Seventh Street, SW., between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays. You may also find
this docket on the Internet at https://
dms.dot.gov.
For
information concerning this project, call
Mr. Bivan Patnaik, Project Manager,
Environmental Standards Division, U.S.
Coast Guard, telephone 202–267–1744
or via e-mail: bpatnaik@comdt.uscg.mil.
If you have any questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call
Ms. Andrea M. Jenkins, Program
Manager, Docket Operations,
Department of Transportation,
telephone 202–366–0271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(Section 102(2)(c)), as implemented by
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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the Council of Environmental Quality
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508)
and Coast Guard Policy for Considering
Environmental Impacts (COMDTINST
M16475.1D), the Coast Guard prepared
a Final EA and FONSI for implementing
the policy on best management practices
for NOBOB vessels.
Response to Comments
The Coast Guard requested comments
on the Draft EA when the Notice of
policy; availability of Draft EA was
published on August 31, 2005 (70 FR
51831). The Coast Guard received 11
comments; however, only 2 out of the
11 comments specifically addressed the
Draft EA. Therefore, the Coast Guard
will only respond to those comments
that addressed the Draft EA.
One commenter agreed that the policy
on best management practices for
NOBOB vessels will have no adverse or
beneficial significant impacts on the
environment. The Coast Guard partially
agrees with this comment. As the EA
and FONSI discuss we agree that there
will be no significant adverse impact;
however, we do believe that beneficial
impacts to the environment will occur
if NOBOB vessels conduct the
recommended best management
practices. These practices are intended
to prevent NIS from being introduced
into the Great Lakes.
One commenter expressed
disappointment that the Draft EA did
not analyze mandatory best
management practices as one of the
alternatives.
The Coast Guard has been evaluating
NOBOB vessels with residual water and
sediments with the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration’s
(NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental
Research Laboratory (GLERL), and other
partners as part of the NOAA/GLERL
NOBOB Research Project. Although the
NOAA/GLERL NOBOB Report
published in April 2005, suggests that
saltwater flushing (one of the Coast
Guard’s recommended best management
practices) would be an effective practice
to protect the Great Lakes from NIS in
fresh and/or brackish residual waters,
the practice has never been validated for
efficacy or feasibility. We are working
with NOAA/GLERL and other partners
to evaluate both the efficacy and
feasibility of saltwater flushing. The
Coast Guard is also monitoring the level
of participation of vessels conducting
the recommended best management
practices through record checks and
sampling since vessels may not always
be able to conduct these practices due
to vessel/crew safety concerns and other
operational requirements. These
evaluations will determine if further
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refinements to the program are
necessary.
The Coast Guard is developing a
ballast water discharge standard for all
vessels including vessels which enter
the Great Lakes because ballast water
exchange and similar practices are
interim measures. This standard will be
more effective in preventing invasions
than mandatory best management
practices.
Environmental Assessment
The Final EA identified and examined
those reasonable alternatives needed to
effectively prevent NIS introductions
into the Great Lakes via NOBOB vessels.
The Final EA analyzed the no action
alternative and one action alternative
that could fulfill the purpose and need
of establishing best management
practices for NOBOB vessels to reduce
NIS introductions into the Great Lakes.
Specifically, the Final EA considered
potential effects to the natural and
human environments by incorporating
environmental analyses previously
conducted for establishing ballast water
management regulations for U.S. waters.
Dated: January 19, 2006.
T.H. Gilmour,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant
Commandant for Prevention.
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Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for possible use to
assist the homeless.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Ezzell, room 7266, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY
number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free), or
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 1–800–927–7588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and
section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
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this Notice to identify Federal buildings
and other real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. The properties were
reviewed using information provided to
HUD by Federal landholding agencies
regarding unutilized and underutilized
buildings and real property controlled
by such agencies or by GSA regarding
its inventory of excess or surplus
Federal property. This Notice is also
published in order to comply with the
December 12, 1988 Court Order in
National Coalition for the Homeless v.
Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–
OG (D.D.C.).
Properties reviewed are listed in this
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unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and
unsuitable. The properties listed in the
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and each agency has transmitted to
HUD: (1) Its intention to make the
property available for use to assist the
homeless, (2) its intention to declare the
property excess to the agency’s needs, or
(3) a statement of the reasons that the
property cannot be declared excess or
made available for use as facilities to
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from the date of this Notice. Where
property is described as for ‘‘off-site use
only’’ recipients of the property will be
required to relocate the building to their
own site at their own expense.
Homeless assistance providers
interested in any such property should
send a written expression of interest to
HHS, addressed to John Hicks, Division
of Property Management, Program
Support Center, HHS, room 5B–17, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857;
(301) 443–2265. (This is not a toll-free
number.) HHS will mail to the
interested provider an application
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for completing the application. In order
to maximize the opportunity to utilize a
suitable property, providers should
submit their written expressions of
interest as soon as possible. For
complete details concerning the
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encouraged to refer to the interim rule
governing this program, 24 CFR part
581.
For properties listed as suitable/to be
excess, that property may, if
subsequently accepted as excess by
GSA, be made available for use by the
homeless in accordance with applicable
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2004-19842]
Ballast Water Management for Vessels Entering the Great Lakes
That Declare No Ballast Onboard; Environmental Assessment and Finding
of No Significant Impact
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of the Final
Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) that evaluated the potential environmental impacts resulting
from the implementation of the policy on ballast water management for
vessels entering the Great Lakes declaring no ballast onboard (NOBOB).
The purpose of this policy is to prevent the introductions of aquatic
nonindigenous species (NIS) into the Great Lakes.
ADDRESSES: Comments and material received from the public as well as
documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket,
are part of Coast Guard docket number USCG-2004-19842 and are available
for inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
Holidays. You may also find this docket on the Internet at https://
dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning this
project, call Mr. Bivan Patnaik, Project Manager, Environmental
Standards Division, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 202-267-1744 or via e-
mail: bpatnaik@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have any questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Andrea M. Jenkins, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, Department of Transportation, telephone
202-366-0271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Section 102(2)(c)), as implemented by
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the Council of Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-
1508) and Coast Guard Policy for Considering Environmental Impacts
(COMDTINST M16475.1D), the Coast Guard prepared a Final EA and FONSI
for implementing the policy on best management practices for NOBOB
vessels.
Response to Comments
The Coast Guard requested comments on the Draft EA when the Notice
of policy; availability of Draft EA was published on August 31, 2005
(70 FR 51831). The Coast Guard received 11 comments; however, only 2
out of the 11 comments specifically addressed the Draft EA. Therefore,
the Coast Guard will only respond to those comments that addressed the
Draft EA.
One commenter agreed that the policy on best management practices
for NOBOB vessels will have no adverse or beneficial significant
impacts on the environment. The Coast Guard partially agrees with this
comment. As the EA and FONSI discuss we agree that there will be no
significant adverse impact; however, we do believe that beneficial
impacts to the environment will occur if NOBOB vessels conduct the
recommended best management practices. These practices are intended to
prevent NIS from being introduced into the Great Lakes.
One commenter expressed disappointment that the Draft EA did not
analyze mandatory best management practices as one of the alternatives.
The Coast Guard has been evaluating NOBOB vessels with residual
water and sediments with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
(GLERL), and other partners as part of the NOAA/GLERL NOBOB Research
Project. Although the NOAA/GLERL NOBOB Report published in April 2005,
suggests that saltwater flushing (one of the Coast Guard's recommended
best management practices) would be an effective practice to protect
the Great Lakes from NIS in fresh and/or brackish residual waters, the
practice has never been validated for efficacy or feasibility. We are
working with NOAA/GLERL and other partners to evaluate both the
efficacy and feasibility of saltwater flushing. The Coast Guard is also
monitoring the level of participation of vessels conducting the
recommended best management practices through record checks and
sampling since vessels may not always be able to conduct these
practices due to vessel/crew safety concerns and other operational
requirements. These evaluations will determine if further refinements
to the program are necessary.
The Coast Guard is developing a ballast water discharge standard
for all vessels including vessels which enter the Great Lakes because
ballast water exchange and similar practices are interim measures. This
standard will be more effective in preventing invasions than mandatory
best management practices.
Environmental Assessment
The Final EA identified and examined those reasonable alternatives
needed to effectively prevent NIS introductions into the Great Lakes
via NOBOB vessels. The Final EA analyzed the no action alternative and
one action alternative that could fulfill the purpose and need of
establishing best management practices for NOBOB vessels to reduce NIS
introductions into the Great Lakes. Specifically, the Final EA
considered potential effects to the natural and human environments by
incorporating environmental analyses previously conducted for
establishing ballast water management regulations for U.S. waters.
Dated: January 19, 2006.
T.H. Gilmour,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-1014 Filed 1-26-06; 8:45 am]
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