Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure, and Automatic Identification System, 9071-9072 [E9-4356]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 39 / Monday, March 2, 2009 / Proposed Rules pathological condition is subject to the requirements and prohibitions in sections 202 through 206 of GINA and §§ 1635.4 through 1635.7 and 1635.9 of this part. [FR Doc. E9–4221 Filed 2–27–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6570–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Parts 160, 161, 164, and 165 [USCG–2005–21869] RIN 1625–AA99 Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure, and Automatic Identification System Coast Guard, DHS. Notice of second public meeting; request for comments. AGENCY: erowe on PROD1PC63 with PROPOSALS-1 ACTION: SUMMARY: In response to requests received, the Coast Guard announces a second public meeting, to be held March 25, 2009, in Seattle, WA, to receive comments on a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend Coast Guard regulations governing Notice of Arrival and Departure (NOAD) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) requirements. This is an additional meeting to the one previously announced for March 5, 2009, in Washington, DC. DATES: A public meeting will be held in Seattle, WA, on March 25, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The comment period for the proposed rule closes April 15, 2009. All written comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before April 15, 2009. ADDRESSES: The March 25, 2009, public meeting will be held at the following location: • Seattle, WA—Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Ave., Fourth Floor North Auditorium, Seattle, WA 98174–1067. A government-issued photo identification will be required for entrance to the building. Written comments and related material may also be submitted to Coast Guard personnel specified at that meeting. All comments and related material submitted after the meeting must be submitted using any one of the following methods: (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG–2005–21869. (2) Fax: 202–493–2251. VerDate Nov<24>2008 12:24 Feb 27, 2009 Jkt 217001 (3) 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. (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202–366–9329. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning the NOAD portion of this proposed rulemaking or concerning the public meeting, please contact Lieutenant Sharmine Jones, Office of Vessel Activities (CG–543), Coast Guard, Sharmine.N.Jones@uscg.mil, telephone 202–372–1234. If you have questions on the AIS portion of this proposed rulemaking, contact Mr. Jorge Arroyo, Office of Navigation Systems (CG–5413), Coast Guard, Jorge.Arroyo@uscg.mil, telephone 202–372–1563. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202–366–9826. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background and Purpose We published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on December 16, 2008 (73 FR 76295), entitled ‘‘Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure, and Automatic Identification System.’’ In it we stated our intention to hold a public meeting, and to publish a notice to announce the location and date of the public meeting. 73 FR 76296. In this notice, we announce an additional public meeting, to the one previously announced for March 5, 2009, in Washington, DC (74 FR 7534), to receive comments on this proposed rule. In the NPRM, we proposed to expand the applicability of Notice of Arrival and Departure (NOAD) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) requirements to more commercial vessels, modify NOAD reporting requirements, establish a mandatory method for electronic data submission and establish a separate requirement for certain vessels to submit notices of departure. The proposed rulemaking would also clarify existing AIS requirements and extend the applicability of AIS requirements to additional vessels and beyond Vessel Traffic Service areas to all U.S. navigable waters. You may view the NPRM in our online docket, in addition to supporting PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 9071 documents prepared by the Coast Guard (Regulatory Analysis & Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions in Homeland Security Regulatory Analyses—Final Report June 2008, and an Environmental Checklist), and comments submitted thus far by going to https:// www.regulations.gov. Once there, select the Advanced Docket Search option on the right side of the screen, insert USCG–2005–21869 in the Docket ID box, press Enter, and then click on the item in the Docket ID column. If you do not have access to the Internet, you may view the docket by visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room W12–140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. We have an agreement with the Department of Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility. We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting comments either orally at the meeting or in writing. If you bring written comments to the meeting, you may submit them to Coast Guard personnel specified at the meeting to receive written comments. These comments will be submitted to our online public docket. All comments received will be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have provided. 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 January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316). Information on Service for Individuals With Disabilities For information on facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting, contact Lieutenant Sharmine Jones at the telephone number indicated under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Public Meeting The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting regarding this proposed rulemaking on March 25, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Seattle, WA, at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Ave., Fourth Floor North Auditorium, Seattle, WA 98174–1067. E:\FR\FM\02MRP1.SGM 02MRP1 9072 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 39 / Monday, March 2, 2009 / Proposed Rules Should the length of oral comments or the number of commenters warrant doing so, the meeting may be extended to as late as 5 p.m. A government-issued photo identification (for example, a driver’s license) will be required for entrance to the building. We plan to record this meeting using an audio-digital recorder and to make that audio recording available through a link in our online docket. We will also provide a written summary of the meeting and comments and will place that summary in the docket. Dated: February 25, 2009. Howard L. Hime, Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards. [FR Doc. E9–4356 Filed 2–25–09; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 4910–15–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 648 [Docket No. 090206144–9186–01] RIN 0648–AX49 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fisheries; 2009 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. erowe on PROD1PC63 with PROPOSALS-1 AGENCY: SUMMARY: NMFS proposes 2009 specifications for the Atlantic bluefish fishery, including state-by-state commercial quotas, a recreational harvest limit, and recreational possession limits for Atlantic bluefish off the east coast of the United States. The intent of these specifications is to establish the allowable 2009 harvest levels and possession limits to attain the target fishing mortality rate (F), consistent with the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). DATES: Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time, on March 17, 2009. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by 0648–AX49, by any one of the following methods: • Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking portal: https:// www.regulations.gov, • Fax: (978) 281–9135, Attn: Regional Administrator. VerDate Nov<24>2008 12:24 Feb 27, 2009 Jkt 217001 • Mail: Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside of the envelope: ‘‘Comments on 2009 Bluefish Specifications.’’ Instructions: All comments received are part of the public record and will generally be posted to https:// www.regulations.gov without change. All Personal Identifying Information (for example, name, address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. NMFS will accept anonymous comments. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only. Copies of the specifications document, including the Environmental Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (EA/IRFA) and other supporting documents for the specifications, are available from Daniel Furlong, Executive Director, MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council, Room 2115, Federal Building, 300 South Street, Dover, DE 19901–6790. The specifications document is also accessible via the Internet at https:// www.nero.noaa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tobey Curtis, Fishery Policy Analyst, (978) 281–9273. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The regulations implementing the FMP are prepared by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and appear at 50 CFR part 648, subparts A and J. Regulations requiring annual specifications are found at § 648.160. The management unit for bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) is U.S. waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. The FMP requires that the Council recommend, on an annual basis, total allowable landings (TAL) for the fishery, consisting of a commercial quota and recreational harvest limit (RHL). A research set aside (RSA) quota is deducted from the bluefish TAL (after any applicable transfer) in an amount proportional to the percentage of the overall TAL as allocated to the commercial and recreational sectors. The annual review process for bluefish requires that the Council’s Bluefish Monitoring Committee (Monitoring Committee) and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) review and make recommendations based on the best available data, including, but not PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 limited to, commercial and recreational catch/landing statistics, current estimates of fishing mortality, stock abundance, discards for the recreational fishery, and juvenile recruitment. Based on the recommendations of the Monitoring Committee and SSC, the Council makes a recommendation to the Northeast Regional Administrator (RA). This FMP is a joint plan with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission); therefore, the Commission meets during the annual specification process to adopt complementary measures. The Council’s recommendations must include supporting documentation concerning the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the recommendations. NMFS is responsible for reviewing these recommendations to assure they achieve the FMP objectives, and may modify them if they do not. NMFS then publishes proposed specifications in the Federal Register. After considering public comment, NMFS will publish final specifications in the Federal Register. In July 2008, the Monitoring Committee and SSC met to discuss the updated estimates of bluefish stock biomass and project fishery yields for 2009. In August 2008, the Council approved the SSC and Monitoring Committee’s recommendations and the Commission’s Bluefish Board (Board) adopted complementary management measures. Proposed Specifications Updated Model Estimates According to Amendment 1 to the FMP (Amendment 1), overfishing for bluefish occurs when F exceeds the fishing mortality rate that allows maximum sustainable yield (FMSY), or the maximum F threshold to be achieved. The stock is considered overfished if the biomass (B) falls below the minimum biomass threshold, which is defined as 1/2 BMSY. Amendment 1 also established that the long-term target F is 90 percent of FMSY (FMSY = 0.19, therefore Ftarget = 90 percent of FMSY = 0.17), and the long-term target B is BMSY = 324 million lb (146,964 mt). The rebuilding plan established through Amendment 1 stipulates that the target fishing mortality rate (Ftarget) in 2009 be set at F = 0.31 (based upon earlier estimates ofFMSY, which was updated by the 41st Stock Assessment Review Committee (SARC–41) in 2005), or the status quo fishing mortality rate (F2007), whichever is less. An age-structured assessment program (ASAP) model for bluefish was approved by SARC–41 in 2005 to E:\FR\FM\02MRP1.SGM 02MRP1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9071-9072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4356]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 160, 161, 164, and 165

[USCG-2005-21869]
RIN 1625-AA99


Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure, and 
Automatic Identification System

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of second public meeting; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In response to requests received, the Coast Guard announces a 
second public meeting, to be held March 25, 2009, in Seattle, WA, to 
receive comments on a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend Coast 
Guard regulations governing Notice of Arrival and Departure (NOAD) and 
Automatic Identification System (AIS) requirements. This is an 
additional meeting to the one previously announced for March 5, 2009, 
in Washington, DC.

DATES: A public meeting will be held in Seattle, WA, on March 25, 2009, 
from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The comment period for the proposed rule 
closes April 15, 2009. All written comments and related material must 
be received by the Coast Guard on or before April 15, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The March 25, 2009, public meeting will be held at the 
following location:
     Seattle, WA--Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second 
Ave., Fourth Floor North Auditorium, Seattle, WA 98174-1067.
    A government-issued photo identification will be required for 
entrance to the building.
    Written comments and related material may also be submitted to 
Coast Guard personnel specified at that meeting. All comments and 
related material submitted after the meeting must be submitted using 
any one of the following methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov under 
docket number USCG-2005-21869.
    (2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    (3) 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.
    (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning the 
NOAD portion of this proposed rulemaking or concerning the public 
meeting, please contact Lieutenant Sharmine Jones, Office of Vessel 
Activities (CG-543), Coast Guard, Sharmine.N.Jones@uscg.mil, telephone 
202-372-1234. If you have questions on the AIS portion of this proposed 
rulemaking, contact Mr. Jorge Arroyo, Office of Navigation Systems (CG-
5413), Coast Guard, Jorge.Arroyo@uscg.mil, telephone 202-372-1563. If 
you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, 
call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 
202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose

    We published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 
Register on December 16, 2008 (73 FR 76295), entitled ``Vessel 
Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure, and Automatic 
Identification System.'' In it we stated our intention to hold a public 
meeting, and to publish a notice to announce the location and date of 
the public meeting. 73 FR 76296. In this notice, we announce an 
additional public meeting, to the one previously announced for March 5, 
2009, in Washington, DC (74 FR 7534), to receive comments on this 
proposed rule.
    In the NPRM, we proposed to expand the applicability of Notice of 
Arrival and Departure (NOAD) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) 
requirements to more commercial vessels, modify NOAD reporting 
requirements, establish a mandatory method for electronic data 
submission and establish a separate requirement for certain vessels to 
submit notices of departure. The proposed rulemaking would also clarify 
existing AIS requirements and extend the applicability of AIS 
requirements to additional vessels and beyond Vessel Traffic Service 
areas to all U.S. navigable waters.
    You may view the NPRM in our online docket, in addition to 
supporting documents prepared by the Coast Guard (Regulatory Analysis & 
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Valuing Mortality Risk 
Reductions in Homeland Security Regulatory Analyses--Final Report June 
2008, and an Environmental Checklist), and comments submitted thus far 
by going to https://www.regulations.gov. Once there, select the Advanced 
Docket Search option on the right side of the screen, insert USCG-2005-
21869 in the Docket ID box, press Enter, and then click on the item in 
the Docket ID column. If you do not have access to the Internet, you 
may view the docket by visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room 
W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. We 
have an agreement with the Department of Transportation to use the 
Docket Management Facility.
    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
comments either orally at the meeting or in writing. If you bring 
written comments to the meeting, you may submit them to Coast Guard 
personnel specified at the meeting to receive written comments. These 
comments will be submitted to our online public docket. All comments 
received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov 
and will include any personal information you have provided.
    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 January 17, 2008, issue of the 
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Information on Service for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting, 
contact Lieutenant Sharmine Jones at the telephone number indicated 
under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.

Public Meeting

    The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting regarding this proposed 
rulemaking on March 25, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Seattle, WA, 
at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Ave., Fourth Floor 
North Auditorium, Seattle, WA 98174-1067.

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Should the length of oral comments or the number of commenters warrant 
doing so, the meeting may be extended to as late as 5 p.m. A 
government-issued photo identification (for example, a driver's 
license) will be required for entrance to the building.
    We plan to record this meeting using an audio-digital recorder and 
to make that audio recording available through a link in our online 
docket. We will also provide a written summary of the meeting and 
comments and will place that summary in the docket.

    Dated: February 25, 2009.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. E9-4356 Filed 2-25-09; 4:15 pm]
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