Notice of Availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Deployment and Operation of High Energy X-Ray Inspection Systems at Sea and Land Ports of Entry, 61770-61771 [2010-25116]
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Notice of Availability of the Final
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for the Deployment
and Operation of High Energy X–Ray
Inspection Systems at Sea and Land
Ports of Entry
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
A final Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (PEA) and a
SUMMARY:
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Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for High Energy X–Ray
Inspection Systems (HEXRIS) at sea and
land ports of entry has been prepared
and is available for public review. The
final PEA documents a review of the
potential environmental effects of the
deployment and operation of HEXRIS at
various sea and land ports of entry.
Based on the final PEA, a determination
was made that the proposed action will
not significantly affect the human
environment such that further analysis
is required. Therefore, a FONSI was
issued, and no Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) is required.
The final PEA and FONSI are
available for review through November
5, 2010.
DATES:
Copies of the final PEA and
FONSI may be obtained by accessing the
following Internet address: https://
ecso.swf.usace.army.mil/Pages/
Publicreview.cfm, or by contacting Guy
Feyen of CBP by telephone (202–344–
1531), by fax (202–344–1418), by e-mail
to guy.feyen@dhs.gov, or by writing to:
CBP, Attn: Guy Feyen, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 1575,
Washington, DC 20229.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Antoinette DiVittorio, Environmental
and Energy Division, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, telephone (202) 344–
3131.
High
energy X-ray inspection is a nonintrusive inspection technology that is
used to scan high-density cargo
containers for contraband such as illicit
drugs, currency, guns, and weapons of
mass destruction. To assist U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in
meeting its mission requirements of
securing the borders of the United States
while simultaneously facilitating
legitimate trade and travel, High Energy
X–Ray Inspection Systems (HEXRIS) are
proposed to be deployed and operated
at both sea and land ports of entry
across the United States and Puerto
Rico. HEXRIS fill a unique niche in the
types of inspection tools used by CBP at
the Nation’s ports of entry. HEXRIS are
capable of penetrating dense cargo loads
that cannot otherwise be examined with
other technologies such as gamma
imaging systems or low-energy X-ray
systems. HEXRIS will also assist in
fulfilling the requirement for the 100%
scanning of containers entering the
United States as directed in the Security
and Accountability for Every (SAFE)
Port Act of 2006. Public Law 109–347
(Oct. 13, 2006).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The NEPA Process
The National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA) requires an agency
to evaluate the environmental
implications of any proposed major
action that could significantly affect the
quality of the human environment.
Generally, to meet the NEPA
requirements, an agency prepares an
Environmental Assessment (EA) to
determine whether a more thorough
analysis of the environmental
implications is necessary. If such an
analysis is necessary, the agency will
produce an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS). If additional analysis is
not necessary, the agency will issue a
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI). A Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (PEA) is an
EA that evaluates a major action on a
broad, programmatic basis.
Environmental evaluations at specific
project locations are conducted later.
HEXRIS PEA
On May 25, 2010, CBP published a
notice in the Federal Register (75 FR
29357). entitled: ‘‘Notice of Availability
of the Draft Programmatic
Environmental Assessment for the
Deployment and Operation of High
Energy X–Ray Inspection Systems at Sea
and Land Ports of Entry.’’ This notice
announced that a draft PEA concerning
HEXRIS had been prepared and made
available to the public in accordance
with NEPA, the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations for
Implementing the NEPA (40 CFR parts
1500–1508), and Department of
Homeland Security Directive 023–01
(renumbered from 5100.1),
Environmental Planning Program of
April 19, 2006. The notice informed the
public on how to obtain a copy of the
draft PEA and requested comments from
the public about the draft PEA. The
draft PEA addressed the potential
environmental effects from the
installation and operation of HEXRIS at
various ports throughout the United
States. CBP conducted evaluations on
various resources present at the ports,
including: Climate, soils, water quality,
air quality, vegetation, wildlife, noise,
infrastructure, aesthetics, and
radiological heath and safety, which
were discussed in the draft PEA. The
draft was made available for a 30 day
public comment period, beginning on
the date of the publication of the notice.
The comment period ended on June 24,
2010. Two comments were received.
CBP has now prepared the final PEA
for the deployment and operation of
HEXRIS. The comments received on the
draft PEA have been reviewed and are
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included in the final PEA document. On
the basis of the final PEA, CBP
determined that the installation and
operation of HEXRIS will have no
significant impact on human health or
the environment and that preparation of
an EIS is not warranted. A FONSI was
issued on August 3, 2010. The
environmental implications for
individual ports will be considered as
HEXRIS are installed. Any relevant
documents will be made available for
public review via publication of notices
in the Federal Register.
Dated: October 1, 2010.
Gregory Giddens,
Executive Director, Facilities Management
and Engineering, Office of Administration.
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Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2009–0168]
Notice of Public Availability of
Navigation and Vessel Inspection
Circular (NVIC) 2–10, ‘‘Guidance for
Implementation and Enforcement of
the Salvage and Marine Firefighting
Regulations for Vessel Response
Plans’’
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard announces
the availability of NVIC 2–10, Guidance
for Implementation and Enforcement of
the Salvage and Marine Firefighting
Regulations for Vessel Response Plans.
The guidance contained in the NVIC
provides details regarding the
application and enforcement of the final
rule, ‘‘Salvage and Marine Firefighting
Requirements; Vessel Response Plans
for Oil,’’ as published in the Federal
Register on December 31, 2008 (73 CFR
80618). Regulators and industry have a
need for further guidance in order to
facilitate a better understanding of, and
compliance with, the final rule. An
electronic copy of NVIC 2–10 can be
downloaded at https://www.uscg.mil/hq/
cg5/nvic/default.asp or by searching the
docket number above at https://
www.regulations.gov.
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SUMMARY:
If
you have questions on this notice, call
or e-mail LCDR Ryan Allain, Office of
Vessel Activities (CG–5431), U.S. Coast
Guard; telephone 202–372–1226, e-mail
ryan.d.allain@uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Renee V.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Wright, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
We published a final rule in the
Federal Register on December 31, 2008,
requiring the identification of salvage
and marine firefighting services in
vessel response plans (73 FR 80618).
The regulation requires appropriate
salvage and marine firefighting
resources to be identified, contracted
for, and capable of responding to
incidents up to and including the worst
case discharge scenario. The rulemaking
sets new response planning timeframes
for each of the required salvage and
marine firefighting services.
On August 31, 2009, the Coast Guard
published another final rule concerning
vessel response plans that deferred the
implementation date for the salvage and
marine firefighting requirements from
June 1, 2010 to February 22, 2011
(Vessel and Facility Response Plans for
Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment
Requirements and Alternative
Technology Revisions, 74 FR 45004). As
a result, pursuant to 33 CFR
155.4020(a), tank vessel response plans
incorporating salvage and firefighting
changes must be submitted by February
22, 2011.
NVIC 2–10 provides voluntary
guidance to vessel owners and
operators, salvage and marine
firefighting resource providers, and
other members of the maritime industry
for preparing and submitting the
necessary information to comply with
the requirements contained in the
Salvage and Marine Firefighting
Requirements; Vessel Response Plans
for Oil, 33 CFR part 155, subpart I. The
NVIC also contains an extensive list of
frequently asked questions and job aids
to assist affected industry in submitting
the required updates to their vessel
response plans.
This notice is issued under authority
of 5 U.S.C. 552, and 33 CFR 1.05–15.
Dated: September 27, 2010.
Kevin S. Cook,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Prevention Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council;
Renewal of the Public Advisory
Committee
Office of the Secretary,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of reestablishment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2), following
the recommendation and approval of
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee
Council, and in consultation with the
General Services Administration the
Secretary of the Interior hereby renews
the charter for the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Public Advisory Committee.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Court
Order establishing the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Trustee Council also requires a
public advisory committee. The Public
Advisory Committee was established to
advise the Trustee Council, and began
functioning in October 1992. The Public
Advisory Committee consists of 10
members representing the following
principal interests: Sport hunting and
fishing, conservation and
environmental, public-at-large,
recreation users, commercial tourism,
science/technical, subsistence,
commercial fishing, aquaculture and
mariculture, and Native landowners.
In order to ensure that a broad range
of public viewpoints continues to be
available to the Trustee Council, and in
keeping with the settlement agreement,
the continuation of the Public Advisory
Committee is recommended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas Mutter, Department of the
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy
and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Room
119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271–
5011.
Certification
I hereby certify that the renewal of the
Charter of the Public Advisory
Committee is necessary and in the
public interest in connection with the
performance of duties mandated by the
settlement of United States v. State of
Alaska, No. A91–081 CV, and is in
accordance with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended
and supplemented.
Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Notice of Availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Deployment and
Operation of High Energy X-Ray Inspection Systems at Sea and Land Ports
of Entry
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: A final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and a
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for High Energy X-Ray
Inspection Systems (HEXRIS) at sea and land ports of entry has been
prepared and is available for public review. The final PEA documents a
review of the potential environmental effects of the deployment and
operation of HEXRIS at various sea and land ports of entry. Based on
the final PEA, a determination was made that the proposed action will
not significantly affect the human environment such that further
analysis is required. Therefore, a FONSI was issued, and no
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required.
DATES: The final PEA and FONSI are available for review through
November 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final PEA and FONSI may be obtained by
accessing the following Internet address: https://ecso.swf.usace.army.mil/Pages/Publicreview.cfm, or by contacting Guy
Feyen of CBP by telephone (202-344-1531), by fax (202-344-1418), by e-
mail to guy.feyen@dhs.gov, or by writing to: CBP, Attn: Guy Feyen, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 1575, Washington, DC 20229.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antoinette DiVittorio, Environmental
and Energy Division, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, telephone
(202) 344-3131.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: High energy X-ray inspection is a non-
intrusive inspection technology that is used to scan high-density cargo
containers for contraband such as illicit drugs, currency, guns, and
weapons of mass destruction. To assist U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) in meeting its mission requirements of securing the
borders of the United States while simultaneously facilitating
legitimate trade and travel, High Energy X-Ray Inspection Systems
(HEXRIS) are proposed to be deployed and operated at both sea and land
ports of entry across the United States and Puerto Rico. HEXRIS fill a
unique niche in the types of inspection tools used by CBP at the
Nation's ports of entry. HEXRIS are capable of penetrating dense cargo
loads that cannot otherwise be examined with other technologies such as
gamma imaging systems or low-energy X-ray systems. HEXRIS will also
assist in fulfilling the requirement for the 100% scanning of
containers entering the United States as directed in the Security and
Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act of 2006. Public Law 109-347
(Oct. 13, 2006).
The NEPA Process
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requires an
agency to evaluate the environmental implications of any proposed major
action that could significantly affect the quality of the human
environment. Generally, to meet the NEPA requirements, an agency
prepares an Environmental Assessment (EA) to determine whether a more
thorough analysis of the environmental implications is necessary. If
such an analysis is necessary, the agency will produce an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS). If additional analysis is not necessary, the
agency will issue a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). A
Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) is an EA that evaluates a
major action on a broad, programmatic basis. Environmental evaluations
at specific project locations are conducted later.
HEXRIS PEA
On May 25, 2010, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register (75
FR 29357). entitled: ``Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic
Environmental Assessment for the Deployment and Operation of High
Energy X-Ray Inspection Systems at Sea and Land Ports of Entry.'' This
notice announced that a draft PEA concerning HEXRIS had been prepared
and made available to the public in accordance with NEPA, the Council
on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the NEPA (40 CFR
parts 1500-1508), and Department of Homeland Security Directive 023-01
(renumbered from 5100.1), Environmental Planning Program of April 19,
2006. The notice informed the public on how to obtain a copy of the
draft PEA and requested comments from the public about the draft PEA.
The draft PEA addressed the potential environmental effects from the
installation and operation of HEXRIS at various ports throughout the
United States. CBP conducted evaluations on various resources present
at the ports, including: Climate, soils, water quality, air quality,
vegetation, wildlife, noise, infrastructure, aesthetics, and
radiological heath and safety, which were discussed in the draft PEA.
The draft was made available for a 30 day public comment period,
beginning on the date of the publication of the notice. The comment
period ended on June 24, 2010. Two comments were received.
CBP has now prepared the final PEA for the deployment and operation
of HEXRIS. The comments received on the draft PEA have been reviewed
and are
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included in the final PEA document. On the basis of the final PEA, CBP
determined that the installation and operation of HEXRIS will have no
significant impact on human health or the environment and that
preparation of an EIS is not warranted. A FONSI was issued on August 3,
2010. The environmental implications for individual ports will be
considered as HEXRIS are installed. Any relevant documents will be made
available for public review via publication of notices in the Federal
Register.
Dated: October 1, 2010.
Gregory Giddens,
Executive Director, Facilities Management and Engineering, Office of
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-25116 Filed 10-5-10; 8:45 am]
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