Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC) Charter Renewal, 24506-24507 [2011-10513]
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are requested to limit their comments to
5 minutes. Please note that the public
comment period may end before the
time indicated, following the last call
for comments. Contact the individual
listed below to register as a speaker.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Dean, GLPAC Assistant
Designated Federal Officer (ADFO),
Commandant (CG–5522), U.S. Coast
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second
Street, SW., Stop 7580, Washington, DC
20593–7580; telephone 202–372–1533,
fax 202–372–1909, or e-mail at
David.J.Dean@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
(Pub. L. 92–463). It was established
under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 9307,
and advises the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Coast Guard on Great
Lakes pilot registration, operating
requirements, training policies, and
pilotage rates and other matters relating
to Great Lakes pilotage.
GLPAC expects to meet twice per year
but may also meet at other times at the
call of the Secretary. Further
information about GLPAC is available
by searching on ‘‘Great Lakes Pilotage
Advisory Committee’’ at https://
www.fido.gov/facadatabase/.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Agenda
The GLPAC will meet to review,
discuss and formulate recommendations
on the following issues:
Old Business:
Discussion of bridge hour analysis
that reflects the actual pilotage time on
task including bridge hours, standby
time, travel time and delay/detention
time using historical traffic records.
New Business:
Review of bridge hour calculations, a
measure of pilotage hours and a key
factor in determining pilotage rates;
Review of the methodology used to
determine annual pilotage rates;
Implementation of a 2010 GLPAC
recommendation to modify the
methodology for reviewing pilotage
rates every fifth year so that it can be
applied on a partial basis to recognize
major expenses incurred between fifth
year reviews;
Discussion of the future role of the
Great Lakes Pilotage Electronic
Management System, as well as the
current uses of the software for
dispatching and billing.
Background and Purpose
As part of the Oil Pollution Act of
1990, Congress passed the Oil Terminal
and Oil Tanker Environmental
Oversight and Monitoring Act of 1990
(the Act), 33 U.S.C. 2732, to foster a
long-term partnership among industry,
government, and local communities in
overseeing compliance with
environmental concerns in the
operation of crude oil terminals and oil
tankers.
On October 18, 1991, the President
delegated his authority under 33 U.S.C.
2732(o) to the Secretary of
Transportation in Executive Order
12777, section 8(g) (see 56 FR 54757;
October 22, 1991) for purposes of
certifying advisory councils, or groups,
subject to the Act. On March 3, 1992,
the Secretary redelegated that authority
to the Commandant of the USCG (see 57
FR 8582; March 11, 1992). The
Commandant redelegated that authority
to the Chief, Office of Marine Safety,
Security and Environmental Protection
(G–M) on March 19, 1992 (letter #5402).
On July 7, 1993, the USCG published
a policy statement, 58 FR 36504, to
clarify the factors that shall be
considered in making the determination
as to whether advisory councils, or
groups, should be certified in
accordance with the Act.
Dated: April 26, 2011.
Dana A. Goward,
Director Marine Transportation Systems
Management, U.S. Coast Guard.
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Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2011–0142]
Prince William Sound Regional
Citizens’ Advisory Council
(PWSRCAC) Charter Renewal
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of recertification.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The purpose of this notice is
to inform the public that the Coast
Guard has recertified the Prince William
Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory
Council (PWSRCAC) as an alternative
voluntary advisory group for Prince
William Sound, Alaska. This
certification allows the PWSRCAC to
monitor the activities of terminal
facilities and crude oil tankers under the
Prince William Sound Program
established by statute.
DATES: This recertification is effective
for the period from March 1st, 2011
through February 29, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LCDR Michael Franklin, Seventeenth
Coast Guard District (dpi); Telephone
(907)463–2821, e-mail
Michael.R.Franklin@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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The Assistant Commandant for
Marine Safety and Environmental
Protection (G–M), redelegated
recertification authority for advisory
councils, or groups, to the Commander,
Seventeenth Coast Guard District on
February 26, 1999 (letter #16450).
On September 16, 2002, the USCG
published a policy statement, 67 FR
58440, that changed the recertification
procedures such that applicants are
required to provide the USCG with
comprehensive information every three
years (triennially). For each of the two
years between the triennial application
procedure, applicants submit a letter
requesting recertification that includes a
description of any substantive changes
to the information provided at the
previous triennial recertification.
Further, public comment is not solicited
prior to recertification during
streamlined years, only during the
triennial comprehensive review.
The Alyeska Pipeline Service
Company pays the PWSRCAC $2.9
million annually in the form of a longterm contract. In return for this funding,
the PWSRCAC must annually show that
it ‘‘fosters the goals and purposes’’ of
OPA 90 and is ‘‘broadly representative
of the communities and interests in the
vicinity of the terminal facilities and
Prince William Sound.’’ The PWSRCAC
is an independent, nonprofit
organization founded in 1989. Though it
receives Federal oversight like many
independent, non-profit organizations,
it is not a Federal agency. The
PWSRCAC is a local organization that
predates the passage of OPA 90. The
existence of the PWSRCAC was
specifically recognized in OPA 90
where it is defined as an ‘‘alternate
voluntary advisory group.’’
Alyeska funds the PWSRCAC, and the
Coast Guard makes sure the PWSRCAC
operates in a fashion that is broadly
consistent with OPA 90.
Discussion of Comments
On January 7th, 2011 the USCG
published a Notice of Availability;
request for comments for recertification
of Prince William Sound Regional
Citizens’ Advisory Council in the
Federal Register (76 FR 1187). We
received 65 letters commenting on the
proposed action. No public meeting was
requested, and none was held. Of the 65
letters received, all 65 had positive
comments. These letters consistently
cited PWSRCAC’s broad representation
of the respective community’s interests,
appropriate actions to keep the public
informed, improvements to both spill
response preparation and spill
prevention, and oil spill industry
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monitoring efforts that combat
complacency—as intended by the Act.
Recertification
By letter dated March 24, 2011, the
Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District, certified that the PWSRCAC
qualifies as an alternative voluntary
advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o).
This recertification terminates on
February 29, 2012.
Dated: April 17, 2011.
Christopher C. Colvin,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander,
Seventeenth Coast Guard District.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5354–N–03]
HUD Multifamily Rental Project Closing
Documents: Notice Announcing Final
Approved Documents and Assignment
of OMB Control Number
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces that
the multifamily rental project closing
documents have completed the notice
and comment processes and review by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act, and that OMB has
assigned a control number to the
documents. The final versions of the
documents can be found on HUD’s Web
site at https://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/
mfh/mfhclosingdocuments.cfm.
Additionally, this notice highlights
some of the changes made by HUD to
the documents based upon its review of
the comments submitted in response to
a December 22, 2010 notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
J. Daly, Associate General Counsel for
Insured Housing, Office of the General
Counsel, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 9226, Washington, DC
20410–0500; telephone number 202–
708–1274 (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with speech or
hearing impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
On January 21, 2010 (75 FR 3544) and
consistent with the Paperwork
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Reduction Act of 1995, HUD published
for public comment, for a period of 60
days, a notice advising that HUD was
updating and revising a set of closing
documents used in Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) multifamily
rental projects. The 60-day notice,
started anew the process for updating
the multifamily rental project closing
documents, and obtaining approval of
these documents under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, a process that had
originally commenced on August 2,
2004. On December 22, 2010 (75 FR
80517), HUD published a 30-day notice
to complete the public comment process
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. As discussed in the
previously published notices, HUD
provided detailed comments on the
changes made to the documents
between 2004 and their publication in
January 2010. HUD provided a detailed
summary of the comments and HUD’s
responses to these comments in the
January 21, 2010, notice accompanying
the documents which were open for 60
days of comment in accordance with
PRA requirements. At the time of the
first issuance of proposed updated
closing documents in 2004, HUD was
not accepting comments electronically
through a publicly available website,
and consequently, the public did not
have a readily and easily available
mechanism to review public comments
submitted in response to the August 2,
2004, notice. Therefore, the changes to
the 2004 documents were discussed in
detail to compensate for the lack of a
publicly available website where all
public comments could be viewed.
For the January 21, 2010, notice,
however, all the public comments
submitted on the proposed updated
closing documents were available for
review on https://www.regulations.gov,
which included proposed mark-ups of
several of the closing documents.
Nevertheless, HUD provided a
discussion of the more significant
changes made to the documents in the
notice that HUD published on December
22, 2010, as its final notice for comment
under the Paperwork Reduction Act. In
addition to providing a summary of the
changes made, HUD posted both clean
versions of the closing documents and
documents in redline/strikeout format
on its website, so that industry
participants and interested members of
the public could see all changes made
in response to the January 21, 2010,
notice.
This notice published today
announces that HUD has completed the
notice and comment processes required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act, and
that OMB has completed its review and
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has assigned an OMB control number,
2502–0598, to the documents. HUD did
make additional changes to the
documents in response to comments
submitted on the December 22, 2010,
notice. Therefore, in addition to
announcing the completion of the
process required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act and the assignment of the
OMB control number, HUD highlights
some of the additional changes made to
the multifamily closing documents
(documents) in response to public
comment as provided below.
Comments on the Documents Posted in
December 2010 in Conjunction With 30Day Notice
In response to the December 22, 2010,
notice, HUD received comments from
ten commenters. Commenters included
individual lenders, associations
representing lenders, a nonprofit
community development organization, a
nonprofit representing housing
providers and administrators of
federally assisted rental housing, a city
attorney representing a city serving as a
low income housing tax credit
allocating agency, and private practice
attorneys. Several commenters provided
detailed comments about several issues
in the documents. All comments were
carefully considered by HUD prior to
presentation to OMB for final approval
and assignment of a control number
under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
In this notice, HUD is highlighting
certain changes which are
representative of the types of changes
made in response to these comments.
The final text of the documents and the
redlined changes from the documents
posted in December 2010 in conjunction
with publication of the December 22,
2010, notice are available at https://
www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/mfh/
mfhclosingdocuments.cfm.
II. Status of Changes to Documents
In response to comments that were
received on the December 2010 notice,
HUD made a number of revisions to the
documents. Consequently, HUD has
now modified all closing documents
published on this date in response to
public comments that were submitted
during the 2010 and 2011 review
process. The changes to these
documents include both technical
editorial changes and some more
substantive changes. In this notice, HUD
is not providing a detailed summary of
the changes made in response to the
final set of public comments. Rather, the
following section of this notice
addresses some of the more significant
issues raised by the commenters in
response to the December 22, 2010,
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2011-0142]
Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
(PWSRCAC) Charter Renewal
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of recertification.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the
Coast Guard has recertified the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens'
Advisory Council (PWSRCAC) as an alternative voluntary advisory group
for Prince William Sound, Alaska. This certification allows the PWSRCAC
to monitor the activities of terminal facilities and crude oil tankers
under the Prince William Sound Program established by statute.
DATES: This recertification is effective for the period from March 1st,
2011 through February 29, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Michael Franklin, Seventeenth
Coast Guard District (dpi); Telephone (907)463-2821, e-mail
Michael.R.Franklin@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
As part of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Congress passed the Oil
Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight and Monitoring Act of
1990 (the Act), 33 U.S.C. 2732, to foster a long-term partnership among
industry, government, and local communities in overseeing compliance
with environmental concerns in the operation of crude oil terminals and
oil tankers.
On October 18, 1991, the President delegated his authority under 33
U.S.C. 2732(o) to the Secretary of Transportation in Executive Order
12777, section 8(g) (see 56 FR 54757; October 22, 1991) for purposes of
certifying advisory councils, or groups, subject to the Act. On March
3, 1992, the Secretary redelegated that authority to the Commandant of
the USCG (see 57 FR 8582; March 11, 1992). The Commandant redelegated
that authority to the Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and
Environmental Protection (G-M) on March 19, 1992 (letter
5402).
On July 7, 1993, the USCG published a policy statement, 58 FR
36504, to clarify the factors that shall be considered in making the
determination as to whether advisory councils, or groups, should be
certified in accordance with the Act.
The Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental
Protection (G-M), redelegated recertification authority for advisory
councils, or groups, to the Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District
on February 26, 1999 (letter 16450).
On September 16, 2002, the USCG published a policy statement, 67 FR
58440, that changed the recertification procedures such that applicants
are required to provide the USCG with comprehensive information every
three years (triennially). For each of the two years between the
triennial application procedure, applicants submit a letter requesting
recertification that includes a description of any substantive changes
to the information provided at the previous triennial recertification.
Further, public comment is not solicited prior to recertification
during streamlined years, only during the triennial comprehensive
review.
The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company pays the PWSRCAC $2.9 million
annually in the form of a long-term contract. In return for this
funding, the PWSRCAC must annually show that it ``fosters the goals and
purposes'' of OPA 90 and is ``broadly representative of the communities
and interests in the vicinity of the terminal facilities and Prince
William Sound.'' The PWSRCAC is an independent, nonprofit organization
founded in 1989. Though it receives Federal oversight like many
independent, non-profit organizations, it is not a Federal agency. The
PWSRCAC is a local organization that predates the passage of OPA 90.
The existence of the PWSRCAC was specifically recognized in OPA 90
where it is defined as an ``alternate voluntary advisory group.''
Alyeska funds the PWSRCAC, and the Coast Guard makes sure the
PWSRCAC operates in a fashion that is broadly consistent with OPA 90.
Discussion of Comments
On January 7th, 2011 the USCG published a Notice of Availability;
request for comments for recertification of Prince William Sound
Regional Citizens' Advisory Council in the Federal Register (76 FR
1187). We received 65 letters commenting on the proposed action. No
public meeting was requested, and none was held. Of the 65 letters
received, all 65 had positive comments. These letters consistently
cited PWSRCAC's broad representation of the respective community's
interests, appropriate actions to keep the public informed,
improvements to both spill response preparation and spill prevention,
and oil spill industry
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monitoring efforts that combat complacency--as intended by the Act.
Recertification
By letter dated March 24, 2011, the Commander, Seventeenth Coast
Guard District, certified that the PWSRCAC qualifies as an alternative
voluntary advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o). This recertification
terminates on February 29, 2012.
Dated: April 17, 2011.
Christopher C. Colvin,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 2011-10513 Filed 4-29-11; 8:45 am]
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