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Recertification of Cook Inlet Regional
Citizens’ Advisory Council
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of recertification.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard announces
the recertification of the Cook Inlet
Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council
(CIRCAC) as an alternative voluntary
advisory group for Cook Inlet, Alaska.
This certification allows the CIRCAC to
monitor the activities of terminal
facilities and crude oil tankers under the
Cook Inlet Program established by the
Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker
Environmental Oversight and
Monitoring Act of 1990.
DATES: This recertification is effective
for the period from September 01, 2023
through August 31, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about this document, call or
email LT Case Kuikhoven, Seventeenth
Coast Guard District (dpi), by phone at
(907) 463–2809 or email at
case.a.kuikhoven@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Recertification
By letter dated August 23, 2023, the
Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District, certified that the CIRCAC
qualifies as an alternative voluntary
advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o).
This recertification terminates on
August 31, 2024.
Dated: August 23, 2023.
M. M. Dean,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
Seventeenth Coast Guard District.
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The Coast Guard published guidelines
on December 31, 1992 (57 FR 62600), to
assist groups seeking recertification
under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker
Environmental Oversight and
Monitoring Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2732)
(the Act). The Coast Guard issued a
policy statement on July 7, 1993 (58 FR
36504), to clarify the factors that the
Coast Guard would be considering in
making its determination as to whether
advisory groups should be certified in
accordance with the Act, and the
procedures which the Coast Guard
would follow in meeting its certification
responsibilities under the Act. Most
recently, on September 16, 2002 (67 FR
58440), the Coast Guard changed its
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On June 20, 2023, the Coast Guard
published a Notice; Request for
comments titled ‘‘Application for
Recertification of Cook Inlet Regional
Citizens’ Advisory Council’’ in the
Federal Register (88 FR 39857). We
received 33 comments, all in support of
CIRCAC’s recertification. No public
meeting was requested. The comments
consistently cited CIRCAC’s
collaborative partnerships in furthering
the respective communities’ interest to
promote safety, efforts to keep the
public informed, oil spill industry
monitoring efforts, effective prevention
and response efforts regarding oil
pollution, and to protect the sensitive
marine environment along Alaska’s
coastline.
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policy on recertification procedures for
regional citizen’s advisory council by
requiring applicants to provide
comprehensive information every three
years. For each of the two years between
the triennial application procedures,
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 only
solicited during the triennial
comprehensive review.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No USCG-2023-0392]
Recertification of Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of recertification.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the recertification of the Cook
Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (CIRCAC) as an alternative
voluntary advisory group for Cook Inlet, Alaska. This certification
allows the CIRCAC to monitor the activities of terminal facilities and
crude oil tankers under the Cook Inlet Program established by the Oil
Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight and Monitoring Act of
1990.
DATES: This recertification is effective for the period from September
01, 2023 through August 31, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document,
call or email LT Case Kuikhoven, Seventeenth Coast Guard District
(dpi), by phone at (907) 463-2809 or email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
The Coast Guard published guidelines on December 31, 1992 (57 FR
62600), to assist groups seeking recertification under the Oil Terminal
and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight and Monitoring Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2732) (the Act). The Coast Guard issued a policy statement on
July 7, 1993 (58 FR 36504), to clarify the factors that the Coast Guard
would be considering in making its determination as to whether advisory
groups should be certified in accordance with the Act, and the
procedures which the Coast Guard would follow in meeting its
certification responsibilities under the Act. Most recently, on
September 16, 2002 (67 FR 58440), the Coast Guard changed its policy on
recertification procedures for regional citizen's advisory council by
requiring applicants to provide comprehensive information every three
years. For each of the two years between the triennial application
procedures, 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 only solicited during the triennial comprehensive review.
Discussion of Comments
On June 20, 2023, the Coast Guard published a Notice; Request for
comments titled ``Application for Recertification of Cook Inlet
Regional Citizens' Advisory Council'' in the Federal Register (88 FR
39857). We received 33 comments, all in support of CIRCAC's
recertification. No public meeting was requested. The comments
consistently cited CIRCAC's collaborative partnerships in furthering
the respective communities' interest to promote safety, efforts to keep
the public informed, oil spill industry monitoring efforts, effective
prevention and response efforts regarding oil pollution, and to protect
the sensitive marine environment along Alaska's coastline.
Recertification
By letter dated August 23, 2023, the Commander, Seventeenth Coast
Guard District, certified that the CIRCAC qualifies as an alternative
voluntary advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o). This recertification
terminates on August 31, 2024.
Dated: August 23, 2023.
M. M. Dean,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District.
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