Notice2023-18877
Recertification of Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
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Published
August 31, 2023
Effective
September 1, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 60221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18877]
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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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ec8f8d9f89c28dc28799858784839a8982ac999f8f8bc2818580"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fb989a889ed59ad5908e929093948d9e95bb8e88989cd5969297">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
[FR Doc. 2023-18877 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
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