Proposed Rule2024-19089
Great Lakes Pilotage Rates-2025 Annual Review
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Published
August 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
In accordance with the statutory provisions enacted by the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960, on August 5, 2024, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking the Coast Guard is proposing new pilotage rates for 2025. The Coast Guard is extending the comment period of the Great Lakes Pilotage Rates--2025 Annual Review notice of proposed rulemaking for 15 days. The extension is intended to keep the comment window open until after the Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee meeting on September 6, 2024. Participation in this meeting will allow stakeholders to better understand the issues at play and to submit more informed public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68847-68848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19089]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Part 401
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0406]
RIN 1625-AC94
Great Lakes Pilotage Rates--2025 Annual Review
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of the comment period.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the statutory provisions enacted by the
Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960, on August 5, 2024, the Coast Guard
published a notice of proposed rulemaking the Coast Guard is proposing
new pilotage rates for 2025. The Coast Guard is extending the comment
period of the Great Lakes Pilotage Rates--2025 Annual Review notice of
proposed rulemaking for 15 days. The extension is intended to keep the
comment window open until after the Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory
Committee meeting on September 6, 2024. Participation in this meeting
will allow stakeholders to better understand the issues at play and to
submit more informed public comments.
DATES: The comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking
published on August 5, 2024, 89 FR 63334, is extended. Comments and
related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before
September 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2024-0406 using the Federal Decision Making Portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. See the ``Public Participation and Request for
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further
instructions on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document,
call or email Mr. Brian Rogers, Commandant, Office of Waterways and
Ocean Policy--Great Lakes Pilotage Division (CG-WWM-2), Coast Guard;
telephone 410-360-9260, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5311213a323d7d013c3436212013262030347d3e3a3f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ac8f8e3ebe4a4d8e5edeff8f9cafff9e9eda4e7e3e6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
The U.S. Coast Guard views public participation as essential to
establishing equitable pilotage rates in the Great Lakes. The Coast
Guard will consider all information and material received during the
comment period. If you submit a comment, please include the docket
number for this request for information, indicate the specific section
of this document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason
for each suggestion or recommendation.
Methods for submitting comments. We encourage you to submit
comments through the Federal Decision-Making Portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. To do so, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, type USCG-
2024-0406 in the search box, and click ``Search.'' Next, look for this
document in the Search Results column, and click on it. Then click on
the Comment option. If your material cannot be submitted using
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, contact the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions.
Viewing material in docket. To view documents mentioned in this
document as being available in the docket, find the docket as described
in the previous paragraph, and then select ``Supporting & Related
Material'' in the Document Type column. Public comments will also be
placed in our online docket and can be viewed by following instructions
on the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>
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Frequently Asked Questions web page. We review all comments received,
but we may choose not to post off-topic, inappropriate, or duplicate
comments that we receive.
Personal information. We accept anonymous comments. Comments we
post to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> will include any personal
information you have provided. For more about privacy and submissions
in response to this document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records
notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020).
Background and Discussion
The proposed rule was published on August 5, 2024, with a comment
period that ended on September 4, 2024 (89 FR 63334). In the rule, the
Coast Guard proposed new pilotage rates for the 2025 season.
On September 6, 2024, the Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee
(GLPAC) will meet in Massena, New York, to discuss matters relating to
Great Lakes Pilotage, including review of proposed Great Lakes Pilotage
regulations and policies. The meeting is open to the public (89 FR
60440). In order to allow interested parties to participate in the
GLPAC meeting before drafting and submitting their public comments, the
Coast Guard is extending the comment period 15 business days. The new
comment period now closes on September 25, 2024.
This document is issued under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 70124.
Dated: August 20, 2024.
W.R. Arguin,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Prevention
Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-19089 Filed 8-27-24; 8:45 am]
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