In case you haven't seen this, the
Coast Guard put out this interim rule (in effect and without notice) and is
requesting for feedback. The Air Force, i.e. AAFB, wants to explode ordnance
underwater every week permanently. They are taking comments up through November
10, 2014. Consider submitting comments as information is not complete and
residents deserve to have complete information. This relates to water and shore
areas and regulatory authorities, as well as why the notice was not issued
earlier are provided below. Tarague Basin will close about 6 hours a week
according to the notice. Protestors also have guidance as seen below.
What's missing in the notice? The
kinds of ordnance that will be detonated; is it air force or navy ordnance; is
this navy seal training related; what kinds of chemicals will be released into
the water; how will this impact fish stock and marine mammal stock and what
will be the consequences of these activities? See below.
Safety Zone, Tarague Basin; Anderson
AFB, GU
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Interim rule and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is
establishing a safety zone in the waters off of Tarague Basin, Anderson AFB, Guam, for the safety of waterway users, during U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal operations.
The U.S. Air Force plans to engage in explosive ordnance disposal operations starting in August 2014, and continue to do so at varying times weekly, for an indefinite duration. The safety zone is activated, and therefore subject to enforcement, during these operations. When the safety zone is activated for enforcement, all entry into the safety zone (including vessels and persons) is prohibited except by permission from the Captain of the Port or his designated representative. The Coast Guard is implementing this interim rule for the safety of mariners; we encourage comments on this rulemaking as to how we may improve the rule.
DATES: This rule is effective without
actual notice September 9, 2014.
For the purposes of enforcement, actual notice will be used from August 22, 2014, until September 9, 2014. Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before November 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in
this preamble are part of Docket Number USCG-2014-0732. To view documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Open Docket Folder'' on the line associated with this rulemaking. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
You may submit comments, identified by docket number, using any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: (202) 493-2251.
(3) Mail or Delivery: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Deliveries accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for further instructions on submitting comments. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these three methods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this rule, call or email Chief Kristina Gauthier, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam at (671) 355-4866, email Kristina.M.Gauthier@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826 or 1-800-647-5527.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Acronyms
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
A. Public Participation and Request
for Comments
We encourage you to participate in
this rulemaking by submitting comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov
and will include any personal information you have provided.
1. Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket
number for this rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and material online at http://www.regulations.gov,
or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online, it will be considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is received at the Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding your submission.To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.''
Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with this interim rule.
If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped,
