[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2402-2403]
[FR Doc No: 2011-578]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2009-0384]

Maritime Security Directive 104-6 (Rev 5); Guidelines for U.S.
Vessels Operating in High Risk Waters

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the release of Maritime Security

(MARSEC) Directive 104-6 (Rev 5). This Directive only applies to U.S.
flagged vessels subject to the Maritime Transportation Security Act
(MTSA) on international voyages through or in designated high risk
waters, and provides additional counter-piracy guidance and mandatory
measures for these vessels operating in these areas where acts of
piracy and armed robbery against ships are prevalent. MARSEC Directive
104-6 (Rev 5) also includes an annex that provides specific direction
for vessels operating around the Horn of Africa. MARSEC Directives are
designated Sensitive Security Information (SSI) and are not subject to
public release.

DATES: MARSEC Directive 104-6 (Rev 5) is available on January 13, 2011.
MARSEC Directive 104-6 (Rev 4) is no longer valid after this date.

ADDRESSES: The latest MARSEC Directives are available at your local
Captain of the Port (COTP) office. Phone numbers and addresses for your
local COTP office can be found in the Port Directory at http://homeport.uscg.mil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call LCDR James T. Fogle, Office of Vessel Activities, Coast Guard,
telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>If you have
questions on viewing material on the docket, call Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    Somali pirates operate along a 2,300 mile coast and in 2.5 million
square miles of ocean. Given the size and complexity of the affected
area, a combination of domestic and international efforts has been
necessary to curb piratical activities. The combination of piracy and
weak rule of law in the region offers a potential breeding ground for
other transnational threats. Accordingly, the U.S. uses existing
statutory authority to develop security standards designed to protect
U.S.-flagged vessels and continues to work with international partners
to prevent piracy.
    On February 10, 2006, the Coast Guard announced the release of
MARSEC Directive 104-6 (71 FR 7054) for those owners and operators of
vessels subject to 33 CFR parts 101 and 104 to provide direction to
U.S. flagged vessels operating in high risk areas where acts of piracy
and armed robbery against ships is prevalent.
    MARSEC Directive 104-6 has been revised five times. MARSEC
Directive 104-6 (REV 1) provided an updated list of the high risk
waters based on a biennial review of global piracy and terrorism
threats.
    MARSEC Directive 104-6 (Rev 2) provided additional counter-piracy
guidance to U.S. flagged vessels operating in high risk waters where
acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships are prevalent. It also
provided a listing of additional high risk waters, updated from the
previous version of the Directive.
    MARSEC Directive 104-6 (Rev 3) encouraged the use of industry best
management practices that have proven to be successful in thwarting
pirate attacks and incorporates lessons-learned since the issuance of
Revision 2.
    MARSEC Directive 104-6 (Rev 4) provided clarification for U.S.
flagged vessels berthed or anchored in high risk waters. Vessels at
anchor should operate in a manner consistent with vessels that transit
through high risk waters. Whether at anchor or underway, the vessels
are subjected to the same type of threats from attacking pirates.
Vessels berthed in high risk waters should implement enhanced security
measures as described in the MARSEC Directive.
    MARSEC Directive 104-6 (Rev 5), the Directive that is the subject
of this notice of availability, addresses the expanding operating area
of Somali pirates and provides U.S. flagged vessels additional guidance
for operations in the Indian Ocean. With the issuance of (Rev 5),
MARSEC Directive 104-6 (Rev 4) is no longer valid.
    To support the issuance of MARSEC Directive 104-6 (series), we
developed piracy-related Port Security Advisories (PSAs) to provide
further guidance and direction to U.S. flagged vessels operating in
high risk waters to help facilitate compliance with this directive. The
PSAs can be found at http://homeport.uscg.mil/piracy, including a non-
SSI version of this MARSEC Directive in PSA (2-09) (Rev 3).

Procedural

    COTPs and District Commanders can access all MARSEC directives on
Homeport by logging in and going to Missions > Maritime Security >
Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) > Policy. Owners and
operators of U.S. flagged vessels that travel on international voyages
must contact their local COTP, cognizant District Commander or the
Office of Vessel Activities to acquire a copy of MARSEC Directive 104-6
(Rev 5). COTPs or cognizant District Commanders may provide this MARSEC
Directive to appropriate vessel owners and operators via mail or fax in
accordance with SSI handling procedures.
    Pursuant to 33 CFR 101.405, we consulted with the Department of
State, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Department of Transportation/Maritime Administration, Office of Naval
Intelligence, Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, Military
Sealift Command, Global Maritime Situational Awareness, Overseas
Security Advisory Council, United States Agency for International
Development, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Customs and Border
Protection, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Africa
Command, U.S. Central Command, and U.S. Transportation Command prior to
issuing these Directives.
    All MARSEC Directives issued pursuant to 33 CFR 101.405 are marked
as SSI in accordance with 49 CFR Part 1520. COTPs and District
Commanders will require individuals requesting a MARSEC Directive to
prove that they meet the standards for a ``covered person'' under 49
CFR 1520.7, have a ``need to know'' the information, as defined in 49
CFR 1520.11, and that they will safeguard the SSI in MARSEC Directive
104-6 (Rev 5) as required in 49 CFR 1520.9.

    Dated: January 7, 2011.
Kevin S. Cook, USCG,
Director of Prevention Policy.
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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69658-69659]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28654]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0883; FRL-9226-5]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Experimental Use Permits (EUPs)
for Pesticides; EPA ICR No. 0276.14, OMB Control No. 2070-0040

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 15,
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2009-0883, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: Environmental Protection Agency,
Pesticide Public Regulatory Docket (7502P), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lily Negash, Field and External
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs (7506P), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:

703-305-5884; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On March 3, 2010, EPA sought comments on the renewal ICR (75
FR 9593), pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB no
later than December 15, 2010 and in accordance with the instructions
under ADDRESSES.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-OPP-HQ-2009-0883, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Pesticides
Public Regulatory Docket, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Room S-4400, Arlington, VA 22202. This docket facility
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for this docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Experimental Use Permits (EUPs) for Pesticides.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0276.14, OMB Control No. 2070-0040.
    ICR Status: The current OMB approval for this ICR is scheduled to
expire on November 30, 2010. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB. This ICR renews an ongoing information
collection activity. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person
is not required to respond to, a collection of information, unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers
for EPA's regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the
Final Rule and in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40
CFR part 9 or by other appropriate means, such as on the related
collection instrument or form, if applicable.
    Abstract: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA) requires that before a pesticide product may be distributed or
sold in the U.S., it must be registered by EPA. Section 5 of FIFRA
authorizes EPA to issue experimental use permits (EUPs) which allow
companies to temporarily ship pesticide products for experimental use
for the purpose of gathering data necessary to support the application
for registration of a pesticide product. In general, EUP's are issued
either for a pesticide not registered with the Agency or for a
registered pesticide for a use not registered with the Agency. The EUP
application must be submitted in order to obtain a permit. This
information collection provides the EPA with the data necessary to
determine whether to issue an EUP under section 5 of FIFRA.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average
between 32.8 hours for chemical pesticides and 147 hours for plant-
incorporated protectants (PIPs) per response. Burden is defined in 5
CFR 1320.3(b). The following is a summary of the burden and cost
information for this ICR:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide Registrants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 10.3.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,907.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $114,566.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1150 hours from
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory.
This increase is an adjustment in the burden estimates resulting from
consultations with EUP program participants, and an estimated number of
EUP applications that are for PIPs compared to chemical pesticides.

    Dated: November 8, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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			  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

		        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

			  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

			          WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on September 17, 2004

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKET OST-2004-18909

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This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken
by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order
will be issued in this matter).

Joint Applicants:  LINEAS AEREAS COSTARRICENSES, S.A. (LACSA)
Amendment filed:  September 7, 2004

Relief requested:  Amend Statement of Authorization under 14 CFR Part
212 (issued August 30, 2004, in this Docket) to permit LACSA to carry,
for an indefinite duration, Iberia’s designator code on LACSA’s
scheduled flights between Managua, Nicaragua, and Miami, Florida, for
the purpose of transporting Iberia’s Spain-Nicaragua traffic.

If renewal, date and citation of last action:  New authority.

Applicant representative:  John R. Brimsek,<PHONE_NUMBER>         DOT
analyst:  Allen F. Brown,<PHONE_NUMBER>

Responsive pleadings:  None.

	DISPOSITION

Action:  Approved.
                                              Action date:  September
17, 2004

Effective dates of authority granted:  Effective September 17, 2004, for
an indefinite duration.

Basis for approval:  United States-Costa Rica Air Transport Agreement.

Remarks/Conditions:  This code-share operation is subject to the
following conditions – a) the Statement of Authorization will remain
in effect only as long as (i) LACSA and Iberia continue to hold the
necessary underlying authority to operate the code-share services at
issue, and (ii) the code-share agreement providing for the code-share
operations remains in effect. b) LACSA and/or Iberia must notify the
Department immediately if the code-share agreement under which this
code-share service is operated is no longer in effect, or if the
carriers decide to cease operating all or any portion of the code-share
service under the agreement.  We expect this notification to be received
within ten days of such non-effectiveness or of such decision.  This
notice should be filed in Docket OST-2004-18909.  c) The code-sharing
operation conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR Part
257 and with any amendments to the Department’s regulations concerning
code-share arrangements that may be adopted.  Notwithstanding any
provisions in the contract between the subject air carriers, our
approval here is expressly conditioned upon the requirements that the
subject foreign air transportation be sold in the name of the carrier
holding out the service in computer reservation systems and elsewhere;
that the carrier selling such transportation (that is, the carrier shown
on the ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety of the code-share
journey for all obligations established in its contract of carriage with
the passenger; and that the passenger liability of the operating carrier
be unaffected.  d) The authority granted here is specifically
conditioned so that the subject foreign air carriers shall not give any
force or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that
are contrary to these conditions.

Action taken by:   Paul L. Gretch, Director, Office of International
Aviation

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Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR
Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent with Department
policy; (2) the applicant was qualified to perform its proposed
operations; (3) grant of the authority was consistent with the public
interest; and (4) grant of the authority would not constitute a major
regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975.
To the extent not granted/deferred/dismissed, we denied all requests in
the referenced Docket.  We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority
granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set
forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR
§385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date
of issuance of this Notice.  This action was effective when taken, and
the filing of a petition for review will not alter such effectiveness.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide
Web at:

http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_aviation.asp


[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 21366]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07983]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 320

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0086; FRL-10008-23-OLEM]
RIN 2050-AH05

Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA Section 108(b)
for Facilities in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry; Extension of
Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the
comment period for the proposed rule entitled ``Financial
Responsibility Requirements under CERCLA Section 108(b) for Classes of
Facilities in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry.'' This proposal was
published on February 21, 2020, and the public comment period was
scheduled to end on April 21, 2020. However, a number of public
interest groups have requested additional time to develop and submit
comments on the proposal. In response to the request for additional
time, EPA is extending the comment period through May 6, 2020.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2019-0086, at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud or other file sharing
system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on this document,
contact Charlotte Mooney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office
of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Mail Code 5303P, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER> or
(email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 21, 2020, EPA published in the
Federal Register a proposal to not impose financial responsibility
requirements for facilities in the Chemical Manufacturing industry
under Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Section 108(b) addresses the
promulgation of regulations that require classes of facilities to
establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility consistent
with the degree and duration of risk associated with the production,
transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous
substances.
    The comment period for the proposed rule was scheduled to end on
April 21, 2020. Since publication, EPA has received a request from
several public interest groups to extend that comment period to allow
for additional time to develop comments on the proposed rule due to
general disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
    After considering this request for additional time, EPA has decided
to extend the comment period until May 6, 2020.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 320

    Environmental protection, Financial responsibility, Hazardous
substances, Chemicals.

    Dated: April 10, 2020.
Peter Wright,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management.
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