[Federal Register: February 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 24)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2003-16297]
National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP)
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; revision to PREP triennial exercise schedule for 2004,
2005, and 2006; request for public comment; correction to prior notice.
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SUMMARY: On October 16, 2003, the Coast Guard--on behalf of the Coast
Guard, the Research and Special Programs Administration, the
Environmental Protection Agency and the Minerals Management Service--
published the Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP)
triennial exercise schedule for 2004 through 2006. This notice revises
that schedule based on internal agency input, requests comments from
the public, and requests industry participants to volunteer for
scheduled PREP Area exercises.
DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management
Facility on or before March 8, 2004.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number USCG-2003-16297 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one
of the following methods:
(1) Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(4) Delivery: Room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
or need general information regarding the PREP Program and the
schedule, contact Mr. Robert Pond, Office of Response, Plans and
Preparedness Division (G-MOR-2), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
telephone 202-267-6603, fax 202-267-4065 or e-mail
rpond@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Ms. Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-0271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Preparedness for Response Exercise
Program (PREP) Area exercise schedule and exercise design manuals are
available on the Internet at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/nsfweb/nsfcc/prep/index.html.
To obtain a hard copy of the exercise design manual,
contact Ms. Melanie Barber at the Research and Special Programs
Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, at 202-366-4560. The 2002
PREP Guidelines booklet is available at no cost on the Internet at
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/nsfweb/nsfcc/prep/index.html or by writing or
faxing the TASC DEPT Warehouse, 33141Q 75th Avenue, Landover, MD 20785,
facsimile: 301-386-5394. The stock number of the manual is USCG-X0241.
Please indicate the quantity when ordering. Quantities are limited to
10 per order.
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to respond to this notice by submitting comments
and related materials. All comments received will be posted, without
change, to http://dms.dot.gov and will include any personal information
you have provided. We have an agreement with the Department of
Transportation (DOT) to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see
DOT's ``Privacy Act'' three paragraphs below.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your
name and address, identify the docket number for this notice (USCG-
2003-16297), indicate the specific section of this document to which
each comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. You may
submit your comments and material by electronic means, mail, fax, or
delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address under
ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and material by only one
means. If you submit them by mail or 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 them by mail and would
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period. We may change this
triennial exercise schedule in view of them.
Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket,
go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time and conduct a simple search using
the docket number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in
room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the
Department of Transportation's Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit
http://dms.dot.gov.
Revisions to the October 2003 Notice
On October 16, 2003, the Coast Guard published a notice in the
Federal Register (68 FR 59627) announcing the PREP triennial exercise
schedule for 2004, 2005, and 2006. We are making several revisions to
the triennial exercise schedule in that notice based on internal agency
input. A summary of the changes follows--
For Government-Led Area Exercises for Calendar Year 2004, we
changed
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Guam from 1st to 4th Quarter, changed Prince William Sound from 4th to
3rd Quarter, and added EPA Region I to 4th Quarter. For Industry-Led
Area Exercises for Calendar Year 2004, we changed Maryland Coastal from
2nd to 4th Quarter, and added a footnote for Charleston, SC, and
Duluth-Superior to indicate ``credit for response in lieu of
exercise.''
This notice announces the revised triennial schedule of Area
exercises. If a company wants to volunteer for an Area exercise, a
company representative may call either the Coast Guard or EPA On-Scene
Coordinator (OSC) where the exercise is scheduled.
The table below is the revised PREP schedule for the calendar years
2004, 2005, and 2006.
Table--Prep Schedule--Government-Led Area Exercises
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Area Agency Qtr \1\ Participant
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CALENDAR YEAR 2004
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Los Angeles/Long Beach South CG 2
(Marine Safety Office (MSO)
LA/LB), SONS \2\.
San Diego (MSO San Diego), CG 2
SONS \2\.
Prince William Sound (MSO CG 3
Valdez).
Guam (MSO Guam).............. CG 4
Region I Regional Contingency EPA 4
Plan (RCP) (EPA Region I).
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CALENDAR YEAR 2005
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Houston-Galveston (MSO CG 1
Houston).
Virginia Coastal (MSO Hampton CG 1
Road).
Alabama-Mississippi (MSO CG 2
Mobile).
Providence (MSO Providence).. CG 3
Western Alaska (MSO CG 3
Anchorage).
Region V RCP (EPA Region V).. EPA 4
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CALENDAR YEAR 2006
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Cleveland, OH (MSO Cleveland) CG 1
Jacksonville, FL (MSO CG 2
Jacksonville).
To Be Determined............. CG 2
Northwest Area-Portland (MSO CG 3
Portland).
Region IX RCP or Oceania (EPA EPA 3
Region IX).
New Orleans, LA (MSO New CG 4
Orleans).
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Prep Schedule--Industry-Led Area Exercises
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Area Qtr \1\ Participant
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CALENDAR YEAR 2004
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Chicago, IL (MSO Chicago)............ 2
Long Island Sound (MSO Long Island).. 2
San Francisco Bay (MSO San Francisco) 2
South Texas Coast (MSO Corpus 2
Christi).
Charleston, SC (MSO Charleston)...... \3\ 3
Morgan City, LA (MSO Morgan City).... 3
New York, NY (Activities NY)......... 3
Savannah, GA (MSO Savannah).......... 3
Duluth-Superior (MSO Duluth)......... \3\ 4
Maryland Coastal (MSO Baltimore)..... 4
Eastern Wisconsin (MSO Milwaukee).... 4
Northwest-Puget Sound (MSO Puget 4
Sound).
Region VII RCP (EPA Region VII)...... 4
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CALENDAR YEAR 2005
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Detroit, MI (MSO Detroit)............ 1
Region VIII (EPA Region VIII)........ 1
Boston (MSO Boston).................. 2
Hawaiian Islands (MSO Honolulu)...... 2
South Florida (MSO Miami)............ 2
South Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA (MSO 2
LA/LB).
S. North Carolina (MSO Wilmington)... 3
SW La./SE Texas (MSO Port Arthur).... 3
Tampa, FL (MSO Tampa)................ 3
Region X or EPA Alaska RCP (EPA 4
Region X).
Sault Ste. Marie, MI (MSO Sault Ste. 4
Marie).
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CALENDAR YEAR 2006
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Florida Panhandle (MSO Mobile)....... 1
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SE Alaska (MSO Juneau)............... 1
Buffalo (MSO Buffalo)................ 2
Maine-New Hampshire (MSO Portland, 2
ME).
Philadelphia, PA (MSO Philadelphia).. 2
Region II RCP or Caribbean (EPA 2
Region II).
North Coast (CA) Area (MSO San 3
Francisco).
Region III RCP (EPA Region III)...... 3
Region VI RCP (EPA Region VI)........ 3
Caribbean Area (MSO San Juan)........ 4
Northern Marianas (MSO Guam)......... 4
Western Lake Erie (MSO Toledo)....... 4
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\1\ Quarters: 1 (January-March); 2 (April-June); 3 (July-September); 4
(October-December).
\2\ SONS: 2004 Spill of National Significance Exercise.
\3\ Note: Credit for response in lieu of exercise.
In the first paragraph of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
the October 16, 2003 notice, we erroneously referred to the 2003 PREP
Guidelines booklet. The latest edition available is the 2002 PREP
Guidelines booklet.
Correction
In the Federal Register of October 16, 2003, in FR Doc. 03-26129,
on page 59628, in the first sentence of the second column, correct
``2003'' to read ``2002''.
Dated: January 30, 2004.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security & Environmental
Protection.
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