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[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 66122]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 167

[USCG-2007-0057]

 
Port Access Route Study of Potential Vessel Routing Measures To 
Reduce Vessel Strikes of North Atlantic Right Whales; Correction

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of study; request for comments; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is correcting a notice of study and request 
for comments that appeared in the Federal Register on November 19, 2007 
(72 FR 64968). That notice informed the public the Coast Guard is 
conducting a Port Access Route Study (PARS) on the area east and south 
of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to include the northern right whale 
critical habitat, mandatory ship reporting system area, and the Great 
South Channel including Georges Bank out to the exclusive economic zone 
(EEZ) boundary. The purpose of the PARS is to analyze potential vessel 
routing measures that might help reduce ship strikes with the highly 
endangered North Atlantic right whale while minimizing any adverse 
effects on vessel operations. The recommendations of the study will 
inform the Coast Guard and may lead to appropriate international 
actions.

DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management 
Facility on or before January 18, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on the notice of 
study, call Mr. George Detweiler, Coast Guard Division of Navigation 
Systems, 202-372-1566, or send e-mail to George.H.Detweiler@uscg.mil. 
If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, 
call Ms. Renee K. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 
202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Federal Register Volume 72, Number 222, 
appearing on page 64969 on Monday, November 19, 2007, the following 
correction is made:
    1. On page 64969, in the third column, under ``What are the 
timeline, study area, and processes of this PARS?'', remove the words 
``and must be completed by December 2007.''

    Dated: November 20, 2007.
Stefan G. Venckus,
Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, United States 
Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. E7-23050 Filed 11-26-07; 8:45 am]

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