[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8290-8291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03773]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2017-0894]


2016.1 National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP) 
Guidelines

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard solicits public comment on the regulatory 
analysis of the potential deregulatory savings that may result from the 
revisions proposed in the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines. The Coast Guard also 
continues to seek public comment on

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the revisions proposed in the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines. The Coast Guard 
is publishing this notice on behalf of the Preparedness for Response 
Exercise Program Compliance, Coordination, and Consistency Committee 
(PREP 4C). The PREP 4C includes representatives from the Coast Guard 
under the Department of Homeland Security, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 
under the Department of Transportation, and the Bureau of Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement under the Department of the Interior.

DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast 
Guard on or before March 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2017-0894 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further 
instructions on submitting comments. To view the proposed 2016.1 PREP 
Guidelines and the regulatory analysis of the proposed 2016.1 PREP 
Guidelines, go to http://www.regulations.gov, type ``USCG-2017-0894'' 
and click ``Search.'' Then click ``Open Docket Folder.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the regulatory 
analysis, call Mr. Jonathan Smith, Office of Marine Environmental 
Response Policy, 202-372-2675. For information about the proposed 
2016.1 PREP Guidelines you may call: For Coast Guard: Mr. Jonathan 
Smith, Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy, 202-372-2675. 
For EPA: Mr. Troy Swackhammer, Office of Emergency Management, 
Regulations Implementation Division, 202-564-1966. For BSEE/DOI: Mr. 
John Caplis, Oil Spill Preparedness Division, 703-787-1364. For PHMSA/
DOT: Mr. Eddie Murphy, Office of Pipeline Safety, 202-366-4595.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard encourages you to submit comments on the proposed 
2016.1 PREP Guidelines and the regulatory analysis of the potential 
deregulatory savings that may result from the revisions proposed in the 
2016.1 PREP Guidelines. If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number for this notice, indicate the specific section of this 
document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each 
suggestion or recommendation.
    We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be 
submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice of availability 
and request for comments for alternate instructions. Documents 
mentioned in this notice, and all public comments, will be available in 
our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov, and can be viewed by 
following that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the 
online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will be notified when 
comments are posted or if a final rule is published.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the 
docket, visit http://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice.

Background

    On December 22, 2017, on behalf of the Preparedness for Response 
Exercise Program Compliance, Coordination, and Consistency Committee 
(PREP 4C), we published for public comment the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines 
(82 FR 60693). The revisions proposed in the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines 
constitute the first change to the 2016 PREP Guidelines. In this 
notice, we seek public comment on the regulatory analysis of the 
potential deregulatory savings that may result from the revisions 
proposed in the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines. Additionally, throughout the 
public comment period for the regulatory analysis of the 2016.1 PREP 
Guidelines, we will continue to accept comments that directly pertain 
to the revisions proposed in the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines. These 
revisions are detailed in a new ``Record of Changes'' that we have 
incorporated into the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines. The 2016.1 PREP 
Guidelines are available for review in docket USCG-2017-0894, as 
described in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
    This notice is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 33 
U.S.C. 1225, 1231, 1321(j), and 2735.

Joseph B. Loring,
Captain, Chief of the Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy.
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