[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 2108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00418]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0047]


Port Access Route Study: Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and 
Massachusetts

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft report; extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On January 3, 2023, the Coast Guard published a notice 
announcing the availability of a draft report of an Approaches to 
Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study 
(MNMPARS). The notice we sent to the Office of the Federal Register 
provided for a 30-day comment period. But when the notice was published 
it listed a past date, February 2, 2022, as the end of the comment 
period. This document extends the intended comment period to a full 30 
days from the date of publication of this notice. The Coast Guard seeks 
comments on the content, proposed routing measures, and development of 
the report. The recommendations of MNMPARS study may lead to future 
rulemakings or appropriate international agreements.

DATES: All comments and related material on the notice published at 88 
FR 83 on January 3, 2022, must be received on or before February 13, 
2023. Commenters should be aware that the electronic Federal Docket 
Management System will not accept comments after midnight, Eastern 
Daylight Time, on the last day of the comment period.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2022-0047 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov). See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further 
instructions on viewing the draft report and submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice, call or email LTJG Thomas Davis, First Coast Guard District 
(dpw), U.S. Coast Guard: telephone (617) 223-8632, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 3, 2023, the Coast Guard 
published a notice announcing the availability of a draft report of an 
Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route 
Study (MNMPARS) (88 FR 83). While the public inspection version of the 
notice (https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-28482.pdf) 
provided a 30-day comment period notice, the DATES section of that 
published notice stated that comments and related material must be 
received on or before ``February 2, 2022.'' Because this was a past 
date, regulations.gov did not accept comments in our online docket. We 
attempted to get the Office of the Federal Register to correct but a 
correction has not yet been published.
    If we were to simply correct the end of the comment period date in 
the document published January 3, 2023, that would not provide a full 
comment period. To provide those interested in commenting on the report 
a full 30-day comment period, the Coast Guard is extending the comment 
period to February 13, 2023. If the Office of the Federal Register 
issues a correction to the date in the January 3, 2022 notice, that 
will not impact this extension of the comment period. You will have 
from January 12, 2023 (if not earlier) to February 13, 2023.
    The draft report is available at this specific address in the 
docket: https://www.regulations.gov/document/USCG-2022-0047-0044. This 
notice is published under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).

    Dated: January 6, 2023.
James E. McLeod,
Acting Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law.
[FR Doc. 2023-00418 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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