Areas Unusually Sensitive to Environmental Damage

Passage 1[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 131 (Monday, July 10, 1995)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 35549] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-16811] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Research and Special Programs Administration Areas Unusually Sensitive to Environmental Damage AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice extends the comment period for the public workshop notice on areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage which RSPA published May 26, 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments by August 25, 1995. ADDRESSES: Written comments must be submitted in duplicate and mailed or hand delivered to the Dockets Unit, Room 8421, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Please refer to the docket and notice numbers stated in the heading of this notice. All comments and materials cited in this document will be available for inspection and copying in Room 8421 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. each business day. Non-federal employee visitors are admitted into the DOT headquarters building through the southwest entrance at Seventh and E Streets, SW. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Sames, (202) 366-4561, about this document, or the Dockets Unit, (202) 366-5046, for copies of this document or other materials in the docket.#

Passage 2SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15 and 16, 1995, RSPA held a public workshop on unusually sensitive environmental areas. The workshop's purpose was to openly discuss the criteria being considered by RSPA to determine areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage from a hazardous liquid pipeline release. The criteria are needed to carry out statutory requirements. RSPA requested that persons unable to attend the workshop submit written comments by June 26, 1995. The American Petroleum Institute (API) sent a letter to the docket requesting a 60 day extension be granted for comment to the notice announcing the public workshop on areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage (60 FR 27948). API stated that an extension was necessary to allow its members time to review the information in the notice, to evaluate the potential value of the approach, and to prepare comments for RSPA's consideration. RSPA has decided the 60 day extension to the public comment period is reasonable to allow API and others to evaluate and respond to the information presented in the public workshop notice. The comment period will therefore be extended to close on August 25, 1995. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60102, 60108, 60109; 49 CFR 1.53 and Appendix A to part 106. Issued in Washington, DC on July 3, 1995. Cesar De Leon, Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. [FR Doc. 95-16811 Filed 7-7-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-60-P#