NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

The Coast Guard is announcing two public meetings to discuss our notice of study entitled “Port Access Route Study: Seacoast of New Jersey including the offshore approaches to the Delaware Bay, Delaware” that was published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2020, (USCG-2020-0172) and our notice of inquiry entitled “Anchorage Grounds; Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean, Delaware” that was published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2019, (USCG-2019-0822). Because the public may have similar comments on both topics we have decided to hold joint public meetings to discuss both notices. To ensure adequate opportunity to address concerns raised at the meetings and any subsequent questions, the Coast Guard is reopening the comment period.

DATES:
Interested members of the public can attend either session, via teleconference, on Thursday October 29, 2020, from 1 p.m.to 3 p.m. or on Wednesday November 4, 2020, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. All comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before November 10, 2020. If you want your comments to be considered before the public meetings, comments must be received by the Coast Guard on or before October 15, 2020.

ADDRESSES:
The public meeting will be held via a web-enabled interactive, online format and teleconference line. To join the web-based meeting and teleconference or to request special accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. on October 20, 2020, to obtain the needed information.

You may submit written comments identified by docket number USCG-2020-0172 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
If you have questions about this notice, call or email Captain Maureen Kallgren, Fifth Coast Guard District, Waterways Management Branch, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (757) 398-6250, email Maureen.R.Kallgren@uscg.mil or Mr. Jerry Barnes, Fifth Coast Guard District, Waterways Management Branch, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (757) 398-6230,email Jerry.R.Barnes@uscg.mil. If you encounter technical difficulties accessing the online meeting please call LTJG John Frank, (757) 398-6298.


J. D. THEEL
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay