BILLING CODE: 4910-81-P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Decommissioning and Disposition of the National Historic Landmark Nuclear Ship
Savannah; Notice of Cancellation of July Public Meeting
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces that due to scheduling
conflicts, the previously planned July 16, 2024, public meeting of the Peer Review Group (PRG)
will not take place. The next PRG public meeting will take place on September 17, 2024. The
PRG was established pursuant to the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) and its implementing regulations to plan for the decommissioning and disposition of the
Nuclear Ship Savannah (NSS). PRG membership is comprised of officials from the U.S.
Department of Transportation, MARAD, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), and the Maryland State Historic
Preservation Officer (SHPO) and other consulting parties.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erhard W. Koehler, (202) 680-2066 or via
email at marad.history@dot.gov. You may send mail to N.S. Savannah / Savannah Technical
Staff, Pier 13 Canton Marine Terminal, 4601 Newgate Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, ATTN:
Erhard Koehler.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I.

Background
The decommissioning and disposition of the NSS is an Undertaking under Section 106 of

the NHPA. Section 106 requires that federal agencies consider views of the public regarding
their Undertakings; therefore, in 2020, MARAD established a Federal docket at
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/MARAD-2020-0133 to provide public notice about the NSS

Undertaking. The federal docket was also used in 2021 to solicit public comments on the future
uses of the NSS. MARAD is continuing to use this same docket to take in public comment,
share information, and post agency actions.
The NHPA Programmatic Agreement (PA) for the Decommissioning and Disposition of
the NSS is available on the MARAD docket located at www.regulations.gov under docket id
“MARAD-2020-0133.” The PA stipulates a deliberative process by which MARAD will
consider the disposition of the NSS. This process requires MARAD to make an affirmative,
good-faith effort to preserve the NSS. The PA also establishes the PRG in Stipulation II. The
PRG is the mechanism for continuing consultation during the effective period of the PA and its
members consist of the signatories and concurring parties to the PA, as well as other consulting
parties. The PRG members will provide individual input and guidance to MARAD regarding the
implementation of stipulations in the PA.
PRG members and members of the public are invited to provide input by attending bimonthly meetings and reviewing and commenting on deliverables developed as part of the PA.
(Authority: 49 CFR sections 1.81 and 1.93; 36 CFR part 800; 5 U.S.C. 552b.)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 2024-13899 Filed: 6/24/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/25/2024]