[Federal Register: August 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 161)]
[Notices]
[Page 54014]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket Number: MARAD-2002-13148]
Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Invitation for public comments on a requested administrative
waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel ANDIAMO.
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SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383, the Secretary of
Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD),
is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the
coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver
has been received by MARAD. The vessel, and a description of the
proposed service, is listed below. Interested parties may comment on
the effect this action may have on U.S. vessel builders or businesses
in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD determines that in
accordance with Pub. L. 105-383 and MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR part
388 (65 FR 6905; February 11, 2000) that the issuance of the waiver
will have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a
business that uses U.S.-flag vessels, a waiver will not be granted.
DATES: Submit comments on or before September 19, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2002-13148.
Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket
Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Department of Transportation, 400
7th St., SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You may also send comments
electronically via the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All
comments will become part of this docket and will be available for
inspection and copying at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
E.T., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. An electronic
version of this document and all documents entered into this docket is
available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Dunn, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime Administration, MAR-832, Room 7201, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-2307.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of Pub. L. 105-383 provides
authority to the Secretary of Transportation to administratively waive
the U.S.-build requirements of the Jones Act, and other statutes, for
small commercial passenger vessels (no more than 12 passengers). This
authority has been delegated to the Maritime Administration per 49 CFR
1.66, Delegations to the Maritime Administrator, as amended. By this
notice, MARAD is publishing information on a vessel for which a request
for a U.S.-build waiver has been received, and for which MARAD requests
comments from interested parties. Comments should refer to the docket
number of this notice and the vessel name in order for MARAD to
properly consider the comments. Comments should also state the
commenter's interest in the waiver application, and address the waiver
criteria given in Sec. 388.4 of MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR part 388.
Vessel Proposed for Waiver of the U.S.-build Requirement
(1) Name of vessel and owner for which waiver is requested. Name of
vessel: ANDIAMO. Owner: Andiamo, LLC.
(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of vessel. According to the
applicant: ``The vessel is 44 feet in length, 23 feet in breadth, and
is designed to carry 8 persons in four cabins. The gross and net
tonnages are 16 and 14 tons, respectively.''
(3) Intended use for vessel, including geographic region of
intended operation and trade. According to the applicant: ``The
intended use of the vessel is to engage in crewed chartered operations
for hire for no more than 12 passengers on the east coast of the United
States from Maine to Florida, including the inland waters of the
Chesapeake Bay.'' ``Also * * * Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands''
(4) Date and Place of construction and (if applicable) rebuilding.
Date of construction: 1995. Place of construction: France.
(5) A statement on the impact this waiver will have on other
commercial passenger vessel operators. According to the applicant:
``This waiver will have negligible impact on other commercial passenger
vessel operators. The crewed charter yacht business is concentrated in
the U.S. and British Virgin Islands where over 300 such yachts are
engaged in the charter business primarily during the winter and spring
months, November to May. Few of these boats return to the continental
United States during the summer months to offer their services. As a
result, the demand for charter boats in the United States exceeds the
available supply * * *''
(6) A statement on the impact this waiver will have on U.S.
shipyards. According to the applicant: ``This waiver will have a
positive impact on U.S. shipyards. Any increase in the number of crewed
charter boats operating in U.S. waters will necessarily result in more
repair and refitting work for U.S. shipyards. Charter boats require
substantial repairs and maintenance each year because of the harsh
marine environment in which they work. * * * any increase in the
charter business in U.S. continental waters will increase the need for
work performed by U.S. shipyards.''
Dated: August 15, 2002.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-21159 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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