[Federal Register: March 18, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 52)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket Number: MARAD-2002-11830]
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 PHOENIX.
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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 April 17, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2002-11830.
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: PHOENIX. Owner: Thomas J. O'Grady.
(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of vessel. According to the
applicant: ``Gross Tonnage 19GRT, Net Tonnage 17NRT, Length 46.1',
Breadth 14.3', Depth 5.8'.''
(3) Intended use for vessel, including geographic region of
intended operation and trade. According to the applicant: I intend to
use this vessel for educational purposes. As an adjunct associate
professor of English and Poet-In-Residence at Hampton-Sydney College I
plan to offer a course on ``Literature of the Sea'' which will entail
using my boat as a classroom not only for discussing Literature but for
teaching Seamanship. I may also use the vessel for paid excursions to
various events along the Chesapeake bay and may use students, during
future summers, to move the boat to Florida for upcoming winter
sailing.'' ``East Coast of the United States from inland waters to 100
miles out.''
(4) Date and Place of construction and (if applicable) rebuilding.
Date of construction: 1982. Place of construction: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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(5) A statement on the impact this waiver will have on other
commercial passenger vessel operators. According to the applicant: ``I
am not aware of any school or person currently offering a course that
combines the study of Literature and Sailing, at least not as I have
devised such a program, although I know there are other Semester at Sea
programs and some certified sailing schools. In any case, my passenger
list will be very small and should not compete.''
(6) A statement on the impact this waiver will have on U.S.
shipyards. According to the applicant: ``None that I can imagine.''
Dated: March 12, 2002.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-6463 Filed 3-15-02; 8:45 am]
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