[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2837-2838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00703]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the Federal
Maritime Commission Chairman's Earth Day Award
SUBJECT: As authorized by the America COMPETES Act Reauthorization Act
of 2011, Public Law 111-358, the Federal Maritime Commission's Maritime
Environmental Committee (MEC) announces the FMC Chairman's Earth Day
Award. This award seeks to recognize members of the maritime
transportation industry for innovations and successes in developing
environmentally sustainable shipping practices. Specifically, this
award will seek to highlight technologies, programs, or practices of
the maritime transportation industry that, through efficiency or
innovation, benefit our environment.
Eligibility:
The Chairman's Earth Day Award is open to participants that meet
the following requirements:
(1) In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and
maintain a primary place of business in the United States.
(2) In the case of an individual, whether participating singly or
in a group, shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United
States.
(3) Shall not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within
the scope of their employment.
Criteria:
At the end of the submission period, eligible submissions will be
evaluated by members of the MEC based on the following criteria:
(1) Programs or practices that provide an environmental benefit or
reduction in environmental harm, including but not limited to efforts
that encourage a reduction in emissions or pollutants.
(2) Programs or practices that are sustainable and also serve as
models for others to follow or replicate.
(3) Efforts that increase the public's awareness of the maritime
transportation industry's efforts to protect the environment.
DATES: Important Dates for this award are:
Submission Period Begins: January 13, 2014.
Submission Period Ends: March 10, 2014.
Registration process:
Submissions should include a title and a description of the program
or practice in the form of a document (5 page maximum) or a slide
presentation (10 slides maximum). A web address for the program or
practice along with pictures and video are optional but helpful. Email
submissions to [email protected] are preferred, but submissions can be
mailed to the following address: Mary Hoang, Federal Maritime
Commission, 800 North Capitol St. NW., Washington, DC 20573.
Award:
At the end of the submission period, all eligible entries will be
reviewed by members of the MEC. This is a non-monetary award and no
prize money or funding will be distributed to the award winner. This is
an award of recognition and past winners have been presented with a
commemorative plaque at Commission headquarters in Washington, DC.
General conditions:
The Chairman reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify
the award process, or any part of it, for any reason, at the Chairman's
sole discretion. No rights are created by this
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announcement, the award process, or the determination of the award,
which will be decided at the sole discretion of the Chairman, based
upon the recommendation of the MEC.
Additional information:
The award winner may not claim FMC or MEC endorsement. This award
does not constitute an endorsement of a specific product, program or
practice by the FMC, MEC, or the U.S. Federal Government.
For more information about the FMC and the Chairman's Earth Day
Award, please contact Mary Hoang at 202-521-5733 or visit: http://www.fmc.gov/news/maritime_environmental_issues.aspx.
Rachel Dickon,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-00703 Filed 1-15-14; 8:45 am]
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