[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28044-28045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11838]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2015-0061]
Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws:
Vessel ZUIMACO; Invitation for Public Comments
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of
Transportation,
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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 brief description of the proposed service, is
listed below.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2015-0061.
Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket
Clerk, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. You may also send comments electronically via the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 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://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Williams, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Room W23-453, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-0903, Email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel ZUIMACO is:
Intended Commercial Use Of Vessel: ``Sailing charters with an
emphasis on customizing our clients needs and time schedule. Charters
offered to any type of group; couples, friends, families and corporate
retreats. A first class charter experience that strives on safety and
focuses on allowing clients to see the natural beauty of their
surroundings.''
Geographic Region: Florida, North Carolina, New York,
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, California, Hawaii. The complete
application is given in DOT docket MARAD-2015-0061 at http://www.regulations.gov. 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, in accordance with 46
U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR part 388, 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 in that
business, a waiver will not be granted. 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.
Privacy Act
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: May 11, 2015.
Thomas M. Hudson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-11838 Filed 5-14-15; 8:45 am]
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