[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-2129] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: January 31, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration [Docket No. S-904] Applications, Hearings, Determinations, etc.; Lachmar Northstar Shipping, Inc., c/o Dyer, Ellis, Joseph & Mills, Watergate, suite 1000, 600 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, the holder of Operating-Differential Subsidy Agreement, Contract MA/ MSB-421, filed an application dated December 14, 1993, with the Maritime Administration (MARAD), requesting approval for the assignment and transfer of Contract MA/MSB-421 to Lachmar under the provisions of section 608 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Act), and Article II-16 of Contract MA/MSB-421. Lachmar, P.O. Box 6327, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 70606 filed an application with MARAD on December 14, 1993, requesting operating- differential subsidy under Contract MA/MSB-421 for assistance in the operation of the LNG vessels LAKE CHARLES and LOUISIANA in the foreign trade. The LAKE CHARLES was delivered on May 15, 1980, and the LOUISIANA on September 25, 1980. Contract MA/MSB-421 expires on December 31, 1997. Lachmar requests approval under section 605(c), section 601, and other provisions of the Act for financial aid in the operation of the LAKE CHARLES and LOUISIANA under Contract MA/MSB-421 in an essential service in the foreign commerce of the United States. Lachmar also requests approval for the modification of Contract MA/MSB- 421 to permit the worldwide transportation of LNG in bulk. The partners of Lachmar are Morgas, Inc., Pantheon, Inc., and Pelmar Company, wholly owned subsidiaries of Panhandle Eastern Corporation. These applications may be inspected in the Office of the Secretary, Maritime Administration. Any person, firm, or corporation having any interest in Lachmar's application and desiring to submit comments on issues pertinent to section 605(c) of the Act must file written comments in triplicate, to the Secretary, Maritime Administration, room 7300, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, by the close of business 5 p.m. on Feb. 15, 1994. The Maritime Subsidy Board will consider any comments submitted and take such actions with respect thereto as may be deemed appropriate. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 20.804 Operating-Differential Subsidies (ODS)) Dated: January 26, 1994. By Order of the Maritime Administrator. James E. Saari, Secretary. [FR Doc. 94-2129 Filed 1-28-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-81-m