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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]
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