[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 6, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-29924] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: December 6, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration [Docket S-916] American President Lines, Ltd; Application for a Waiver of Section 804(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as Amended, To Permit Foreign-Flag Slot Charters American President Lines, Ltd. (APL), by application dated November 21, 1994, requests waiver of the provisions of section 804 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Act), for foreign-flag slot charters by APL on vessels of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), Nedlloyd Lines B.V. (NLL), and Orient Overseas Container Line Inc. (OOCL) pursuant to APL's participation in the Asia-Atlantic Alliance Agreement, a reciprocal slot exchange and coordinated sailing agreement, designated Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) No. 203-011467, and in a Master Slot Charter Agreement, both between APL and MOL/NLL/ OOCL. The geographic scope of the trade in U.S. foreign commerce of the Asia-Atlantic Alliance Agreement is between Japan, Taiwan, and the Pinang-Pusan range in continental Asia and ports on the Atlantic and gulf coasts of the United States via the Panama Canal. The geographic scope of the trade in U.S. foreign commerce of the implementing Master Slot Charter Agreement is between Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan and ports on the Atlantic coast of the United States and the Caribbean via the Panama Canal. All-water service under the Agreement is to be performed entirely with vessels of the three foreign parties. This application may be inspected in the Office of the Secretary, Maritime Administration. Any person, firm, or corporation having any interest in such request within the meaning of section 804 of the Act and desiring to submit comments concerning the application must file written comments in triplicate with the Secretary, Maritime Administration, Room 7210, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590. Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. on December 20, 1994. This notice is published as a matter of discretion and publication should in no way be considered a favorable or unfavorable decision on the application, as filed or as may be amended. The Maritime Administrator will consider any comments submitted and take such action with respect thereto as may be deemed appropriate. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 20.804 (Operating-Differential Subsidies)). Dated: November 30, 1994. By order of the Maritime Administrator. Joel C. Richard, Secretary. [FR Doc. 94-29924 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-81-P