82 FR 25221 - Regulatory Reform Initiative
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 104 (June 1, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 104 (June 1, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-11321 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 25221-25223] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-11321] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 46 CFR Parts 515, 520, 525, 530, 531, 532, 535, 540 and 565 [Docket No. 17-04] RIN 3072-AC69 Regulatory Reform Initiative AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission. ACTION: Notice of inquiry. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission) is issuing this Inquiry to solicit information and comments in an effort to identify existing FMC regulations that are outdated, unnecessary, ineffective, eliminate jobs or inhibit job creation, impose costs that exceed benefits, or otherwise interfere with regulatory reform initiatives and policies. This action is taken in conjunction with Executive Order 13777, ``Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.'' DATES: Comments are due July 5, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:Email: [email protected]. Include in the subject line: ``Docket No. 17-04, Regulatory Reform Initiative.'' Comments should be attached to the email as a Microsoft Word or text-searchable PDF document. Only non-confidential comments and public versions of confidential comments should be submitted by email. Comments containing confidential information should not be submitted by email. Mail: Rachel E. Dickon, Assistant Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Ste. 1046, Washington, DC 20573-0001. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents and comments received, go to the Commission's Electronic Reading Room at: http://www.fmc.gov/17-04. Confidential Information: If your comments contain confidential information, you must submit the following: A transmittal letter requesting confidential treatment that identifies the specific information in the comments for which protection is sought and demonstrates that the information is a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information. A confidential copy of your comments, consisting of the complete filing with a cover page marked ``Confidential-Restricted,'' and the confidential material clearly marked on each page. You should submit the confidential copy to the Commission by mail. A public version of your comments with the confidential information excluded. The public version must state ``Public Version-- confidential materials excluded'' on the cover page and on each affected page, and must clearly indicate any information withheld. You may submit the public version to the Commission by email or mail. The Commission will provide confidential treatment for the identified confidential information to the extent allowed by law. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding submitting comments or the treatment of confidential information, contact Rachel E. Dickon, Assistant Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Ste. 1046, Washington, DC 20573-0001. Phone: (202) 523-5725. Email: [email protected]. For all other questions, contact Karen V. Gregory, Managing Director, [[Page 25222]] Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Room 1018, Washington, DC 20573-0001. Phone: (202) 523-5800. Email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 24, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda (E.O. or E.O. 13777). 82 FR 12285 (March 1, 2017). This E.O. follows closely upon the President's previous E.O. concerning government regulations, E.O. 13771, Reducing Regulations and Controlling Regulatory Costs. 82 FR 9339 (February 3, 2017). Among other issues, E.O. 13777 directs the head of most Federal agencies to designate an agency official as its Regulatory Reform Officer (RRO), who will ``oversee the implementation of regulatory reform initiatives and policies to ensure that agencies effectively carry out regulatory reforms.'' Independent regulatory agencies such as the Commission are not subject to E.O. 13777, however they are encouraged to comply. OMB Memorandum M-17-23, Guidance on Regulatory Reform Accountability under Executive Order 13777, titled ``Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,'' issued April 28, 2017. On March 13, 2017, Acting Chairman Michael A. Khouri designated the agency's Managing Director, Karen V. Gregory, to serve as Regulatory Reform Officer. E.O. 13777 directs Federal agencies subject to the E.O. to establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force (Task Force), consisting of the Agency RRO and other designated agency officials, which will evaluate existing regulations and make recommendations to the agency head concerning their repeal, replacement, or modification. The FMC's Task Force is charged with evaluating existing regulations to ``make recommendations to the agency head regarding their repeal, replacement, or modification.'' Further, the E.O. directs each Task Force to attempt to identify regulations that: Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job creation; are outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective; impose costs that exceed benefits; or create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with regulatory reform initiatives and policies. Within 90 days of the E.O., the Task Force is directed to provide a report to the agency head detailing the agency's progress towards the goals of implementing regulatory reform and identifying regulations for repeal, replacement, or modification. The designation of a Regulatory Reform Officer and establishment of a Regulatory Reform Task Force is consistent with the intent of E.O. 13777 and E.O. 13771, the deregulatory spirit of the Shipping Act as amended by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998, and agency regulatory review initiatives ongoing since November 4, 2011. Building on Executive Orders of both the prior and current Administrations, the Commission is in the process of identifying those regulations that are the most ineffective, would be the easiest to repeal, and would lend themselves to a definitive timeline within the agency to move those items to a vote before the Commission. Commission Action The Commission invites comment and information from all members of the interested public, including ocean common carriers, marine terminal operators, ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs), tariff publishers, surety companies, exporters, importers, and beneficial cargo owners, on ways to make the Commission's regulations less burdensome and more effective in achieving the objectives of the Shipping Act. The Commission specifically requests comments and current information or data on any (or all) of the following areas of FMC programs and regulations: 46 CFR Part 515 Licensing, Financial Responsibility Requirements and General Duties for Ocean Transportation Intermediaries Under this program, the Commission reviews all applications for OTI Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) and OTI Ocean Freight Forwarder licenses and, after investigation, may issue a license to qualified applicants. After approval, OTI licenses are issued to applicants upon receipt of acceptable proof of financial responsibility, usually in the form of a surety bond. When appropriate, the Office recommends denial. The Commission also manages the Regulated Persons Index as to parties licensed or registered with the Commission, receives and processes all OTI bonds and bond riders, registers foreign-based unlicensed NVOCCs, and provides for renewal of OTI licenses and registrations every three years. Interested parties may wish to review the record and Final Rule in FMC Docket No. 13-05, Amendments to Regulations Governing Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licensing and Financial Responsibility Requirements, and General Duties, (Final Rule published at 80 FR 68721 (Nov. 5, 2015), as corrected at 81 FR 4592 (Jan. 27, 2016); rulemaking record available at www.fmc.gov/13-05/). 46 CFR Part 520 Carrier Automated Tariffs Under this program, the Commission reviews carrier-published tariff systems under the accessibility and accuracy standards of the Shipping Act of 1984, reviews published tariff material for compliance with the Shipping Act's requirements, and responds to inquiries or issues that arise concerning tariff rates, rules and practices. The Commission also acts upon applications for special permission to deviate from tariff publishing rules and regulations and recommends Commission action on specific problems and concerns regarding the publication of tariffs. The Commission publishes the location of all VOCC and NVOCC tariffs online. 46 CFR Part 525 Marine Terminal Operator Schedules The Commission's program under 46 CFR part 525 provides that a Marine Terminal Operator (MTO) may make available a schedule of its rates, regulations, and practices to the public at its discretion. A complete and current set of schedules of rates, regulations, and practices must be maintained for five years, and made available to the Commission upon request. MTOs who currently publish a schedule are identified through Form FMC-1 and the RPI. The Commission separately publishes the location of those terminal schedules available to the public. 46 CFR Part 530 Service Contracts The Shipping Act allows ocean common carriers, either individually or through agreements, to negotiate and execute service contracts with one or more shippers or shippers' associations. Under service contracts, shippers make a commitment to provide a certain volume or portion of cargo over a fixed period of time and carriers commit to a specified rate and a defined service level. These contracts are filed confidentially with the Commission, and are maintained in the Commission's SERVCON system. A concise statement of certain contract essential terms, i.e., commodity or commodities involved, minimum volume or portion, duration, and origin and destination port ranges, is required to be published in the carrier's tariffs. The Commission monitors service contract filings for acts prohibited by the Shipping Act of 1984. Original [[Page 25223]] signed service contracts, amendments, and associated records must be maintained for five years from the termination of the contract and be made available to the Commission for audit upon request. An FMC- developed Web Service allows VOCCs to incorporate the filing of service contracts into their own contract management systems. Interested parties may wish to review the record and Final Rule in FMC Docket No. 16-05, Amendments to Regulations Governing Service Contracts and NVOCC Service Arrangements (Final Rule published at 82 FR 16288 (Apr. 4, 2017); rulemaking record available at http://www.fmc.gov/16-05/). 46 CFR Part 531 NVOCC Service Arrangements NVOCCs that are in compliance with the Commission's licensing and financial responsibility requirements (46 CFR part 515) may enter into an NVOCC Service Arrangement (NSA) with one or more NSA Shippers. An NSA is the NVOCC functional equivalent to a service contract. NSAs are filed confidentially with the Commission, and maintained in the FMC's SERVCON system. Interested parties may wish to review the record and Final Rule in FMC Docket No. 16-05, Amendments to Regulations Governing Service Contracts and NVOCC Service Arrangements (Final Rule published at 82 FR 16288 (Apr. 4, 2017); rulemaking record available at http://www.fmc.gov/16-05/). 46 CFR Part 532 NVOCC Negotiated Rate Arrangements NVOCCs may enter into an NVOCC Negotiated Rate Arrangement (NRA), which are exempt from certain tariff rate publication requirements. NRAs are written arrangements between a shipper and a licensed or registered NVOCC to provide specific transportation service for a stated cargo quantity, from origin to destination, on and after a stated date or within a defined time frame. If an NVOCC uses NRAs, it need not publish that rate in the tariff it makes available to the public. Unlike service contracts and NSAs, NRAs are not filed with the Commission, but are maintained in private electronic systems. 46 CFR Part 535 Ocean Common Carrier and Marine Terminal Operator Agreements Subject to the Shipping Act of 1984 The Commission reviews agreements involving ocean common carriers and marine terminal operators under the standards of the Shipping Act of 1984. More specifically, the Commission has responsibility for competition review and market analysis, focusing on activity that is substantially anticompetitive under the standards of section 6(g) of the Shipping Act of 1984. In this regard, the Commission administers a variety of monitoring programs and other research efforts, designed to track relevant competitive and economic activity in major U.S. trade lanes and apprise the Commission of emerging commercial trends and carrier pricing and service activities. The Commission's agreement program activities consist of processing carrier and marine terminal operator agreement filings; making appropriate recommendations on the disposition of filed agreements, administering Monitoring Report filing requirements, and reviewing agreement meeting minutes and reports; and maintaining an agreement database that contains pertinent information on each ocean common carrier and marine terminal operator agreement filed with the Commission. A rulemaking proceeding is currently pending as to agreement filing requirements and processing. See FMC Docket No. 16-04, Ocean Common Carrier and Marine Terminal Operator Agreements Subject to the Shipping Act of 1984, (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published at 81 FR 53986 (Aug. 15, 2016); rulemaking record available at www.fmc.gov/16-04/). Parties are encouraged to review that rulemaking proceeding before filing comments to this Notice of Inquiry. 46 CFR Part 540 Passenger Vessel Financial Responsibility Under this program, the Commission issues certificates to operators of passenger vessels (PVOs) with berths for 50 or more passengers and that embark passengers from U.S. ports. The Certificate (Performance) evidences that the PVO has on file with the Commission acceptable coverage to satisfy any liability incurred for nonperformance of transportation, such as when a PVO declares bankruptcy and fails to complete the cruises booked. The coverage is used to reimburse passengers when the PVO fails to perform cruises as contracted and has taken no further actions to refund passengers. The Certificate (Casualty) evidences that the PVO has acceptable coverage on file with the Commission to satisfy any liability incurred for death or injury during a cruise. For additional information, please see the record and Final Rule in FMC Docket No. 11-16, Passenger Vessel Operator Financial Responsibility Requirements for Nonperformance of Transportation, (Final Rule published at 78 FR 13268 (Feb. 27, 2013); rulemaking record available at www.fmc.gov/11-16/). 46 CFR Part 565 Controlled Carriers The Commission maintains a program of reviewing the reasonableness of the rates of carriers operating in the U.S.-foreign trades that are owned or controlled by foreign governments. Special regulatory oversight is exercised by the Commission to ensure that controlled carriers, whose marketplace decision-making can be influenced by foreign governmental priorities or by their access to non-market sources of capital, do not engage in unreasonable below-market pricing practices which could disrupt trade or harm privately-owned shipping companies. The Commission periodically publishes an updated list of controlled carriers. [Please see http://www.fmc.gov/about/controlled_carrier_list.aspx] With respect to any Part of the Commission's regulations set forth above, any individual regulation thereunder, or any section or subsection of such regulations, interested parties are asked to submit written comments that: (1) Identify the particular FMC regulation or program believed burdensome or ineffective; (2) provide details as to how the FMC program imposes unnecessary costs or burdens upon your business; and (3) indicate the manner by which the program or particular requirement should best be repealed, replaced, or modified. The FMC requests that comments be as specific as possible and include any supporting data or other helpful information in order to assist the Commission with its review. By the Commission. Rachel E. Dickon, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-11321 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6731-AA-P
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IV. Incorporation by Reference application of those requirements would ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
In this rule, the EPA is proposing to be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act; by either of the following methods:
include in a final EPA rule regulatory and • Email: secretary@fmc.gov. Include
text that includes incorporation by • Does not provide the EPA with the in the subject line: ‘‘Docket No. 17–04,
reference. In accordance with discretionary authority to address, as Regulatory Reform Initiative.’’
requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is appropriate, disproportionate human Comments should be attached to the
proposing to incorporate by reference health or environmental effects, using email as a Microsoft Word or text-
the ADEQ rule listed in Table 1 of this practicable and legally permissible searchable PDF document. Only non-
preamble. The EPA has made, and will methods, under Executive Order 12898 confidential comments and public
continue to make, these materials (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). versions of confidential comments
available through www.regulations.gov In addition, the SIP is not approved to should be submitted by email.
and at the EPA Region IX Office (please apply on any Indian reservation land or Comments containing confidential
contact the person identified in the FOR in any other area where the EPA or an information should not be submitted by
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of Indian tribe has demonstrated that a email.
this preamble for more information). tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of • Mail: Rachel E. Dickon, Assistant
Indian country, the rule does not have Secretary, Federal Maritime
V. Statutory and Executive Order tribal implications and will not impose Commission, 800 North Capitol Street
Reviews substantial direct costs on tribal NW., Ste. 1046, Washington, DC 20573–
Under the CAA, the EPA governments or preempt tribal law as 0001.
Administrator is required to approve a specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 Docket: For access to the docket to
SIP submission that complies with the FR 67249, November 9, 2000). read background documents and
provisions of the Act and applicable comments received, go to the
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 Commission’s Electronic Reading Room
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP Environmental protection, at: http://www.fmc.gov/17-04.
submissions, the EPA’s role is to Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential Information: If your
approve state choices, provided that Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, comments contain confidential
they meet the criteria of the Act. Incorporation by reference, information, you must submit the
Accordingly, this action merely Intergovernmental relations, Lead, following:
approves state law as meeting Federal Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate • A transmittal letter requesting
requirements and does not impose matter, Reporting and recordkeeping confidential treatment that identifies the
additional requirements beyond those requirements, Sulfur dioxide, Volatile specific information in the comments
imposed by state law. For that reason, organic compounds. for which protection is sought and
this action: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
demonstrates that the information is a
• Is not a significant regulatory action trade secret or other confidential
Dated: May 16, 2017. research, development, or commercial
subject to review by the Office of
Alexis Strauss, information.
Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. • A confidential copy of your
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, [FR Doc. 2017–10946 Filed 5–31–17; 8:45 am] comments, consisting of the complete
January 21, 2011); BILLING CODE 6560–50–P filing with a cover page marked
• Does not impose an information ‘‘Confidential-Restricted,’’ and the
collection burden under the provisions confidential material clearly marked on
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 each page. You should submit the
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U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); confidential copy to the Commission by
• Is certified as not having a 46 CFR Parts 515, 520, 525, 530, 531, mail.
significant economic impact on a 532, 535, 540 and 565 • A public version of your comments
substantial number of small entities with the confidential information
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 [Docket No. 17–04] excluded. The public version must state
U.S.C. 601 et seq.); ‘‘Public Version—confidential materials
RIN 3072–AC69 excluded’’ on the cover page and on
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely each affected page, and must clearly
Regulatory Reform Initiative
affect small governments, as described indicate any information withheld. You
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission. may submit the public version to the
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); ACTION: Notice of inquiry. Commission by email or mail.
• Does not have Federalism The Commission will provide
implications as specified in Executive SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime confidential treatment for the identified
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, Commission (FMC or Commission) is confidential information to the extent
1999); issuing this Inquiry to solicit allowed by law.
• Is not an economically significant information and comments in an effort FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
regulatory action based on health or to identify existing FMC regulations that questions regarding submitting
safety risks subject to Executive Order are outdated, unnecessary, ineffective, comments or the treatment of
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13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); eliminate jobs or inhibit job creation, confidential information, contact Rachel
• Is not a significant regulatory action impose costs that exceed benefits, or E. Dickon, Assistant Secretary, Federal
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR otherwise interfere with regulatory Maritime Commission, 800 North
28355, May 22, 2001); reform initiatives and policies. This Capitol Street NW., Ste. 1046,
• Is not subject to requirements of action is taken in conjunction with Washington, DC 20573–0001. Phone:
section 12(d) of the National Executive Order 13777, ‘‘Enforcing the (202) 523–5725. Email: secretary@
Technology Transfer and Advancement Regulatory Reform Agenda.’’ fmc.gov. For all other questions, contact
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because DATES: Comments are due July 5, 2017. Karen V. Gregory, Managing Director,
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signed service contracts, amendments, 46 CFR Part 535 Ocean Common passengers when the PVO fails to
and associated records must be Carrier and Marine Terminal Operator perform cruises as contracted and has
maintained for five years from the Agreements Subject to the Shipping Act taken no further actions to refund
termination of the contract and be made of 1984 passengers. The Certificate (Casualty)
available to the Commission for audit The Commission reviews agreements evidences that the PVO has acceptable
upon request. An FMC-developed Web involving ocean common carriers and coverage on file with the Commission to
Service allows VOCCs to incorporate the marine terminal operators under the satisfy any liability incurred for death or
filing of service contracts into their own standards of the Shipping Act of 1984. injury during a cruise.
contract management systems. More specifically, the Commission has For additional information, please see
Interested parties may wish to review responsibility for competition review the record and Final Rule in FMC
the record and Final Rule in FMC and market analysis, focusing on Docket No. 11–16, Passenger Vessel
activity that is substantially Operator Financial Responsibility
Docket No. 16–05, Amendments to
anticompetitive under the standards of Requirements for Nonperformance of
Regulations Governing Service
section 6(g) of the Shipping Act of 1984. Transportation, (Final Rule published at
Contracts and NVOCC Service In this regard, the Commission 78 FR 13268 (Feb. 27, 2013); rulemaking
Arrangements (Final Rule published at administers a variety of monitoring record available at www.fmc.gov/
82 FR 16288 (Apr. 4, 2017); rulemaking programs and other research efforts, 11-16/).
record available at http://www.fmc.gov/ designed to track relevant competitive
16-05/). and economic activity in major U.S. 46 CFR Part 565 Controlled Carriers
46 CFR Part 531 NVOCC Service trade lanes and apprise the Commission The Commission maintains a program
Arrangements of emerging commercial trends and of reviewing the reasonableness of the
carrier pricing and service activities. rates of carriers operating in the U.S.-
NVOCCs that are in compliance with The Commission’s agreement program foreign trades that are owned or
the Commission’s licensing and activities consist of processing carrier controlled by foreign governments.
financial responsibility requirements and marine terminal operator agreement Special regulatory oversight is exercised
(46 CFR part 515) may enter into an filings; making appropriate by the Commission to ensure that
NVOCC Service Arrangement (NSA) recommendations on the disposition of controlled carriers, whose marketplace
filed agreements, administering decision-making can be influenced by
with one or more NSA Shippers. An
Monitoring Report filing requirements, foreign governmental priorities or by
NSA is the NVOCC functional and reviewing agreement meeting
equivalent to a service contract. NSAs their access to non-market sources of
minutes and reports; and maintaining capital, do not engage in unreasonable
are filed confidentially with the an agreement database that contains
Commission, and maintained in the below-market pricing practices which
pertinent information on each ocean could disrupt trade or harm privately-
FMC’s SERVCON system. common carrier and marine terminal owned shipping companies.
Interested parties may wish to review operator agreement filed with the
Commission. The Commission periodically
the record and Final Rule in FMC
A rulemaking proceeding is currently publishes an updated list of controlled
Docket No. 16–05, Amendments to
pending as to agreement filing carriers. [Please see http://www.fmc.gov/
Regulations Governing Service about/controlled_carrier_list.aspx]
Contracts and NVOCC Service requirements and processing. See FMC
Docket No. 16–04, Ocean Common With respect to any Part of the
Arrangements (Final Rule published at
Carrier and Marine Terminal Operator Commission’s regulations set forth
82 FR 16288 (Apr. 4, 2017); rulemaking
Agreements Subject to the Shipping Act above, any individual regulation
record available at http://www.fmc.gov/
of 1984, (Notice of Proposed thereunder, or any section or subsection
16-05/). Rulemaking published at 81 FR 53986 of such regulations, interested parties
46 CFR Part 532 NVOCC Negotiated (Aug. 15, 2016); rulemaking record are asked to submit written comments
Rate Arrangements available at www.fmc.gov/16-04/). that: (1) Identify the particular FMC
Parties are encouraged to review that regulation or program believed
NVOCCs may enter into an NVOCC rulemaking proceeding before filing burdensome or ineffective; (2) provide
Negotiated Rate Arrangement (NRA), comments to this Notice of Inquiry. details as to how the FMC program
which are exempt from certain tariff rate 46 CFR Part 540 Passenger Vessel imposes unnecessary costs or burdens
publication requirements. NRAs are Financial Responsibility upon your business; and (3) indicate the
written arrangements between a shipper manner by which the program or
and a licensed or registered NVOCC to Under this program, the Commission particular requirement should best be
provide specific transportation service issues certificates to operators of repealed, replaced, or modified. The
passenger vessels (PVOs) with berths for FMC requests that comments be as
for a stated cargo quantity, from origin
50 or more passengers and that embark specific as possible and include any
to destination, on and after a stated date
passengers from U.S. ports. The supporting data or other helpful
or within a defined time frame. If an Certificate (Performance) evidences that
NVOCC uses NRAs, it need not publish information in order to assist the
the PVO has on file with the Commission with its review.
that rate in the tariff it makes available Commission acceptable coverage to
to the public. Unlike service contracts By the Commission.
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satisfy any liability incurred for
and NSAs, NRAs are not filed with the nonperformance of transportation, such Rachel E. Dickon,
Commission, but are maintained in as when a PVO declares bankruptcy and Assistant Secretary.
private electronic systems. fails to complete the cruises booked. [FR Doc. 2017–11321 Filed 5–31–17; 8:45 am]
The coverage is used to reimburse BILLING CODE 6731–AA–P
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Notice of inquiry. | |
| Dates | Comments are due July 5, 2017. | |
| Contact | For questions regarding submitting comments or the treatment of confidential information, contact Rachel E. Dickon, Assistant Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Ste. 1046, Washington, DC 20573-0001. Phone: (202) 523-5725. Email: [email protected] For all other questions, contact Karen V. Gregory, Managing Director, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Room 1018, Washington, DC 20573-0001. Phone: (202) 523-5800. Email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 25221 | |
| RIN Number | 3072-AC69 | |
| CFR Citation | 46
CFR
515 46 CFR 520 46 CFR 525 46 CFR 530 46 CFR 531 46 CFR 532 46 CFR 535 46 CFR 540 46 CFR 565 |
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