83_FR_29988 83 FR 29865 - Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel KAT ATOMIC; Invitation for Public Comments

83 FR 29865 - Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel KAT ATOMIC; Invitation for Public Comments

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 123 (June 26, 2018)

Page Range29865-29866
FR Document2018-13655

The Secretary of Transportation, 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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018) 
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2018-0102]


Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: 
Vessel KAT ATOMIC; Invitation for Public Comments

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Transportation, 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 July 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2018-0102. 
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 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except federal holidays. An electronic version

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of this document and all documents entered into this docket is 
available at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Room W23-453, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-9309, Email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As described by the applicant the intended 
service of the vessel KAT ATOMIC is:

--Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: ``Taking small charter groups of 6 
people in and around Marina Del Rey CA. Usually 4 hour charters that 
can be extended by one or two hours''
--Geographic Region: ``California''

    The complete application is given in DOT docket MARAD-2018-0102 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 section 388.4 of MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR part 
388.

Privacy Act

    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT/MARAD solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD 
posts these comments, without edit, to www.regulations.gov, as 
described in the system of records notice, DOT/ALL-14 FDMS, accessible 
through www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to facilitate comment tracking 
and response, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the 
name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely 
optional. Whether or not commenters identify themselves, all timely 
comments will be fully considered. If you wish to provide comments 
containing proprietary or confidential information, please contact the 
agency for alternate submission instructions.

    Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 46 U.S.C. 12121.
* * * * *

    Dated: June 21, 2018.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-13655 Filed 6-25-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices 29865 (sum total of estimated hours per of Interim Trail Use (CITU). The CITU/ the agency to ensure that the response × number of responses for each NITU permits parties, for 180 days, to documentation for activities under the type of filing). negotiate for an interim trail use/ Trails Act remains current. railbanking agreement for the rail line. Under the PRA, a federal agency that TABLE—ESTIMATED HOURS PER If parties reach an agreement, the CITU/ conducts or sponsors a collection of RESPONSE NITU automatically authorizes interim information must display a currently trail use/railbanking, and the parties valid OMB control number. A collection Number of must notify the Board that they have of information, which is defined in 44 Type of filing hours per reached an agreement. The interim trails U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), response includes agency requirements that use/railbanking preserves the rail Offer of Financial Assistance ... 32 corridor for possible future use as an persons submit reports, keep records, or OFA—Railroad Reply to Re- active rail line again. If no agreement is provide information to the agency, third quest for Information ............. 10 reached, then upon expiration of the parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of OFA—Request to Set Terms negotiation period, the CITU/NITU the PRA requires, concurrent with an and Conditions ...................... 4 authorizes the railroad to exercise its agency’s submitting a collection to OMB Request for Public Use Condi- option to fully abandon the line without for approval, a 30-day notice and tion ........................................ 2 further action by the Board. comment period through publication in Feeder Line Application ............ 70 The collection by the Board of these the Federal Register concerning each Trail Use Request ..................... 4 proposed collection of information. offers, requests, and applications, and Trail Use Request Extension .... 4 the railroad’s replies (when required), Dated: June 21, 2018. Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None enables the Board to meet its statutory Jeffrey Herzig, identified. Filings may be submitted duty to regulate the referenced rail Clearance Clerk. electronically to the Board. transactions. [FR Doc. 2018–13698 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] Needs and Uses: Under Interstate Description of Collection 2 BILLING CODE 4915–01–P Commerce Act, amended by the ICC Title: Notifications of Trails Act Termination Act of 1995, Public Law Agreement and Substitute Sponsorship. No. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (1995), DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OMB Control Number: 2140–0017. amended by the Surface Transportation STB Form Number: None. Board Reauthorization Act of 2015, Type of Review: Merger. Maritime Administration Public Law 114–110 (2015), and under Respondents: Rail carriers; parties to Section 8(d) of the Trails Act, and the [Docket No. MARAD–2018–0102] an interim trail use agreement; related regulations, persons seeking to substitute trail sponsors; and state and Requested Administrative Waiver of preserve rail service over a rail line that local governments. the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel KAT is in the process of being abandoned Number of Respondents: 40. ATOMIC; Invitation for Public may file pleadings before the Board to Estimated Time per Response: One Comments acquire or subsidize a rail line for hour. continued service, or to impose what is Frequency: On occasion. AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. known as a trail use/railbanking or Total Burden Hours (annually ACTION: Notice. public use condition. including all respondents): 40 hours. First, under 49 U.S.C. 10904, the Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None SUMMARY: The Secretary of filing of an ‘‘Offer of Financial identified. Filings may be submitted Transportation, as represented by the Assistance’’ (OFA) starts a process of electronically to the Board. Maritime Administration (MARAD), is negotiations to define the financial Needs and Uses: As described in authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- assistance needed to purchase or ‘‘Description of Collection 1’’ above, the build requirement of the coastwise laws subsidize the rail line sought for STB will issue a CITU or NITU to a under certain circumstances. A request abandonment. Once the OFA is filed, prospective trail sponsor who seeks a for such a waiver has been received by the offeror may request additional trails use/railbanking agreement with MARAD. The vessel, and a brief information from the railroad, which the the rail carrier of the rail line that is description of the proposed service, is railroad must provide. If the parties being abandoned. The CITU/NITU listed below. cannot agree to the sale or subsidy, permits parties, for 180 days, to DATES: Submit comments on or before either party also may file a request for negotiate for a trails use/railbanking July 26, 2018. the Board to set the terms and agreement. If parties reach an ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to conditions of the financial assistance. agreement, then, under 49 CFR 1152.29, docket number MARAD–2018–0102. Or, under section 10905, a public use they must jointly notify the Board of Written comments may be submitted by request allows the Board to impose a that fact and must identify the exact hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 180-day public use condition on the location of the right-of-way subject to U.S. Department of Transportation, abandonment of a rail line, permitting the agreement, including a map and Docket Operations, M–30, West the parties to negotiate a public use for milepost marker information. The rules Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, the rail line. Alternatively, under also require parties to file a petition to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, section 10907, a feeder line application modify or vacate the CITU/NITU if the Washington, DC 20590. You may also provides the basis for authorizing an trail use/railbanking agreement applies send comments electronically via the sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES involuntary sale of a rail line. to less of the right-of-way than what is internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Finally, under the Trails Act, a trail covered by the CITU/NITU. Finally, the All comments will become part of this use request, if agreed upon by the rules require that a substitute trail docket and will be available for abandoning carrier, requires the Board sponsor must acknowledge that interim inspection and copying at the above to condition the abandonment by trail use is subject to restoration and address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 issuing what is known as a Notice of reactivation at any time. The collection p.m., Monday through Friday, except Interim Trail Use (NITU) or Certificate by the Board of this information enables federal holidays. 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29866 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices of this document and all documents Dated: June 21, 2018. The complete application is given in entered into this docket is available at By Order of the Maritime Administrator. DOT docket MARAD–2018–0099 at http://www.regulations.gov. T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., http://www.regulations.gov. Interested FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary, Maritime Administration. parties may comment on the effect this Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of [FR Doc. 2018–13655 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] action may have on U.S. vessel builders Transportation, Maritime BILLING CODE 4910–81–P or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- Administration, 1200 New Jersey flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in Avenue SE, Room W23–453, accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov. 388, that the issuance of the waiver will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As Maritime Administration have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- described by the applicant the intended vessel builder or a business that uses service of the vessel KAT ATOMIC is: [Docket No. MARAD–2018–0099] U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a —Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: waiver will not be granted. Comments Requested Administrative Waiver of should refer to the docket number of ‘‘Taking small charter groups of 6 the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel people in and around Marina Del Rey this notice and the vessel name in order MISS SANDY RITA; Invitation for for MARAD to properly consider the CA. Usually 4 hour charters that can Public Comments be extended by one or two hours’’ comments. Comments should also state —Geographic Region: ‘‘California’’ AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. the commenter’s interest in the waiver The complete application is given in application, and address the waiver ACTION: Notice. DOT docket MARAD–2018–0102 at criteria given in section 388.4 of http://www.regulations.gov. Interested SUMMARY: The Secretary of MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part parties may comment on the effect this Transportation, as represented by the 388. action may have on U.S. vessel builders Maritime Administration (MARAD), is Privacy Act or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in build requirement of the coastwise laws In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and under certain circumstances. A request DOT/MARAD solicits comments from MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part for such a waiver has been received by the public to better inform its 388, that the issuance of the waiver will MARAD. The vessel, and a brief rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD posts have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- description of the proposed service, is these comments, without edit, to vessel builder or a business that uses listed below. www.regulations.gov, as described in U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a the system of records notice, DOT/ALL– DATES: Submit comments on or before waiver will not be granted. Comments 14 FDMS, accessible through July 26, 2018. www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to should refer to the docket number of ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to facilitate comment tracking and this notice and the vessel name in order docket number MARAD–2018–0099. response, we encourage commenters to for MARAD to properly consider the Written comments may be submitted by provide their name, or the name of their comments. Comments should also state hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, organization; however, submission of the commenter’s interest in the waiver U.S. Department of Transportation, names is completely optional. Whether application, and address the waiver Docket Operations, M–30, West or not commenters identify themselves, criteria given in section 388.4 of Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, all timely comments will be fully MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, considered. If you wish to provide 388. Washington, DC 20590. You may also comments containing proprietary or Privacy Act send comments electronically via the confidential information, please contact In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), internet at http://www.regulations.gov. the agency for alternate submission DOT/MARAD solicits comments from All comments will become part of this instructions. the public to better inform its docket and will be available for Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD posts inspection and copying at the above 46 U.S.C. 12121. these comments, without edit, to address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 * * * * * www.regulations.gov, as described in p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. An electronic version Dated: June 21, 2018. the system of records notice, DOT/ALL– 14 FDMS, accessible through of this document and all documents By Order of the Maritime Administrator. www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to entered into this docket is available at T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., facilitate comment tracking and http://www.regulations.gov. Secretary, Maritime Administration. response, we encourage commenters to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [FR Doc. 2018–13656 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] provide their name, or the name of their Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of BILLING CODE 4910–81–P organization; however, submission of Transportation, Maritime names is completely optional. Whether Administration, 1200 New Jersey or not commenters identify themselves, Avenue SE, Room W23–453, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION all timely comments will be fully Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– considered. If you wish to provide 366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov. Maritime Administration sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES comments containing proprietary or SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As [Docket No. MARAD–2018–0101] confidential information, please contact described by the applicant the intended the agency for alternate submission service of the vessel MISS SANDY RITA Requested Administrative Waiver of instructions. is: the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel PRIVATE RESERVE; Invitation for Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, —Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 46 U.S.C. 12121. Public Comments ‘‘Sunset charters and day charters’’ * * * * * —Geographic Region: ‘‘Florida’’ AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Jun 25, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM 26JNN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesSubmit comments on or before July 26, 2018.
ContactBianca Carr, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W23-453, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-9309, Email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 29865 
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