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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Parts 401, 403, and 404

[CGD 92-072]

 

Great Lakes Pilotage Rate Methodology

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will conduct two public meetings to discuss 
proposed amendments to the Great Lakes Pilotage Rate Methodology. These 
meetings are intended to help members of the public understand and 
prepare comments on the proposed amendments.

DATES: (1) The first meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 1994, from 
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    (2) The second meeting will be held on Thursday, May 5, 1994, from 
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: (1) The first meeting will be held at the Ralph H. Metcalf 
Federal Building, room 327, 77 West Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604.
    (2) The second meeting will be held at the Flanders Inn, Corner of 
Main and Orvis St., Massena, NY 13662.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Scott Poyer, Project Manager, G-MVP-7, (202)267-6249, Merchant 
Vessel Personnel Division of the Office of Marine Safety, Security and 
Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 12, 1994 the Coast Guard published 
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register (59 FR 
17303), proposing to amend the Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations by 
establishing new procedures for determining Great Lakes pilotage rates, 
and revising the financial reporting requirements mandated for Great 
Lakes pilot associations. The NPRM also announced a public hearing to 
be held on May 20, 1994 in Cleveland, Ohio.
    The proposed methodology would adopt methods which have proven 
effective in ratemaking methodologies used by regulators of other 
public service industries. The Coast Guard is not proposing to change 
the existing Great Lakes pilotage rates and charges, but proposes to 
standardize the methodology by which those rates would be determined in 
the future.
    The NPRM is technical in nature. This has prompted several requests 
for the Coast Guard to explain the technical details of the proposed 
methodology prior to the public hearing. In order to be responsive to 
these requests, the Coast Guard will hold public meetings on May 3, 
1994 in Chicago, Illinois, and May 5, 1994 in Massena, New York. The 
purpose of these meetings is to explain the methodology and to assist 
members of the public in their preparation for the public hearing.

    Dated: April 14, 1994.
J. F. McGowan,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 94-9553 Filed 4-19-94; 8:45 am]
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