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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket S-905]

 

Gulfcoast Transit Company; Notice of Application for Temporary 
Written Consent Pursuant to Section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, as Amended, for the Transfer of the JANIS GUZZLE to the Domestic 
Coastwise Trade

    Notice is hereby given that Gulfcoast Transit Company (Gulfcoast), 
a U.S. company, by letter of April 15, 1994, requested temporary 
written consent pursuant to section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, as amended (Act), for transfer of the construction-differential 
subsidy (CDS) built tug, M/V JANIS GUZZLE, to the domestic coastwise 
trade for not more than six months in the aggregate during the year 
1994.
    Gulfcoast is the owner and operator of the ARTUBAR integrated tug/
barge combination JANIS GUZZLE/MARIE FLOOD. The M/V JANIS GUZZLE was 
constructed in 1979 pursuant to a CDS agreement, Contract MA/MSB-373, 
dated September 23, 1976. The barge MARIE FLOOD (Official Number 
545015) was constructed in 1972 in Orange, Texas, as a coastwise 
qualified vessel. Gulfcoast placed the JANIS GUZZLE/MARIE FLOOD into 
service in 1990. Both vessels have Certificates of Documentation issued 
by the Coast Guard with coastwise endorsements.
    In support of its request, Gulfcoast advises that it provides 
coastwise transportation for its affiliate company, Tampa Electric 
Company, under a long term contract for the movement of coal from the 
New Orleans, Louisiana area to Tampa, Florida. (The coal is utilized by 
Tampa Electric Company in its power generation facilities.) In 
addition, Gulfcoast's transportation service for its affiliate company 
is provided throughout the year, utilizing several coastwise qualified 
tugs, barges and tug/barge units owned by Gulfcoast.
    Any person, firm, or corporation having any interest in the 
application for section 506 consent and desiring to submit comments 
concerning Gulfcoast's request must by 5 p.m. on May 18, 1994, file 
written comments in triplicate, to the Secretary, Maritime 
Administration, room 7300, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590. The Maritime Administration, as a matter of 
discretion, will consider any comments submitted and take such action 
as may be deemed appropriate.

    Dated: April 29, 1994.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 20.800 
Construction-Differential Subsidies (CDSS))

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,
Assistant Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-10738 Filed 5-4-94; 8:45 am]
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