[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5806]



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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 96-06]


River Parishes Company, Inc., v. Ormet Primary Aluminum 
Corporation; Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment

    Notice is given that the complaint filed by River Parishes Company, 
Inc. (``Complainant'') against Ormet Primary Aluminum Corporation 
(``Respondent'') was served March 6, 1996. Complainant alleges that 
Respondent has violated sections 10(b) (11) and (12) and 10(d) (1) and 
(3) of the Shipping Act of 1916, 46 U.S.C. app. 1709(b) (11) and (12) 
and (d) (1) and (3), by entering into an exclusive towing arrangement 
and denying other tug companies the right to bring their customers' 
vessels or any other vessels into the Burnside Terminal on the 
Mississippi River.
    This proceeding has been assigned to the office of Administrative 
Law Judges. Hearing in this matter, if any is held, shall commerce 
within the time limitations prescribed in 46 CFR 502.61, and only after 
consideration has been given by the parties and the presiding officer 
to the use of alternative forms of dispute resolution. The hearing 
shall include oral testimony and cross-examination in the discretion of 
the presiding officer only upon proper showing that there are genuine 
issues of material fact that cannot be resolved on the basis of sworn 
statements, affidavits, depositions, or other documents or that the 
nature of the matter in issue is such that an oral hearing and cross-
examination are necessary for the development of an adequate record. 
Pursuant to the further terms of 46 CFR 502.61, the initial decision of 
the presiding officer in this proceeding shall be issued by March 6, 
1997, and the final decision of the Commission shall be issued by July 
7, 1997.
Ronald D. Murphy,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5806 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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