[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 208 (Friday, October 25, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55263-55264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27417]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

46 CFR Part 552

[Docket No. 95-15]


Availability of the Annual Financial and Operating Statements 
Filed by Domestic Offshore Carriers

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime Commission (``FMC'' or ``Commission'' is 
withdrawing the proposed rule amending its regulations governing the 
availability of the annual financial and operating statements filed by 
vessel-operating common carriers by water providing port-to-port 
services in the domestic offshore trades, because jurisdiction over 
such services has been transferred to the Surface Transportation Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Austin L. Schmitt, Director, Bureau of Economics and Agreement 
Analysis, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20573-0001, 202-523-5787.
Robert D. Bourgoin, General Counsel, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 
North Capitol Street, N.W.,

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Washington, D.C. 20573-0001, 202-523-5740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    The Commission previously published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(60 FR 53572) in this proceeding seeking comments on allowing limited 
access to the annual financial and operating statements filed by ocean 
common carriers providing port-to-port services in the domestic 
offshore trades. The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 
109 Stat. 803 (``ICC Termination Act''), has since transferred 
jurisdiction over such services, which had formerly been regulated by 
the FMC under the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, 46 U.S.C. app. 843-
848 (``1933 Act''), to the Surface Transportation Board (``Board''), 
and provides that such services are subject to rate regulation by the 
Board. Accordingly, no further Commission action in this proceeding is 
appropriate and the proposed rule is withdrawn.

    By the Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-27417 Filed 10-24-96; 8:45 am]
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