[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 249 (Thursday, December 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68091-68092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32710]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration
[Docket S-941]


Sargeant Marine, Inc.; Notice of Application for Permission Under 
Section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as Amended, To Operate in 
the Domestic Trade

    Notice is hereby given that Sargeant Marine, Inc. (Sargeant), by 
application dated December 17, 1996, has applied for written permission 
under section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Act), 
for the temporary transfer of the construction-differential subsidy 
(CDS) built asphalt tanker ASPHALT COMMANDER (ex-FALCON CHAMPION) in 
the domestic trade, commencing on or about January 15, 1997. Sargeant 
states that it is scheduled to load 200,000 barrels (bbls.) of asphalt 
at Garryville, Louisiana for discharge in New York, New York. The cargo 
will be delivered at a temperature of 300 degrees fahrenheit, five days 
after completion of loading and must be discharged at 6000 bbls. per 
hour.
    Section 506 permits the temporary transfer for up to six months of 
CDS-built vessels ``whenever the Secretary determines that such 
transfer is necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the 
Act.'' Consent by MARAD is to be conditioned upon payment to MARAD, 
upon such terms as MARAD may prescribe, of ``an amount which bears the 
same proportion to the CDS paid by the Secretary as such temporary 
period bears to the entire economic life of the vessel.''
    Although publication of a Notice with respect to Sargeant's request 
for permission under section 506 is not required, the Maritime 
Administration believes that it is appropriate to provide an 
opportunity for interested parties to comment on Sargeant's 
application.
    Any person, firm, or corporation having any interest in the 
application

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for section 506 permission and desiring to submit comments concerning 
the application must file written comments in triplicate, to the 
Secretary, Maritime Administration, Room 7210, Nassif Building, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20590, by the close of business on 
December 31, 1996. The Maritime Administration, as a matter of 
discretion, will consider any comments submitted and take such action 
with respect thereto as may be deemed appropriate.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program N. 20.800 
Construction-Differential Subsidies (CDS))

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Edmond T. Sommer,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-32710 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am]
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