[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8677]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Petition No. P3-99]


Petition of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company for a Partial 
Exemption From the Controlled Carrier Act; Notice of Filing of Petition

    Notice is hereby given that China Ocean Shipping (Group) company 
(``Petitioner'') has petitioned for an exemption pursuant to Section 16 
of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. Sec. 1715. Petitioner 
requests an exemption to allow it to publish rate decreases in U.S. 
foreign commerce \1\ to be effective upon publication, without regard 
to whether they are the same as or lower than competing carriers' 
rates. (Petitioner currently has this right in the cross trades, it the 
rate decreases are not below rates of competing carriers. See the 
Commission's Order in Petition No. P1-98-Petition of China Ocean 
Shipping (Group) Company for a Limited Exemption from Section 9(C) of 
the Shipping Act of 1984, served March 27, 1998).
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    \1\ The petition requests relief in both the bilateral trade and 
the cross trades. The bilateral trade is the trade between the 
United States and the People's Republic of China. The cross trades 
include the trades between the United States and foreign countries 
other than the People's Republic of China.
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    In other for the Commission to make a thorough evaluation of the 
petition for exemption, interested persons are requested to submit 
views or arguments in reply to the petition no later than May 7, 1999. 
Replies shall consist of an original and 15 copies, be directed to the 
Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, D.C. 20573-0001, 
and be served on Petitioner's counsel: Richard D. Gluck, Esq., Garvey, 
Schubert & Barer, 1000 Potomac Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007.
    Copies of the petition are available for examination at the Office 
of the Secretary of the Commission, 800 N. Capitol Street, N.W., Room 
1046, Washington, D.C.
Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8677 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am]
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