[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 34636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16401]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Revision of MTMC Freight Traffic Rules Publication No. 1A, Item 
5, ``Purpose and Application''

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management Command, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC), as the 
Department of Defense (DOD) Traffic Manager for surface and surface 
intermodal traffic management services (DTR vol. 1, pg. 101-113), 
hereby adds language to the text of the existing rule, entitled 
``Purpose and Application'', in MFTRP No. 1A, Item 5. The purpose of 
the change is to allow DOD tenders for the shipment of ammunition to be 
utilized by the United States Coast Guard.

DATES: This change is effective August 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Point of Contact: Headquarters, Military Traffic Management 
Command, ATTN: MTOP-JF, Room 608, 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 
22041-5050, fax: 703-681-9871 attn: Jerome Colton, e-mail: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact Mr. 
Jerome Colton at (703) 681-1417.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The effective date for the change will be 
August 1, 1999. This change will affect the amounts that ammunition 
carriers are reimbursed for ammunition shipments made to, by, for, or 
on behalf of the United States Coast Guard. Ammunition carriers wishing 
to modify their existing tenders or offer new tenders prior to August 
1, 1999, to include the United States Coast Guard may do so.
    The current regulation (Item 5, Paragraph 1) reads: ``Purpose. The 
purpose of this publication is to articulate the motor transportation 
service needs of the Department of Defense (DOD) for the movement of 
its freight traffic; to ensure that motor freight carriers providing 
that transportation have both the willingness and the capability to 
meet those needs; and to provide the standardization necessary for 
achieving a fully automated system for routing DOD freight traffic.''
    The additional sentence (to be added at the end of the paragraph) 
will read: ``Movements of ammunition to, by, for, or on behalf of the 
United States Coast Guard (USCG) are also covered by this publication. 
References throughout this publication to DOD shall be understood to 
include such shipments for the United States Coast Guard as well.''
Thomas M. Ogles,
Chief, Freight Services Division, Joint Traffic Management Office.
[FR Doc. 99-16401 Filed 6-25-99; 8:45 am]
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