[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21440]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 99-15]


Notice of Investigation

    Notice is given that the Commission, on August 13, 1999, served an 
Order of Investigation and Hearing on respondents David P. Kelly and 
West Indies Shipping and Trading, Inc. The Order institutes a formal 
investigation to determine whether respondents violated sections 
8(a)(1), 10(a)(1), 19(a) and 19(b)(1) of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 
U.S.C. app. Secs. 1707(a)(1), 1709(a)(1), 1718(a) and 1718(b)(1), by 
operating as a non-vessel-operating common carrier without a tariff on 
file with the Commission prior to May 1, 1999, and thereafter without a 
license, a publicly available tariff, a bond or other form of surety; 
and by providing inaccurate descriptions of cargo to ocean common 
carriers in order to obtain lower rates. Moreover, should violations be 
found, the proceeding will determine whether to impose civil penalties 
and, if so, in what amount, and whether to issue an appropriate cease 
and desist order. The full text of the Order may be viewed on the 
Commission's home page at www.fmc.gov, or at the Office of the 
Secretary, Room 1046, 800 N. Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC. Any 
person may file a petition for leave to intervene in accordance with 46 
CFR 502.72.
Ronald D. Murphy,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-21440 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am]
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