[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63318-63319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30287]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 99-23]


In the Matter of a Single Individual Contemporaneously Acting as 
the Qualifying Individual for Both an Ocean Freight Forwarder and a 
Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier; Notice of Filing of Petition for 
Declaratory Order or, in the Alternative, for Issuance of a Rulemaking

    Notice is given that a petition for declaratory order, or, in the 
alternative, for issuance of a rulemaking, has been filed by the 
National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America 
(``Petitioner'').
    Petitioner requests that the Commission issue a declaratory order 
confirming that, pursuant to 46 CFR 515.11(c), a single individual can 
contemporaneously act as the qualifying individual in obtaining ocean 
transportation intermediary licenses for both an ocean freight 
forwarder and a non-vessel operating common carrier, if the two are 
affiliated entities. Alternatively, petitioner requests that the 
Commission amend 46 CFR 515.11(c), by revising the last sentence to 
read:

    The qualifying individual of one active licensee shall not also 
be designated contemporaneously as the qualifying individual of an 
applicant for another ocean transportation intermediately license, 
unless the entities are affiliated and the person who

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is to be the qualifying individual is an officer of both entities.

    Interested persons may submit replies (an original and 15 copies) 
to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573 on 
or before December 10, 1999. \1\ Replies must also be served on counsel 
for Petitioner: Edward D. Greenberg, Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, 
Fellman & Swirsky P.C., 1054 31st St., NW, Washington, DC 20007. 
Replies shall contain the complete factual and legal presentation of 
the replying party as to the desired resolution of the petition, 
pursuant to 46 CFR 502.68(d).
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    \1\ In addition to the official paper filing, a party may also 
provide the Commission with a copy of its filing by diskette or by 
e-mail at S[email protected].
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    Copies of the petition are available for examination at the Office 
of the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol St., 
N.W., Room 1046, Washington, DC.
Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-30287 Filed 11-18-99; 8:45 am]
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