[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 73603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33934]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration
[Docket MARAD-1999-6704]


Matson Navigation Company--Application for Approval of a Proposed 
Ocean Freight Service under the Fourth Exception to Section 506 of the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as Amended.

    Notice is hereby given that Matson Navigation Company (Matson) has 
requested approval of the Maritime Administration that a proposed ocean 
freight service is permitted under the Fourth Exception to Section 506 
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, 46 App. U.S.C. 1156. The 
proposed service would use two of the following C-9 class vessels, 
MAHIMAHI, MANOA, and MOKIHANA, which were built with the aid of 
construction-differential subsidy. As a result of receiving such 
assistance, those vessels must be operated in the U.S. foreign trade, 
except that the vessels may be operated ``on a voyage in foreign trade 
on which the vessel may stop at the State of Hawaii.'' Matson proposes 
to operate the vessels in an itinerary which includes stops at 
Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, Oakland, and Honolulu, with no coastwise 
cargo to be carried between Seattle and Oakland. The C-9 vessels would 
be substituted for two of the six vessels Matson presently operates in 
its Hawaii service. Matson also operates a Pacific Coast Shuttle 
service with calls at Los Angeles, Seattle and Vancouver.
    A redacted copy of the application will be available for inspection 
at the Department of Transportation (DOT) Dockets Facility and on the 
DOT Dockets website (address information follows). Any person, firm, or 
corporation having an interest in this proposal, and desiring to submit 
comments concerning the application, may file comments as follows. You 
should mention the docket number that appears at the top of this 
notice. You should submit your written comments to the Docket Clerk, 
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Nassif Building, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. 
Comments may also be submitted by electronic means via the internet at 
http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. You may call Docket Management at (202) 
366-9324. You may visit the docket room to inspect and copy comments at 
the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., EST, Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. An electronic version of this document is 
available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov. Comments must be 
received no later than the close of business on (15 days from 
publication), 2000.
    This notice is published as a matter of discretion, and the fact of 
its publication should in no way be considered a favorable or 
unfavorable decision on the application, as filed, or as may be 
amended. MARAD will consider any comments timely submitted, and take 
such action with respect thereto as may be deemed appropriate.

    By Order of the Maritime Administration.

    Dated: December 27, 1999.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-33934 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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