[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12966-12967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4992]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD-2001-8982]


Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Invitation for public comments on a requested administrative 
waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel Andante.

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SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383, the Secretary of 
Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 
is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the 
coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver 
has been received by MARAD. The vessel, and a description of the 
proposed service, is listed below. Interested parties may comment on 
the effect this action may have on U.S. vessel builders or businesses 
in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD determines that in 
accordance with Pub. L. 105-383 and MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR part 
388 (65 FR 6905; February 11, 2000) that the issuance of the waiver 
will have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 
business that uses U.S.-flag vessels, a waiver will not be granted.

DATES: Submit comments on or before April 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2001-8982. 
Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket 
Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Department of Transportation, 400 
7th St., SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You may also send comments 
electronically via the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All 
comments will become part of this docket and will be available for 
inspection and copying at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
E.T., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. An electronic 
version of this document and all documents entered into this docket is 
available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Dunn, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, MAR-832 Room 7201, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-2307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of Pub. L. 105-383 provides 
authority to the Secretary of Transportation to administratively waive 
the U.S.-build requirements of the Jones Act, and other statutes, for 
small commercial passenger vessels (no more than 12 passengers). This 
authority has been delegated to the Maritime Administration per 49 CFR 
1.66, Delegations to the Maritime Administrator, as amended. By this 
notice, MARAD is publishing information on a vessel for which a request 
for a U.S.-build waiver has been received, and for which MARAD requests 
comments from interested parties. Comments should refer to the docket 
number of this notice and the vessel name in order for MARAD to 
properly consider the comments. Comments should also state the 
commenter's interest in the waiver application, and address the waiver 
criteria given in Sec. 388.4 of MARAD'S regulations at 46 CFR part 388.

Vessel Proposed for Waiver of the U.S.-Build Requirement

    (1) Name of vessel and owner for which waiver is requested. Name of 
vessel: Andante. Owner: Jeffrey W. Lippitt and Jeannette L. Lippitt.
    (2) Size, capacity and tonnage of vessel. According to the 
applicant: ``Length 37.9 feet; Breadth 12.3 feet; Depth 6.0 feet; Gross 
Tonnage 13; Net Tonnage 12.''
    (3) Intended use for vessel, including geographic region of 
intended operation and trade. According to the applicant: ``The Vessel 
will be used part-time to provide sailboat rides, sailing vacations and 
sailing lessons to small groups of 12 passengers or less.
    We are planning to dock the Vessel in Greenport, New York for the 
next two years and then we will be spending a year doing coastal 
cruising on the U.S. east coast and we would like to be able to 
generate income during that time to cover some of our expenses. In the 
future, we are planning to move the Vessel to Lake George, near our 
home.

East Coast of the United States from Maine to Florida
Lake George, New York.''

    (4) Date and Place of construction and (if applicable) rebuilding. 
Date of construction: 1979. Place of construction: Republic of China.
    (5) A statement on the impact this waiver will have on other 
commercial passenger vessel operators. According to the applicant: ``We 
are aiming at the low volume, high-end market. Our primary means of 
advertising will be on the internet and word of mouth. We expect to 
draw a small amount of business from a wide geographic area, and 
therefore doubt that our operation will interfere with other business. 
We are both employed full-time in non-boating related jobs and we will 
continue in them.''
    (6) A statement on the impact this waiver will have on U.S. 
shipyards. According to the applicant: ``Our mission is to introduce 
people to the joys of sailing and to teach them the sailing and boating 
skills necessary to become responsible boat owners. I expect that some 
of these people will become interested in purchasing sailboats in the 
range of 18 to 30 feet. It would be speculative however, to project how 
many actual boat sales will result from our business.''

    Dated: February 26, 2001.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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