[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52514-52515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20373]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD-2002-13050]


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 MOTIVATION.

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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 Public Law 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 September 11, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2002-13050. 
Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket 
Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401,

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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.

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 Public Law 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 
Sec. 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: MOTIVATION. Owner: Richard Keith Carroll, Jr. & Lauren C. 
Carroll.
    (2) Size, capacity and tonnage of vessel. According to the 
applicant: ``Length: 40'', Breadth: 13'2'', Depth: 6'5'', Capacity: 6 
or fewer passengers, Gross Tonnage: 21, Net Tonnage: 16.''
    (3) Intended use for vessel, including geographic region of 
intended operation and trade. According to the applicant: Sport fishing 
charters with twelve or fewer passengers. All contiguous U.S. coastal 
waters, primarily in New England and Florida and excluding Alaskan 
waters.''
    (4) Date and Place of construction and (if applicable) rebuilding. 
Date of construction: June 1999. Place of construction: San Jose, Costa 
Rica.
    (5) A statement on the impact this waiver will have on other 
commercial passenger vessel operators. According to the applicant: 
``This waiver will have little or no impact. This vessel will carry six 
or fewer passengers on either full day of one-half day trips. This 
represents an extremely small percentage of the sport fishing charter 
business.'' 6) A statement on the impact this waiver will have on U.S. 
shipyards. According to the applicant: ``None * * * Allowing this 
relatively small vessel to engage in sport fishing charter will not 
affect demand for boats from U.S. shipyards.''

    Dated: August 6, 2002.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-20373 Filed 8-9-02; 8:45 am]
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