[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 100 (Monday, May 24, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29481-29482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11656]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

46 CFR Part 221

[Docket No. MARAD-2003-15171]
RIN 2133-AB51


Vessel Documentation: Lease Financing for Vessels Engaged in the 
Coastwise Trade; Second Rulemaking

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Joint notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is reopening the comment 
period only on MARAD's portion of the joint notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on February 4, 2004 
(69 FR 5403). MARAD's portion includes its proposed amendments to 46 
CFR part 221 and its discussion in the preamble to the joint NPRM. The 
initial comment period closed on May 4, 2004. The comment period is 
reopened from May 5, 2004, until June 7, 2004.

DATES: Comments on 46 CFR part 221 must reach MARAD on or before June 
7, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by MARAD Docket No. 
MARAD-2003-15171 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one 
of the following methods:
    (1) Web site: http://dms.dot.gov.
    (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (MARAD Docket No. MARAD-2003-
15171), U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

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    (3) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    (4) Delivery: Room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (5) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on the Maritime 
Administration's proposed rule, call John T. Marquez, Jr., Maritime 
Administration, telephone 202-366-5320. If you have questions on 
viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Andrea M. Jenkins, 
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-0271.

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.)

    Dated: May 19, 2004.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-11656 Filed 5-21-04; 8:45 am]
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