[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 27530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7156]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)/Joint Planning 
Advisory Group (JPAG)

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Synopsis of March 28, 2006, meeting with VISA participants.

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    The VISA program requires that a notice of the time, place, and 
nature of each JPAG meeting be published in the Federal Register.The 
full text of the VISA program, including these requirements, is 
published in 70 FR 55947-55955, dated September 23, 2005.
    On March 28, 2006, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. 
Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) co-hosted a meeting of the VISA 
JPAG at USTRANSCOM, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Meeting attendance 
was by invitation only, due to the nature of the information discussed 
and the need for a government-issued security clearance. Of the 52 
U.S.-flag carrier corporate participants enrolled in the VISA program 
19 companies participated in the JPAG meeting. Two representatives for 
maritime labor also participated in the meeting. In addition, 
representatives from MARAD and the Department of Defense attended the 
meeting.
    Brig Gen Paul Selva, USAF, TCJ3, USTRANSCOM, and James Caponiti, 
Associate Administrator for National Security, MARAD, welcomed the 
participants. Brig Gen Selva noted that he maintains a deep 
appreciation of the capabilities the maritime industry delivers to 
support DOD sealift logistics. Mr. Caponiti remarked that while some 
progress has been made in recent JPAG meetings regarding the findings 
of DOD's Mobility Capabilities Study (MCS), future JPAG meetings should 
provide a more focused operational perspective on how the maritime 
industry will be able to respond to the MCS assumptions.
    The purpose of the JPAG meeting was to brief participants on 
USTRANSCOM's Turbo Distribution Exercise 2006 and to provide an 
overview of the Department of Defense's Operations Plan (OPLAN). There 
was also a discussion related to activation of JPAG participants' 
capacity and intermodal resources to support the OPLAN.
    The following VISA companies participated in the March 28, 2006 
JPAG meeting: American President Lines, Ltd.; American Roll-On Roll-Off 
Carrier, LLC; American Shipping Group; APL Marine Services, Ltd.; APL 
Maritime Ltd; Central Gulf Lines, Inc.; CP Ships USA, LLC; Crowley 
Liner Services, Inc.; Crowley Marine Services, Inc.; Farrell Lines 
Incorporated; Fidelio Limited Partnership; Liberty Global Logistics, 
LLC; Liberty Shipping Group Limited Partnership; Maersk Line, Limited; 
Matson Navigation Company, Inc.; Patriot Shipping, LLC; Patriot Titan, 
LLC; Sealift Inc.; and Waterman Steamship Corporation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. Taylor E. Jones II, Director, 
Office of Sealift Support, (202) 366-2323.

    (Authority: 49 CFR 1.66).

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: May 5, 2006.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-7156 Filed 5-10-06; 8:45 am]
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