[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 47811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13634]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No: 06-08]


In the Matter of the Lawfulness of Unlicensed Persons Acting as 
Agents for Licensed Ocean Transportation Intermediaries; Notice of 
Filing of Petition for Declaratory Order

    The Commission has received a document styled a Petition for 
Declaratory Order filed by Team Ocean Services, a licensed OTI. Team 
seeks a declaratory order affirming that OTIs may lawfully engage 
unlicensed persons to act as their agent subject to certain 
requirements as set out in the Petition. Specifically, Team Ocean 
Services requests that the Commission affirm that it is lawful for OTIs 
to engage unlicensed persons to act as their agents to perform OTI 
services, as those are defined in the Commission Rules and Regulations, 
provided that such agency arrangement meets the following requirements: 
(1) That it is based on express authority from the OTI contained in a 
contract; (2) That the contract clearly binds the agent to conduct 
business on behalf of the OTI principal within the parameters set forth 
in the contract, and (3) That the arrangement provides that the agent 
will remain under the control of the OTI principal in performing those 
activities.
    Interested persons may obtain a copy of the petition on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.fmc.gov/reading/PetitionsActivity.asp or at the Office of The Secretary, Federal 
Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Room 1046, 
Washington DC, 20573-0001. Interested persons may reply to the petition 
by submitting and original and 15 copies of the reply to the Secretary, 
at the above address, or e-mailing the reply to [email protected] on or 
before Tuesday, October 10, 2006.

Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-13634 Filed 8-17-06; 8:45 am]
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