[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 213 (Monday, November 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 65444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26087]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


Maritime Security Program

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Extension of deadline for receiving applications for one 
Maritime Security Program (MSP) Operating Agreement, from November 3, 
2008 to November 18, 2008.

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SUMMARY: On October 2, 2008, the Maritime Administration published a 
request in the Federal Register for applications for one eligible 
vessel to fill one MSP Operating Agreement in accordance with the 
provisions of Subtitle C, Title XXXV of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, the Maritime Security Act of 
2003 (MSA 2003). The MSA 2003 authorizes the creation of a Maritime 
Security Program (MSP) that establishes a fleet of active, commercially 
viable, privately owned vessels to meet national defense and other 
security requirements and to maintain a United States presence in 
international commercial shipping. This request for applications 
provided, among other things, application criteria and a deadline for 
submitting applications for enrollment of one vessel in the MSP. The 
deadline established for the receipt of applications in that notice was 
established as close of business, eastern-time, November 3, 2008. In 
order to provide sufficient time for interested parties to prepare 
applications in response to that notice, the deadline is hereby 
extended to close of business, eastern-time, November 18, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter E. Petrelis, Acting Deputy 
Director, Office of Sealift Support, Maritime Administration, Telephone 
202-366-6252.

    Dated: October 28, 2008.

    By Order of the Maritime Administration.
Leonard Sutter,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-26087 Filed 10-31-08; 8:45 am]
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