[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2837-2838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00703]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION


Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the Federal 
Maritime Commission Chairman's Earth Day Award

SUBJECT: As authorized by the America COMPETES Act Reauthorization Act 
of 2011, Public Law 111-358, the Federal Maritime Commission's Maritime 
Environmental Committee (MEC) announces the FMC Chairman's Earth Day 
Award. This award seeks to recognize members of the maritime 
transportation industry for innovations and successes in developing 
environmentally sustainable shipping practices. Specifically, this 
award will seek to highlight technologies, programs, or practices of 
the maritime transportation industry that, through efficiency or 
innovation, benefit our environment.
    Eligibility:
    The Chairman's Earth Day Award is open to participants that meet 
the following requirements:
    (1) In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and 
maintain a primary place of business in the United States.
    (2) In the case of an individual, whether participating singly or 
in a group, shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United 
States.
    (3) Shall not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within 
the scope of their employment.
    Criteria:
    At the end of the submission period, eligible submissions will be 
evaluated by members of the MEC based on the following criteria:
    (1) Programs or practices that provide an environmental benefit or 
reduction in environmental harm, including but not limited to efforts 
that encourage a reduction in emissions or pollutants.
    (2) Programs or practices that are sustainable and also serve as 
models for others to follow or replicate.
    (3) Efforts that increase the public's awareness of the maritime 
transportation industry's efforts to protect the environment.

DATES: Important Dates for this award are:
    Submission Period Begins: January 13, 2014.
    Submission Period Ends: March 10, 2014.
    Registration process:
    Submissions should include a title and a description of the program 
or practice in the form of a document (5 page maximum) or a slide 
presentation (10 slides maximum). A web address for the program or 
practice along with pictures and video are optional but helpful. Email 
submissions to [email protected] are preferred, but submissions can be 
mailed to the following address: Mary Hoang, Federal Maritime 
Commission, 800 North Capitol St. NW., Washington, DC 20573.
    Award:
    At the end of the submission period, all eligible entries will be 
reviewed by members of the MEC. This is a non-monetary award and no 
prize money or funding will be distributed to the award winner. This is 
an award of recognition and past winners have been presented with a 
commemorative plaque at Commission headquarters in Washington, DC.
    General conditions:
    The Chairman reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify 
the award process, or any part of it, for any reason, at the Chairman's 
sole discretion. No rights are created by this

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announcement, the award process, or the determination of the award, 
which will be decided at the sole discretion of the Chairman, based 
upon the recommendation of the MEC.
    Additional information:
    The award winner may not claim FMC or MEC endorsement. This award 
does not constitute an endorsement of a specific product, program or 
practice by the FMC, MEC, or the U.S. Federal Government.
    For more information about the FMC and the Chairman's Earth Day 
Award, please contact Mary Hoang at 202-521-5733 or visit: http://www.fmc.gov/news/maritime_environmental_issues.aspx.

Rachel Dickon,
 Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-00703 Filed 1-15-14; 8:45 am]
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