[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4628-4629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01545]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2015 0007]


Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: 
Vessel SWEET AILEEN; Invitation for Public Comments

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of 
Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 
is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the 
coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver 
has been received by MARAD. The vessel, and a brief description of the 
proposed service, is listed below.

DATES: Submit comments on or before February 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2015-0007. 
Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket 
Clerk, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. You may also send comments electronically via the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. All comments will become part 
of this docket and will be available for inspection and copying at the 
above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, 
except federal holidays. An electronic version of this document and all 
documents entered into this docket is available on the World Wide Web 
at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Williams, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Room W23-453, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-0903, Email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As described by the applicant the intended 
service of the vessel SWEET AILEEN is:

Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: ``This is a two cabin vessel with 
galley and 1 & \1/2\ bath. It will take passengers on a 48 hour tour 
including sport fishing within Kachemak Bay, Alaska''
Geographic Region: ``Alaska (excluding waters in Southeastern Alaska 
and waters north of a line between Gore Point to Cape Suckling 
[including the North Gulf Coast and Prince William Sound. This vessel 
has a slip at the Port of Homer, Alaska and will stay in the area of 
Kachemak Bay and Cook Inlet (an area considered Southwest Alaska). The 
vessel will not be able to enter waters in Southeastern Alaska due to 
the geographic location of Kenai peninsula. Kenai peninsula is the 
western border of ``North of a line from Gore Point to Cape Suckling 
(including the North Gulf Coast and Prince William Sound)'', and these 
mountains have no water passageway between Cook Inlet and Southeastern 
Alaska.''
    The complete application is given in DOT docket MARAD-2015-0007 at 
http://www.regulations.gov. Interested parties may comment on the 
effect this action may have on U.S. vessel builders or businesses in 
the U.S. that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in accordance 
with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR part 388, that 
the issuance of the waiver will have an unduly adverse effect on a 
U.S.-vessel builder or a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in that 
business, a waiver will not be granted. Comments should refer to the 
docket number of this notice and the vessel name in order for MARAD to 
properly consider the comments. Comments should also state the 
commenter's interest in the waiver application, and address the waiver 
criteria given in 388.4 of MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR part 388.

Privacy Act

    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the

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comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an 
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19476).

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
    Dated: January 20, 2015.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-01545 Filed 1-27-15; 8:45 am]
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