[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29972-29973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09801]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2023-0087]


Coastwise-Qualified Launch Barges: 46 CFR 389.3(a) Notifications

AGENCY: Maritime Administration (MARAD), Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: On April 27, 2023, MARAD published this notice in the Federal 
Register. It is being republished to ensure comments can be received 
and corrects the contact information and extends the comment period. To 
maximize the use of coastwise-qualified vessels, MARAD requests owners 
and operators of coastwise-qualified launch barges or other interested 
parties to notify the Agency of their interest in, and provide certain 
information relating to, the transportation, installation, or launching 
of platform jackets. MARAD takes this action as a resource to companies 
contemplating these operations on the outer continental shelf. The 
notifications should include information set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 8, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket Number 
MARAD-2023-0087 by any of the following methods:
     Website/Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Search ``MARAD-2023-0087'' and follow the 
instructions for submitting comments on the electronic docket site.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

    Note:  All submissions must include the agency name and docket 
number for this notice. All comments received will be posted without 
change to http://www.regulations.gov including any personal 
information provided.

    Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov and search using ``MARAD-2023-0087.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hokana, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Cargo and Commercial 
Sealift (MAR-620), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: (202) 731-6220. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 55108, the Secretary 
of Transportation has the authority to adopt procedures that timely 
provide information that would maximize the use of coastwise-qualified 
vessels for the transportation of platform jackets between U.S. 
coastwise points and the outer continental shelf. This authority has 
been delegated to MARAD. The regulations promulgated under the 
authority of 46 U.S.C. 55108 and 46 CFR 389.3(a), require that MARAD 
publish a notice in the Federal Register requesting notification from 
owners, operators, or potential operators of coastwise-qualified launch 
barges, or other interested parties, of: (1) their interest in 
participating in the transportation and, if needed, the launching or 
installation of offshore platform jackets; (2) the contact information 
for their company; and (3) the specifications of any currently owned or 
operated coastwise-qualified launch barges or plans to construct such a 
vessel. The notification should indicate that the vessel's certificate 
of documentation has a coastwise endorsement. The information provided 
in the notifications will be published at http://MARAD.dot.gov. 46 CFR 
389.3(e).

Privacy Act

    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), MARAD solicits comments from 
owners and operators of coastwise-qualified launch barges to compile a 
list of vessels that could potentially be available to transport, and 
if necessary, launch or

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install platform jackets. All timely comments will be considered; 
however, to facilitate comment tracking, commenters should provide 
their name or the name of their organization. If comments contain 
proprietary or confidential information, commenters may contact the 
agency for alternate submission instructions. Anyone can search the 
electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the 
name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
For information on DOT's compliance with the Privacy Act, please visit 
https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.

(Authority: 46 U.S.C. 55108, 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 CFR 389.)

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-09801 Filed 5-8-23; 8:45 am]
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