[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1975-1976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00443]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2024-0001]


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

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: To maximize the use of coastwise-qualified vessels, in January 
of each calendar year, 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 publishes the notifications 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 February 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket Number 
MARAD-2024-0001 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Search ``MARAD-2024-0001'' 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-2024-0001.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Hagerty, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Room W23-461, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-0903. 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 U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. This authority 
has been delegated to MARAD. The regulation promulgated under the 
authority of 46 U.S.C. 55108, 46 CFR 389.3(a), requires 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.regulations.gov. 46 CFR 389.3(e).

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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 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. The 
electronic form of all comments received into MARAD dockets may be 
searched 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. 2024-00443 Filed 1-10-24; 8:45 am]
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