[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10515]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

46 CFR Part 541

[Docket No. FMC-2022-0066]
RIN 3072-AC90


Demurrage and Detention Billing Requirements

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) received approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an information collection 
request associated with the final rule for Demurrage and Detention 
Billing Requirements. This rule announces the effective date for the 
requirements concerning contents of demurrage and detention invoices. 
In the final rule published February 26, 2024, we stated we would 
publish a document in the Federal Register (FR) announcing the 
effective date of the collection-of-information related sections upon 
OMB approval. This rule establishes May 28, 2024, as the effective date 
of the relevant provisions.

DATES: The amendments adding 46 CFR 541.6 (instruction 2) and 541.99 
(instruction 3), published on February 26, 2024 (89 FR 14330), are 
effective on May 28, 2024.

ADDRESSES: To view background documents or comments received, you may 
use the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov under Docket 
No. FMC-2022-0066.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Eng, Secretary; Phone: (202) 
523-5725; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 26, 2024, in accordance with the 
Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, the Federal Maritime Commission 
published the final rule, ``Demurrage and Detention Billing 
Requirements'' that requires common carriers and marine terminal 
operators to include specific minimum information on demurrage and 
detention invoices, outlines certain detention and demurrage billing 
practices, and sets timeframes for insuring invoices, disputing charges 
with the billing party, and resolving disputes.
    The final rule contained two provisions, 46 CFR 541.6 and 541.99, 
that were delayed indefinitely, pending information collection approval 
from OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520. On April 16, 2024, OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, approved the information collection requirements with OMB 
Control Number 3072-0073.\1\ Accordingly, FMC announces that 46 CFR 
541.6 and 541.99 are effective May 28, 2024.
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    \1\ The notice of action is available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202404-3072-002#.
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List of Subjects in 46 CFR Part 541

    Common carriers, Demurrage and detention, Exports, Imports, Marine 
terminal operators.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, FMC amends 46 CFR part 
541 as follows:

PART 541--DEMURRAGE AND DETENTION

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1. The authority citation for part 541 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. 40101, 40102, 40307, 40501-
40503, 41101-41106, 40901-40904, and 46105; and 46 CFR 515.23.


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2. Revise Sec.  541.99 to read as follows:


Sec.  541.99  OMB control number assigned pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

    The Commission has received Office of Management and Budget 
approval for this collection of information pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, as amended. The valid control number for this 
collection of information is 3072-0073.

    Dated: May 9, 2024.

    By the Commission.
David Eng,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-10515 Filed 5-13-24; 8:45 am]
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