[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 64832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17201]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

46 CFR Parts 502 and 535

[Docket No. FMC-2024-0014]


Policy Statement on the Potential Use of an Investigatory Process 
To Support Determinations Regarding Filed Agreements That May Present 
Anticompetitive Features

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

ACTION: Notification of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is issuing this 
document to advise the public of the availability of a new policy 
statement. The policy statement describes the potential future use of 
the agency's administrative investigation process to enhance its 
determinations regarding agreements filed by ocean common carriers or 
marine terminal operators that may present anticompetitive features 
under the Shipping Act.

DATES: Policy statement On the Potential Use of an Investigatory 
Process to Support Determinations under 46 U.S.C. 41307(b) announced in 
this document was issued on July 30, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The policy statement can be found at the following link: 
https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/24-25/.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 30, 2024, the Commission issued a 
policy statement to provide guidance about the agency's potential 
future use of its administrative investigation process to enhance its 
determinations regarding agreements filed by ocean common carriers or 
marine terminal operators that may present anticompetitive features.
    As the policy statement explains, such an administrative process 
can aid in the Commission's competition analysis and enable it to 
present a more comprehensive, well-supported determination in any later 
court proceeding seeking injunctive relief under 46 U.S.C. 41307(b). 
This process would occur under 46 U.S.C. 41302-04 and applicable FMC 
regulations.
    The policy statement can be found at the following link: https://www2.fmc.gov/readingroom/proceeding/24-25/.
    This document is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552 and 46 
U.S.C. 41302-04, 41307(b).

    By the Commission.
David Eng,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-17201 Filed 8-7-24; 8:45 am]
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