[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 123 (Monday, June 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27901-27902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11992]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2025-0102]
Request Notice: Use of Foreign-built Small Passenger Vessel in
United States Coastwise Trade, S/V DREAM
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the
Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to make determinations
regarding the coastwise use of foreign built; certain U.S. built; and
U.S. and foreign rebuilt vessels that solely carry no more than twelve
passengers for hire. MARAD has received such a determination request
and is publishing this notice to solicit comments to assist with
determining whether the proposed use of the vessel set forth in the
request would have an adverse effect on U.S. vessel builders or U.S.
coastwise trade businesses that use U.S.-built vessels in those
businesses. Information about the requestor's vessel, including a
description of the proposed service, is in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket Number
MARAD-2025-0102 by any one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Search MARAD-2025-0102 and follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility is in
the West Building, Ground Floor of the U.S. Department of
Transportation. The Docket Management Facility location address is U.S.
Department of Transportation, MARAD-2025-0102, 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: If you mail or hand-deliver your comments, we recommend
that you include your name and a mailing address, an email address,
or a telephone number in the body of your document so that we can
contact you if we have questions regarding your submission.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and specific docket number. All comments received will be posted
without change to the docket at www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For detailed instructions on submitting
comments, or to submit comments that are confidential in nature, see
the section entitled Public Participation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Hagerty, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Mail Stop 2, MAR-620, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-5400.
Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 12121(b), the U.S.
Coast Guard may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise
trade endorsement for eligible, small passenger vessels authorized to
carry no more than 12 passengers for hire if the Maritime
Administration (MARAD), after notice and an opportunity for public
comment, determines the use of the small passenger vessel in the
coastwise trade will not adversely affect United States vessel builders
or the coastwise trade business of any person that employs vessels
built in the United States in that business.\1\
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\1\ The U.S. Coast Guard and MARAD have authority under 46
U.S.C. 12121(b) through the Secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security and the Secretary of the Department of Transportation,
respectively.
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MARAD has received an eligibility determination request. Further
details about the requester's vessel and its proposed operations may be
found in the determination request posted in the DOT docket as MARAD-
2025-0102 at https://www.regulations.gov. Interested parties may
comment on the undue adverse effect this action may have on U.S. vessel
builders or coastwise trade businesses in the U.S. that employ U.S.-
built vessels in those businesses. Comments should refer to the vessel
name, state the commenter's interest in the request, and demonstrate,
with supporting documentation, the undue adverse effect on U.S. vessel
builders and coastwise trade businesses.
Public Participation
How do I submit comments?
Please submit comments, including the attachments, following the
instructions provided under the above heading entitled ADDRESSES. It
may take a few hours or even days for comments to be reflected on the
docket. Comments must be written in English. Provide concise comments
and attach additional documents as necessary. There is no limit on the
length of the attachments.
Where do I go to read public comments, and find supporting information?
The docket online is located at https://www.regulations.gov,
keyword search MARAD-2025-0102 or visit the Docket Management Facility
(see ADDRESSES for hours of operation). Please periodically check the
Docket for new submissions and supporting material.
Will my comments be made available to the public?
Yes. Your entire comment, including your personal identifying
information, will be made publicly available.
May I submit comments confidentially?
You may request that MARAD treat your comments as commercially
confidential by submitting them to [email protected]. Include in the
email subject heading ``Contains Confidential Commercial Information''
or ``Contains CCI'' and state in your submission, with specificity, the
basis for any such confidential treatment highlighting the CCI
portions. If possible, please provide a summary of your submission that
can be made available to the public.
If MARAD receives a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for
the information, procedures described in the Department's FOIA
regulation at 49 CFR 7.29 will be followed. Only information that is
ultimately determined to be confidential under those procedures will be
exempt from disclosure under FOIA.
Privacy Act
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: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 12121)
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By Order of the Maritime Administration.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-11992 Filed 6-27-25; 8:45 am]
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