36218 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 110 / Wednesday, June 7, 2000 / Notices

Dated: June 2, 2000.

Kenneth T. Venuto,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of

Operations Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG–2000–443]

Chemical Transportation Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Subcommittee of the

Chemical Transportation Advisory

Committee (CTAC) on the revalidation

of recommendations for 46 CFR part 151

will meet to discuss the previous

recommendations of CTAC.

DATES: The Subcommittee will meet on

Wednesday, June 21, 2000, from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting may close

early if all business is finished. Written

material and requests to make oral

presentations should reach the Coast

Guard on or before June 20, 2000.

Requests to have a copy of your material

distributed to each member of the

committee or subcommittee should

reach the Coast Guard on or before June

19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The Subcommittee will

meet in room 6103, U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW,

Washington, DC. Send written material

and requests to make oral presentations

to Commander Robert F. Corbin,

Commandant (G–MSO–3), U.S. Coast

Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street

SW, Washington, DC 20593–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Thomas J. Felleisen, Coast Guard

Technical Representative to the

Subcommittee, or Lieutenant Gregory F.

Herold, Deputy Assistant to the

Executive Director of CTAC, telephone

202–267–1217, fax 202–267–4570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

this meeting is given under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.

2.

Agenda of Meeting

The agenda of the Subcommittee of

the Chemical Transportation Advisory

Committee (CTAC) on the revalidation

of recommendations for 46 CFR part 151

includes the following:

(1) Introduction of the Subcommittee

members.

(2) Review and discussion of CTAC’s

previous recommendations.

(3) Evaluation of the validity of the

CTAC’s previous recommendations.

(4) Discussions of the comments

submitted on the ANPRM.

Procedural

The meeting is open to the public.

Please note that the meeting may close

early if all business is finished. All

attendees at the meeting are encouraged

to fully review CTAC’s previous

recommendations prior to the meeting;

additional copies of CTAC’s previous

recommendations are available from the

Deputy Assistant to CTAC. At the

discretion of the Subcommittee Chair,

members of the public may make oral

presentations during the meeting. If you

would like to make an oral presentation

at the meeting, please notify the Coast

Guard Technical Representative to the

Subcommittee on or before June 20,

2000. If you would like a copy of your

material distributed to each member of

the committee or subcommittee in

advance of a meeting, please submit 25

copies to the Coast Guard Technical

Representative to the Subcommittee no

later than June 19, 2000.

Information on Services for Individuals

With Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for individuals with disabilities

or to request special assistance at the

meeting, contact the Deputy Assistant to

the Executive Director of CTAC as soon

as possible.

Dated: May 31, 2000.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket MARAD–2000–7470]

Farrell Lines Incorporated; Notice of

Application for approvals to the

proposed transfer of Maritime Security

Program Operating Agreements MA/

MSP–18 through 20

By applications dated June 1, 2000,

Farrell Lines Incorporated (Farrell) and

counsel for FLI Ships, Inc. (FLI Ships)

have notified the Maritime

Administration (MARAD) of the

proposed transfer of three Maritime

Security Program (MSP) Operating

Agreements (MA/MSP–18 through 20)

from Farrell to FLI Ships, a wholly

owned subsidiary of Farrell, pursuant to

section 652(j) of Subtitle B, Title VI,

Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended

(1936 Act). The vessels currently

covered by those contracts are presently

owned by FLI Ships, and will continue

to be covered by those contracts after

transfer.

The transfer of MSP Operating

Agreements MA/MSP–18 through 20 is

part of a series of overall transactions

whereby Farrell will merge with P & O

Nedlloyd Acquisition Corporation, a

wholly owned subsidiary of P & O

Nedlloyd Limited. After merger, Farrell

will be the surviving entity

(reconstituted Farrell).

With respect to the transfer of MSP

Operating Agreements, section 652(j) of

the 1936 Act provides that ‘‘A

Contractor under an operating

agreement may transfer the agreement

(including all rights and obligations

under the agreement) to any person

eligible to enter into that Operating

Agreement under this subtitle after

notification of the Secretary [of

Transportation] in accordance with

regulations prescribed by the Secretary,

unless the transfer is disapproved by the

Secretary within 90 days after the date

of Notification. A person to whom an

Operating Agreement is transferred may

receive payments from the Secretary

under the agreement only if each vessel

to be covered by the agreement after the

transfer is an eligible vessel under

section 651(b).’’

In implementing the proposed

transaction, FLI Ships is to be spun off

by sale of all its stock to FLI Ships

Holdings, Inc. (Holdings), a U.S. citizen

corporation within the meaning of

section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as

amended. Holdings will be

independently capitalized and

operationally independent of P & O

Nedlloyd Limited and any of its

affiliates. The MSP vessels will be time

chartered from FLI Ships to either

P&ONL FAME, Inc. (FAME), a U.S.

documentation citizen owned by P & O

Nedlloyd B.V., a Dutch corporation, or

to a reconstituted Farrell for operation.

In the event that Farrell becomes the

time charterer, it will also become a

documentation citizen. The time

charters of two other MSP vessels

owned by First American Bulk Carrier

Corp. (FABC) and chartered to Farrell,

will be novated to either FAME, or

remain with the reconstituted Farrell for

operation. FLI Ships will manage and

operate the former Farrell vessels

utilizing former Farrell personnel. The

FABC vessels will continue to operate

under their existing charters. One

additional vessel operated by Farrell

under bareboat charter from MARAD

may be turned back to MARAD subject

to settlement under that charter.

Another vessel bareboat chartered by