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Unauthorized Committees (PACs and 

Party Committees) 

Political committees filing on a 

quarterly basis in 2012 are subject to 

special election reporting if they make 

previously undisclosed contributions or 

expenditures in connection with the 

Washington Special Primary or Special 

General Election by the close of books 

for the applicable report(s). (See chart 

below for the closing date for each 

report). 

Committees filing monthly that make 

contributions or expenditures in 

connection with the Washington Special 

Primary or General Elections will 

continue to file according to the 

monthly reporting schedule. 

Additional disclosure information in 

connection with the Washington Special 

Election may be found on the FEC Web 

site at http://www.fec.gov/info/ 

report_dates.shtml. 

Disclosure of Lobbyist Bundling 

Activity 

Principal campaign committees, party 

committees and Leadership PACs that 

are otherwise required to file reports in 

connection with the special elections 

must simultaneously file FEC Form 3L 

if they receive two or more bundled 

contributions from lobbyists/registrants 

or lobbyist/registrant PACs that 

aggregate in excess of $16,700 during 

the special election reporting periods 

(see charts below for closing date of 

each period). 11 CFR 104.22(a)(5)(v). 

CALENDAR OF REPORTING DATES FOR WASHINGTON SPECIAL ELECTION

Report Close of books 1

Reg. cert. and 

overnight mailing 

deadline 

Filing deadline 

Committees Involved in Only the Special Primary (08/07/12) Must File: 

Pre-Primary .......................................................................................................... 07/18/12 07/23/12 07/26/12 

October Quarterly ................................................................................................ 09/30/12 10/15/12 10/15/12 

Committees Involved in Both the Special Primary (08/07/12) and Special General (11/06/12) Must File: 

Pre-Primary .......................................................................................................... 07/18/12 07/23/12 07/26/12 

October Quarterly ................................................................................................ 09/30/12 10/15/12 10/15/12 

Pre-General ......................................................................................................... 10/17/12 10/22/12 10/25/12 

Post-General ........................................................................................................ 11/26/12 12/06/12 12/06/12 

Year-End .............................................................................................................. 12/31/12 01/31/13 01/31/13 

Committees Involved in Only the Special General (11/06/12) Must File: 

Pre-General ......................................................................................................... 10/17/12 10/22/12 10/25/12 

Post-General ........................................................................................................ 11/26/12 12/06/12 12/06/12 

Year-End .............................................................................................................. 12/31/12 01/31/13 01/31/13 

1These dates indicate the end of the reporting period. A reporting period always begins the day after the closing date of the last report filed. If 

the committee is new and has not previously filed a report, the first report must cover all activity that occurred before the committee registered as 

a political committee with the Commission up through the close of books for the first report due. 

On behalf of the Commission. 

Caroline C. Hunter, 

Chair, Federal Election Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9005 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 12–03] 

The Auction Block Company, an 

Alaska Corporation v. the City of 

Homer, a Municipal Corporation and Its 

Port of Homer; Notice of Filing of 

Complaint and Assignment 

Notice is given that a complaint has 

been filed with the Federal Maritime 

Commission (Commission) by The 

Auction Block Company, an Alaska 

Corporation, hereinafter ‘‘Complainant,’’ 

against the City of Homer, a municipal 

corporation, and its Port of Homer, 

hereinafter ‘‘Respondents’’. 

Complainant asserts that it is a seafood 

processing and logistics firm organized 

under the laws of the State of Alaska. 

Complainant alleges that Respondent 

the City of Homer is a municipal 

corporation organized under the laws of 

Alaska, is a marine terminal operator 

and owns and operates the Port of 

Homer. 

Complainant alleges that it pays to 

Respondents the rates published in 

Respondents’ tariff for use of the 

premises and a crane, but that ‘‘its major 

competitor, Icicle Seafoods, Inc. d/b/a/ 

Seward Fisheries, is not assessed and 

does not pay the rates published in the 

Tariff.’’ Therefore Complainant alleges 

that Respondent is in violation of 46 

U.S.C. 41106(2) and (3) as it ‘‘has given 

undue and/or unreasonable preference 

and/or advantage and/or imposed 

undue or unreasonable prejudice and/or 

disadvantage with respect to 

Complainant. 

Complainant requests that the 

Commission order Respondent to ‘‘cease 

and desist from the aforesaid violations 

of said acts; to establish and put in force 

such practices as the Commission 

determines to be lawful and reasonable; 

to pay to said Complainant by way of 

reparations and damages for the 

unlawful conduct * * * the sum of 

$682,114.83 with interest and attorney’s 

fees or such other sum as the 

Commission may determine to be 

proper as an award of reparations and 

damages; and that such other and 

further order or orders be made as the 

Commission determines to be just and 

proper in the premises.’’ The full text of 

the complaint can be found in the 

Commission’s Electronic Reading Room 

at www.fmc.gov. 

This proceeding has been assigned to 

the Office of Administrative Law Judges. 

Hearing in this matter, if any is held, 

shall commence within the time 

limitations prescribed in 46 CFR 502.61, 

and only after consideration has been 

given by the parties and the presiding 

officer to the use of alternative forms of 

dispute resolution. The hearing shall 

include oral testimony and crossexamination in the discretion of the 

presiding officer only upon proper 

showing that there are genuine issues of 


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material fact that cannot be resolved on 

the basis of sworn statements, affidavits, 

depositions, or other documents or that 

the nature of the matter in issue is such 

that an oral hearing and crossexamination are necessary for the 

development of an adequate record. 

Pursuant to the further terms of 46 CFR 

502.61, the initial decision of the 

presiding officer in this proceeding shall 

be issued by April 10, 2013 and the final 

decision of the Commission shall be 

issued by August 8, 2013. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8994 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 12–04] 

Possible Revocation of Ocean 

Transportation Intermediary License 

No. 021899—Trans World Logistics 

Corporation; Order To Show Cause 

Trans World Logistics Corporation 

(Trans World Logistics) is an Indiana 

corporation, incorporated in October 

2006. Records maintained by the 

Commission’s Bureau of Certification 

and Licensing (BCL) indicate that Trans 

World Logistics maintains its principal 

offices at 702 Penny Lane, Plainfield, 

Indiana. BCL records identify the 

principals of the firm as Malene 

Sorensen, Vice President and Satinder 

Kaur, President, Treasurer and CEO. 

Trans World Logistics has been licensed 

to operate as an ocean transportation 

intermediary (OTI) pursuant to FMC 

license No. 021899 since December 

2008. 

Trans World Logistics was licensed 

on the basis of the qualifications of Ms. 

Sorensen, an officer of the company and 

its approved Qualifying Individual (QI). 

Based on information obtained in the 

course of a routine OTI compliance 

audit conducted by the Commission’s 

Bureau of Enforcement (BOE), it appears 

that the QI resigned her position as an 

officer on November 3, 2010. According 

to BCL’s records, the licensee has not 

notified the Commission of the QI’s 

resignation or sought approval of a 

replacement QI. The Commission’s OTI 

regulations require that when, as here, 

a corporation has been licensed on the 

basis of the qualifications of an officer 

of the company and that individual no 

longer serves in a full-time and active 

capacity, the licensee must report such 

change to the Commission within 30 

days and within that time period seek 

Commission approval of any other 

active officer who may qualify the 

licensee. 46 CFR 515.18(c). It appears 

that Trans World Logistics has violated 

and continues to be in violation of this 

requirement. 

In addition, as part of its OTI 

compliance audit of Trans World 

Logistics, BOE sent repeated requests to 

the company between June and 

November, 2011, seeking current 

information about its OTI business. 

Such requests were sent to the addresses 

contained in BCL’s records as well as 

additional addresses for the firm’s 

principals located through research 

conducted by staff. Despite BOE’s efforts 

to communicate with the licensee in 

order to obtain information about its 

OTI business, Trans World Logistics has 

repeatedly failed to reply to such 

requests. The Commission regulations 

require a licensee to promptly respond 

to lawful inquiries from any authorized 

representative of the Commission. 46 

CFR 515.31(g). It appears that Trans 

World Logistics also continues to be in 

violation of this requirement. 

Section 19(c) of the Shipping Act, 46 

U.S.C. 40903 (a), provides that the 

Commission: 

* * * after notice and opportunity for 

hearing, shall suspend or revoke an ocean 

transportation intermediary’s license if the 

Commission finds that the ocean 

transportation intermediary—(1) is not 

qualified to provide intermediary services; or 

(2) that it willfully failed to comply with a 

provision of this part or with an order or 

regulation of the Commission. 

As pertinent, the Commission’s 

regulations at 46 CFR 515.16(a) provide 

that an OTI license be revoked or 

suspended for any of the following 

reasons: 

(1) Violation of any provision of the 

Act, or any other statute or Commission 

order or regulation related to carrying 

on the business of an ocean 

transportation intermediary; 

(2) Failure to respond to any lawful 

order or inquiry by the Commission; 

(3) Making a materially false or 

misleading statement to the Commission 

in connection with an application for a 

license or an amendment to an existing 

license; 

(4) Where the Commission determines 

that the licensee is not qualified to 

render intermediary services; 

(5) Failure to honor the licensee’s 

financial obligations to the Commission. 

It appears that Trans World Logistics 

has violated Commissions regulations 

by failing to notify the Commission of 

the resignation of its QI, failing to seek 

approval of a replacement, and 

repeatedly failing to respond to lawful 

inquiries by the Commission with 

respect to its OTI business. Accordingly, 

it appears that revocation of its license 

is warranted under the Shipping Act. 

Now therefore, it is ordered That 

pursuant to Sections 11, 14 and 19 of 

the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. 

41302, 41304, 40903(a)(2), Trans World 

Logistics Corporation is directed to 

show cause, within 30 days of 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register, why the Commission should 

not revoke its license for failure to 

report the resignation of its QI and seek 

approval of a replacement, as required 

by 46 CFR 515.18; and for failure to 

reply to lawful inquiries by the 

Commission with respect to its business 

as required by 46 CFR 515.31(g). 

It is further ordered That this 

proceeding be limited to the submission 

of affidavits of fact and memoranda of 

law; 

It is further ordered That any person 

having an interest and desiring to 

intervene in this proceeding shall file a 

petition for leave to intervene in 

accordance with Rule 72 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 46 CFR 502.72. Such petition 

shall be accompanied by the petitioner’s 

memorandum of law and affidavit of 

fact, if any, and shall be filed no later 

than the date fixed below; 

It is further ordered That Trans World 

Logistics Corporation be named as 

Respondent in this proceeding. 

Affidavits of fact and memoranda of law 

shall be filed by Respondent and any 

intervenors in support of Respondent no 

later than May 11, 2012; 

It is further ordered That the 

Commission’s Bureau of Enforcement be 

made a party to this proceeding; 

It is further ordered That reply 

affidavits and memoranda of law shall 

be filed by BOE and intervenors in 

support no later than May 29, 2012; 

It is further ordered That: 

(a) Should any party believe that an 

evidentiary hearing is required, that 

party must submit a request for such 

hearing together with a statement setting 

forth in detail the facts to be proved, the 

relevance of those facts to the issues in 

this proceeding, a description of the 

evidence which would be adduced, and 

why such evidence cannot be submitted 

by affidavit; 

(b) Any request for evidentiary 

hearing shall be filed no later than May 

29, 2012; 

It is further ordered That notice of this 

Order to Show Cause be published in 

the Federal Register, and that a copy 

thereof be served upon Respondent at 

its last known address; 

It is further ordered That all 

documents submitted by any party of 

record in this proceeding shall be filed 

in accordance with Rule 2 of the 


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