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Will my comments be made available to 

the public? 

Yes. Be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personal 

identifying information, will be made 

publicly available. 

May I submit comments confidentially? 

If you wish to submit comments 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit the information you 

claim to be confidential commercial 

information by email to SmallVessels@

dot.gov. 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 claim highlighting or 

denoting the CCI portions. If possible, 

please provide a summary of your 

submission that can be made available 

to the public. 

In the event 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. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03472 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2024–0021] 

Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility 

Determination for a Foreign-Built 

Vessel: MANDALU 2 (Motor); Invitation 

for Public Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of 

Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to issue coastwise 

endorsement eligibility determinations 

for foreign-built vessels which will carry 

no more than twelve passengers for hire. 

A request for such a determination has 

been received by MARAD. By this 

notice, MARAD seeks comments from 

interested parties as to any effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. Information about the 

requestor’s vessel, including a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

MARAD–2024–0021 by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov. Search 

MARAD–2024–0021 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–2024–0021, 

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, Room W23–461, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

(202) 366–0903. Email: 

patricia.hagerty@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described in the application, the 

intended service of the vessel 

MANDALU 2 is: 

—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 

Requester intends to use for Atlantic 

coast passenger charters. 

—Geographic Region Including Base of 

Operations: Delaware, New Jersey, 

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina. 

Base of Operations: Lewes, DE. 

—Vessel Length and Type: 34′ Motor 

The complete application is available 

for review identified in the DOT docket 

as MARAD 2024–0021 at https://

www.regulations.gov. Interested parties 

may comment on the effect this action 

may have on U.S. vessel builders or 

businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag 

vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388, that the employment of the vessel 

in the coastwise trade to carry no more 

than 12 passengers will have an unduly 

adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or 

a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, MARAD will not issue an 

approval of the vessel’s coastwise 

endorsement eligibility. Comments 

should refer to the vessel name, state the 

commenter’s interest in the application, 

and address the eligibility criteria given 

in § 388.4 of MARAD’s regulations at 46 

CFR part 388. 

Public Participation 

How do I submit comments? 

Please submit your comments, 

including the attachments, following the 

instructions provided under the above 

heading entitled ADDRESSES. Be advised 

that it may take a few hours or even 

days for your comment to be reflected 

on the docket. In addition, your 

comments must be written in English. 

We encourage you to provide concise 

comments and you may 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? 

Go to the docket online at https://

www.regulations.gov, keyword search 

MARAD–2024–0021 or visit the Docket 

Management Facility (see ADDRESSES for 

hours of operation). We recommend that 

you periodically check the Docket for 

new submissions and supporting 

material. 

Will my comments be made available to 

the public? 

Yes. Be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personal 

identifying information, will be made 

publicly available. 

May I submit comments confidentially? 

If you wish to submit comments 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 


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should submit the information you 

claim to be confidential commercial 

information by email to SmallVessels@

dot.gov. 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 claim highlighting or 

denoting the CCI portions. If possible, 

please provide a summary of your 

submission that can be made available 

to the public. 

In the event 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. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03466 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[DOT–OST–2024–0010] 

U.S. Coast Guard Loran Sites 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notification. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) is issuing this 

Notification to the U.S. Coast Guard 

(USCG) that neither DOT, nor the U.S. 

Department of Defense (DoD), are 

seeking transfer of the Loran properties 

from the USCG. This notification is 

being given based on the fact there was 

no identification of a need for the USCG 

Loran properties in response to the DOT 

Request for Information (RFI) on a 

Commercial enhanced Long Range 

Navigation (eLoran) Capability, DOT– 

OST–2023–0118. 

DATES: Responses should be filed by 

May 21, 2024. All questions concerning 

this Notification shall be emailed to 

PNT_RFI@dot.gov. When submitting 

questions and comments, please refer to 

the specific relevant text of this 

Notification. Each question submitted to 

DOT should be stated in such a way that 

there would be no objection to DOT’s 

publishing that precise question (and its 

answer) in a formal Amendment to the 

Notification. That is, each question 

should be worded in such a way that the 

publication of that question (and its 

answer) would not divulge any 

information that would be considered 

proprietary or confidential. Further, any 

questions concerning any apparent 

error, omission, or ambiguity in this 

Notification shall include the 

questioner’s supporting rationale as well 

as a description of the remedies that the 

questioner is asking DOT to consider. 

All questions that DOT decides to 

answer will be collectively answered in 

writing. 

ADDRESSES: You may file responses 

identified by the docket number DOT– 

OST–2024–0010 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number DOT– 

OST–2024–0010 at the beginning of 

your submission. All submissions 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless proprietary and other sensitive 

information is so marked with requested 

disposition instructions. Any 

submissions with Confidential/ 

Propriety information should be labeled 

as such in the title of the submission. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all submissions 

received in any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the submission, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78), or you may visit https://

www.transportation.gov/individuals/ 

privacy/dot-privacy-policy. 

Docket: For access to the docket and 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or to the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Overview 

On October 3, 2023, DOT issued a 

Commercial eLoran Capability RFI, 

DOT–OST–2023–0118 (88 FR 68283), to 

determine: 

(1) If there is interest from private 

entities in offering a U.S. commercial 

eLoran service to the general public in 

the United States on a fee-for-service 

basis without any Federal investment, 

subsidy, procurement commitment or 

other commitment of credit or budgetary 

resources. 

(2) If respondent has an interest in 

offering a U.S.-based commercial eLoran 

service on a fee-for-service basis, 

identify what impediments stand in the 

way of respondent offering a U.S. 

commercial eLoran service. If lack of 

access to any federally-controlled assets 

and non-budgetary assistance related to 

utilizing such federally-controlled assets 

are identified as impediments to 

offering such a service, a subsequent 

Request for Information may be issued 

to obtain additional data. 

This RFI was issued specifically to 

inform USCG divestiture of their legacy 

Loran sites, as required by section 11211 

of the FY 2023 National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA; 14 U.S.C. 

914). Per the FY 2023 NDAA, if DOT or 

DoD expresses interest in obtaining any 

of the Loran-C properties, the properties 

will be transferred from USCG to DOT. 

No respondents to the RFI identified a 

need for the USCG Loran properties to 

provide a commercial eLoran capability 

in the United States. Therefore, neither 

DOT, nor DoD, are seeking transfer of 

the Loran properties from the USCG. 

Issued this day of February 15, 2024, in 

Washington, DC. 

Robert C. Hampshire, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03495 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] 

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