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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 http://

www.regulations.gov, keyword search 

MARAD–2021–0149 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 

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 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 

DOT solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its rulemaking process. 

DOT posts these comments, without 

edit, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice, DOT/ALL–14 FDMS, accessible 

through www.dot.gov/privacy. To 

facilitate comment tracking and 

response, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. Whether 

or not commenters identify themselves, 

all timely comments will be fully 

considered. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121) 

By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19595 Filed 9–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2021–0144] 

Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility 

Determination for a Foreign-Built 

Vessel: WEATHERLY (Sail); Invitation 

for Public Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Transportation (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 

October 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

MARAD–2021–0144 by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Search 

MARAD–2021–0144 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–2021–0144, 

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: 

James Mead, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W23–459, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–5723, Email James.Mead@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described in the application, the 

intended service of the vessel 

WEATHERLY is: 

—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 

‘‘Carrying passengers for hire.’’ 

—Geographic Region Including Base of 

Operations: ‘‘East Coast of the United 

States, Maine to Florida’’ (Base of 

Operations: Oxford, MD) 

—Vessel Length and Type: 67′ Sail 

The complete application is available 

for review identified in the DOT docket 

as MARAD 2021–0144 at http://

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 section 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 


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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 http://

www.regulations.gov, keyword search 

MARAD–2021–0144 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 

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 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 

DOT solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its rulemaking process. 

DOT posts these comments, without 

edit, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice, DOT/ALL–14 FDMS, accessible 

through www.dot.gov/privacy. To 

facilitate comment tracking and 

response, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. Whether 

or not commenters identify themselves, 

all timely comments will be fully 

considered. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121) 

* * * * * 

By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19582 Filed 9–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0060] 

NHTSA Safety Research Portfolio 

Public Meeting: Fall 2021 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA is announcing its 

2021 safety research portfolio public 

meeting where the agency’s Vehicle 

Safety Research and Behavioral Safety 

Research offices will present 

information on activities related to the 

agency’s safety research programs. 

Representatives from across the research 

offices will present the information in a 

virtual panel format. Questions from the 

audience will be accepted following 

presentations in a format to be 

determined. 

DATES: NHTSA will host the public 

meeting on October 19–21, 2021, from 

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time (EST) each day. The 

meeting will be held virtually. 

Registration to attend the meeting must 

be received no later than October 15, 

2021. The public docket will remain 

open for comment for 90 days following 

the conclusion of the public meeting, 

until January 19, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually via GoToWebinar. The virtual 

meeting’s online access link and a 

detailed agenda will be provided upon 

registration. The meeting will also be 

recorded and made available after the 

event for offline viewing at https://

www.nhtsa.gov/events/research-publicmeeting-2021 listed under the title of 

the public meeting. 

Following the public meeting, you 

may send comments, identified by 

Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0060, by any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal Holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call 202–366–9826 before 

coming. 

• Fax: 202–366–1767. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

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

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act discussion 

below. 

Docket: For access to the docket go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590 between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal Holidays. 

Telephone: 202–366–9826. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about the public 

meeting, please contact Lisa Floyd at 

202–366–4697, or by email at 

Lisa.Floyd@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year, 

NHTSA executes a broad array of 

research programs in support of 

Administration, DOT, and agency 

priorities. The agency’s research 

portfolio covers program areas 

pertaining to vehicle safety including 

safety countermeasures implemented 

through the vehicle, its components, 

operations and use, accessibility 

considerations, alternative fuels, among 

others; and behavioral safety including 

safety countermeasures that pertain to 

the behavior and actions of drivers, 

occupants, and other road users, 

including vulnerable populations. 

NHTSA holds Safety Research 

Portfolio public meetings to provide 

public outreach regarding research 

activities at NHTSA for both vehicle and 

behavioral safety, including expected 

near-term deliverables, and solicit 

stakeholder questions and input. 

NHTSA’s Safety Research Portfolio 

meetings are historically held in-person. 

The agency’s most recent Safety 

Research Portfolio public meeting was 

held on November 20–21, 2019. These 

meetings draw large numbers of 

attendees among automotive safety 

stakeholder groups, including 

international audience members. Due to 

the continued and varied global effects 

of the COVID–19 public health 

emergency, in an abundance of caution, 


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