22638 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 87 / Friday, May 4, 2001 / Notices

Vessel Proposed for Waiver of the U.S.-

build Requirement

(1) Name of vessel and owner for

which waiver is requested. Name of

vessel: TOP DOG. Owner: Lauren Burch.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant: ‘‘30

foot Californian Gross tons 12 Net tons

9.’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

‘‘Vessel will be used for 6 passenger

charter use in Southeast Alaska.

Fishing, sightseeing, wildlife viewing,

transportation.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: Unknown. Place of

construction: Builder unknown.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘There will be no impact

on other commercial passenger vessel

operators. I already operate a vessel, and

can only operate one at a time. There

will be zero impact beyond what is

already being experienced. There are

several hundred charter boats in

southeast Alaska. Most do hourly or day

trips. A few dozen do multiple day trips

with 6 or more passengers. I do multiple

day trips for groups of 2–4. I know of

no other boats that cater to small groups

that do not wish to go on larger party

boats. I occasionally do one day trips

through the internet. Most of the day

boat fleet work through the cruise

ships.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘The vessel

will have no impact on U.S. shipyards.

It is a small fiberglass boat that will

never know the inside of a shipyard. I

anticipate that it will spend the

remainder of its life here in southeast

Alaska, and continue to have work done

on it locally.’’

Dated: April 30, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–11268 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–9585]

Requested Administrative Waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws

AGENCY: Maritime Administration,

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Invitation for public comments

on a requested administrative waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel

VENTURE II.

SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105–

383, the Secretary of Transportation, as

represented by the Maritime

Administration (MARAD), is authorized

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build

requirement of the coastwise laws under

certain circumstances. A request for

such a waiver has been received by

MARAD. The vessel, and a description

of the proposed service, is listed below.

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 that in accordance with Pub.

L. 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations at

46 CFR Part 388 (65 FR 6905; February

11, 2000) that the issuance of the waiver

will have an unduly adverse effect on a

U.S.-vessel builder or a business that

uses U.S.-flag vessels, a waiver will not

be granted.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

June 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–9585.

Written comments may be submitted by

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401,

Department of Transportation, 400 7th

St., SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.

You may also send comments

electronically via the Internet at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments

will become part of this docket and will

be available for inspection and copying

at the above address between 10 a.m.

and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through

Friday, except federal holidays. An

electronic version of this document and

all documents entered into this docket

is available on the World Wide Web at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Dunn, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Maritime

Administration, MAR–832 Room 7201,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590. Telephone 202–366–2307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of

Pub. L. 105–383 provides authority to

the Secretary of Transportation to

administratively waive the U.S.-build

requirements of the Jones Act, and other

statutes, for small commercial passenger

vessels (no more than 12 passengers).

This authority has been delegated to the

Maritime Administration per 49 CFR

1.66, Delegations to the Maritime

Administrator, as amended. By this

notice, MARAD is publishing

information on a vessel for which a

request for a U.S.-build waiver has been

received, and for which MARAD

requests comments from interested

parties. Comments should refer to the

docket number of this notice and the

vessel name in order for MARAD to

properly consider the comments.

Comments should also state the

commenter’s interest in the waiver

application, and address the waiver

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’S

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388.

Vessel Proposed for Waiver of the U.S.-

build Requirement

(1) Name of vessel and owner for

which waiver is requested.

Name of vessel: VENTURE II. Owner:

Raymond W. Cayer.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant:

‘‘Length:44, breadth:13.7, draft:6’, gross

tons 22, 12 passengers’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

‘‘I intend to use this sailing vessel to

do long term charters along the eastern

seaboard from Maine to the Virgin

Islands and beyond. I don’t have one

particular place that I intend to work

solely out of and I don’t intend to do

daily in/out charters though a one day

charter might arise. I intend to work

through local charter brokers who are

eager to have such a vessel available to

their clients. Term charters would be a

weekend to a week long trip to different

places. I don’t have any one geographic

area planned to base the vessels use out

of. I would like to charter the vessel in

the northeast waters in the summer

months and down in the Virgin Islands

in the winter months.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1982. Place of

construction: Taiwan.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘I have spoken with local

charter boat owners who all seem

enthusiastic for my pursuit to try and

make a living by taking people for an

adventure sail. I have not received any

negative responses regarding the

introduction of this vessel’s operation

into the local charter business.

According to the local charter brokers

there is a shortage of qualified ‘‘captain’’

owned and operated vessels to serve the

trade.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘The impact

on US shipyards should be a positive

one as I will be hauling and servicing

the boat at local yards.’’

Dated: April 30, 2001.

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 87 / Friday, May 4, 2001 / Notices 22639

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–11267 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA–2001–9324]

Highway Safety Programs; Conforming

Products List of Screening Devices To

Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the

Conforming Products List (CPL) of

devices that conform to the Model

Specifications for Screening Devices

that Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids

(59 FR 39382).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

James F. Frank, Office of Research and

Traffic Records, Research and

Evaluation Division (NTS–31), National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590; Telephone: (202) 366–5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

2, 1994, Model Specifications for

Screening Devices to Measure Alcohol

in Bodily Fluids were published in the

Federal Register (59 FR 39382). In these

model specifications, NHTSA

recognized industry efforts to develop

new technologies. These specifications

established performance criteria and

methods for testing alcohol screening

devices using either breath or other

bodily fluids to measure alcohol

content. NHTSA established these

specifications to support State laws that

target youthful offenders (i.e., ‘‘zero

tolerance’’ laws) and the Department of

Transportation’s workplace alcohol

testing program. NHTSA published its

first CPL for screening devices on

December 2, 1994 (59 FR 61923; with a

correction in 59 FR 65128). Five devices

were on that first list.

On August 15, 1995, NHTSA

amended its CPL of screening devices to

measure alcohol in bodily fluids in the

Federal Register (60 FR 42214) by

adding two additional devices to the

list, thereby bringing the list to seven

devices.

Since the publication of that list, five

additional devices have been evaluated

at the Volpe National Transportation

Systems Center in Cambridge, MA and

found to conform to the model

specifications. Accordingly, these five

devices, listed in alphabetical order, are

being added to the CPL.

The first new listing is the ‘‘Alcohol

√TM’’ disposable breath alcohol tubes

manufactured by Akers Laboratories,

Inc., of Thorofare, NJ. These are

disposable tubes that use a potassium

dichromate color change to indicate

whether the BAC of a breath sample is

above the 0.02 threshold. These devices

passed all requirements of the model

specifications except when read under

sodium vapor lighting conditions.

Hence, they are approved for use except

under sodium vapor lighting conditions,

and the manufacturer’s package insert

specifies this limitation.

The second new listing is the Alco

Check 9000 manufactured by Alco

Check International of Hudsonville, MI.

This device differs from the Alco Check

3000 D.O.T. and the Alco Screen 3000

(the same device sold under two

different names) in that it allows for the

storage and retrieval of test data by use

of an added memory chip. As the Alco

Check 3000 D.O.T. and the Alco Screen

3000 already conform to these model

specifications, and the added memory

chip does not change the alcoholmeasuring capability of the device,

NHTSA did not require the new Alco

Check 9000 to be retested before listing

it on this CPL for screening devices.

The third new device on the CPL is

the ABI (Alcohol Breath Indicator)

manufactured by HAN International Co.

Ltd. of Seoul, Korea. This is an

electronic device with a two-digit

numerical display that uses a semiconductor sensor.

The last two devices are the ‘‘PAS

IIIa’’ and the ‘‘PAS Vr’’ manufactured by

PAS Systems International, Inc. of

Fredericksburg, VA. These are both

electronic devices that use a fuel cell

sensor with a two-digit numerical

display. The PAS IIIa and PAS Vr are

modifications of two different passive

alcohol sensors made by the same

company, but with a disposable

mouthpiece added so that an

appropriate deep-lung air sample can be

obtained for breath measurements.

Two housekeeping items are also

addressed in this notice. First, the

company previously listed as STC

Diagnostics, Inc. has changed its name

to OraSure Technologies, Inc. and the

new CPL reflects the inclusion of the

new company name in addition to the

old one. The name of its product, the

Q.E.D. A150 Saliva Alcohol Test,

remains the same. Second, there are a

number of handheld breath test devices

on the NHTSA CPL for Evidential

Breath Testers that frequently are used

as screening devices. It should be noted

that any device on the most recent

NHTSA CPL for EBTs which was

published on July 21, 2000 (65 FR

45419) that was tested against the 1993

Model Specifications for Evidential

Breath Testers (58 FR 48705) also fully

meets the requirements of the Model

Specifications for Screening Devices

that Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids.

Both procedures evaluate the

performance of instruments at the 0.020

BAC level.

The Conforming Products List is

therefore amended as follows:

CONFORMING PRODUCTS LIST OF ALCOHOL SCREENING DEVICES

Manufacturer Device(s)

Akers Laboratories, Inc., Thorofare, NJ ....................................................................................................... Alcohol √TM 2

Alco Check International1, Hudsonville, MI .................................................................................................. Alco Check 3000 D.O.T.

Alco Screen 3000

Alco Check 9000

Chematics, Inc., North Webster, IN .............................................................................................................. ALCO-SCREEN 02TM 3

Guth Laboratories, Inc., Harrisburg, PA ....................................................................................................... Alco Tector Mark X

Mark X Alcohol Checker

Han International Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea .................................................................................................... A.B.I. (Alcohol Breath Indicator)

OraSure Technologies, Inc., Bethlehem, PA (Formerly STC Technologies, Inc.) ....................................... Q.E.D. A150 Saliva Alcohol Test

PAS Systems International, Inc., Fredericksburg, VA .................................................................................. PAS IIIa

PAS Vr

Repco Marketing, Inc., Raleigh, NC ............................................................................................................. Alco Tec III

Roche Diagnostic Systems, Branchburg, NJ ............................................................................................... On-Site Alcohol 4

STC Technologies, Inc. ................................................................................................................................ Q.E.D. A150 Saliva Alcohol Test