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Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in El Segundo, California, on July 8, 

2022. 

William C. Garrison, 

Acting Director, Airports Division, WesternPacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15007 Filed 7–13–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Marine Highway Project Designation 

Open Season and Renewal of Project 

Designations 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Season for 

Marine Highway Project Designation 

and Renewal of Project Designations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT or Department) 

and Maritime Administration (MARAD) 

announce that the open season for the 

America’s Marine Highway Program 

(AMHP) Marine Highway Project 

Designation application submissions is 

being extended to September 30, 2025 

(Open Season). The purpose of this 

notice is to invite eligible applicants to 

submit Marine Highway Project 

Designation applications to DOT for 

review and consideration during this 

extended open season, in addition to 

outlining the process for renewing 

Project Designations once they have 

reached four years or older. 

DATES: There will be eleven Project 

Designation application review sessions 

during the extended Marine Highway 

Project Designation Open Season. Table 

1 contains the application due dates and 

review periods for each review session. 

Projects qualified for designation will be 

announced shortly after the completion 

of each review session. Applications can 

be submitted at any time but will only 

be reviewed during the next upcoming 

review session after submittal. 

TABLE 1—OPEN SEASON PROJECT DESIGNATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND REVIEW TIMELINE

Review session Project application due date (11:59 p.m. pacific) Project review period 

1 ............................................................................ September 30, 2022 ............................................ October 1, 2022–December 30, 2022. 

2 ............................................................................ January 31, 2023 ................................................. February 1, 2023–April 30, 2023. 

3 ............................................................................ May 31, 2023 ....................................................... June 1, 2023–August 31, 2023. 

4 ............................................................................ September 30, 2023 ............................................ October 1, 2023–December 30, 2023. 

5 ............................................................................ January 31, 2024 ................................................. February 1, 2024–April 30, 2024. 

6 ............................................................................ May 31, 2024 ....................................................... June 1, 2024–August 31, 2024. 

7 ............................................................................ September 30, 2024 ............................................ October 1, 2024–December 30, 2024. 

8 ............................................................................ January 31, 2025 ................................................. February 1, 2025–April 30, 2025. 

9 ............................................................................ May 31, 2025 ....................................................... June 1, 2025–August 31, 2025. 

10 .......................................................................... September 30, 2025 ............................................ October 1, 2025–December 30, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Applicants can submit 

applications for new Project 

Designations or to renew current Project 

Designations via hardcopy to the 

AMHP, Office of Ports & Waterways 

Planning, W21–233, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, or 

via email to mh@dot.gov. Electronic 

applications are preferred. Telephone 

(202) 366–0704; Fax (202) 366–5904. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy Pickering, Office of Ports & 

Waterways Planning, W21–312, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone (202) 366–0704; Fax (202) 

366–5904; or email Mr. Pickering at 

mh@dot.gov. You may also visit 

MARAD’s America’s Marine Highway 

web page at https://

www.maritime.dot.gov/grants/marinehighways/marine-highway. MARAD’s 

Gateway Offices can also respond to 

questions about the AMHP, including 

questions about Route Designations, the 

Project Designation Open Season, or 

grant funding. The Gateway Offices’ 

contact information is available on the 

MARAD website at https://

www.maritime.dot.gov/about-us/ 

gateway-offices/gateway-offices. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

AMHP was established by Section 1121 

of the Energy Independence and 

Security Act of 2007 to reduce landside 

congestion through the designation of 

Marine Highway Routes. Section 405 of 

the Coast Guard and Maritime 

Transportation Act of 2012 further 

expanded the scope of the program to 

increase the utilization and efficiency of 

domestic freight transportation on 

Marine Highway Routes between U.S. 

ports by including routes that do not 

have parallel landside routes. The 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2016 expanded the 

definition of short sea shipping (now 

referred to as marine highway 

transportation) to include freight 

vehicles carried aboard commuter ferry 

boats and cargo shipped in discrete 

units—or packages that are handled 

individually, palletized, or unitized 

specifically for transport. In addition, 

the revised final rule at 46 CFR part 393, 

which outlines the scope of the AMHP, 

became effective on January 2, 2018. 

The Department’s objective through 

this program is to reduce landside 

congestion and increase the use of 

domestic marine highway transportation 

by supporting the development of 

transportation options for shippers. 

These services provide economic and 

environmental benefits to the U.S. 

public at large. Marine Highway 

Designated Projects can improve safety 

and system resilience, and serve to 

reduce transportation-related air 

emissions, transportation costs for 

shippers, energy consumption, and 

costs associated with landside 

transportation infrastructure. Currently, 

the AMHP includes Marine Highway 

Routes in the continental U.S. in 

addition to the non-contiguous states of 

Hawaii and Alaska as well as the U.S. 

territories of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin 

Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and 

the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands. The AMHP includes 

projects that move freight along 

America’s coastlines or waterways. For 

example, the change in definition to add 

freight vehicles carried on commuter 

passenger ferries allowed the AMHP to 

provide Federal support to several 

existing ferry services. The addition of 


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palletized and unitized cargoes has 

allowed the AMHP to work with steel 

manufacturers, as well as less-thancontainer/less-than-truckload services. 

New Project Designations 

The purpose of the open season call 

for Project Designation applications is to 

seek eligible Marine Highway Projects 

that will establish new or expand 

existing marine highway services. 

Eligible projects may be designated as 

Marine Highway Projects by the 

Secretary of Transportation. Designation 

as a Marine Highway Project allows the 

Project Applicant or an eligible 

substitute applicant to become eligible 

for funding from the AMHP. MARAD 

will accept and review Project 

Designation applications that propose to 

operate a new service or expand an 

existing service on a designated Marine 

Highway Route, use U.S. documented 

vessels, and mitigate landside 

congestion or promote marine highway 

transportation. 

New Project Designation Application 

Process 

The Marine Highway Project 

Designation application process is 

detailed in 46 CFR 393.3, Marine 

Highway Projects (found at https://

www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapterII/subchapter-K/part-393/subpart-B/ 

section-393.3). 

Although Marine Highway Project 

Designations often involve private 

entities, such as vessel operators, the 

Project Designation applications must 

be submitted to MARAD by a public 

entity, such as a State government 

(including State departments of 

transportation), metropolitan planning 

organization, port authority, or a 

Federally recognized tribal government. 

Public/private partnerships, however, 

are encouraged. 

To be eligible for designation, the 

proposed Marine Highway Project must: 

(1) use U.S. vessels documented under 

46 U.S.C. chapter 121; (2) mitigate 

landside congestion or promote marine 

highway transportation; (3) involve the 

carriage of cargo in marine highway 

transportation as defined in 46 U.S.C. 

55605; (4) involve new or expand 

existing services for the carriage of 

cargo; and (5) operate on a designated 

Marine Highway Route. 

Refer to 46 U.S.C. 55601 & 55605 and 

46 CFR part 393 for further information 

on project eligibility and application 

requirements. For more information on 

recommending that a navigable 

waterway be designated as a Marine 

Highway Route, please contact your 

regional Gateway Office (https://

www.maritime.dot.gov/about-us/ 

gateway-offices/gateway-offices). 

Designating a Marine Highway Project 

does not obligate the Department to 

provide future funding to support the 

project; however, the designation is 

necessary for projects to be eligible for 

funding from the AMHP. 

Renewal of Project Designations 

As outlined in 46 CFR 393.3(i), 

Marine Highway Project Designations 

are effective for a period of five years. 

Original Project Applicants wishing to 

renew a Marine Highway Project 

Designation must submit an updated 

application no later than six months 

before their Project’s five-year 

designation period ends. To meet that 

requirement, Project Applicants with 

Designated Projects more than four 

years old must submit an updated 

application by June 30th of the year 

prior to their expiration period. The 

year the Project was designated will 

constitute the Project’s starting period. 

For example, projects designated in 

2018 (or earlier) must submit an 

updated application by June 30, 2022; 

projects designated in 2019 must submit 

an updated application by June 30, 

2023, and so forth. If approved for 

renewal by the Maritime Administrator, 

the Project Designation will be effective 

for another five years after its expiration 

period. Project Applicants can 

determine the year their Project was 

designated, and, therefore, their 

Project’s expiration period, by referring 

to the latest list of current Marine 

Highway Project descriptions document, 

found at https://www.maritime.dot.gov/ 

grants/marine-highways/marinehighway, or by contacting the AMHP 

Office. 

The updated application should 

follow the format and contain the 

information outlined in 46 CFR 393.3(c) 

and must include any changed or new 

information that is relevant to the 

Project. The updated application affords 

Project Applicants the opportunity to 

make changes to or update the original 

Project Designation. Examples of such 

changes may include a change in 

operator, addition or removal of a port 

or facility, addition or change to the 

commodity moved, or a change to the 

public benefits associated with the 

project. If still applicable, Project 

Applicants may use information 

submitted in their original Project 

Designation application; however, 

applicants should make sure their 

application for renewal addresses any 

AMHP requirements that may have 

changed since submittal of their original 

application. 

Project Applicants are required to 

submit their renewal applications by 

June 30th of the year prior to their 

Project’s expiration period. If the Project 

Applicant notifies MARAD that they no 

longer wish to maintain their Project 

Designation or if the Project Applicant 

does not apply for a Project Designation 

renewal by the applicable deadline, 

those projects will no longer be 

designated Marine Highway Projects. 

(Authority: 46 U.S.C. 55601 and 55605, 46 

CFR part 393, 49 CFR 1.92 and 1.93) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15006 Filed 7–13–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[DOT–NHTSA–2021–0083] 

National Emergency Medical Services 

Advisory Council Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the National Emergency 

Medical Services Advisory Council 

(NEMSAC). 

DATES: This meeting will be held inperson and simultaneously transmitted 

via virtual interface. It will be held on 

August 10–11, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 

5:00 p.m. ET. Pre-registration is required 

to attend this meeting. A link permitting 

access to the meeting will be distributed 

to registrants within 24 hours of the 

meeting start time. If you wish to speak 

during the meeting, you must submit a 

written copy of your remarks to DOT by 

August 2, 2022. 

The next scheduled NEMSAC meeting 

after the August 10–11 meeting will be 

held on November 2–3. Notifications 

containing specific details for this 

meeting will be published in the 

Federal Register no later than 30 days 

prior to the meeting dates. 

ADDRESSES: General information about 

the Council is available on the NEMSAC 

internet website at www.ems.gov. The 

registration portal and meeting agenda 

will be available on the NEMSAC 

internet website at www.ems.gov at least 

one week in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Clary Mole, EMS Specialist, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

U.S. Department of Transportation is 


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