[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 47252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18780]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2008-0072]


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 LUNA.

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SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, 
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 
brief description of the proposed service, is listed below. The 
complete application is given in DOT docket MARAD-2008-0072 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 Public 
Law 105-383 and MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR Part 388 (68 FR 23084; 
April 30, 2003), 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 in that business, a waiver will not be granted. 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 Sec.  388.4 of MARAD's regulations at 46 
CFR part 388.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 12, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2008-0072. 
Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket 
Clerk, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. You may also send comments electronically via the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 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://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Room W21-203, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-5979.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As described by the applicant the intended 
service of the vessel LUNA is:
    Intended Use: ``Carrying passengers for hire. Paying passengers 
will be carried as part of a Living History maritime education 
experience, specifically to sail aboard a replica of an early 18th 
Century American coastal trading sloop crewed by maritime history 
interpreters in period dress.''
    Geographic Region: ``Maryland, Virginia & North Carolina''.

Privacy Act

    Anyone is able to 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.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78).

    Dated: August 6, 2008.

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Leonard Sutter,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-18780 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am]
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