65502 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 244 / Wednesday, December 19, 2001 / Notices

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 96–45; DA 01–2869]

IT&E Overseas, Inc. Petition for

Designation as an Eligible

Telecommunications Carrier in the

Territory of Guam

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of

comments.

SUMMARY: In a Public Notice in this

proceeding released on December 11,

2001, the Common Carrier Bureau

sought comment on the IT&E Overseas,

Inc. Petition for Designation as an

Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in

the territory of Guam.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

January 18, 2002. Reply comments are

due on or before February 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for where and how

to file comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard D. Smith or Anita Cheng,

Attorney, or Sheryl Todd, Management

Analyst, Common Carrier Bureau,

Accounting Policy Division, (202) 418–

7400 TTY: (202) 418–0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 6, 2001, IT&E Overseas, Inc.

(IT&E) filed with the Commission a

petition under section 214(e)(6) seeking

designation as an eligible

telecommunications carrier (ETC) to

receive Federal universal service

support for service offered in Guam.

Specifically, IT&E contends that the

Public Utilities Commission of Guam

(Guam Commission) has provided an

affirmative statement that it does not

regulate commercial mobile radio

service (CMRS) carriers, IT&E meets all

the statutory and regulatory

prerequisites for ETC designation, and

designating IT&E as an ETC will serve

the public interest. The Common Carrier

Bureau seeks comment on the IT&E

petition, including the requested service

area.

The petitioner must provide copies of

its petition to the Guam Commission at

the time of filing with the Commission.

The Commission will also send a copy

of this Notice to the Guam Commission

by overnight express mail to ensure that

the Guam Commission is notified of the

notice and comment period.

Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the

Commission’s rules, interested parties

may file comments as follows:

Comments are due January 18, 2002 and

reply comments are due February 4,

2002. Comments may be filed using the

Commission’s Electronic Comment

Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper

copies. See Electronic Filing of

Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings,

63 FR 24121 (1998). Comments filed

through the ECFS can be sent as an

electronic file via the Internet to http:/

/www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html.

Generally, only one copy of an

electronic submission must be filed. In

completing the transmittal screen,

commenters should include their full

name, Postal Service mailing address,

and the applicable docket or rulemaking

number. Parties may also submit

electronic comments by Internet e-mail.

To receive filing instructions for e-mail

comments, commenters should send an

e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should

include the following words in the body

of the message, ‘‘get form <your e-mail

address>.’’ A sample form and

directions will be sent in reply. Parties

who choose to file by paper must file an

original and four copies of each filing.

All filings must be sent to the

Commission’s Secretary, Magalie Roman

Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, 445 12th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

Parties also must send three paper

copies of their filing to Sheryl Todd,

Accounting Policy Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 445

Twelfth Street, SW., Room 5–B540,

Washington, DC 20554. In addition,

commenters must send diskette copies

to the Commission’s copy contractor,

Qualex International, Portals II, 445

Twelfth Street, SW., Room CY–B402,

Washington, DC 20554.

Pursuant to § 1.1206 of the

Commission’s rules, this proceeding

will be conducted as a permit-butdisclose proceeding in which ex parte

communications are permitted subject

to disclosure.

Dated: December 13, 2001.

Katherine L. Schroder,

Division Chief, Accounting Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 01–31226 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

The Commission hereby gives notice

of the filing of the following

agreement(s) under the Shipping Act of

1984. Interested parties can review or

obtain copies of agreements at the

Washington, DC offices of the

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street,

NW., Room 940. Interested parties may

submit comments on an agreement to

the Secretary, Federal Maritime

Commission, Washington, DC 20573,

within 10 days of the date this notice

appears in the Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 011453–001.

Title: Southern Africa/Oceania

Agreement.

Parties: Safmarine Container Lines

N.V.; Mediterranean Shipping Co. S.A.;

A.P. Moller-Maersk Sealand.

Synopsis: The proposed amendment

changes one party to reflect a corporate

change, increases the maximum dry and

reefer container capacity under the

agreement, and extends the earliest date

for notice of withdrawal.

Agreement No.: 011783.

Title: Lykes/Italia di Navigazione SpA

Space Charter and Sailing Agreement.

Parties: Lykes Lines Limited, LLC;

Italia di Navigazione SpA.

Synopsis: The proposed agreement

authorizes Italia to charter space from

Lykes in the trade between ports in the

Dominican Republic, Mexico, Costa

Rica, Panama, and the Caribbean coasts

of Colombia and Venezuela and the U.S.

Gulf coast.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Dated: December 14, 2001.

Bryant L. VanBrakle,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31268 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 01–12]

Commonwealth Shipping Ltd., Cargo

Carriers Ltd., Martyn C. Merritt and

Mary Anne Merritt—Submission of

Materially False or Misleading

Statements to the Federal Maritime

Commission and False Representation

of Common Carrier Vessel Operations;

Notice of Show Cause Proceeding

Notice is given that the Commission,

on December 11, 2001, served an Order

to Show Cause (‘‘Order’’) on Cargo

Carriers Ltd., Commonwealth Shipping

Ltd., Martyn C. Merritt and Mary Anne

Merritt.

Cargo Carriers Ltd. is a licensed ocean

transportation intermediary (‘‘OTI’’) that

operates as a non-vessel-operating

common carrier and ocean freight

forwarder (FMC Organization No.

13507). It appears that Cargo Carriers

Ltd.’s 1999 OTI license application

contains false information concerning

its qualifying individual and the sharing

of office space with a company

controlled by Mary Anne Merritt.

Commonwealth Shipping Ltd. holds

itself out to the public as an ocean