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the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel

ASTI I.

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

March 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–8759.

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:

Gordon Angell, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Maritime

Administration, MAR–832 Room 7201,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590. Telephone 202–366–5129.

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: ASTI I. Owner: Anthony & Mary

M. Guglielmo.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel: According to the applicant: ‘‘44

foot Trawler/35 gross tons.’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade: According to the applicant:

Charters/fishing/cruising/whale

watching, etc.’’ Area: ‘‘coastal California

coast; specifically, central California

coast.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding: Date of

construction: 1977. Place of

construction: Foreign construction.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators: According to

the applicant: ‘‘My intended use is for

vessel charters out of Santa Cruz Harbor.

The need for small charters from the

over-populated bay area is much greater

than what currently exists. My intention

is to concentrate on small corporate

charters that would have little or no

impact on the existing charters.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards:

According to the applicant: ‘‘No impact

on U.S. Ship Yards.’’

Dated: February 7, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–3523 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–8757]

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

FAIR WINDS.

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

March 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–8757.

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:

Gordon Angell, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Maritime

Administration, MAR–832 Room 7201,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590. Telephone 202–366–5129.

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

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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: FAIR WINDS. Owner: John F.

and Tammi-Tonti Crismore.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel: According to the applicant:

‘‘size: length: 38′, breadth: 11′11′′;

capacity: 2 tons; and tonnage: gross 10

tons, net 8 tons (manufacturer’s

specifications.)’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade: According to the applicant:

‘‘Intended commercial use of the vessel

will be to carry a maximum of six (6)

paying passengers for vacation

charters.’’ ‘‘Geographic region of

intended operation will be the coastal

United States, Bahamas, and the

Caribbean.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding: Date of

construction: 1976. Place of

construction: Santa Ana, California.

Since owners lack proof of U.S.

construction, MARAD is processing this

application as though the vessel was

built foreign (46 CFR 188.3(a)(4).

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators: According to

the applicant: ‘‘The vessel’s principle

operating area will be in the west coast

waters of Florida. The vessel will be

berthed at a large marina in Palmetto,

Florida, where three existing charter

companies are based. The owners will

captain the vessel. The charter

companies in this area are for bareboat

(non-captained) charters, thereby

placing this vessel and its type of

operation in a category by itself.

Therefore, this waiver will have no

impact on other commercial passenger

vessel operators.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards:

According to the applicant: ‘‘This

waiver will have no impact on U.S.

shipyards. (The vessel was

manufactured in a U.S. Shipyard.)’’

Dated: February 7, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–3524 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 01–19]

Revised Schedule of Navigation Fees

AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: This document announces a

revision to the schedule of navigation

fees for specific services provided to

vessels by Customs officers. The fees

authorized to be collected represent

reimbursement to the government for

costs associated with providing specific

services to private parties. The current

fee schedule was last revised in 1985

and does not reflect current salary and

benefit costs and other appropriate costs

and, therefore, does not effectively

reimburse Customs for the services it

provides vessels. Accordingly, the

navigation fees are being revised to

recover the full costs of providing

services to vessels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

April Conti, Cost Management Staff,

Office of Finance, U.S. Customs Service,

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC, 20029, Tel. (202) 927–

2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Customs provides certain services for

vessels on a reimbursable basis. The

specific services provided are

delineated at § 4.98 of the Customs

Regulations (19 CFR 4.98). Section

214(b) of the Customs Procedural

Reform and Simplification Act of 1978

(Pub. L. 95–410, 92 Stat. 888, 19 U.S.C.

58a) authorizes the Secretary of the

Treasury to establish the schedule of

fees, commonly referred to as

‘‘navigation fees’’, that Customs can

charge and collect for these services.

The fees are to be consistent with 31

U.S.C. 9701, which provides that the

costs of specific services for private

interests shall be reimbursed to the

Government. The fees are calculated in

accordance with the provisions of

§ 24.17(d) of the Customs Regulations

(19 CFR 24.17(d)). The authority to

establish the schedule of navigation fees

was delegated by the Secretary of the

Treasury to the Commissioner of

Customs by Treasury Department Order

No. 165, Revised (T.D. 53654).

The current schedule of navigation

fees was last revised by T.D. 85–70 to

reflect Federal pay increases,

administrative overhead charges, and

Medicare expenses at that time.

Customs has not revised the schedule of

navigation fees since that time to

effectively recover the costs associated

with subsequent increases in the rate of

compensation paid to Customs officers

performing a given service and other

appropriate costs. Customs Office of

Finance has recently conducted a

review of the fees prescribed at § 4.98 to

determine if the current navigation fee

schedule recovers the full costs of

providing the services specified and

found that it does not. Accordingly, it is

necessary for Customs to revise the fee

schedule as follows:

Fee No. and description of services Current fee Revised fee

1. Entry of vessel, including American from a foreign port or from another U.S. port when transporting

unentered foreign merchandise:

(a) Less than 100 net tons ............................................................................................................................... $9.00 $19.00

(b) 100 net tons and over ................................................................................................................................. 18.00 37.00

2. Clearance of vessel, including American to a foreign port or to another U.S. port when transporting

unentered foreign merchandise:

(a) Less than 100 net tons ............................................................................................................................... 9.00 19.00

(b) 100 net tons and over ................................................................................................................................. 18.00 37.00

3. Issuing permit to foreign vessel to proceed from port to port, and receiving manifest ............................... 18.00 37.00

4. Receiving manifest of foreign vessel on arrival from another port, and granting a permit to unlade ......... 18.00 37.00

5. Receiving post entry ..................................................................................................................................... 9.00 19.00

6. Certifying payment of tonnage tax for foreign vessels only ........................................................................ 4.50 9.00

7. Furnishing copy of official document, including certified outward foreign manifest, and others not elsewhere enumerated ........................................................................................................................................ 18.00 37.00