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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

Public Law 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 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–8952.

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

Public Law 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: Charisma. Owner:

NAUTECH International, LLC, a

Louisiana Corporation.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant: ‘‘The

vessel is 65 net tons as per the

documentation certificate enclosed.

Additional measurements are 65 feet in

length, 17 feet in breadth and 11 feet in

depth noticed by the same certificate.’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

‘‘The intended use of the vessel is for

executing meetings and executive

cruises of 12 persons or less. This usage

shall have no effect on the coastwise

trade of any person as no charters of this

type are currently operating in the

proposed areas * * *. The geographic

area intended is Lake Pontchartrain and

connecting inland waters, Mississippi

River as well as the Gulf of Mexico

(Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama

and Florida Coasts.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1967. Place of

construction: Hampshire England,

United Kingdom.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘This proposed operation

shall have no effect on other commercial

passenger operations. There are no

commercially operated executive yacht

rentals in the proposed areas of

operation. The CHARISMA is an

executive yacht. It is the only yacht of

this size proposed for charter in the

areas indicated. As requested by your

item 9 of the MARAD Transmittal we

include the following description of

existing operators of charter or

commercial vessels for hire, none of

which are similar in nature to the

CHARISMA.

a. Small open fishing boats for two or

three passengers with outboard motors.

b. Small oar or pole powered skiffs for

bayou cruises in controlled wildlife

refuges.

c. Casino boats of 1200 or more

passengers.

d. Specially equipped deep sea

fishing boats.

e. Harbor Tour Operators of certified

vessels with passengers of 100 or more.

f. Government operated Ferryboats for

public transportation of passengers and

of vehicles.

g. Sailing vessels.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘This

waiver shall have no impact on U.S.

Shipyards.’’ ‘‘No shipyards are currently

building Motor Vessels of this size or

type for this purpose.’’

Dated: February 21, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–4710 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–8951]

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

SPIRIT.

SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law

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

Public Law 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 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–8951.

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.

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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

Public Law 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: Spirit. Owner: Joshua T.

Bloomgarden.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant:

‘‘Spirit is weighed in at 10 tons net

weight and her length as measured from

stern to bow is 37 feet length over all.’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant: ‘‘I

intend to use Spirit for charter of six

persons or less, primarily for day sails,

for clients who have little experience on

a small sail vessel. My intention is to

familiarize charter clients with the

working of sails, and as an educational

and recreational experience. During the

charters I will explain the working of

the vessel along with a presentation of

historical and geographical facts along

with discussions of environmental

factors of our country’s rivers and

coasts.

Although initially I will be operating

out of the New York area, along the

Hudson River, I would like to request a

waiver for the Eastern Seaboard (from

Maine to Florida). In the Summer

months I will be cruising up to Maine,

and during the Winter months cruising

down to Florida (with stops along the

way). If I could take on occasional

charter clients while cruising at these

different locations it would give me the

option of choosing various seasonal

cruising destinations.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: Built in 1977. Place of

construction: Built in Havant, Great

Britain.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘I don’t believe the

issuance of this waiver for Spirit would

have a negative impact on existing

commercial vessel operations. Charter of

Spirit; would be a small, part time

business, which would be for short day

sails for six or less passengers. Existing

commercial vessel operators would not

be affected by my charter work. By

exposing passengers with little

experience on small vessels to the

recreational and educational

possibilities of spending time on the

water I believe the impact would be to

encourage them to seek out other vessels

for further charter usage in the future’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘I believe

that this waiver would have a positive

impact on US shipyards. By granting a

charter waiver for Spirit I would be

using local US shipyards to repair and

maintain Spirit up to US Coast Guard

safety standards. Also, Spirit is an

English Pilothouse Motorsailor Ketch

with a high bow and deep gunnels of a

particular style and appearance as used

in the North Sea of Great Britain. This

type of vessel is not to my knowledge

being constructed by US shipyards.’’

Dated: February 21, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34011]

Gettysburg & Northern Railroad Co.—

Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Gettysburg Railway

Company, Inc., Delaware

Transportation Group, Inc., and

Delaware Valley Railway Company, Inc.

Gettysburg & Northern Railroad Co.

(GNR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified

notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.31 to acquire from Gettysburg

Railway Company, Inc., Delaware

Transportation Group, Inc., and

Delaware Valley Railway Company, Inc.

and operate approximately 23.36 miles

of rail line between approximately

milepost 31.20, at Gettysburg, and

milepost 7.84, at Mount Holly Springs,

in Adams and Cumberland Counties,

PA.

The parties reported that they

intended to consummate the transaction

on or about February 20, 2001. The

earliest the transaction could have been

consummated was February 19, 2001,

the effective date of the exemption (7

days after the exemption was filed).

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 34010, Pioneer

Railcorp—Continuance in Control

Exemption—Gettysburg & Northern

Railroad Co., wherein Pioneer Railcorp

has concurrently filed a verified notice

to continue in control of GNR upon its

becoming a Class III rail carrier.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding to revoke the exemption

under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed

at any time. The filing of a petition to

revoke will not automatically stay the

transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 34011, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Daniel A.

LaKemper, Esq., Gettysburg & Northern

Railroad Co., 1318 S. Johanson Road,

Peoria, IL 61607.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: February 20, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4740 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

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