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the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel

Sortilege.

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

April 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–8983.

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

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: Sortilege. Owner: Willie M.

Moxley.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant: ‘‘Net

55 tons Gross 59 tons.’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

‘‘We intend to provide a Galveston

Bay moonlight cruise for guests of our

bed & breakfast.’’ ‘‘Galveston Port at Pier

22 into Galveston Bay and back to Pier

22.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1985. Place of

construction: Taipei, Taiwan, Republic

of China.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘We see no impact on any

other commercial passenger vessel

operators as there is only one in our

immediate area. The other operator is

Harbour Tours and it provides tours of

our harbour and a dolphin watch for

paying customers.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘There are

no shipyards in our area and I see no

impact that we could have on US

shipyards.’’

Dated: February 26, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration

[FR Doc. 01–4993 Filed 2–28–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number MARAD–2001–8980]

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

Southern Cross.

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

April 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–8980.

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

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

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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: Southern Cross. Owner: Peter

Murray.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant:

In pursuant with reg. 46 U.S.C. 14502

Gross tonnage is 28 and net tonnage is 25.

The Southern Cross is a custom built Cross

design trimaran sailboat. It is 46ft long and

25.2 breadth and 9.0 depth.

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

I intend to use the vessel as a sailing,

diving, and teaching, liveaboard, for 6

passenger or less, sailing trimaran, in the area

of the Florida keys, Key Largo to the Dry

tortuous. I feel that this boat is unique in the

fact that this is a sailing trimaran, engaged in

not only sailing and diving, but I intend to

use this vessel as a teaching platform, of not

only sailing and diving, but a much greater

concern, our environment.

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1975. Place of

construction: Ontario, Canada.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant:

To my knowledge there are no other

trimaran sailboats in my immediate area that

is doing a sailing, diving and teaching

liveaboard operation. Although there are

other boats down in key West, which is over

90 miles away as well as in key Largo, which

is 15 miles away from my area, that are doing

sailing charters, there are no trimarans doing

a sailing, diving and teaching liveaboard

operation. Each seems to have their own

cliental, and also seem to go after localized

traffic. Where I will advertise on the Internet

and get my cliental from around the country.

So I feel that my vessel would be a minimal

financial impact if any, on other vessels in

my area.

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant:

To my knowledge there are no us ship

builders building a vessel similar to the

southern Cross. The Southern Cross is

custom built from a Norman Cross design.

The vessel is constructed using a cold

molded process which is very expensive and

very heavy using the materials that were used

in building Southern Cross. The new ship

builders are using lighter materials and

different designs i.e. * * * catamaran design

hulls, but on the other hand being an older

boat and made of wood, I’ve already spent

many hours and lots of money in local boat

yards. I know for a fact this will never end,

and I feel that the Southern Cross will only

stimulate the economic growth of local boat

yards.

Dated: February 26, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–4995 Filed 2–28–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Treasury Advisory Committee on

Commercial Operations of the U.S.

Customs Service

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

date, time, and location for the quarterly

meeting of the Treasury Advisory

Committee on Commercial Operations

(COAC), and the provisional agenda for

consideration by the Committee.

DATES: The next meeting of the Treasury

Advisory Committee on Commercial

Operations of the U.S. Customs Service

will be held on Friday, March 23, 2001

at 9 a.m. at the Omni Colonnade Hotel,

located at 180 Aragon Avenue, Coral

Gables, FL 33134 (Tel: 305–441–2600,

Fax: 305–444–9706) The meeting is

being hosted by Gilbert Lee Sandler,

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., 5200

Blue Lagoon Drive, #600, Miami, FL

33126. The duration of the meeting will

be approximately four hours (9a to 1p).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy E. Skud, Acting Deputy

Assistant Secretary, Regulatory, Tariff

and Trade (Enforcement), Office of the

Under Secretary (Enforcement),

Telephone: (202) 622–0230.

At this meeting, the Advisory

Committee is expected to pursue the

following agenda. The agenda may be

modified prior to the meeting.

Agenda

(1) Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF)

(2) CAT (Compliance Assessment Team)

Sub Committee

(3) OR & R (Office of Rules &

Regulation) Sub Committee

(4) Import Data & Customs entry Sub

Committee

(5) Port Uniformity Initiative

(6) Customs Authorization Bills

(7) Status of Customs & Treasury

Comments on Revision to Kyoto

Convention

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting is open to the public; however,

participation in the Committee’s

deliberations is limited to Committee

members, Customs and Treasury

Department staff, and persons invited to

attend the meeting for special

presentations. A person other than an

Advisory Committee member who

wishes to attend the meeting should

contact Theresa Manning at (202) 622–

0220 or Helen Belt at (202) 622–0230 for

pre-clearance.

Dated: February 26, 2001.

Timothy E. Skud,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Regulatory, Tariff, and Trade (Enforcement).

[FR Doc. 01–4997 Filed 2–28–01; 8:45 am]

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