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charters.’’ ‘‘Tampa Bay and Gulf Waters

from Tampa to Key West.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1969. Place of

construction: Belleville Marine Yards,

Belleville, Ontario.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘This waiver will not

have an impact on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. No one does

charters in the immediate Tampa Bay

area, and other charters exist in the Gulf

waters but not based in Tampa.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘This

waiver will not have an impact on any

US Shipyards. Many foreign vessels are

used for charter operations.’’

Dated: February 26, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–4994 Filed 2–28–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–8979]

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

HERON.

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–2001–8979.

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: HERON. Owner: Aram S.

Nersesian.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant:

‘‘Gross Tonnage: 25 (measured by

standard documentation standards and

formulas), Net Tonnage: 22, Length: 51.5

feet, Breadth: 15.2 feet, Depth: 6.5 feet,

Hull Material: Aluminum.’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

I would use this vessel for day or overnight

charters; I would find corporate sponsorship

to cover costs of taking inner city kids, kids

at risk, cancer kids and families, etc. for day/

overnight charters; I would create a sailing

club taking paying members for day/

overnight sails; I would provide a sailing

platform to bring scholars and journalists of

similar scientific and social backgrounds

together for ‘think tank’ programs.

Geographic region: entire United States

Coastline, Great Lakes, all Inland Rivers and

Waterways, and Puerto Rico and US Virgin

Islands.

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1982. Place of

construction: La Rochelle, France.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant:

A waiver for my personally owned vessel

will have absolutely no impact on other

commercial passenger vessel operators. I

have no plans to create an ongoing charter

business of any kind. My use would follow

my own interests to bring people together

who have an interest in sailing, to use the

boat to give disadvantaged children and their

families an opportunity to get out on the

water, or to create a floating ‘think tank’ for

scholars, scientists and journalists. These

uses are completely original and not

commercially based, and would therefore not

compete in any way with existing

commercial operations.

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant:

This waiver, also, will have no impact on

U.S. shipyards, other than to provide ongoing

business for these shipyards in the way of

maintenance and upgrades to this vessel

which is already in and documented in

United States waters.

Dated: February 26, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number MARAD–2001–8983]

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