Lykes Lines Limited, LLC; Request For Comments Regarding the Proposed Purchase of CP Ships Limited by TUI AG and Its Impact on the Maritime Security Program (MSP), 54102 [05-18150]

Download as PDF 54102 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 13, 2005 / Notices Initiative (AWI) Framework Plan, is intended to provide better access to waterfront areas east and west of the river, including Anacostia Park, separate local traffic from regional commuter traffic, and better serve historic Anacostia, and near southeast neighborhoods. It will connect the Southeast Freeway with traffic to and from both directions of the Anacostia Freeway. The AWI seeks to restore the river’s water quality, reclaim the waterfront as a magnet of activity, and stimulate sustainable development in waterfront neighborhoods. The improvement of traffic flow across the 11th Street Bridges is a step in the reinvestment and reclamation process. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations and implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this program.) Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48. Issued on: September 7, 2005. Gary L. Henderson, Division Administrator, District of Columbia Division, Federal Highway Administration. [FR Doc. 05–18047 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–22–M DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration [Docket MARAD–2005–22416] Lykes Lines Limited, LLC; Request For Comments Regarding the Proposed Purchase of CP Ships Limited by TUI AG and Its Impact on the Maritime Security Program (MSP) By letter dated August 22, 2005, CP Ships USA, LLC (CP USA), successor in interest to Lykes Lines Limited, LLC (Lykes), has advised the Maritime Administration (MARAD) that TUI AG (TUI) is acquiring CP Ships Limited (CP Ships), the parent company of CP USA, through a stock purchase. Lykes has been awarded five new MSP Operating Agreements, Nos. MA/MSP–74 through 78, respectively, to the vessels CP NAVIGATOR (ex-LYKES NAVIGATOR), CP DISCOVERER (ex-LYKES DISCOVERER), CP LIBERATOR (exLYKES LIBERATOR), CP MOTIVATOR (ex-LYKES MOTIVATOR) and CP YOSEMITE (ex-TMM YUCATAN) for the participation of those vessels in the MSP beginning October 1, 2005. CP USA became the successor to Lykes on May 30, 2005, through reorganization and renaming of various components of VerDate Aug<18>2005 16:06 Sep 12, 2005 Jkt 205001 Canadian Pacific Lines, Limited, which itself was renamed CP Ships. TUI is a German corporation and parent of the German vessel operator Hapag-Lloyd AG. Neither TUI, nor Hapag-Lloyd presently has any connection to the MSP. Implementation of the proposed purchase will bring the ultimate control of CP USA’s five MSP Fleet vessels under the ownership of TUI. The purchase of CP Ships by TUI will, in effect, transfer ultimate ownership of CP USA from one foreign corporate entity to another. The transaction requires MARAD approval under CP USA’s MSP Operating Agreements Nos. MA/MSP–74 through 78. This notice is being published as a matter of discretion. MARAD will consider all comments submitted in a timely fashion on this particular application, and the topic of the transfer of MSP Operating Agreements in general, and will take such action thereto as may be deemed appropriate. A redacted copy of this proposal will be available for inspection at the Department of Transportation (DOT) Dockets Facility and on the DOT Dockets Web site (address information follows). Any person, firm or corporation having an interest in this proposal, and desiring to submit comments concerning the transaction, may file comments as follows. You should mention the docket number that appears at the top of this notice in any submission. Written comments should be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, Nassif Building, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Comments may also be submitted by electronic means via the Internet at https:// dmses.dot.gov/submit/. You may call Docket Management at (202) 366–9324. You may visit the docket room to inspect and copy comments at the above listed address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT, Monday through Friday, except holidays. An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at https://dms.dot.gov. Comments must be received by close of business September 23, 2005. This notice is published as a matter of discretion, and the fact of its publication should in no way be considered a favorable or unfavorable decision on the proposed transaction, as filed, or as it may be amended. Dated: September 7, 2005. PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 By Order of the Maritime Administration. Joel C. Richard, Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. 05–18150 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–81–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [Docket No. NHTSA 2005–21383; Notice 2] Equistar Chemicals, LP, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Equistar Chemicals, LP (Equistar) has determined that certain brake fluid that was manufactured in 2004 and that Equistar distributed does not comply with S5.1.7 of 49 CFR 571.116, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 116, ‘‘Motor vehicle brake fluids.’’ Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), Equistar has petitioned for a determination that this noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety and has filed an appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, ‘‘Defect and Noncompliance Reports.’’ Notice of receipt of a petition was published, with a 30-day comment period, on June 9, 2005, in the Federal Register (70 FR 33769). NHTSA received no comments. Affected are a total of approximately 170,000 gallons of DOT–3 brake fluid designated as Lot 630 and manufactured by Oxid, LP in September 2004. FMVSS No. 116, S5.1.7, ‘‘Fluidity and appearance at low temperature,’’ requires that when brake fluid is tested as specified in the standard at storage temperatures of minus 50 ±2 °C, (a) The fluid shall show no sludging, sedimentation, crystallization, or stratification; [and] (b) Upon inversion of the sample bottle, the time required for the air bubble to travel to the top of the fluid shall not exceed 35 seconds * * * NHTSA’s compliance tests, conducted by ABIC Testing Laboratories, Inc. (ABIC), found that at minus 50 °C, the noncompliant brake fluid freezes, therefore showing crystallization and failing the requirements of S5.1.7(a). NHTSA’s compliance tests also found that at minus 50 °C, upon inversion of the sample bottle, the time required for the air bubble to travel to the top of the fluid exceeds 35 seconds, therefore failing the requirements of S5.1.7(b). Equistar believes that the noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety and that no corrective action is warranted. Equistar stated the following: E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 54102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18150]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket MARAD-2005-22416]


Lykes Lines Limited, LLC; Request For Comments Regarding the 
Proposed Purchase of CP Ships Limited by TUI AG and Its Impact on the 
Maritime Security Program (MSP)

    By letter dated August 22, 2005, CP Ships USA, LLC (CP USA), 
successor in interest to Lykes Lines Limited, LLC (Lykes), has advised 
the Maritime Administration (MARAD) that TUI AG (TUI) is acquiring CP 
Ships Limited (CP Ships), the parent company of CP USA, through a stock 
purchase. Lykes has been awarded five new MSP Operating Agreements, 
Nos. MA/MSP-74 through 78, respectively, to the vessels CP NAVIGATOR 
(ex-LYKES NAVIGATOR), CP DISCOVERER (ex-LYKES DISCOVERER), CP LIBERATOR 
(ex-LYKES LIBERATOR), CP MOTIVATOR (ex-LYKES MOTIVATOR) and CP YOSEMITE 
(ex-TMM YUCATAN) for the participation of those vessels in the MSP 
beginning October 1, 2005. CP USA became the successor to Lykes on May 
30, 2005, through reorganization and renaming of various components of 
Canadian Pacific Lines, Limited, which itself was renamed CP Ships.
    TUI is a German corporation and parent of the German vessel 
operator Hapag-Lloyd AG. Neither TUI, nor Hapag-Lloyd presently has any 
connection to the MSP. Implementation of the proposed purchase will 
bring the ultimate control of CP USA's five MSP Fleet vessels under the 
ownership of TUI.
    The purchase of CP Ships by TUI will, in effect, transfer ultimate 
ownership of CP USA from one foreign corporate entity to another. The 
transaction requires MARAD approval under CP USA's MSP Operating 
Agreements Nos. MA/MSP-74 through 78. This notice is being published as 
a matter of discretion. MARAD will consider all comments submitted in a 
timely fashion on this particular application, and the topic of the 
transfer of MSP Operating Agreements in general, and will take such 
action thereto as may be deemed appropriate.
    A redacted copy of this proposal will be available for inspection 
at the Department of Transportation (DOT) Dockets Facility and on the 
DOT Dockets Web site (address information follows). Any person, firm or 
corporation having an interest in this proposal, and desiring to submit 
comments concerning the transaction, may file comments as follows. You 
should mention the docket number that appears at the top of this notice 
in any submission. Written comments should be submitted to the Docket 
Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Nassif Building, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
Comments may also be submitted by electronic means via the Internet at 
https://dmses.dot.gov/submit/. You may call Docket Management at (202) 
366-9324. You may visit the docket room to inspect and copy comments at 
the above listed address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT, Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. An electronic version of this document is 
available on the World Wide Web at https://dms.dot.gov. Comments must be 
received by close of business September 23, 2005.
    This notice is published as a matter of discretion, and the fact of 
its publication should in no way be considered a favorable or 
unfavorable decision on the proposed transaction, as filed, or as it 
may be amended.

    Dated: September 7, 2005.

    By Order of the Maritime Administration.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-18150 Filed 9-12-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-81-P

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