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BILLING CODE 4910–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation
33 CFR Part 402
[Docket No. SLSDC 2006–23839]
RIN 2135–AA23
Tariff of Tolls
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation (SLSDC) and
the St. Lawrence Seaway Management
Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under
international agreement, jointly publish
and presently administer the St.
Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls in their
respective jurisdictions. The Tariff sets
forth the level of tolls assessed on all
commodities and vessels transiting the
facilities operated by the SLSDC and the
SLSMC. The SLSDC is revising its
regulations to reflect the fees and
charges levied by the SLSMC in Canada
starting in the 2006 navigation season,
which are effective only in Canada. An
amendment to increase the minimum
charge per lock for those vessels that are
not pleasure craft or subject in Canada
to tolls under items 1 and 2 of the Tariff
for full or partial transit of the Seaway
will apply in the U.S. (See
Supplementary Information.) The Tariff
of Tolls is in effect in Canada. For
consistency, because these are, under
international agreement, joint
regulations, and to avoid confusion
among users of the Seaway, the SLSDC
finds that there is good cause to make
this U.S. version of the amendments
effective upon publication.
DATES: This rule is effective on March
24, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig H. Middlebrook, Acting Chief
Counsel, Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 366–0091.
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The Saint
Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation (SLSDC) and the St.
Lawrence Seaway Management
Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under
international agreement, jointly publish
and presently administer the St.
Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls
(Schedule of Fees and Charges in
Canada) in their respective jurisdictions.
The Tariff sets forth the level of tolls
assessed on all commodities and vessels
transiting the facilities operated by the
SLSDC and the SLSMC. The SLSDC is
revising 33 CFR 402.8, ‘‘Schedule of
Tolls’’, to reflect the fees and charges
levied by the SLSMC in Canada
beginning in the 2006 navigation
season. Additionally, the SLSDC is
revising 33 CFR 402.3, ‘‘Interpretation’’,
and 33 CFR 402.4, ‘‘Tolls’’, to provide
interpretations of two charges for
vessels carrying new cargo on the
Welland Canal and the MLO Section of
the Seaway. With one exception, the
changes affect the tolls for commercial
vessels and are applicable only in
Canada. The collection of tolls by the
SLSDC on commercial vessels transiting
the U.S. locks is waived by law (33
U.S.C. 988a(a)). Accordingly, no notice
or comment was necessary on these
amendments.
The SLSDC is amending 33 CFR
402.8, ‘‘Schedule of Tolls’’, to increase
the minimum charge per vessel per lock
for full or partial transit of the Seaway
from $20.00 to $20.40. This charge is for
vessels that are not pleasure craft or
subject in Canada to the tolls under
items 1 and 2 of the Tariff. This increase
is due to higher operating costs at the
locks. Since this amendment would be
applicable in the United States,
interested parties were afforded an
opportunity to comment on it in a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
published on February 14, 2006 (71 FR
7701). No comments were received.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulatory Notices
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
Regulatory Evaluation
This regulation involves a foreign
affairs function of the United States and
therefore Executive Order 12866 does
not apply and evaluation under the
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Department of Transportation’s
Regulatory Policies and Procedures is
not required.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Determination
I certify this regulation will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations
and Rules primarily relate to
commercial users of the Seaway, the
vast majority of whom are foreign vessel
operators. Therefore, any resulting costs
will be borne mostly by foreign vessels.
Environmental Impact
Paperwork Reduction Act
This regulation has been analyzed
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 and does not contain new or
modified information collection
requirements subject to the Office of
Management and Budget review.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 402
Vessels, Waterways.
I Accordingly, the Saint Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation is
amending 33 CFR part 402, Tariff of
Tolls, as follows:
PART 402—TARIFF OF TOLLS
1. The authority citation for part 402
continues to read as follows:
I
This regulation does not require an
environmental impact statement under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(49 U.S.C. 4321, et reg.) because it is not
a major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment.
Federalism
The Corporation has analyzed this
rule under the principles and criteria in
Executive Order 13132, dated August 4,
1999, and has determined that this
proposal does not have sufficient
federalism implications to warrant a
Federalism Assessment.
Unfunded Mandates
The Corporation has analyzed this
rule under Title II of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104–4, 109 Stat. 48) and determined that
it does not impose unfunded mandates
on State, local, and tribal governments
and the private sector requiring a
written statement of economic and
regulatory alternatives.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a), 984(a)(4) and
988, as amended; 49 CFR 1.52.
2. Section 402.3 is amended by
redesignating paragraphs (k) through (n)
as (m) through (p) and revising newly
designated paragraphs (m) through (p),
and by adding new paragraphs (k) and
(l) to read as follows:
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§ 402.3
Interpretation.
*
*
*
*
*
(k) New cargo—MLO Section means
either containerized cargo or cargo
which has not moved through the MLO
Section in an average annual amount,
over the navigation seasons 2001–2002–
2003, greater than 10,000 metric tons.
(l) New cargo—Welland Canal means
either containerized cargo or cargo
which has not moved through the
Welland Canal in an average annual
amount, over the navigation seasons
2001–2002–2003, greater than 10,000
metric tons.
(m) Passenger means a person being
transported through the Seaway who
has paid a fare for passage.
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(n) Pleasure craft means a vessel,
however propelled, that is used
exclusively for pleasure and does not
carry passengers.
(o) Seaway includes all facilities and
services authorized under Public Law
358, 83rd Congress, May 13, 1954,
enacted by the Congress of the United
States, as amended, (33 U.S.C. 981, et
seq.) and the meaning ascribed to it
under the Canada Marine Act.
(p) Vessel (‘‘ship’’ in Canada) means
every type of craft used as a means of
transportation on water, except a vessel
owned or employed by the Manager or
the Corporation.
I 3. Section 402.4 is amended by adding
paragraphs (d) through (f) to read as
follows:
§ 402.4
Tolls.
*
*
*
*
*
(d) As part of the fees applicable
under the New Cargo—Welland Canal
and the New Cargo—MLO Section, once
a cargo has qualified as new cargo, it
will remain qualified for the navigation
seasons 2006 and 2007.
(e) For a transit to be accepted under
the New Cargo—Welland Canal or the
New Cargo—MLO Section, more than
50% of the cargo carried on that transit
for each section must qualify as new
cargo.
(f) Barges transiting the Welland
Canal together as one unit pulled by the
same tug or tugs shall, for the purpose
of calculating lockage fees, be deemed to
be a combination unit and will pay
lockage fees as a single barge.
I 4. Section 402.8 is revised to read as
follows:
§ 402.8
Schedule of tolls.
Column 2
Rate ($) Montreal to or from Lake
Ontario
(5 locks)
1. Subject to item 3, for complete transit of the Seaway, a composite
toll, comprising:
(1) a charge per gross registered ton of the ship, applicable
whether the ship is wholly or partially laden, or is in ballast, and
the gross registered tonnage being calculated according to prescribed rules for measurement or under the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, as amended
from time to time.
(2) a charge per metric ton of cargo as certified on the ship’s
manifest or other document, as follows:
(a) bulk cargo ............................................................................
(b) general cargo ......................................................................
(c) steel slab .............................................................................
(d) containerized cargo .............................................................
(e) government aid cargo .........................................................
(f) grain ......................................................................................
(g) coal ......................................................................................
(3) a charge per passenger per lock ...............................................
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Column 3
Rate ($) Welland Canal—Lake
Ontario to or from Lake Erie
(8 locks)
0.0947 ............................................
0.1537.
0.9816 ............................................
2.3651 ............................................
2.1405 ............................................
0.9816 ............................................
N/A .................................................
0.6030 ............................................
0.5795 ............................................
1.3954 ............................................
0.6504.
1.0408.
0.7451.
0.6504.
N/A.
0.6504.
0.6504.
1.3954.
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Column 1
Item—Description of charges
Column 2
Rate ($) Montreal to or from Lake
Ontario
(5 locks)
(4) a charge per lock for transit of the Welland Canal in either direction by cargo ships:
(a) loaded ..................................................................................
(b) in ballast ..............................................................................
2. Subject to item 3, for partial transit of the Seaway ............................
3. Minimum charge per ship per lock transited for full or partial transit
of the Seaway.
4. A rebate applicable to the rates of item 1 to 3 ...................................
5. A charge per pleasure craft per lock transited for full or partial transit of the Seaway, including applicable federal taxes 1.
6. Subject to item 3, in lieu of item 1(4), for vessel carrying new cargo
on the Welland Canal or returning ballast after carrying new cargo
on the Welland Canal, a charge per gross registered ton of the ship,
the gross registered tonnage being calculated according to item
1(1):
(a) loaded .........................................................................................
(b) in ballast .....................................................................................
7. Subject to item 3, in lieu of item 1(1), for vessel carrying new cargo
on the MLO section or returning ballast after carrying new cargo on
the MLO Section, a charge per gross registered ton of the ship, the
gross registered tonnage being calculated according to item 1(1).
Column 3
Rate ($) Welland Canal—Lake
Ontario to or from Lake Erie
(8 locks)
N/A .................................................
N/A .................................................
20 per cent per lock of the applicable charge under items 1(1)
and (2) plus the applicable
charge under items 1(3) and (4).
20.40 ..............................................
519.40.
383.75.
13 per cent per lock of the applicable charge under items 1(1)
and (2) plus the applicable
charge under items 1(3) and (4).
20.40.
N/A .................................................
20.00 ..............................................
N/A.
20.00.
N/A .................................................
N/A .................................................
0.0000 ............................................
0.1530.
0.1122.
N/A.
1 The applicable charge at the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation’s locks (Eisenhower, Snell) for pleasure craft is $25 U.S., or
$30 Canadian per lock. The applicable charge under item 3 at the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation’s locks (Eisenhower, Snell)
will be collected in U.S. dollars. The other amounts are in Canadian dollars and are for the Canadian Share of tolls. The collection of the U.S.
portion of tolls for commercial vessels is waived by law (33 U.S.C. 988a(a)).
Issued at Washington, DC, on March 17,
2006.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation.
Albert S. Jacquez,
Administrator.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
36 CFR Part 1260
RIN 3095–AB38
Declassification of National Security
Information
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This rule updates NARA’s
regulations related to declassification of
classified national security information
in records transferred to NARA’s legal
custody. The rule incorporates changes
resulting from amendments to Executive
Order 12958, Classified National
Security Information, as amended.
These changes include establishing
procedures for the automatic
declassification of records in NARA’s
legal custody and revising requirements
for reclassification of information to
meet the provisions of EO 12958, as
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amended. This rule will affect members
of the public and Federal agencies.
DATES: Effective April 24, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Davis Heaps at 301–837–1801.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed rule was originally published
in the August 12, 2005, Federal Register
(70 FR 47161) for a sixty day comment
period. We notified several researcher
organizations about the proposed rule
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was from a public interest group, and
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comments.
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administration, including that an
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our nation’s security interests. However,
this rule brings NARA policy into
conformity with provisions of EO
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comments cannot be accepted.
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commenter asked if the term was new
or had been used previously in a records
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commenter was concerned that an
integral file block could contain records
spanning an indefinite period of time—
possibly decades—and this would
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
33 CFR Part 402
[Docket No. SLSDC 2006-23839]
RIN 2135-AA23
Tariff of Tolls
AGENCY: Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and
the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under
international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the
St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls in their respective jurisdictions.
The Tariff sets forth the level of tolls assessed on all commodities
and vessels transiting the facilities operated by the SLSDC and the
SLSMC. The SLSDC is revising its regulations to reflect the fees and
charges levied by the SLSMC in Canada starting in the 2006 navigation
season, which are effective only in Canada. An amendment to increase
the minimum charge per lock for those vessels that are not pleasure
craft or subject in Canada to tolls under items 1 and 2 of the Tariff
for full or partial transit of the Seaway will apply in the U.S. (See
Supplementary Information.) The Tariff of Tolls is in effect in Canada.
For consistency, because these are, under international agreement,
joint regulations, and to avoid confusion among users of the Seaway,
the SLSDC finds that there is good cause to make this U.S. version of
the amendments effective upon publication.
DATES: This rule is effective on March 24, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig H. Middlebrook, Acting Chief
Counsel, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-0091.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation
(SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and
presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls (Schedule
of Fees and Charges in Canada) in their respective jurisdictions.
The Tariff sets forth the level of tolls assessed on all
commodities and vessels transiting the facilities operated by the SLSDC
and the SLSMC. The SLSDC is revising 33 CFR 402.8, ``Schedule of
Tolls'', to reflect the fees and charges levied by the SLSMC in Canada
beginning in the 2006 navigation season. Additionally, the SLSDC is
revising 33 CFR 402.3, ``Interpretation'', and 33 CFR 402.4, ``Tolls'',
to provide interpretations of two charges for vessels carrying new
cargo on the Welland Canal and the MLO Section of the Seaway. With one
exception, the changes affect the tolls for commercial vessels and are
applicable only in Canada. The collection of tolls by the SLSDC on
commercial vessels transiting the U.S. locks is waived by law (33
U.S.C. 988a(a)). Accordingly, no notice or comment was necessary on
these amendments.
The SLSDC is amending 33 CFR 402.8, ``Schedule of Tolls'', to
increase the minimum charge per vessel per lock for full or partial
transit of the Seaway from $20.00 to $20.40. This charge is for vessels
that are not pleasure craft or subject in Canada to the tolls under
items 1 and 2 of the Tariff. This increase is due to higher operating
costs at the locks. Since this amendment would be applicable in the
United States, interested parties were afforded an opportunity to
comment on it in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on February
14, 2006 (71 FR 7701). No comments were received.
Regulatory Notices
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
https://dms.dot.gov.
Regulatory Evaluation
This regulation involves a foreign affairs function of the United
States and therefore Executive Order 12866 does not apply and
evaluation under the
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Department of Transportation's Regulatory Policies and Procedures is
not required.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Determination
I certify this regulation will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities. The St. Lawrence
Seaway Regulations and Rules primarily relate to commercial users of
the Seaway, the vast majority of whom are foreign vessel operators.
Therefore, any resulting costs will be borne mostly by foreign vessels.
Environmental Impact
This regulation does not require an environmental impact statement
under the National Environmental Policy Act (49 U.S.C. 4321, et reg.)
because it is not a major federal action significantly affecting the
quality of the human environment.
Federalism
The Corporation has analyzed this rule under the principles and
criteria in Executive Order 13132, dated August 4, 1999, and has
determined that this proposal does not have sufficient federalism
implications to warrant a Federalism Assessment.
Unfunded Mandates
The Corporation has analyzed this rule under Title II of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4, 109 Stat. 48) and
determined that it does not impose unfunded mandates on State, local,
and tribal governments and the private sector requiring a written
statement of economic and regulatory alternatives.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This regulation has been analyzed under the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 and does not contain new or modified information collection
requirements subject to the Office of Management and Budget review.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 402
Vessels, Waterways.
0
Accordingly, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is
amending 33 CFR part 402, Tariff of Tolls, as follows:
PART 402--TARIFF OF TOLLS
0
1. The authority citation for part 402 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a), 984(a)(4) and 988, as amended; 49
CFR 1.52.
0
2. Section 402.3 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (k) through (n)
as (m) through (p) and revising newly designated paragraphs (m) through
(p), and by adding new paragraphs (k) and (l) to read as follows:
Sec. 402.3 Interpretation.
* * * * *
(k) New cargo--MLO Section means either containerized cargo or
cargo which has not moved through the MLO Section in an average annual
amount, over the navigation seasons 2001-2002-2003, greater than 10,000
metric tons.
(l) New cargo--Welland Canal means either containerized cargo or
cargo which has not moved through the Welland Canal in an average
annual amount, over the navigation seasons 2001-2002-2003, greater than
10,000 metric tons.
(m) Passenger means a person being transported through the Seaway
who has paid a fare for passage.
(n) Pleasure craft means a vessel, however propelled, that is used
exclusively for pleasure and does not carry passengers.
(o) Seaway includes all facilities and services authorized under
Public Law 358, 83rd Congress, May 13, 1954, enacted by the Congress of
the United States, as amended, (33 U.S.C. 981, et seq.) and the meaning
ascribed to it under the Canada Marine Act.
(p) Vessel (``ship'' in Canada) means every type of craft used as a
means of transportation on water, except a vessel owned or employed by
the Manager or the Corporation.
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3. Section 402.4 is amended by adding paragraphs (d) through (f) to
read as follows:
Sec. 402.4 Tolls.
* * * * *
(d) As part of the fees applicable under the New Cargo--Welland
Canal and the New Cargo--MLO Section, once a cargo has qualified as new
cargo, it will remain qualified for the navigation seasons 2006 and
2007.
(e) For a transit to be accepted under the New Cargo--Welland Canal
or the New Cargo--MLO Section, more than 50% of the cargo carried on
that transit for each section must qualify as new cargo.
(f) Barges transiting the Welland Canal together as one unit pulled
by the same tug or tugs shall, for the purpose of calculating lockage
fees, be deemed to be a combination unit and will pay lockage fees as a
single barge.
0
4. Section 402.8 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 402.8 Schedule of tolls.
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Column 3 Rate ($)
Column 2 Rate ($) Welland Canal--
Column 1 Item--Description of Montreal to or Lake Ontario to or
charges from Lake Ontario from Lake Erie (8
(5 locks) locks)
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1. Subject to item 3, for
complete transit of the Seaway,
a composite toll, comprising:
(1) a charge per gross 0.0947............ 0.1537.
registered ton of the ship,
applicable whether the ship
is wholly or partially
laden, or is in ballast,
and the gross registered
tonnage being calculated
according to prescribed
rules for measurement or
under the International
Convention on Tonnage
Measurement of Ships, 1969,
as amended from time to
time.
(2) a charge per metric ton
of cargo as certified on
the ship's manifest or
other document, as follows:
(a) bulk cargo.......... 0.9816............ 0.6504.
(b) general cargo....... 2.3651............ 1.0408.
(c) steel slab.......... 2.1405............ 0.7451.
(d) containerized cargo. 0.9816............ 0.6504.
(e) government aid cargo N/A............... N/A.
(f) grain............... 0.6030............ 0.6504.
(g) coal................ 0.5795............ 0.6504.
(3) a charge per passenger 1.3954............ 1.3954.
per lock.
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(4) a charge per lock for
transit of the Welland
Canal in either direction
by cargo ships:
(a) loaded.............. N/A............... 519.40.
(b) in ballast.......... N/A............... 383.75.
2. Subject to item 3, for 20 per cent per 13 per cent per
partial transit of the Seaway. lock of the lock of the
applicable charge applicable charge
under items 1(1) under items 1(1)
and (2) plus the and (2) plus the
applicable charge applicable charge
under items 1(3) under items 1(3)
and (4). and (4).
3. Minimum charge per ship per 20.40............. 20.40.
lock transited for full or
partial transit of the Seaway.
4. A rebate applicable to the N/A............... N/A.
rates of item 1 to 3.
5. A charge per pleasure craft 20.00............. 20.00.
per lock transited for full or
partial transit of the Seaway,
including applicable federal
taxes \1\.
6. Subject to item 3, in lieu of
item 1(4), for vessel carrying
new cargo on the Welland Canal
or returning ballast after
carrying new cargo on the
Welland Canal, a charge per
gross registered ton of the
ship, the gross registered
tonnage being calculated
according to item 1(1):
(a) loaded.................. N/A............... 0.1530.
(b) in ballast.............. N/A............... 0.1122.
7. Subject to item 3, in lieu of 0.0000............ N/A.
item 1(1), for vessel carrying
new cargo on the MLO section or
returning ballast after
carrying new cargo on the MLO
Section, a charge per gross
registered ton of the ship, the
gross registered tonnage being
calculated according to item
1(1).
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\1\ The applicable charge at the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation's locks (Eisenhower, Snell) for pleasure craft is $25
U.S., or $30 Canadian per lock. The applicable charge under item 3 at
the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation's locks (Eisenhower,
Snell) will be collected in U.S. dollars. The other amounts are in
Canadian dollars and are for the Canadian Share of tolls. The
collection of the U.S. portion of tolls for commercial vessels is
waived by law (33 U.S.C. 988a(a)).
Issued at Washington, DC, on March 17, 2006.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
Albert S. Jacquez,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 06-2845 Filed 3-23-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-61-P
