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Following a corridor public hearing in
November 1994, a preferred alternative
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement (VISA)/Joint Planning
Advisory Group (JPAG)
AGENCY:
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Synopsis of March 28, 2006,
meeting with VISA participants.
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ACTION:
The VISA program requires that a
notice of the time, place, and nature of
each JPAG meeting be published in the
Federal Register.The full text of the
VISA program, including these
requirements, is published in 70 FR
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2005.
On March 28, 2006, the Maritime
Administration (MARAD) and the U.S.
Transportation Command
(USTRANSCOM) co-hosted a meeting of
the VISA JPAG at USTRANSCOM, Scott
Air Force Base, Illinois. Meeting
attendance was by invitation only, due
to the nature of the information
discussed and the need for a
government-issued security clearance.
Of the 52 U.S.-flag carrier corporate
participants enrolled in the VISA
program 19 companies participated in
the JPAG meeting. Two representatives
for maritime labor also participated in
the meeting. In addition, representatives
from MARAD and the Department of
Defense attended the meeting.
Brig Gen Paul Selva, USAF, TCJ3,
USTRANSCOM, and James Caponiti,
Associate Administrator for National
Security, MARAD, welcomed the
participants. Brig Gen Selva noted that
he maintains a deep appreciation of the
capabilities the maritime industry
delivers to support DOD sealift logistics.
Mr. Caponiti remarked that while some
progress has been made in recent JPAG
meetings regarding the findings of
DOD’s Mobility Capabilities Study
(MCS), future JPAG meetings should
provide a more focused operational
perspective on how the maritime
industry will be able to respond to the
MCS assumptions.
The purpose of the JPAG meeting was
to brief participants on
USTRANSCOM’s Turbo Distribution
Exercise 2006 and to provide an
overview of the Department of Defense’s
Operations Plan (OPLAN). There was
also a discussion related to activation of
JPAG participants’ capacity and
intermodal resources to support the
OPLAN.
The following VISA companies
participated in the March 28, 2006 JPAG
meeting: American President Lines,
Ltd.; American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier,
LLC; American Shipping Group; APL
Marine Services, Ltd.; APL Maritime
Ltd; Central Gulf Lines, Inc.; CP Ships
USA, LLC; Crowley Liner Services, Inc.;
Crowley Marine Services, Inc.; Farrell
Lines Incorporated; Fidelio Limited
Partnership; Liberty Global Logistics,
LLC; Liberty Shipping Group Limited
Partnership; Maersk Line, Limited;
Matson Navigation Company, Inc.;
Patriot Shipping, LLC; Patriot Titan,
LLC; Sealift Inc.; and Waterman
Steamship Corporation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Taylor E. Jones II, Director, Office of
Sealift Support, (202) 366–2323.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66).
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By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: May 5, 2006.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
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CSX Transportation, Inc.—
Abandonment Exemption—in Harlan
County, KY
CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has
filed a notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1152 subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments to abandon a 12.56-mile
rail line on its Southern Region,
Huntington Division-West, Cumberland
Valley Subdivision, from milepost OWH
258.5 to the end of the track at milepost
OWH–271.06, in Harlan County, KY.
The line traverses United States Postal
Service Zip Codes 40828, 40843 and
40927.
CSXT has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic
can be rerouted over other lines; (3) no
formal complaint filed by a user of rail
service on the line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board or with
any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the 2-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7
(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8
(historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11
(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
abandonment and discontinuance shall
be protected under Oregon Short Line R.
Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected
employees, a petition for partial
revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) has been received, this
exemption will be effective on June 10,
2006, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues,1
1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)/Joint Planning
Advisory Group (JPAG)
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Synopsis of March 28, 2006, meeting with VISA participants.
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The VISA program requires that a notice of the time, place, and
nature of each JPAG meeting be published in the Federal Register.The
full text of the VISA program, including these requirements, is
published in 70 FR 55947-55955, dated September 23, 2005.
On March 28, 2006, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S.
Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) co-hosted a meeting of the VISA
JPAG at USTRANSCOM, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Meeting attendance
was by invitation only, due to the nature of the information discussed
and the need for a government-issued security clearance. Of the 52
U.S.-flag carrier corporate participants enrolled in the VISA program
19 companies participated in the JPAG meeting. Two representatives for
maritime labor also participated in the meeting. In addition,
representatives from MARAD and the Department of Defense attended the
meeting.
Brig Gen Paul Selva, USAF, TCJ3, USTRANSCOM, and James Caponiti,
Associate Administrator for National Security, MARAD, welcomed the
participants. Brig Gen Selva noted that he maintains a deep
appreciation of the capabilities the maritime industry delivers to
support DOD sealift logistics. Mr. Caponiti remarked that while some
progress has been made in recent JPAG meetings regarding the findings
of DOD's Mobility Capabilities Study (MCS), future JPAG meetings should
provide a more focused operational perspective on how the maritime
industry will be able to respond to the MCS assumptions.
The purpose of the JPAG meeting was to brief participants on
USTRANSCOM's Turbo Distribution Exercise 2006 and to provide an
overview of the Department of Defense's Operations Plan (OPLAN). There
was also a discussion related to activation of JPAG participants'
capacity and intermodal resources to support the OPLAN.
The following VISA companies participated in the March 28, 2006
JPAG meeting: American President Lines, Ltd.; American Roll-On Roll-Off
Carrier, LLC; American Shipping Group; APL Marine Services, Ltd.; APL
Maritime Ltd; Central Gulf Lines, Inc.; CP Ships USA, LLC; Crowley
Liner Services, Inc.; Crowley Marine Services, Inc.; Farrell Lines
Incorporated; Fidelio Limited Partnership; Liberty Global Logistics,
LLC; Liberty Shipping Group Limited Partnership; Maersk Line, Limited;
Matson Navigation Company, Inc.; Patriot Shipping, LLC; Patriot Titan,
LLC; Sealift Inc.; and Waterman Steamship Corporation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Taylor E. Jones II, Director,
Office of Sealift Support, (202) 366-2323.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66).
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: May 5, 2006.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-7156 Filed 5-10-06; 8:45 am]
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