Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws, 52606-52607 [E7-18129]

Download as PDF 52606 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 178 / Friday, September 14, 2007 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Frances Jerry, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366–5861; or e-mail: frances.jerry@dot.gov. Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office. rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD). Title of Collection: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements. OMB Control Number: 2133–0005. Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information collection. Affected Public: Vessel owners acquiring ships from MARAD on credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and companies having Title XI guarantee obligations. Form Numbers: MA–172. Abstract: The Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements are used as a basis for preparing and filing semiannual and annual financial statements with the Maritime Administration. Regulations requiring financial reports to MARAD are authorized by Section 801, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C. 1211). Financial reports are also required by regulation of purchasers of ships from MARAD on credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and of companies having Title XI guarantee obligations (46 CFR Part 298). Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by the Office of Management and Budget. Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 1276 hours. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect, if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. Dated: September 6, 2007. Daron T. Threet, Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. E7–18127 Filed 9–13–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–81–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:44 Sep 13, 2007 Jkt 211001 Maritime Administration Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review Maritime Administration, DOT. Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection abstracted below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The nature of the information collection is described as well as its expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on June 25, 2007. No comments were received. Comments must be submitted on or before October 15, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Strassburg, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366–4156; or e-mail: joe.strassburg@dot.gov. Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD). Title of Collection: War Risk Insurance, Applications and Related Information. OMB Control Number: 2133–0011. Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information collection. Affected Public: Vessel owners or charterers interested in participating in MARAD’s war risk insurance program. Form Numbers: MA–355; MA–528; MA–742; MA–828, and MA–942. Abstract: As authorized by Section 1202, Title XII, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation may provide war risk insurance adequate for the needs of the waterborne commerce of the United States if such insurance cannot be obtained on reasonable terms from qualified insurance companies operating in the United States. This collection is required for the program. Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by the Office of Management and Budget. Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 1378 hours. ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: MARAD Desk Officer. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect, if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. Dated: September 6, 2007. Daron T. Threet, Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. E7–18173 Filed 9–13–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–81–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration [Docket No. MARAD 2007 29216] Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation. ACTION: Invitation for public comments on a requested administrative waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel OCEAN SPIRIT. AGENCY: SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law 105–383 and Public Law 107–295, 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 brief description of the proposed service, is listed below. The complete application is given in DOT docket MARAD–2007– 29216 at https://dms.dot.gov. 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, in accordance with Public Law 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 2003), that the issuance of the waiver will have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.vessel builder or a business that uses E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 178 / Friday, September 14, 2007 / Notices U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a waiver will not be granted. 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. By order of the Maritime Administrator. Daron T. Threet, Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. E7–18129 Filed 9–13–07; 8:45 am] Submit comments on or before October 15, 2007. [USCG–2007–26844] DATES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD–2007–29216. Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M–30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. You may also send comments electronically via the Internet at https://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 https:// dms.dot.gov. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 366–5979. As described by the applicant the intended service of the vessel OCEAN SPIRIT is: Intended Use: ‘‘Charters for sightseeing, burial at sea and similar.’’ Geographic Region: ‘‘Southern California and Baha, Mexico.’’ SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: rmajette on PROD1PC64 with 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. Dated: September 10, 2007. VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:44 Sep 13, 2007 Jkt 211001 BILLING CODE 4910–81–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration Woodside Natural Gas, Inc. OceanWay Secure Energy Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application; Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Maritime Administration, DOT. Notice of intent; notice of public meeting; request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard announce the intent to prepare an environmental impact statement/environmental impact report (EIS/EIR). The application describes a project located in the Federal waters of the Santa Monica Basin, approximately 27 miles southwest of Los Angeles International Airport. The EIS/EIR will be prepared with the City of Los Angeles (City) as a cooperating agency in the environmental review with the Coast Guard since the applicant has also filed an application for lease/franchise of offshore submerged City lands and an onshore pipeline franchise for the subsea pipelines through City waters and a pipeline through the City. The EIS/EIR will meet the requirements of both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Publication of this notice begins a 30 day scoping process that will assist in the identification and determination of the environmental issues to be addressed in the EIS/EIR. This notice requests public participation in the scoping process and provides information regarding how to participate in the process. It announces a public meeting to be held in connection with the EIS/EIR; requests public comment on the scope of the EIS/ EIR; and also serves as a notice of intent (NOI) and notice of preparation (NOP) for the purposes of California law. DATES: The Coast Guard, Maritime Administration, and the City will conduct an informational open house, followed by a public scoping meeting Wednesday, September 26, 2007 to receive oral or written comments. The informational open house will run from PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52607 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. followed by a public meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The time may be extended depending on the number of speakers. Comments or related material must be received by October 12, 2007. ADDRESSES: The open house and public meeting will be held at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, 5855 West Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045; (310) 641–5700. Please Note: All attendees are requested to bring their hotel parking tickets inside the hotel for parking validation. The public docket for USCG–2007– 26844 is maintained by the Department of Transportation, Docket Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. Docket contents are available for public inspection and copying at this address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Facility’s telephone number is 202– 366–9329, the fax number is 202–493– 2251, and the Web site for electronic submissions or for electronic access to docket contents is https://dms.dot.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the proposed Project, the license application process, or the EIS/EIR process may be directed to Roddy Bachman, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone: (202) 367–1451, e-mail: (Roddy.C.Bachman@uscg.mil), or Linda Moore, City of Los Angeles, telephone: (213) 485–5751, e-mail: (Linda.Moore@lacity.org). Questions regarding viewing or submitting materials to the docket may be directed to, Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, (202–493–0402). The DOT Docket Management System also chronologically contains the application and related correspondence, public meeting transcripts, will contain the Draft and the Final EIS/EIR, and will contain all comments submitted whether at public meetings or submitted directly. This can be accessed at https://dms.dot.gov, and search for docket number 26844. Information pertaining to the proposed OceanWay Deepwater Port Project is also available online with the City of Los Angeles at: https:// eng.lacity.org/techdocs/emg/ Environmental_Review_Documents.htm. This public notice may be requested from the City of Los Angeles in an alternative format such as Spanish translation, audiotape, large print, or Braille. Contact the City of Los Angeles at the City project Web site listed above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 178 (Friday, September 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52606-52607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18129]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2007 29216]


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 OCEAN SPIRIT.

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SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, 
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 
brief description of the proposed service, is listed below. The 
complete application is given in DOT docket MARAD-2007-29216 at https://
dms.dot.gov. 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, in accordance with Public Law 
105-383 and MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 
30, 2003), that the issuance of the waiver will have an unduly adverse 
effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a business that uses

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U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a waiver will not be granted. 
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 Sec.  388.4 of 
MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR part 388.

DATES: Submit comments on or before October 15, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2007-29216. 
Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket 
Clerk, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. You may also send comments electronically via the 
Internet at https://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 https://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Room W21-203, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-5979.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As described by the applicant the intended 
service of the vessel OCEAN SPIRIT is:
    Intended Use: ``Charters for sightseeing, burial at sea and 
similar.''
    Geographic Region: ``Southern California and Baha, Mexico.''

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.

    Dated: September 10, 2007.

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-18129 Filed 9-13-07; 8:45 am]
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