Stakeholders Meeting Regarding Ready Reserve Force (RRF) Ship Manager Contract Program, 76811 [2011-31460]
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 236 / Thursday, December 8, 2011 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2011–0154]
Stakeholders Meeting Regarding
Ready Reserve Force (RRF) Ship
Manager Contract Program
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Maritime Administration
(MarAd) announces that it will hold a
public outreach listening session on
December 7, 2011 to gather input for
consideration of possible changes to the
Ship Manager Contract requirements for
maintaining and operating MarAd
Ready Reserve Force vessels. The topics
to be discussed at the listening session
will include:
• Ship Owner/Operator requirement.
• 12-ship award limit.
• Definition of Ship Manager
‘‘business entity’’.
• Citizenship requirements—46 CFR
315 and 46 U.S.C. 802(a) and 802(b),
U.S. Citizen vs. Documented Citizen.
• The relative importance of
Technical, Past Performance and Price
Evaluation Factors.
• Ship Manager as Agent vs.
Independent contractor issues.
• Consideration of participation in
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement, Maritime Security Program,
or Tanker Emergency Preparedness
Agreement.
• Small business, sub-contracting vs.
joint venture structure of Ship Manager.
• Re-assignment of ships during
contract performance.
• Incentives for Cost Saving Methods
in Program Management, Ship Costs,
Green Initiatives.
• Limited Scope Ship Management
Contract for State Maritime Academy
Schoolships.
The meeting is open to the public.
Due to space constraints, participation
is limited to two (2) representatives per
company/organization. Advanced
registration is recommended. The DOT
building at 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.
has security entrance requirements. All
personnel will be escorted. The public
meeting will be held at a site accessible
to individuals with disabilities. To
register, interested parties should send
their name, title, and company
affiliation to Rilla Gaither at
Rilla.Gaither@dot.gov by close of
business Monday, December 5, 2011.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 10:30
a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in
the Conference Center at the U.S.
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Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Additional
meetings, if deemed necessary, may be
held on the West or Gulf Coast, and will
be identical in terms of agenda and
purpose.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general background information or
technical information, contact Rilla
Gaither, Office of the Associate
Administrator for National Security,
Maritime Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590 or by email to RRFSMC@dot.gov.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: December 2, 2011.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–31460 Filed 12–7–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2011 0153]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
OCEAN VUE 1; Invitation for Public
Comments
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
As authorized by 46 U.S.C.
12121, 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.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
January 9, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2011–0153.
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://www.regulations.gov.
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
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entered into this docket is available on
the World Wide Web at https://
www.regulations.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, Email Joann.Spittle@dot.gov.
As
described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel OCEAN VUE 1 is:
Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘glass bottom boat tour.’’
Geographic Region: ‘‘Florida.’’
The complete application is given in
DOT docket MARAD–2011–0153 at
https://www.regulations.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 46 U.S.C. 12121 and
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
388, 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 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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).
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: December 1, 2011.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–31450 Filed 12–7–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2011-0154]
Stakeholders Meeting Regarding Ready Reserve Force (RRF) Ship
Manager Contract Program
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MarAd) announces that it will
hold a public outreach listening session on December 7, 2011 to gather
input for consideration of possible changes to the Ship Manager
Contract requirements for maintaining and operating MarAd Ready Reserve
Force vessels. The topics to be discussed at the listening session will
include:
Ship Owner/Operator requirement.
12-ship award limit.
Definition of Ship Manager ``business entity''.
Citizenship requirements--46 CFR 315 and 46 U.S.C. 802(a)
and 802(b), U.S. Citizen vs. Documented Citizen.
The relative importance of Technical, Past Performance and
Price Evaluation Factors.
Ship Manager as Agent vs. Independent contractor issues.
Consideration of participation in Voluntary Intermodal
Sealift Agreement, Maritime Security Program, or Tanker Emergency
Preparedness Agreement.
Small business, sub-contracting vs. joint venture
structure of Ship Manager.
Re-assignment of ships during contract performance.
Incentives for Cost Saving Methods in Program Management,
Ship Costs, Green Initiatives.
Limited Scope Ship Management Contract for State Maritime
Academy Schoolships.
The meeting is open to the public. Due to space constraints,
participation is limited to two (2) representatives per company/
organization. Advanced registration is recommended. The DOT building at
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE. has security entrance requirements. All
personnel will be escorted. The public meeting will be held at a site
accessible to individuals with disabilities. To register, interested
parties should send their name, title, and company affiliation to Rilla
Gaither at Rilla.Gaither@dot.gov by close of business Monday, December
5, 2011.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 10:30
a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in the Conference Center at the
U.S. Department of Transportation Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Additional meetings, if deemed necessary,
may be held on the West or Gulf Coast, and will be identical in terms
of agenda and purpose.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general background information or
technical information, contact Rilla Gaither, Office of the Associate
Administrator for National Security, Maritime Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 or by email to RRFSMC@dot.gov.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: December 2, 2011.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-31460 Filed 12-7-11; 8:45 am]
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