Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel C23; Invitation for Public Comments, 11496-11497 [2014-04470]
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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://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Williams, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@
dot.gov.
As
described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel PISTOLERO is:
Intended Commercial Use Of Vessel:
Catch and release sport fishing without
intent to sell fish.
Geographic Region: ‘‘Hawaii.’’
The complete application is given in
DOT docket MARAD–2014–0023 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:
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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: February 24, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2014 0026]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
NASHA III; 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
March 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2014–0026.
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
entered into this docket is available on
the World Wide Web at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Williams, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
As described by the applicant the
intended service of the vessel NASHA
III is:
Intended Commercial Use Of Vessel:
‘‘Sightseeing in and around Rhode
Island and Southeast Massachusetts.’’
Geographic Region: ‘‘Rhode Island
and Massachusetts.’’
The complete application is given in
DOT docket MARAD–2014–0026 at
https://www.regulations.gov. Interested
SUMMARY:
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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.
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: February 20, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014–04487 Filed 2–27–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2014 0024]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
C23; 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
March 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2014–0024.
SUMMARY:
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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
entered into this docket is available on
the World Wide Web at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Williams, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel C23 is:
Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘We intend to operate passenger-only
short excursions between Juneau, AK
and Taku Inlet. Our Season of operation
would be at most May 2014–September
2014 this year.’’
Geographic Region: ‘‘Alaska (limited
to excursions between Juneau, AK and
Taku Inlet, including Sitka Sound)’’
The complete application is given in
DOT docket MARAD–2014–0024 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.
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
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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: February 24, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014–04470 Filed 2–27–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35805]
Central Maine & Quebec Railway U.S.
Inc.—Acquisition and Operation
Exemption—Montreal, Maine & Atlantic
Railway, Ltd.
Central Maine & Quebec Railway U.S.
Inc. (CMQR),1 a noncarrier, has filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate
certain rail lines in the United States
currently owned and operated by
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway,
Ltd. (MMA).2
1 CMQR is a subsidiary of Rail Acquisition
Holdings LLC (RAH). RAH is, in turn, indirectly
owned and controlled by Fortress Worldwide
Transportation and Infrastructure General
Partnership (Fortress Worldwide), an investment
fund managed by an affiliate of Fortress Investment
Group LLC (Fortress Investment).
2 CMQR will acquire approximately 244.2 miles
of rail lines located in the United States. The
specific lines to be acquired by CMQR include: (1)
A rail line beginning at a point in the vicinity of
Searsport, Me., designated on MMA’s system map
as milepost 0.0+ of MMA’s Searsport Subdivision
and continuing north through the state of Maine
through Brownville Junction to a point in the
vicinity of Millinocket, Me., designated as milepost
109.00+1 of MMA’s Madawaska Subdivision; (2) a
rail line beginning at a point in the vicinity of
Millinocket, Me., designated on MMA’s system map
as milepost 0.0+ of the East Millinocket Subdivision
and continuing southeast to East Millinocket, Me.,
to a point designated as milepost 6.19+ of MMA’s
East Millinocket Subdivision; (3) a rail line
beginning at a point in the vicinity of Brownville
Junction, Me., designated on MMA’s system map as
milepost 0.0+ on MMA’s K.I. Subdivision and
continuing to a point in the vicinity of Brownville
Junction, Me., designated as milepost 4.0+ of the
K.I. Subdivision; (4) a rail line beginning in the
vicinity of Brownville Junction, Me., from a point
of connection with Eastern Maine Railway
Company designated on MMA’s system map as
milepost 0.0+ of MMA’s Moosehead Subdivision
and continuing west to the United States/Canada
border near Skinner, Me., designated as milepost
101.80+ of the Moosehead Subdivision; and (5) a
rail line beginning at the United States/Canada
border crossing in the vicinity of Richford, Vt.,
designated on MMA’s system map as milepost
26.25+ of MMA’s Newport Subdivision and
continuing south to a point in the vicinity of
Newport, Vt., designated as milepost 60.4+ at the
end of the Newport Subdivision.
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MMA and MMA’s Canadian affiliate,
Montreal Maine & Atlantic Canada Co.
(MMA Canada) filed bankruptcy
petitions with the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Maine and the Superior Court for the
Province of Quebec, District of
Montreal, respectively, on August 7,
2013, following a rail accident in Lac
´
Megantic, Que., on July 6, 2013. Since
that time, the rail business of MMA and
MMA Canada has been operated under
the oversight of Robert J. Keach, the
Chapter 11 Trustee in the MMA
bankruptcy proceeding.
On December 12, 2013, RAH entered
into an Asset Purchase Agreement
(Agreement) with Trustee Keach, MMA,
and MMA Canada, pursuant to which
RAH agreed to purchase certain rail
assets of both MMA and MMA Canada.
Thereafter, both the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court and the Quebec Superior Court
issued final orders approving the sale of
the rail assets of MMA and MMA
Canada to RAH.3
The purpose of the proposed
transaction is to restore and preserve
rail service on and over the rail lines of
the bankrupt MMA located in Maine
and Vermont. Although MMA has
continued to provide certain rail
services while in bankruptcy, east-west
through service between points in
Quebec and points in Maine has not
been available to shippers since the Lac
´
Megantic disaster. CMQR and CMQR
Canada will provide rail service over the
entire pre-bankruptcy rail network of
MMA and MMA Canada.
This transaction is related to a
concurrently filed verified notice of
exemption in Fortress Investment Group
LLC—Continuance in Control
Exemption—Florida East Coast Railway,
L.L.C. and Central Maine & Quebec
Railway U.S. Inc., Docket No. FD 35806,
wherein Fortress Investment seeks
Board approval under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of
Florida East Coast Railway, L.L.C., and
CMQR upon CMQR’s becoming a
carrier.
CMQR has certified that its projected
annual revenues as a result of this
transaction will not result in CMQR’s
becoming a Class II or Class I rail
carrier, but that its projected annual
revenues will exceed $5 million.
Accordingly, CMQR is required, at least
3 Pursuant to the Agreement, RAH will assign its
rights under the Agreement to CMQR and to a
Canadian subsidiary of RAH, Central Maine &
Quebec Railway Canada, Inc. (CMQR Canada), to
enable CMQR to acquire the U.S. rail assets of MMA
and CMQR Canada to acquire the Canadian rail
assets of MMA Canada. CMQR Canada will file an
application with the Canada Transportation Agency
to seek authority concerning these Canadian lines.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2014 0024]
Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws:
Vessel C23; Invitation for Public Comments
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 March 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2014-0024.
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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 entered into this docket is available on the World Wide Web
at https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Williams, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Room W23-453, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-0903, Email
Linda.Williams@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel C23 is:
Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: ``We intend to operate
passenger-only short excursions between Juneau, AK and Taku Inlet. Our
Season of operation would be at most May 2014-September 2014 this
year.''
Geographic Region: ``Alaska (limited to excursions between Juneau,
AK and Taku Inlet, including Sitka Sound)''
The complete application is given in DOT docket MARAD-2014-0024 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 Sec. 388.4 of MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR Part
388.
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: February 24, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-04470 Filed 2-27-14; 8:45 am]
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