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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket Number MARAD–2015–0086]
Maritime Environmental and Technical
Assistance (META) Program Forum
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Maritime Administration
(MARAD), in cooperation with the
Maryland Environmental Resource
Center, will hold an open forum to
solicit individual input to MARAD on
the Agency’s Maritime Environmental
and Technical Assistance (META)
Program and key environmental issues
facing maritime transportation. Input
received will enable the Agency to
assess the effectiveness and utility of the
Program thus far, and will inform
MARAD and Department of
Transportation decision making
regarding possible future research,
development and demonstration
projects.
SUMMARY:
The forum will be held on
Wednesday, July 22, 2015, from 9:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: The event will be held at
the Conference Center of the Maritime
Institute of Technology and Graduate
Studies (MITAGS), 692 Maritime Blvd.,
Linthicum Heights, Maryland 21090
(Telephone 866–656–5568). The facility
has overnight accommodations. For
those interested in reserving MITAGS
accommodations please feel free to call
410–859–5700.
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The
META program seeks to foster
collaborative efforts among Federal
agencies, academia, industry and the
public to address critical marine
transportation environmental issues.
Among the areas of current focus are
aquatic invasive species, ballast water
and underwater hull growth, port and
vessel air emissions, and alternative
fuels and energy technologies. Through
META, MARAD supports research,
development and demonstration of
innovative technologies for practical
applications to balance freight,
passenger and environmental concerns
with sustainable solutions. This support
includes financial support for research
and development activities, and
fostering the exchange of information
and best practices.
MARAD is holding this forum to
provide information on the META
concept, gather public input on
identifying the key environmental
issues on which the META program
should focus its activities, and on how
MARAD might best structure the
program for the future. Specific topics of
discussion will include how MARAD
might be able to better focus requests for
proposals, and how to address various
levels of technology readiness.
During the forum, MARAD
representatives will explain the META
program and discuss current areas of
focus and projects, followed by small
group discussions. Minutes will be kept
of the discussion and posted by
MARAD.
MARAD will release further details on
this public forum, including times and
agenda, on its Web page at https://
marad.dot.gov and on the DOT docket
as they become available.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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You
may contact Daniel Yuska, Office of
Environment, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone (202) 366–0714. You may
send electronic mail to Daniel.Yuska@
dot.gov.
For access to the docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov at any time or to
Room W12–140 of the Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
Holidays. To view the docket
electronically, type the docket number
‘‘MARAD–2015–0086’’ in the
‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘Search.’’
Click and Open Docket Folder on the
line associated with this forum.
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All input received at the forum will
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individual commenter and where
appropriate on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc. This
information will be placed on the DOT
public docket. You may review DOT’s
complete Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19476, 04/11/2011) or at
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Authority: 49 CFR 1.93.
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Dated: June 25, 2015.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement/Joint Planning Advisory
Group Table Top Exercise
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Voluntary Intermodal
Sealift Agreement (VISA) program
requires a notice of the time, place, and
nature of each Joint Planning Advisory
Group (JPAG) meeting be published in
the Federal Register. The full text of the
VISA program, including these
requirements, is published in Federal
Register/Vol. 79, No. 209, 64462—
64470, dated October 29, 2014.
On June 2–3, 2015, the Maritime
Administration and the U.S.
Transportation Command co-hosted the
2015 Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement Joint Planning Advisory
Group Table-Top Exercise at Scott Air
Force Base, Illinois. Participants of the
Table Top Exercise (TTX) were required
to possess a secret clearance due to the
classified nature of the meeting and
attendance was by invitation only. The
Maritime Administrator invited VISA
carriers, Maritime Labor Unions,
Longshoreman Labor and designated
U.S. Strategic Seaport personnel. In
addition, representatives from the
Department of Transportation, the
Maritime Administration and the
Department of Defense (DOD) to include
the Office of the Secretary of Defense,
U.S. Transportation Command, the
Military Sealift Command and the
Surface Deployment and Distribution
Command attended the meeting.
SUMMARY:
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You
may contact William G. Kurfehs, Acting
Director, Office of Sealift Support, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone (202) 366–2318. You may
send electronic mail to Bill.Kurfehs@
dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colonel
Martin Chapin, USAF, Deputy Director,
Operations and Planning, U.S.
Transportation Command, and Mr.
Kevin Tokarski, Associate
Administrator for Strategic Sealift,
Maritime Administration, welcomed the
participants. Mr. Tokarski thanked the
industry participants for their continued
support and stated he was pleased with
the large number of attendees at the
JPAG meeting. He expressed a hope that
the JPAG TTX would serve to prepare
all attendee for what could actually
occur during a VISA activation. Col.
Chapin remarked that the classified TTX
will focus on VISA participants’ ability
to meet DOD requirements for moving
contingency cargo from CONUS Sea
Ports of Embarkation to designated
OCONUS Ports of Debarkation. Col.
Chapin also stated that the TTX will
address mariner availability to support
VISA activation. Further, both
gentlemen requested participants
complete a survey at the end of the TTX
and provide recommendations to
improve the JPAG.
The purpose of the JPAG TTX was to:
(1) Affirm industry’s ability to meet
DOD requirements by exposing them to
the most demanding DOD scenario; (2)
exercise commercial sealift capacity in
relation to scenario requirements; (3)
validate scenario planning assumptions;
and (4) recommend revisions, as
appropriate, on how we model specified
scenarios and/or other related planning
documents and associated planning
assumptions. The JPAG TTX was
considered a success as industry
participants were able to provide
capacity and resources to meet DOD
requirements. However, the participants
identified specific ‘‘lessons learned’’
that will be addressed to improve the
JPAG. The JPAG TTX participants
agreed to work on the lessons learned to
assure that they are adequately
addressed for the efficient coordination
of VISA activation procedures.
The following are VISA participants:
A Way To Move, Inc.
American International Shipping, LLC
American Marine Corporation
American President Lines, Ltd.
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC
APL Marine Services, Ltd.
Argent Marine Operations, Inc.
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Beyel Brothers Inc.
Central Gulf Lines, Inc.
Columbia Coastal Transport, LLC
CRC Marine Services, Inc.
Crimson Shipping Co., Inc.
Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Inc.
Crowley Marine Services, Inc.
Curtin Maritime, Corp.
Dann Marine Towing, LC
Farrell Lines Incorporated
Fidelio Limited Partnership
Foss International, Inc.
Foss Maritime Company
Hapag-Lloyd USA, LLC
Horizon Lines, LLC
LA Carriers, LLC
Laborde Marine, L.L.C.
Liberty Global Logistics, LLC
Liberty Shipping Group, LLC
Lockwood Brothers, Inc.
Lynden Incorporated
Maersk Line, Limited
Marine Transport Management
Matson Navigation Company, Inc.
McAllister Towing and Transportation
Co., Inc.
McCulley Marine Services, Inc.
Moran Towing Corp.
National Shipping of America, LLC
Northcliffe Ocean Shipping & Trading
Company
Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines LLC
Patriot Shipping, L.L.C
Resolve Towing & Salvage, Inc.
Samson Tug & Barge Company, Inc.
Schuyler Line Navigation Company,
LLC
Sea Star Line, LLC
SeaTac Marine Services, LLC
Seabridge, Inc.
Sealift Inc.
Smith Maritime, Inc.
Stevens Towing Co., Inc.
Stevens Transportation, LLC
Superior Maritime Services, Inc.
Tactical Shipping, LLC
Teras BBC Ocean Navigation Enterprises
Houston, LLC
Totem Ocean Trailer Express
Trailer Bridge, Inc.
TransAtlantic Lines, LLC
Western Towboat Company
Weeks Marine, Inc.
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Young Brothers Limited
AUTHORITY: 49 CFR 1.93(l), Pub. L. 111–
67.
Dated: June 25, 2015.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015–16178 Filed 6–30–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement Open Season
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of open season for
enrollment in the VISA program.
AGENCY:
The Maritime Administration
(MARAD) announces that the open
season for Fiscal Year 2016 applications
for participation in the Voluntary
Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)
program will run for 30 days beginning
today and ending July 31, 2015. The
purpose of this notice is to invite
interested, qualified U.S.-flag vessel
operators that are not currently enrolled
in the VISA program to apply. This is
the only planned enrollment period for
carriers to join the VISA program and
derive benefits for Department of
Defense (DOD) peacetime contracts
initiated during the period from October
1, 2015, through September 30, 2016.
Any U.S.-flag vessel operator
organized under the laws of a state of
the United States, or the District of
Columbia, who is able and willing to
commit militarily useful sealift assets
and assume the related consequential
risks of commercial disruption, may be
eligible to participate in the VISA
program.
The mission of VISA is to provide
commercial sealift and intermodal
shipping services and systems,
including vessels, vessel space,
intermodal systems and equipment,
terminal facilities, and related
management services, to the Department
of Defense (DOD), as necessary, to meet
national defense contingency
requirements or national emergencies.
Carriers enrolled in the VISA program
provide DOD with assured access to
such services during contingencies. In
return for their VISA commitment, DOD
gives VISA participants priority for
peacetime cargos.
DATES: VISA Program applications must
be received on or before July 31, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit applications and
questions related to this notice to
William G. Kurfehs, Acting Director,
Office of Sealift Support, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William G. Kurfehs, Acting Director,
Office of Sealift Support, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement/Joint Planning Advisory
Group Table Top Exercise
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) program
requires a notice of the time, place, and nature of each Joint Planning
Advisory Group (JPAG) meeting be published in the Federal Register. The
full text of the VISA program, including these requirements, is
published in Federal Register/Vol. 79, No. 209, 64462--64470, dated
October 29, 2014.
On June 2-3, 2015, the Maritime Administration and the U.S.
Transportation Command co-hosted the 2015 Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement Joint Planning Advisory Group Table-Top Exercise at Scott Air
Force Base, Illinois. Participants of the Table Top Exercise (TTX) were
required to possess a secret clearance due to the classified nature of
the meeting and attendance was by invitation only. The Maritime
Administrator invited VISA carriers, Maritime Labor Unions,
Longshoreman Labor and designated U.S. Strategic Seaport personnel. In
addition, representatives from the Department of Transportation, the
Maritime Administration and the Department of Defense (DOD) to include
the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Transportation Command,
the Military Sealift Command and the Surface Deployment and
Distribution Command attended the meeting.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact William G. Kurfehs,
Acting Director, Office of Sealift Support, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone (202) 366-2318. You may send electronic
mail to Bill.Kurfehs@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Colonel Martin Chapin, USAF, Deputy
Director, Operations and Planning, U.S. Transportation Command, and Mr.
Kevin Tokarski, Associate Administrator for Strategic Sealift, Maritime
Administration, welcomed the participants. Mr. Tokarski thanked the
industry participants for their continued support and stated he was
pleased with the large number of attendees at the JPAG meeting. He
expressed a hope that the JPAG TTX would serve to prepare all attendee
for what could actually occur during a VISA activation. Col. Chapin
remarked that the classified TTX will focus on VISA participants'
ability to meet DOD requirements for moving contingency cargo from
CONUS Sea Ports of Embarkation to designated OCONUS Ports of
Debarkation. Col. Chapin also stated that the TTX will address mariner
availability to support VISA activation. Further, both gentlemen
requested participants complete a survey at the end of the TTX and
provide recommendations to improve the JPAG.
The purpose of the JPAG TTX was to: (1) Affirm industry's ability
to meet DOD requirements by exposing them to the most demanding DOD
scenario; (2) exercise commercial sealift capacity in relation to
scenario requirements; (3) validate scenario planning assumptions; and
(4) recommend revisions, as appropriate, on how we model specified
scenarios and/or other related planning documents and associated
planning assumptions. The JPAG TTX was considered a success as industry
participants were able to provide capacity and resources to meet DOD
requirements. However, the participants identified specific ``lessons
learned'' that will be addressed to improve the JPAG. The JPAG TTX
participants agreed to work on the lessons learned to assure that they
are adequately addressed for the efficient coordination of VISA
activation procedures.
The following are VISA participants:
A Way To Move, Inc.
American International Shipping, LLC
American Marine Corporation
American President Lines, Ltd.
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC
APL Marine Services, Ltd.
Argent Marine Operations, Inc.
Beyel Brothers Inc.
Central Gulf Lines, Inc.
Columbia Coastal Transport, LLC
CRC Marine Services, Inc.
Crimson Shipping Co., Inc.
Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Inc.
Crowley Marine Services, Inc.
Curtin Maritime, Corp.
Dann Marine Towing, LC
Farrell Lines Incorporated
Fidelio Limited Partnership
Foss International, Inc.
Foss Maritime Company
Hapag-Lloyd USA, LLC
Horizon Lines, LLC
LA Carriers, LLC
Laborde Marine, L.L.C.
Liberty Global Logistics, LLC
Liberty Shipping Group, LLC
Lockwood Brothers, Inc.
Lynden Incorporated
Maersk Line, Limited
Marine Transport Management
Matson Navigation Company, Inc.
McAllister Towing and Transportation Co., Inc.
McCulley Marine Services, Inc.
Moran Towing Corp.
National Shipping of America, LLC
Northcliffe Ocean Shipping & Trading Company
Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines LLC
Patriot Shipping, L.L.C
Resolve Towing & Salvage, Inc.
Samson Tug & Barge Company, Inc.
Schuyler Line Navigation Company, LLC
Sea Star Line, LLC
SeaTac Marine Services, LLC
Seabridge, Inc.
Sealift Inc.
Smith Maritime, Inc.
Stevens Towing Co., Inc.
Stevens Transportation, LLC
Superior Maritime Services, Inc.
Tactical Shipping, LLC
Teras BBC Ocean Navigation Enterprises Houston, LLC
Totem Ocean Trailer Express
Trailer Bridge, Inc.
TransAtlantic Lines, LLC
Western Towboat Company
Weeks Marine, Inc.
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Young Brothers Limited
Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(l), Pub. L. 111-67.
Dated: June 25, 2015.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-16178 Filed 6-30-15; 8:45 am]
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