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Maritime Administration

Docket ID: [Docket Number: 2005-23442]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Invitation for public comments on a requested administrative waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel CAT'S MEOW.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 30, 2006.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383 and Pub. L. 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 200523442 at http://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 Pub. L. 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 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.

SUMMARY: CAT’S MEOW,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

As described by the applicant the intended service of the vessel CAT'S MEOW is:

Intended Use: ``The intended commercial use is to carry passengers for Captained Sailing Charters in the Great Lakes and connecting/ adjacent waterways.''

Geographic Region: While operating primarily out of South Haven, Michigan, the charter area will include the Great Lakes (Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario), and the adjacent canals, harbors and waterways.

By order of the Maritime Administrator.

Dated: December 23, 2005.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E58078 Filed 122805; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, MAR830 Room 7201, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 2023665979.