[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 208 (Friday, October 25, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55263-55264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27417]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
46 CFR Part 552
[Docket No. 95-15]
Availability of the Annual Financial and Operating Statements
Filed by Domestic Offshore Carriers
AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime Commission (``FMC'' or ``Commission'' is
withdrawing the proposed rule amending its regulations governing the
availability of the annual financial and operating statements filed by
vessel-operating common carriers by water providing port-to-port
services in the domestic offshore trades, because jurisdiction over
such services has been transferred to the Surface Transportation Board.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Austin L. Schmitt, Director, Bureau of Economics and Agreement
Analysis, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20573-0001, 202-523-5787.
Robert D. Bourgoin, General Counsel, Federal Maritime Commission, 800
North Capitol Street, N.W.,
[[Page 55264]]
Washington, D.C. 20573-0001, 202-523-5740.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Commission previously published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(60 FR 53572) in this proceeding seeking comments on allowing limited
access to the annual financial and operating statements filed by ocean
common carriers providing port-to-port services in the domestic
offshore trades. The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88,
109 Stat. 803 (``ICC Termination Act''), has since transferred
jurisdiction over such services, which had formerly been regulated by
the FMC under the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, 46 U.S.C. app. 843-
848 (``1933 Act''), to the Surface Transportation Board (``Board''),
and provides that such services are subject to rate regulation by the
Board. Accordingly, no further Commission action in this proceeding is
appropriate and the proposed rule is withdrawn.
By the Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-27417 Filed 10-24-96; 8:45 am]
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