[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 222 (Friday, November 15, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 58496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29386]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
33 CFR Parts 404 and 407
Seaway Regulations and Rules: Great Lakes Pilotage Rates
AGENCY: Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, DOT.
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period of the notice of
proposed rulemaking and hearing (NPRM) published in the Federal
Register on September 25, 1996, (61 FR 50258) which proposed to
increase Great Lakes Pilotage Rates. The comment period for this NPRM
was scheduled to end on November 12, 1996. This document extends that
comment period by 15 days, to November 27, 1996. The extension is
necessary to allow commenters additional time to analyze the rulemaking
and prepare their comments.
DATES: Any party wishing to present views on the NPRM published on
September 25, 1996, (61 FR 50258) may file comments with the Saint
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) on or before November
27, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Marc C. Owen, Chief Counsel, Saint Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Suite 5424,
Washington, D.C. 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott A. Poyer, Chief Economist, Saint
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Office of Great Lakes
Pilotage, United States Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street
SW., Suite 5424, Washington, DC 20590, room 5421, 1-800-785 2779, or
Marc C. Owen, Chief Counsel, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Suite 5424, Washington, D.C.
20590, (202) 366-6823.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 25, 1996, the SLSDC published a
notice of proposed rulemaking and hearing (NPRM) in the Federal
Register (61 FR 50258), which proposed to increase Great Lakes pilotage
rates. The comment period for the NPRM was scheduled to end on November
12, 1996.
A public hearing announced in the NPRM was held on October 22,
1996, at the Crowne Plaza at Detroit Metro Airport, 8000 Merriman Road,
Romulus, MI. During the hearing several commenters requested additional
time to analyze the NPRM and file comments. Subsequent to the hearing,
the SLSDC received written comments asking for an extension of the
comment period. A number of commenters requested the extension because
they believe an increase in Great Lakes pilotage rates may have a
potentially large effect on commerce in the Great Lakes region and that
they needed more time to complete a thorough analysis of the NPRM and
its possible effects.
Because additional time is needed for commenters to complete their
analysis and prepare their comments, the comment period for the NPRM
published on September 25, 1996, (61 FR 50258) is extended 15 days, and
will now end on November 27, 1996.
Issued at Washington, D.C. on November 12, 1996.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
Gail C. McDonald,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-29386 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]
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