[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 68697-68698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33078]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
46 CFR Part 401
[USCG-1998-4874]
Great lakes Pilotage Rates
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of annual review findings; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard conducted a review of Great Lakes pilotage
rates. Based on the results of this review, the Coast Guard concluded
that no changes were necessary to the Great Lakes pilotage rates for
the 1998 navigation season. The Coast Guard is interested in comments
on the 1998 Rate Review.
DATES: Comments must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before
February 12, 1999.
ADDRESSES: You may mail your comments to the Docket Management
Facility, (USCG-1998-4874), U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-
401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington DC 20590-0001, or deliver them
to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building at the same
address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this
notice. Comments, and documents as indicated in this notice, will
become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building at the
same address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. You may also access this docket on the Internet at
http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact
John Bennett, Office of Great Lakes Pilotage, 400 7th Street SW., Suite
5421, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-8986. For questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, contact Dorothy Walker, Chief,
Dockets, Department of Transportation, telephone 202-366-9329.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Coast Guard encourages interested persons to submit written
data, views, or arguments on the findings presented in this notice.
Persons submitting comments should include their names and addresses,
identify this notice (USCG-1998-4874) and the specific section of this
document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each
comment. Please submit all comments and attachments in an unbound
format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and
electronic filing to the Docket Management Facility at the address
under ADDRESSES. Persons wanting acknowledgment of receipt of comments
should enclose stamped, self-addressed postcards or envelopes.
The Coast Guard will consider all comments received during the
comment period.
Background and Purpose
On May 9, 1996, the Department of Transportation (DOT) published a
final rule entitled ``Great Lakes Pilotage Rate Methodology'' in the
Federal Register (61 FR 21081). This rule established the DOT's
procedures and methodology for determining Great Lakes pilotage rates.
The regulations governing Great Lakes pilotage rates (46 CFR Part
404) require
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an annual review of the rates. This notice announces that the review of
Great Lakes pilotage rates was completed. A copy of this review is
available in the docket for inspection or copying where indicated under
ADDRESSES or by contacting John Bennett at the address listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
The review indicates 1998 pilotage rates to be within a reasonable
range of their target.
Dated: December 7, 1998.
Jeffrey P. High,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental
Protection.
[FR Doc. 98-33078 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am]
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