[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 73603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33934]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket MARAD-1999-6704]
Matson Navigation Company--Application for Approval of a Proposed
Ocean Freight Service under the Fourth Exception to Section 506 of the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as Amended.
Notice is hereby given that Matson Navigation Company (Matson) has
requested approval of the Maritime Administration that a proposed ocean
freight service is permitted under the Fourth Exception to Section 506
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, 46 App. U.S.C. 1156. The
proposed service would use two of the following C-9 class vessels,
MAHIMAHI, MANOA, and MOKIHANA, which were built with the aid of
construction-differential subsidy. As a result of receiving such
assistance, those vessels must be operated in the U.S. foreign trade,
except that the vessels may be operated ``on a voyage in foreign trade
on which the vessel may stop at the State of Hawaii.'' Matson proposes
to operate the vessels in an itinerary which includes stops at
Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, Oakland, and Honolulu, with no coastwise
cargo to be carried between Seattle and Oakland. The C-9 vessels would
be substituted for two of the six vessels Matson presently operates in
its Hawaii service. Matson also operates a Pacific Coast Shuttle
service with calls at Los Angeles, Seattle and Vancouver.
A redacted copy of the application will be available for inspection
at the Department of Transportation (DOT) Dockets Facility and on the
DOT Dockets website (address information follows). Any person, firm, or
corporation having an interest in this proposal, and desiring to submit
comments concerning the application, may file comments as follows. You
should mention the docket number that appears at the top of this
notice. You should submit your written comments to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Nassif Building, Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.
Comments may also be submitted by electronic means via the internet at
http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. You may call Docket Management at (202)
366-9324. You may visit the docket room to inspect and copy comments at
the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., EST, Monday through
Friday, except holidays. An electronic version of this document is
available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov. Comments must be
received no later than the close of business on (15 days from
publication), 2000.
This notice is published as a matter of discretion, and the fact of
its publication should in no way be considered a favorable or
unfavorable decision on the application, as filed, or as may be
amended. MARAD will consider any comments timely submitted, and take
such action with respect thereto as may be deemed appropriate.
By Order of the Maritime Administration.
Dated: December 27, 1999.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-33934 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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