96-3386. Notice of Meeting on Cargo Liability

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6056-6057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3386]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Notice of Meeting on Cargo Liability

    The Department of Transportation (DOT) is required by the 
Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995, Public Law 104-
88, Sec. 103, to conduct a study to determine whether any modifications 
or reforms should be made to the loss and damage provisions relating to 
motor carriage, including those relating to limitations of liability. 
The statute requires the Secretary, at a minimum, to consider the 
following factors:

a. Efficient delivery of transportation services
b. International harmony
c. Intermodal harmony
d. The public interest; and
e. The interests of carriers and shippers

    The study is to be completed in 12 months and be submitted to 
Congress, together with any recommendations of the Secretary, including 
legislative recommendations for implementing modifications or reforms 
identified by the Secretary as being appropriate.
    The public is invited to a public meeting at DOT headquarters in 
order to comment on and contribute to the study. To do an adequate 
study the Department will need information about the volume and value 
of cargo being transported and about shippers' and carriers' loss and 
damage costs. Those who cannot attend are invited to send written 
comments to the contact person listed below.

    Time and Date: Friday, February 23, 1996 at 9:30 a.m.
    Place: 400 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20590, Room 8236. 
    
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    Contact person for more information: Paul B. Larsen, Office of 
the General Counsel, DOT, Room 10102, 400 7th St., SW, Washington, 
DC 20590, [phone].

    Dated: February 8, 1996.
Joseph F. Canny,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy.
[FR Doc. 96-3386 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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