Notice2023-09801
Coastwise-Qualified Launch Barges: 46 CFR 389.3(a) Notifications
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Published
May 9, 2023
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentMaritime Administration
Abstract
On April 27, 2023, MARAD published this notice in the Federal Register. It is being republished to ensure comments can be received and corrects the contact information and extends the comment period. To maximize the use of coastwise-qualified vessels, MARAD requests owners and operators of coastwise-qualified launch barges or other interested parties to notify the Agency of their interest in, and provide certain information relating to, the transportation, installation, or launching of platform jackets. MARAD takes this action as a resource to companies contemplating these operations on the outer continental shelf. The notifications should include information set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29972-29973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09801]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2023-0087]
Coastwise-Qualified Launch Barges: 46 CFR 389.3(a) Notifications
AGENCY: Maritime Administration (MARAD), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: On April 27, 2023, MARAD published this notice in the Federal
Register. It is being republished to ensure comments can be received
and corrects the contact information and extends the comment period. To
maximize the use of coastwise-qualified vessels, MARAD requests owners
and operators of coastwise-qualified launch barges or other interested
parties to notify the Agency of their interest in, and provide certain
information relating to, the transportation, installation, or launching
of platform jackets. MARAD takes this action as a resource to companies
contemplating these operations on the outer continental shelf. The
notifications should include information set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket Number
MARAD-2023-0087 by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Website/Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Search ``MARAD-2023-0087'' and follow the
instructions for submitting comments on the electronic docket site.
<bullet> Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
Note: All submissions must include the agency name and docket
number for this notice. All comments received will be posted without
change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> including any personal
information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received, go to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and search using ``MARAD-2023-0087.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hokana, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Cargo and Commercial
Sealift (MAR-620), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: (202) 731-6220. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2bf9b919a93979edcba9d99939c93b2969d86dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f62464c474e4a43016740444e414e6f4b405b01484059">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 55108, the Secretary
of Transportation has the authority to adopt procedures that timely
provide information that would maximize the use of coastwise-qualified
vessels for the transportation of platform jackets between U.S.
coastwise points and the outer continental shelf. This authority has
been delegated to MARAD. The regulations promulgated under the
authority of 46 U.S.C. 55108 and 46 CFR 389.3(a), require that MARAD
publish a notice in the Federal Register requesting notification from
owners, operators, or potential operators of coastwise-qualified launch
barges, or other interested parties, of: (1) their interest in
participating in the transportation and, if needed, the launching or
installation of offshore platform jackets; (2) the contact information
for their company; and (3) the specifications of any currently owned or
operated coastwise-qualified launch barges or plans to construct such a
vessel. The notification should indicate that the vessel's certificate
of documentation has a coastwise endorsement. The information provided
in the notifications will be published at <a href="http://MARAD.dot.gov">http://MARAD.dot.gov</a>. 46 CFR
389.3(e).
Privacy Act
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), MARAD solicits comments from
owners and operators of coastwise-qualified launch barges to compile a
list of vessels that could potentially be available to transport, and
if necessary, launch or
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install platform jackets. All timely comments will be considered;
however, to facilitate comment tracking, commenters should provide
their name or the name of their organization. If comments contain
proprietary or confidential information, commenters may contact the
agency for alternate submission instructions. Anyone can search the
electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment,
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
For information on DOT's compliance with the Privacy Act, please visit
<a href="https://www.transportation.gov/privacy">https://www.transportation.gov/privacy</a>.
(Authority: 46 U.S.C. 55108, 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 CFR 389.)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-09801 Filed 5-8-23; 8:45 am]
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