Notice2024-03495
U.S. Coast Guard Loran Sites
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Published
February 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is issuing this Notification to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) that neither DOT, nor the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), are seeking transfer of the Loran properties from the USCG. This notification is being given based on the fact there was no identification of a need for the USCG Loran properties in response to the DOT Request for Information (RFI) on a Commercial enhanced Long Range Navigation (eLoran) Capability, DOT-OST- 2023-0118.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 13147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03495]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[DOT-OST-2024-0010]
U.S. Coast Guard Loran Sites
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notification.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is issuing this
Notification to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) that neither DOT, nor the
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), are seeking transfer of the Loran
properties from the USCG. This notification is being given based on the
fact there was no identification of a need for the USCG Loran
properties in response to the DOT Request for Information (RFI) on a
Commercial enhanced Long Range Navigation (eLoran) Capability, DOT-OST-
2023-0118.
DATES: Responses should be filed by May 21, 2024. All questions
concerning this Notification shall be emailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#560618020904101f1632392278313920"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fcacb2a8a3aebab5bc989388d29b938a">[email protected]</span></a>. When
submitting questions and comments, please refer to the specific
relevant text of this Notification. Each question submitted to DOT
should be stated in such a way that there would be no objection to
DOT's publishing that precise question (and its answer) in a formal
Amendment to the Notification. That is, each question should be worded
in such a way that the publication of that question (and its answer)
would not divulge any information that would be considered proprietary
or confidential. Further, any questions concerning any apparent error,
omission, or ambiguity in this Notification shall include the
questioner's supporting rationale as well as a description of the
remedies that the questioner is asking DOT to consider. All questions
that DOT decides to answer will be collectively answered in writing.
ADDRESSES: You may file responses identified by the docket number DOT-
OST-2024-0010 by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Portal: go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
<bullet> Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
DOT-OST-2024-0010 at the beginning of your submission. All submissions
received will be posted without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>,
including any personal information provided, unless proprietary and
other sensitive information is so marked with requested disposition
instructions. Any submissions with Confidential/Propriety information
should be labeled as such in the title of the submission.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
submissions received in any of our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the document (or signing the submission, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit
<a href="https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/privacy/dot-privacy-policy">https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/privacy/dot-privacy-policy</a>.
Docket: For access to the docket and comments received, go to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> or to the street address listed above.
Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Overview
On October 3, 2023, DOT issued a Commercial eLoran Capability RFI,
DOT-OST-2023-0118 (88 FR 68283), to determine:
(1) If there is interest from private entities in offering a U.S.
commercial eLoran service to the general public in the United States on
a fee-for-service basis without any Federal investment, subsidy,
procurement commitment or other commitment of credit or budgetary
resources.
(2) If respondent has an interest in offering a U.S.-based
commercial eLoran service on a fee-for-service basis, identify what
impediments stand in the way of respondent offering a U.S. commercial
eLoran service. If lack of access to any federally-controlled assets
and non-budgetary assistance related to utilizing such federally-
controlled assets are identified as impediments to offering such a
service, a subsequent Request for Information may be issued to obtain
additional data.
This RFI was issued specifically to inform USCG divestiture of
their legacy Loran sites, as required by section 11211 of the FY 2023
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA; 14 U.S.C. 914). Per the FY
2023 NDAA, if DOT or DoD expresses interest in obtaining any of the
Loran-C properties, the properties will be transferred from USCG to
DOT. No respondents to the RFI identified a need for the USCG Loran
properties to provide a commercial eLoran capability in the United
States. Therefore, neither DOT, nor DoD, are seeking transfer of the
Loran properties from the USCG.
Issued this day of February 15, 2024, in Washington, DC.
Robert C. Hampshire,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department
of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2024-03495 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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