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17 January 2007
[Federal Register: January 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 10)]
[Notices]
[Page 2086]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2007-26841]
Utilization of U.S. Vessels and Mariners in the Marine
Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) seeks public comment on
the use of United States vessels and mariners in the transportation of
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) through the nation's offshore deepwater
port receiving facilities. Comments should focus on the development of
programs to maximize the utilization and availability of U.S. vessels
and qualified U.S. citizen officers and unlicensed crews serving the
international LNG tanker fleet. Comments may also include issues
related to the overall safe and secure operation of deepwater port
facilities.
DATES: Comments are due by February 16, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by DOT DMS Docket Number
MARAD-2007-26841] by any of the following methods:
Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 7th St., SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the
Nassif Building, 400 7th St., SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this action. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to http://dms.dot.gov including any personal
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 7th St., SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to 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.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: H. Keith Lesnick, Director, Office of
Deepwater Port Licensing, Maritime Administration, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590; fax: (202) 366-5123; or e-mail
Keith.Lesnick@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As the lead federal agency for the licensing
of offshore LNG and oil deepwater port terminals, the Maritime
Administration is charged with ensuring that each facility is
constructed and operated in a safe and secure manner. While LNG
importation has historically had an impeccable safety record, MARAD is
continually seeking additional ways to ensure the safe and secure
operations of deepwater port facilities to help preserve the nation's
security, environmental resources, and energy supply, and to improve
transportation efficiencies.
To promote the security of the United States, Congress recently
amended the Deepwater Port Act through the Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-241, (2006)) to direct the
Secretary (and, by delegation, the Maritime Administrator) to develop
and implement a program to promote the transportation of liquefied
natural gas to the United States on United States flag vessels. The Act
further directed the Secretary to give top priority to the processing
of deepwater port licenses to LNG facilities that will be supplied with
natural gas by United States flag vessels. Further, the Act directed
that the nation of registry for, and the nationality or citizenship of,
officers and crew serving on board vessels transporting natural gas to
a deepwater port be considered when granting a license.
The enactment of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of
2006 places a firm emphasis on the safe and secure transport of LNG to
and from our nation's facilities. In keeping with Congressional
directives, MARAD seeks public comment on efforts to expand and
maximize utilization of U.S. vessels and U.S. crews on LNG vessels. In
addition, MARAD seeks comments on the availability of qualified
officers and crew as well as the advantages of using U.S. crews.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
Dated: January 11, 2007.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-554 Filed 1-16-07; 8:45 am]
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