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Submit comments on or before
April 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket Number
MARAD–2019–0020 by any one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Search
MARAD–2019–0020 and follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility is in the West
Building, Ground Floor of the U.S.
Department of Transportation. The
Docket Management Facility location
address is: U.S. Department of
Transportation, MARAD–2019–0020,
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.
DATES:

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Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your
comments, we recommend that you include
your name and a mailing address, an email
address, or a telephone number in the body
of your document so that we can contact you
if we have questions regarding your
submission.

Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
specific docket number. All comments
received will be posted without change
to the docket at www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on
submitting comments, see the section
entitled Public Participation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel SIRENA is:
—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘Time and Trip time commercial
charters’’
—Geographic Region Including Base of
Operations: ‘‘Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New
York (excluding New York Harbor),
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.’’
(Base of Operations: North Charleston,
SC)
—Vessel Length and Type: 55′ sailboat
The complete application is available
for review identified in the DOT docket
as MARAD–2019–0020 at http://
www.regulations.gov. Interested parties
may comment on the effect this action

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may have on U.S. vessel builders or
businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag
vessels. If MARAD determines, in
accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
388, that the issuance of the waiver will
have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.vessel builder or a business that uses
U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a
waiver will not be granted. Comments
should refer to the vessel name, state the
commenter’s interest in the waiver
application, and address the waiver
criteria given in section 388.4 of
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
388.
Public Participation
How do I submit comments?
Please submit your comments,
including the attachments, following the
instructions provided under the above
heading entitled ADDRESSES. Be advised
that it may take a few hours or even
days for your comment to be reflected
on the docket. In addition, your
comments must be written in English.
We encourage you to provide concise
comments and you may attach
additional documents as necessary.
There is no limit on the length of the
attachments.
Where do I go to read public comments,
and find supporting information?
Go to the docket online at http://
www.regulations.gov., keyword search
MARAD–2019–0020 or visit the Docket
Management Facility (see ADDRESSES for
hours of operation). We recommend that
you periodically check the Docket for
new submissions and supporting
material.
Will my comments be made available to
the public?
Yes. Be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, will be made
publicly available.
May I submit comments confidentially?
If you wish to submit comments
under a claim of confidentiality, you
should submit three copies of your
complete submission, including the
information you claim to be confidential
business information, to the Department
of Transportation, Maritime
Administration, Office of Legislation
and Regulations, MAR–225, W24–220,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Include a cover
letter setting forth with specificity the
basis for any such claim and, if possible,
a summary of your submission that can
be made available to the public.

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Privacy Act
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c),
DOT solicits comments from the public
to better inform its rulemaking process.
DOT posts these comments, without
edit, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice, DOT/ALL–14 FDMS, accessible
through www.dot.gov/privacy. To
facilitate comment tracking and
response, we encourage commenters to
provide their name, or the name of their
organization; however, submission of
names is completely optional. Whether
or not commenters identify themselves,
all timely comments will be fully
considered. If you wish to provide
comments containing proprietary or
confidential information, please contact
the agency for alternate submission
instructions.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103,
46 U.S.C. 12121 * * *.
Dated: February 25, 2019.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019–03610 Filed 2–28–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Marine Highway Project Designation
Open Season General Information
Announcement
AGENCY:

Maritime Administration, DOT.

Notice of open season for
Marine Highway Project Designations.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) and Maritime
Administration (MARAD) announce
that the open season for Marine
Highway Project Designation
submissions is being extended to
January 31, 2022 (Open Season). The
purpose of this notice is to extend the
invitation to interested parties to submit
Marine Highway Project Designation
applications to DOT for review and
consideration.

There will be six additional
project review sessions during the
extended Marine Highway Project
Designation Open Season. Table 1
contains the application due dates and
review periods for each review session.
Qualified projects will be announced
shortly after the completion of each
review session. Applications can also be
submitted at any time.

DATES:

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TABLE 1—OPEN SEASON PROJECT DESIGNATION SUBMISSION AND REVIEW TIMELINE
Review session
1
2
3
4
5
6

Project application due date (11:59 p.m. Pacific)

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July 31, 2019 .............................................................
January 31, 2020 .......................................................
July 31, 2020 .............................................................
January 31, 2021 .......................................................
July 31, 2021 .............................................................
January 31, 2022 .......................................................

Submit applications to Fred
Jones, Office of Ports & Waterways
Planning, W21–311, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 or
via email to mh@dot.gov. Telephone
(202) 366–1123; Fax (202) 366–5904.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy Pickering, Office of Ports &
Waterways Planning, W21–312, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone (202) 366–0704; Fax (202)
366–5904 or email Mr. Pickering at mh@
dot.gov. You may also visit MARAD’s
Marine Highway web page at http://
www.marad.dot.gov search ‘‘America’s
Marine Highway Program.’’ MARAD’s
Gateway Offices can also respond to
questions about the Marine Highway
Program, Route Designations, and
Project Designation Open Season.
Offices contact information is available
on the MARAD website at http://
www.marad.dot.gov search ‘‘Office of
Gateways.’’
ADDRESSES:

As
originally announced in the Federal
Register on June 2, 2014 (79 FR 31404),
the scope of the Marine Highway
Program has been expanded to
encompass all of the United States’
domestic marine transportation system.
Previously, the Program only included
waterways that paralleled landside
transportation routes, and thus,
excluded routes between the mainland
and non-contiguous ports and between
islands, such as those in Hawaii and
Puerto Rico. The expanded scope comes
from Section 405 of The Coast Guard
and Marine Transportation Act of 2012
(Pub. L. 112–213), which reads: ‘‘[t]he
Secretary shall designate short sea
transportation routes as extensions of
the surface transportation system to
focus public and private efforts to use
the waterways to relieve landside
congestion along coastal corridors or to
promote short sea transportation.’’ The
scope was further expanded in Section
3508 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
(Pub. L. 114–92), which adds to the

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Project review period
August 1, 2019–November 30, 2019.
February 1, 2020–May 31, 2020.
August 1, 2020–November 30, 2020.
February 1, 2021–May 31, 2021.
August 1, 2021–November 30, 2021.
February 1, 2022–May 31, 2022.

definition of freight by adding cargo
‘‘shipped in discrete units or packages
that are handled individually,
palletized, or unitized for purposes of
transportation’’ and ‘‘freight vehicles
carried aboard commuter ferry boats.’’
In addition, the revised final rule that
outlines the scope of the Marine
Highway Program (46 CFR part 393) was
published in the Federal Register (82
FR 56902) on December 1st, 2017, and
became effective on January 2, 2018.
The purpose of the open season call
for project designation is to seek eligible
Marine Highway Projects that may
establish new or enhance existing
Marine Highway Services. Eligible
projects may be designated as Marine
Highway Projects by the Secretary of
Transportation. Being designated a
Marine Highway Project allows the
Department of Transportation resources
to be used to assist public project
sponsors, ports, and other local
transportation or economic
development agencies in the
development of their Marine Highway
Projects.
The Department’s objective through
this program is to reduce landside
congestion and increase the use of
domestic marine transportation by
supporting the development of
transportation options for shippers.
These services provide economic and
environmental benefits to the U.S.
public at large. Marine Highway
Program Designated Projects can
improve safety and system resilience,
and serve to reduce transportationrelated air emissions, transportation
costs for shippers, energy consumption,
and costs associated with landside
transportation infrastructure.
The Department of Transportation
will accept and process Project
Designation applications that propose to
operate or expand service on Designated
Marine Highway Routes.
Participation
The Marine Highway Project
Designation application process is
detailed in 46 CFR Section 393.4 Marine
Highway Projects, which is accessible
online at https://
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‘‘Revision of the America’s Marine
Highway Program Regulations.’’
Although Marine Highway Project
Designations often involve private
entities such as vessel operators, the
applications must be sponsored and
submitted to the Department of
Transportation by a public entity, such
as a State Department of Transportation,
Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO), or Port Authority. Public/private
partnerships are encouraged.
To be eligible for Marine Highway
Project Designation status, the proposed
project must (1) use U.S. documented
vessels, (2) transport containerized
freight, trailer-based freight, palletized
or unitized freight, or freight carried on
passenger vessels, and (3) operate on a
designated Marine Highway Route.
(Refer to 46 CFR 393.4(c) for a
comprehensive description of project
eligibility). For further information on
recommending that a navigable
waterway be designated as a Marine
Highway Route, please contact your
regional Gateway Office.
(Authority: 49 CFR Sections 1.92 and 1.93)

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Date: February 25, 2019.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019–03598 Filed 2–28–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2019–0021]

Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
AEOLUS (51′ Sailboat); Invitation for
Public Comments
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: The Secretary of
Transportation, as represented by the
Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.build requirements of the coastwise
trade laws to allow the carriage of no

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