Drawbridge operations: Great Lakes pilotage rates; annual review findings,

[Federal Register: December 14, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 239)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 68697-68698]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Part 401

[USCG-1998-4874]

Great lakes Pilotage Rates

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of annual review findings; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard conducted a review of Great Lakes pilotage rates. Based on the results of this review, the Coast Guard concluded that no changes were necessary to the Great Lakes pilotage rates for the 1998 navigation season. The Coast Guard is interested in comments on the 1998 Rate Review.

DATES: Comments must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before February 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: You may mail your comments to the Docket Management Facility, (USCG-1998-4874), U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL- 401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington DC 20590-0001, or deliver them to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building at the same address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.

The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this notice. Comments, and documents as indicated in this notice, will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building at the same address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also access this docket on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact John Bennett, Office of Great Lakes Pilotage, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 5421, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-8986. For questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact Dorothy Walker, Chief, Dockets, Department of Transportation, telephone 202-366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages interested persons to submit written data, views, or arguments on the findings presented in this notice. Persons submitting comments should include their names and addresses, identify this notice (USCG-1998-4874) and the specific section of this document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. Please submit all comments and attachments in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing to the Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES. Persons wanting acknowledgment of receipt of comments should enclose stamped, self-addressed postcards or envelopes.

The Coast Guard will consider all comments received during the comment period.

Background and Purpose

On May 9, 1996, the Department of Transportation (DOT) published a final rule entitled ``Great Lakes Pilotage Rate Methodology'' in the Federal Register (61 FR 21081). This rule established the DOT's procedures and methodology for determining Great Lakes pilotage rates.

The regulations governing Great Lakes pilotage rates (46 CFR Part 404) require

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an annual review of the rates. This notice announces that the review of Great Lakes pilotage rates was completed. A copy of this review is available in the docket for inspection or copying where indicated under ADDRESSES or by contacting John Bennett at the address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

The review indicates 1998 pilotage rates to be within a reasonable range of their target.

Dated: December 7, 1998. Jeffrey P. High, Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 98-33078Filed12-11-98; 8:45 am]

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