Military traffic management: Purpose and application; DOD tenders for shipment of ammunition for Coast Guard,

[Federal Register: June 28, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 123)]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Revision of MTMC Freight Traffic Rules Publication No. 1A, Item 5, ``Purpose and Application''

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management Command, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC), as the Department of Defense (DOD) Traffic Manager for surface and surface intermodal traffic management services (DTR vol. 1, pg. 101-113), hereby adds language to the text of the existing rule, entitled ``Purpose and Application'', in MFTRP No. 1A, Item 5. The purpose of the change is to allow DOD tenders for the shipment of ammunition to be utilized by the United States Coast Guard.

DATES: This change is effective August 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Point of Contact: Headquarters, Military Traffic Management Command, ATTN: MTOP-JF, Room 608, 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-5050, fax: 703-681-9871 attn: Jerome Colton, e-mail: coltonj@mtmc.army.mil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact Mr. Jerome Colton at (703) 681-1417.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The effective date for the change will be August 1, 1999. This change will affect the amounts that ammunition carriers are reimbursed for ammunition shipments made to, by, for, or on behalf of the United States Coast Guard. Ammunition carriers wishing to modify their existing tenders or offer new tenders prior to August 1, 1999, to include the United States Coast Guard may do so.

The current regulation (Item 5, Paragraph 1) reads: ``Purpose. The purpose of this publication is to articulate the motor transportation service needs of the Department of Defense (DOD) for the movement of its freight traffic; to ensure that motor freight carriers providing that transportation have both the willingness and the capability to meet those needs; and to provide the standardization necessary for achieving a fully automated system for routing DOD freight traffic.''

The additional sentence (to be added at the end of the paragraph) will read: ``Movements of ammunition to, by, for, or on behalf of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) are also covered by this publication. References throughout this publication to DOD shall be understood to include such shipments for the United States Coast Guard as well.'' Thomas M. Ogles, Chief, Freight Services Division, Joint Traffic Management Office.

[FR Doc. 99-16401Filed6-25-99; 8:45 am]

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