Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement-5 Year Extension
| Citation | 84 FR 51710 |
| Record Number | 2019-21215 |
| Published date | 30 September 2019 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Maritime Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 189 (Monday, September 30, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51710-51711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21215]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement--5 Year Extension
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces the extension of
the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) until October 1,
2024, pursuant to section 708 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as
amended. The purpose of the VISA is to make intermodal shipping
services/systems, including ships, ships' space, intermodal facilities
and equipment, and related management services, available to the
Department of Defense as required to support the emergency deployment
and sustainment of U.S. Armed Forces. This is to be accomplished
through cooperation among the maritime industry, the
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Department of Transportation and the Department of Defense.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William G. McDonald, Office of Sealift
Support, Room W25-310, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590, [email protected], (202) 366-2323, Fax
(202) 366-5904.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 50 U.S.C. 4558(f)(2), the VISA may
be extended for an additional period of 5 years provided (a) the
Maritime Administrator (Administrator) certifies by publication in the
Federal Register that the VISA is necessary for the national defense or
preparedness programs and (b) the Attorney General (after consultation
with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)) finds that
such purpose may not reasonably be achieved through a voluntary
agreement or plan of action having less anticompetitive effects or
without any voluntary agreement.
By this notice, the Administrator determines that conditions exist
which may pose a direct threat to the national defense of the United
States or its preparedness programs and certifies that the VISA, a
standby agreement for utilization of intermodal shipping services/
systems, is necessary for the national defense or preparedness
programs. The Attorney General, after consultation with the Chairman of
the FTC, found the national defense or preparedness programs may not
reasonably be achieved through a voluntary agreement or plan of action
having less anticompetitive effects or without any voluntary agreement.
Publication of these findings in this notice satisfies the publication
requirements of 50 U.S.C. 4558(f). Accordingly, the VISA, as published
in the Federal Register on October 29, 2014 (79 FR 64462), is extended
until October 1, 2024. Current VISA participants are therefore not
required to submit a new VISA application pursuant to this extension.
Copies of the VISA are available to the public upon request.
Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4558; E.O. 13603, 77 FR 16651; E.O. 12656,
55 FR 47491; 49 CFR 1.93(l), 49 CFR 1.81(a)(10).
Dated: September 25, 2019.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-21215 Filed 9-27-19; 8:45 am]
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