[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 538-539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25555]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Maintenance and Repair Reimbursement Pilot Program
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of extension of application deadline.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration is hereby giving notice that the
closing date for filing applications to enroll in the Maintenance and
Repair Reimbursement Pilot Program is extended until February 15, 2008.
The notice announcing the initial application deadline was published in
the Federal Register on July 2, 2007 (72 FR 36103). An extension to
October 30, 2007 was previously published in the Federal Register on
July 30, 2007 (72 FR 41581-01). A subsequent extension to December 30,
2007 was published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2007 (72 FR
61421-01).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean E. McKeever, Associate
Administrator for Business and Workforce Development, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590; phone:
(202) 366-5737; fax: (202) 366-3511; or e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3517 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2007 (Pub. L. 109-163) requires a
person who is awarded a Maritime Security Program (``MSP'') agreement
to also enter into an agreement with the Maritime Administration to
perform maintenance and repair (``M&R'') work in United States
shipyards as a condition of the MSP award. The Maritime
Administration's M&R regulations do not apply the M&R condition to
contractors who have already been awarded an M&R agreement. Thus, the
Maritime Administration's M&R regulations make the M&R obligation
mandatory on new awardees, including transferees, of MSP agreements,
and voluntary for existing MSP contractors.
The M&R regulations were published in the Federal Register on
February 6, 2007 (72 FR 5342-01), but did not specify a time period for
submitting applications. The deadline for applying for the M&R program
is being extended to accommodate one or more carriers that are
considering submitting applications, but need additional time to make a
decision.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66)
Dated: December 27, 2007.
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By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Murray A. Bloom,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-25555 Filed 1-2-08; 8:45 am]
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