73 FR 2 pgs. 538-539 - Maintenance and Repair Reimbursement Pilot Program
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 2Pages: 538 - 539
FR document: [FR Doc. E7-25555 Filed 1-2-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Maritime Administration
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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.
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: Jean.McKeever@dot.gov.
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 ("MR") work in United States shipyards as a condition of the MSP award. The Maritime Administration's MR regulations do not apply the MR condition to contractors who have already been awarded an MR agreement. Thus, the Maritime Administration's MR regulations make the MR obligation mandatory on new awardees, including transferees, of MSP agreements, and voluntary for existing MSP contractors.
The MR 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 MR 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.
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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