The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council (MTSNAC) will hold a meeting on Wednesday, September 3, 2003, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, September 4, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to discuss the Council's Team Reports, its SEA-21 proposal, and other issues.

The meeting will be held in the Omni San Francisco Hotel, 500 California Street,

San Francisco, CA. The hotel's telephone number is (415) 677-9494.

For further information contact Raymond Barberesi, Maritime Administration,

MAR-830, Room 7201, 400 - Seventh St., SW, Washington, DC 20590;

telephone (202) 366-4357, or via email: Raymond.Barberesi@marad.dot.gov.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced its intentions to request approval for a three-year extension of a currently approved information collection entitled Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER). This information collection is necessary for maintaining a current plot of U.S.-flag and U.S.-owned vessels. Respondents of this collection are

U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned vessels.

Written comments, referencing Docket No. MARAD 2003-15853 may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Department of Transportation,

400 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590 by 5:00 p.m. October 14, 2003. Comments may also be submitted electronically via the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. All comments are available for review between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

For further information contact Michael Franklin, Maritime Administration, (MAR-610), 400 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-2628; fax (202) 366-3954; or E-MAIL: michael.franklin@marad.dot.gov. Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office.

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published a notice in the Federal Register inviting public comments on eight separate waiver applications under MARAD's Small Passenger Vessel Waiver Program. The following are the foreign-built, or vessels with lost documentation, that have applied to carry 12-passengers or less in the domestic trade:

MARAD has the authority to issue a waiver of the U.S.-build requirements of the coastwise trade laws under certain circumstances as provided by P.L. 105-383 as amended.

Written comments referencing the above-mentioned dockets, respectively, may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Department of Transportation, 400 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001 by 5:00 p.m.

September 12, 2003. Comments may be submitted electronically via the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. All comments are available for review between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Electronic versions of these documents are available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

For further information contact Michael Hokana, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, MAR-830, Room 7201, 400 - 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-0760.