46 CFR Part 393 America's Marine Highway Program

Pt. 393

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meaning as in the Code and the regulations thereunder.
[29 FR 10464, July 28, 1964]

PART 392 [RESERVED]
PART 393—AMERICA’S MARINE
HIGHWAY PROGRAM
Subpart A—General Provisions
Sec.
393.1

Special definitions.

Subpart B—Marine Highway Route and
Project Designations
393.2
393.3

Marine Highway Routes.
Marine Highway Projects.

Subpart C—Department of Transportation
Efforts to Foster and Support America’s
Marine Highways
393.4 DOT Support for planning activities.
393.5 DOT Support for Marine Highway-related research.
393.6 America’s Marine Highway Program
Project grants.
AUTHORITY: Pub. L. 110–140, title XI, subtitle C, sections 1121–1123, 121 Stat. 1494; Pub.
L. 112–213, title IV, section 405, 126 Stat. 1541;
49 CFR 1.92 and 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55601, 55604,
55605.
SOURCE: 82 FR 56904, Dec. 1, 2017, unless
otherwise noted.

Subpart A—General Provisions
§ 393.1 Special definitions.
For the purposes of this part:
(a) Administrator means the Maritime
Administrator, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation USDOT. The Administrator is
responsible for administering the
America’s Marine Highway Program
(AMHP) and making route and project
recommendations to the Secretary.
(b) Department means the U.S. Department of Transportation.
(c) Cargo on a Marine Highway service means goods transported in commerce and generally refers to, but is
not limited by, the types and kinds of
cargo that are described in the definition of ‘‘Short sea transportation’’, in
paragraph (k) of this section. Neither
weight nor proportionality are considered under this definition. The term as

used in this context is generally interchangeable with the term ‘‘Freight’’,
defined in paragraph (d) of this section.
(d) Freight on a Marine Highway service means goods transported in commerce and generally refers to, but is
not limited by, the types and kinds of
cargo that are described in the definition of ‘‘Short sea transportation’’, in
paragraph (k) of this section. Neither
weight nor proportionality are considered under this definition. The term as
used in this context is generally interchangeable with the term ‘‘Cargo’’, defined in paragraph (c) of this section.
(e) Marine Highway Routes or Routes
mean commercially navigable coastal,
inland, and intracoastal waters of the
United States as designated by the Secretary. This includes connections between U.S. ports and Canadian ports on
the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Seaway System, and non-contiguous U.S.
ports. Marine Highway Routes are a
component of the Nation’s surface
transportation system. Each Marine
Highway Route is described in terms of
the specific landside transportation
routes (road or railway) that it supplements or to which it connects. All previously designated Marine Highway
‘‘corridors,’’ ‘‘connectors,’’ and ‘‘crossings’’ are now designated as ‘‘Routes.’’
(f) Marine Highway Projects are
planned or contemplated new services,
or expansions of existing services, on
designated Marine Highway Routes,
that seek to provide new modal choices
to shippers, reduce transportation
costs, and/or provide public benefits,
which include reduced air emissions,
reduced road maintenance costs, and
improved safety and resiliency impacts. Project Applicants propose
projects and the Secretary may designate projects consistent with this
part.
(g) Project Applicant means a public
entity with operations, or administrative areas of responsibility, that are
adjacent to or near the relevant Route
that applies for designation of a Marine
Highway Project pursuant to this part.
Eligible applicants include State governments (including State departments
of transportation), metropolitan planning organizations, port authorities
and tribal governments.

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(h) Program Office means Office of
Marine Highways and Passenger Services.
(i) Route Sponsors are public entities
with operations or administrative
areas of responsibility that are adjacent to or related to the relevant
Route that recommend a commercially
navigable waterway for designation as
a Marine Highway Route. Eligible
Route Sponsors include State governments (including State departments of
transportation), metropolitan planning
organizations, port authorities, nonFederal navigation districts and tribal
governments.
(j) Secretary means the Secretary of
Transportation.
(k) Short sea transportation means the
carriage by a U.S. documented vessel of
cargo—
(1) That is—
(i) Contained in intermodal cargo
containers and loaded by crane on the
vessel;
(ii) Loaded on the vessel by means of
wheeled technology;
(iii) Shipped in discrete units or
packages that are handled individually, palletized, or unitized for purposes of transportation; or
(iv) Freight vehicles carried aboard
commuter ferry boats; and
(2) That is—
(i) Loaded at a port in the United
States and unloaded either at another
port in the United States or at a port
in Canada located in the Great LakesSaint Lawrence Seaway System; or,
(ii) Loaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Seaway System and unloaded at
a port in the United States.
(l) United States documented vessel
means a vessel documented under 46
CFR part 67.

Subpart B—Marine Highway Route
and Project Designations
§ 393.2 Marine Highway Routes.
(a) What are the minimum eligibility requirements for MARAD to recommend a
Marine Highway Route for the Secretary
to designate? (1) MARAD may recommend Marine Highway Routes that
relieve landside congestion along
coastal corridors or that promote short
sea transportation; and

(2) That advance the objectives of the
AMHP in paragraph (c) of this section.
(b) When can a Route Sponsor request
designation of a Marine Highway Route?
(1) The Department accepts Marine
Highway Route designation requests
any time. Route Sponsors must submit
designation requests through the Program Office.
(2) The Maritime Administration
publishes all designated Routes on its
Web
site.
Go
to
http://
www.marad.dot.gov and search ‘‘America’s Marine Highways’’ to see the current list.
(c) What should Route Sponsors consider when preparing Marine Highway
Route designation requests? (1) Route
Sponsors designation requests should
explain how a proposed route will help
achieve the following objectives:
(i) Establishing Marine Highway
Routes as extensions of the national
surface transportation system;
(ii) Developing multi-jurisdictional
coalitions and partnerships that focus
public and private efforts to improve
reliability and resiliency of the Route
for freight and passengers;
(iii) Obtaining public benefits as described in paragraph (d)(1)(vi) of this
section; and
(iv) Identifying potential savings
that could be realized by providing an
alternative to existing supply chains
through short sea transportation.
(2) [Reserved]
(d) What information should Route
Sponsors include in their designation requests? (1) One or more eligible Route
Sponsors may submit Marine Highway
Route designation requests to the Program Office. Designation requests
should include the following information:
(i) Physical Description of the Proposed
Marine Highway Route. Describe the
proposed Marine Highway Route, and
its connection to existing or planned
transportation
infrastructure
and
intermodal facilities. Include key navigational factors such as available
draft, channel width, bridge air draft,
or lock clearance, and any foreseeable
impacts on navigation or commerce.
When available, include one or more
maps of the proposed Route.
(ii) Surface transportation regions
served. (A) Land transportation routes

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that would benefit. Provide a summary
of any land transportation route that
the Marine Highway Route would benefit. Include a description of the route,
its primary users, the nature, locations
and occurrence of travel delays, urban
areas affected, and other geographic or
jurisdictional issues that impact its
overall operation and performance.
(B) U.S. Domestic Shipping Lane
Served. For Marine Highway Routes
that pass through waters outside U.S.
territorial waters, provide a summary
of the shipping routes or trade lanes
that the Marine Highway Route would
benefit. Include a description of the
route, its primary users, the nature, locations and occurrence of travel
delays, urban areas affected, and other
geographic or jurisdictional issues that
impact its overall operation and performance.
(iii) Involved parties. Provide the organizational structure of the Route
Sponsors and supporters recommending
the Route designation, including business affiliations and private sector
stakeholders. Multi-jurisdictional coalitions may include State Departments
of Transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, municipalities and
other governmental entities (including
tribal governments). Include the extent
to which these entities have expressed
support for the route designation and
describe any affiliations with environmental groups or civic associations, or
affiliations with any foreign interests.
(iv) Volume and characteristics. If authoritative data are available, provide
the volume of passengers and/or cargo
that are candidates for shifting to
water transportation on the proposed
Route. Otherwise provide estimates for
this information, include identified
shippers, manufacturers, distributors,
and other entities that could benefit
from a Marine Highway alternative,
and the extent to which these entities
have expressed support for the Marine
Highway Route designation request.
(v) Congestion reduction. Describe the
extent to which the proposed Route
could relieve landside congestion in
measurable terms, if applicable. Include any known offsetting land transportation infrastructure savings (either construction or maintenance) that

would likely result from the Route, if
applicable.
(vi) Public benefits. Provide, if known,
the net savings over status quo in
emissions, including greenhouse gases,
energy consumption, landside infrastructure maintenance costs, safety
and system resiliency. Specify if the
Marine Highway Route represents the
most cost-effective option among other
modal improvements. Include consideration of the implications future growth
may have on the proposed Route.
(vii) Public costs. If applicable and
known, identify any costs that may result from designation of the route. If
able, provide costs that are quantifiable such as the additional cost of
emissions or energy consumption required to effectively leverage the benefits of the designated route. These
costs should be a component in the net
savings
identified
in
paragraph
(d)(1)(vi) of this section.
(viii) Impediments. Describe known or
anticipated obstacles to utilization of
the proposed Marine Highway Route.
Include any strategies, either in place
or proposed, to deal with the impediments.
(2) [Reserved]
(e) How will the Program Office evaluate and recommend Marine Highway
Route designation requests? (1) The Program Office will evaluate and recommend Route Designations based on
an analysis and technical review of the
information provided by the Route
Sponsor. The Maritime Administration
will recommend Routes that receive a
favorable technical review, and meet
other criteria described in this part, for
designation by the Secretary.
(2) The Program Office may consider
additional factors and may request
supplemental information during the
review process. USDOT will notify
Route Sponsors as to the status of
their request in writing once the Secretary makes a determination.
§ 393.3 Marine Highway Projects.
(a) What are the minimum eligibility requirements for MARAD to recommend a
Marine Highway Project for the Secretary
to designate? (1) MARAD may recommend only those Marine Highway
Projects that will use U.S. documented

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vessels and mitigate landside congestion or promote short sea transportation.
(2) MARAD may recommend only
those Marine Highway Projects that:
(i) Involve the carriage of cargo in
Short Sea Transportation as defined in
paragraph (k) of this section;
(ii) Involve new or expand existing
services for the carriage of cargo; and
(iii) Are on a designated Marine
Highway Route.
(3) Proposed Route Designations are
accepted at any time, and may be submitted together with the proposed
Project Designation.
(4) Successful Project Applicants
must demonstrate a direct connection
between a proposed Marine Highway
Project and the carriage of cargo
through ports on Designated Marine
Highway Routes.
(b) When does the Program Office accept Marine Highway Project designation
applications? (1) The Administrator will
announce by notice in the FEDERAL
REGISTER and on MARAD’s AMHP Web
site open season periods to allow
Project Applicants opportunities to
submit Marine Highway Project designation applications.
(2) [Reserved]
(c) What should Project Applicants include when preparing a Marine Highway
Project designation application? (1) The
market or customer base to be served
by the service and the service’s value
proposition to customers. This includes—
(i) A description of how the market is
currently served by transportation options;
(ii) Identities of shippers that have
indicated an interest in, and level of
commitment to, the proposed service;
(iii) Specific commodities, markets,
and shippers the Project is expected to
attract;
(iv) Extent to which interested entities have been educated about the
Project and expressed support, and
(v) A marketing strategy for the
project if one exists.
(2) Operational framework. A description of the proposed operational framework of the project including origin/
destination pairs, transit times, vessel
types, and service frequency.

(3) The cost model for the proposed service. The cost model should be broken
down by container, trailer, or other
freight unit, including loading and discharge costs, vessel operating costs,
drayage costs, and other ancillary
costs. Provide a comparison cost model
outlining the current costs for transportation using landside mode (truck
and rail) alternatives for the identified
market that the proposed project will
serve. Provide the project’s financial
plan and provide projected revenues
and expenses. Include labor and operating costs, drayage, fixed and recurring infrastructure and maintenance
costs, vessel or equipment acquisition
or construction costs, etc. Include any
anticipated changes in local or regional short sea transportation, policy
or regulations, ports, industry, or other
developments affecting the project. In
the event that public sector financial
support is being sought, describe the
amount, form and duration of public
investment required. Applicants may
email mh@dot.gov to request a sample
cost model.
(4) An overall quantification of the
net public benefits estimated to be
gained through the successful initiation of the Marine Highway Project,
including highway miles saved, road
maintenance savings, air emissions
savings, and safety and resiliency impacts.
(5) Marine Highway Route(s). Identify
the designated Marine Highway Routes
the Project will utilize.
(6) Organization. Provide the organizational structure of the proposed
project, including an outline of the
business affiliations, environmental,
non-profit organizations and governmental or private sector stakeholders.
(7) Partnerships:—(i) Private sector
partners. Identify private sector partners and describe their levels of commitment to the proposed service. Private sector partners can include terminals, vessel operators, shipyards, shippers, trucking companies, railroads,
third-party logistics providers, shipping lines, labor, workforce and other
entities deemed appropriate by the
Secretary.
(ii) Public sector partners. Identify
State Departments of Transportation,
metropolitan planning organizations,

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municipalities and other governmental
entities, including tribal entities, that
Project Applicants have engaged and
the extent to which they support the
service. Include any affiliations with
environmental groups or civic associations.
(iii) Documentation. Provide documents affirming commitment or support from entities involved in the
project.
(8) Public benefits. These measures reflect current law and are consistent
with USDOT’s Strategic Goals. Project
Applicants should organize external
net cost savings and public benefits of
the Project based on the following six
categories:
(i) Emissions benefits. Address any net
savings, in quantifiable terms, now and
in the future, over current emissions
practices, including greenhouse gas
emissions, criteria air pollutants or
other environmental benefits the
project offers.
(ii) Energy savings. Provide an analysis of potential net reductions in energy consumption, in quantifiable
terms, now and in the future, over the
current practice.
(iii) Landside transportation infrastructure maintenance savings. To the extent
the data is available indicate, in dollars per year, the projected net savings
of public funds that would result in
road or railroad maintenance or repair,
including pavement, bridges, tunnels or
related transportation infrastructure
from a proposed project. Include the
impacts of accelerated infrastructure
deterioration caused by vehicles currently using the route, especially in
cases of oversize or overweight vehicles. This information applies only to
projects for a marine highway service
where a landside alternative exists.
(iv) Economic competitiveness. To the
extent the data is available, describe
how the project will measurably result
in transportation efficiency gains for
the U.S. public. For purposes of aligning a project with this outcome, applicants should provide evidence of how
improvements in transportation outcomes (such as time savings, operating
cost savings, and increased utilization
of assets) translate into long-term economic productivity benefits.

(v) Safety improvements. Describe, in
measurable terms, the projected safety
improvements that would result from
the proposed operation.
(vi) System resiliency and redundancy.
To the extent data is available, describe, if applicable, how a proposed
Marine Highway Project offers a resilient route or service that can benefit
the public. Where land transportation
routes serving a locale or region are
limited, describe how a proposed
project offers an alternative and the
benefit this could offer when other
routes are interrupted as a result of
natural or man-made incidents.
(9) Proposed project timeline. Include a
proposed project timeline with estimated start dates and key milestones.
If applicable, include the point in the
timeline at which the enterprise is anticipated to attain self-sufficiency.
(10) Support and investment required.
Describe any known or anticipated obstacles to either implementation or
long-term success of the project. Include any strategies, either in place or
proposed, to mitigate impediments.
Identify specific infrastructure gaps
such as docks, cranes, ramps, etc. that
will need to be addressed in order for
the project to become economically
viable. Include estimates for the required investments needed to address
the infrastructure gaps.
(11)
Environmental
considerations.
Project Applicants must provide all information
necessary
to
assist
MARAD’s environmental analysis of
the proposed project, pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
other environmental requirements.
(d) How will the Program Office evaluate and recommend Marine Highway
Project applications for designation? (1)
The Program Office will evaluate and
recommend for designation by the Secretary those Projects based on an analysis and technical review of the information provided by the Project Applicant. MARAD will recommend Projects
that operate on a designated Marine
Highway Route, receive a favorable
technical review, and meet other criteria described in this part, for designation by the Secretary.
(2) The Program Office may consider
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supplemental information during the
review process. USDOT will notify
Project Applicants as to the status of
their application in writing once the
Secretary makes a determination.
(e) How will MARAD support designated America’s Marine Highway
Projects? (1) Upon designation as a Marine Highway Project, the Department
Program Office will coordinate with
the Project Applicants to identify the
most appropriate departmental actions
to support the project. USDOT support
could include any of the following, as
appropriate and subject to agency resources:
(i) Promote the service with appropriate governmental, regional, State,
local or tribal government transportation planners, private sector entities
or other decision makers to the extent
permitted by law.
(ii) Coordinate with ports, State Departments of Transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, localities, other public agencies and the private sector to support the designated
service. Efforts can be aimed at identifying resources, obtaining access to
land or terminals, developing landside
facilities and infrastructure, and working with Federal, regional, State, local
or Tribal governmental entities to remove barriers to success.
(iii) Pursue commitments from Federal entities to transport Federally
owned or generated cargo using the
services of the designated project,
when practical or available.
(iv) In cases where transportation infrastructure is needed, Project Applicants may request to be included on
the Secretary’s list of high-priority
transportation infrastructure projects
under E.O. 13274, ‘‘Environmental
Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Review.’’
(v) Assist with developing individual
performance measures for Marine
Highway Projects.
(vi) Work with Federal entities and
regional, State, local and tribal governments
to
include
designated
Projects in transportation planning.
(vii) Coordinate with public and private entities to resolve impediments to
the
success
of
Marine
Highway
Projects.

(viii) Conduct research on issues specific to Marine Highway Projects.
(ix) Advise Project Applicants on the
availability of various Federal funding
mechanisms to support the Projects.
(x) Maintain liaison with Project Applicants and representatives of designated Projects to provide ongoing
support and identify lessons learned
and best practices for other projects
and the overall Marine Highway program.
(2) [Reserved]
(f) How will the Department protect
confidential information? (1) If your application, including attachments, includes information that you consider
to be a trade secret or confidential
commercial or financial information,
or otherwise exempt from disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552), as implemented by the
Department at 49 CFR part 7, you may
assert a claim of confidentiality.
(2) What should I do if I believe my
Project designation application contains
confidential or business sensitive information? (i) Note on the front cover that
the submission ‘‘Contains Confidential
Business Information (CBI);’’
(ii) Mark each affected page ‘‘CBI;’’
and
(iii) Clearly highlight or otherwise
denote the CBI portions. The USDOT
protects such information from disclosure to the extent allowed under applicable law.
(3) What will happen if information related to my Project designation application is the subject of a request under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)? We
will apply the procedures contained in
49 CFR part 7 to a request from nonFederal third-parties for information
related to documents you submit under
this part. We will consider your claim
of confidentiality at the time someone
requests the information under FOIA.
Only information that is ultimately determined to be confidential under that
procedure will be exempt from disclosure under FOIA.
(g) Is there a specific format required
for project designation applications and
attached documents? (1) When responding to specific solicitations for Marine
Highway Projects by the Program Office, Project Applicants should include
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paragraph (c) of this section organized
in a manner consistent with the elements set forth in that section. The
Program Office reserves the right to
ask any applicant to supplement the
data in its application, but expects applications to be complete upon submission. The narrative portion of an application should not exceed 20 pages in
length. Documentation supporting the
assertions made in the narrative portion may also be provided in the form
of appendices, but limited to relevant
information. Applications may be submitted
electronically
via
regulations.gov
(http://www.regulations.gov).
Applications submitted in writing
must include the original and three
copies and must be on 8.5″ x 11″ single
spaced paper, excluding maps, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
representations, etc.
(2) In the event that the Project Applicant of a Marine Highway Project
that has already been designated by
the Secretary seeks a modification to
the designation because of a change in
project scope, an expansion of the
project, or other significant change to
the project, the Project Applicant
should request the change in writing to
the Secretary via the Maritime Administrator. The request must contain any
changed or new information that is relevant to the project.
(h) What does the Program Office do to
ensure designated projects are developing
properly? (1) Once designated projects
enter the operational phase (either
start of a new service, or expansion of
existing service), the Program Office
will evaluate them regularly to determine if the project is likely to achieve
its objectives.
(2) Overall project performance will
be assessed according to three categories—exceeds, meets, or does not
meet original projections—in each of
the three areas defined below:
(i) Public benefit. Does the Project
meet the stated goals in shifting specific numbers of vehicles (number of
trucks, rail cars or automobiles) off the
designated landside routes? The Program Office will assume other public
benefits, including energy savings, reduced emissions, and safety improvements to be a direct derivative of either numbers of vehicles reduced, or

vehicle/ton miles avoided, unless specific factors change (such as a change
in vessel fuel or emissions).
(ii) Public cost. Is the overall cost to
the Federal Government (if any) on
track with estimates at the time of
designation? The overall cost to the
Federal Government represents the
amount of Federal investment (i.e., direct funding, loan guarantees or similar mechanisms) reduced by the offsetting savings the project represents
(road/bridge wear and tear avoided, infrastructure construction or expansion
deferred).
(iii) Timeliness factor. Is the project
on track for the point at which the enterprise is projected to attain self-sufficiency? For example, if the project
was anticipated to attain self-sufficiency after 36 months of operation, is
it on track at the point of evaluation
to meet that objective? This can be determined by assessing revenues, cargo
and passenger trends, expenses and
other factors established in the application review process.
(i) Can a Project designation expire or
be terminated? (1) Project Designations
are effective for a period of five years,
or until the date the project is completed, or MARAD cancels the designation. Project Designation will expire
after three years of inactivity.
(2) Project Applicants wishing to extend a Project Designation must submit an updated application no later
than six months before the five-year
designation period ends. Project Applicants who no longer wish to maintain
project designation may submit a request to the Secretary to revoke their
designation.

Subpart C—Department of Transportation Efforts To Foster and
Support America’s Marine
Highways
§ 393.4 DOT Support for planning activities.
(a) How does DOT provide support? (1)
The Program Office engages in coordination and planning activities with
Federal, State, local and tribal governments and planning and private entities organizations to encourage the use
of designated Marine Highway Routes
and Projects. These activities include:

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(i) Working with these entities to assess plans and develop strategies,
where appropriate, to incorporate Marine Highway transportation and other
short sea transportation solutions to
their statewide and metropolitan
transportation plans, including the
Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs and State Freight
Plans.
(ii) Facilitating groups of States and
multi-State transportation entities to
determine how Marine Highway transportation can address port congestion,
traffic delays, bottlenecks, and other
interstate transportation challenges to
their mutual benefit.
(iii) Identifying other Federal agencies that have jurisdiction over services, or which currently provide funding for components of services, in order
to determine which agencies should be
consulted and assist in the coordination process.
(iv) Organizing the Department’s
modal administrations, including Federal Highway Administration, Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
Federal
Railroad
Administration,
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation, and Federal Transit Administration, as appropriate, for support and to evaluate costs and benefits
of proposed Marine Highway Routes
and Projects.
(2) [Reserved]
(b) [Reserved]
§ 393.5 DOT Support for Marine Highway-related research.
(a) How does DOT support research? (1)
The Program Office works in consultation with public and private entities as
appropriate, within the limits of available resources, to identify impediments, develop incentives, and conduct
innovative research, in support of the
America’s Marine Highway Program or
in direct support of specific designated
Marine Highway Routes and Projects.
The primary objectives of selected research projects are to:
(i) Identify markets, cargoes, and
service parameters that could facilitate the development of new or expanded Marine Highway Services.
(ii) Identify existing or emerging
technology, vessel design, infrastructure designs, and other improvements

that would reduce emissions, increase
fuel economy, and lower costs of Marine Highway transportation and increase the efficiency of intermodal
transfers.
(iii) Identify impediments to the establishment of Marine Highway services.
(iv) Identify incentives to increase
the use and efficiency of Marine Highway services.
(b) The Secretary, in consultation
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may conduct research on short sea transportation regarding:
(1) The environmental and transportation benefits to be derived from short
sea transportation alternatives for
other forms of transportation;
(2) Technology, vessel design, and
other improvements that would reduce
emissions, increase fuel economy, and
lower costs of short sea transportation
and increase the efficiency of intermodal transfers; and
(3) Solutions to impediments to short
sea transportation projects designated.
§ 393.6 America’s Marine Highway Program Project grants.
(a) How does MARAD administer the
AMHP grant program? (1) The Associate
Administrator for Intermodal Systems
Development manages the program
under the guidance and the immediate
administrative direction of the Maritime Administrator.
(2) MARAD establishes grant program priorities as reflected in its grant
opportunity announcements and, from
time-to-time, issues clarifying guidance documents through the MARAD
Web site and the FEDERAL REGISTER.
(3) The Administrator makes funding
recommendations to the Secretary,
who has the authority to award grants.
(b) How does MARAD make grant opportunities known? (1) MARAD determines which grant opportunities it will
offer, and establishes application deadlines and programmatic requirements
when grant funds become available to
the AMHP.
(2) The MARAD staff prepares Notice
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and publishes the announcement in the
FEDERAL REGISTER and on grants.gov.
(c) How may an applicant apply for an
AMHP grant? (1) Applicants may apply
for a grant using grants.gov or, in connection with a FEDERAL REGISTER an-

nouncement, by submitting the necessary information to the AMHP Office
in electronic form.
(2) [Reserved]

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