# Determination of Availability of Coastwise-Qualified Launch Barges
**AGENCY:**
Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
**ACTION:**
Notice of reopening and extension of comment period.
**SUMMARY:**
The Maritime Administration is hereby giving notice that the closing date for filing comments on the Determination of Availability of Coastwise-Qualified Launch Barges Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (Docket No. MARAD 2005-22050) has been extended to the close of business (5 p.m. EST) on December 13, 2005.
**DATES:**
The comment date of the NPRM published in the *Federal Register* on August 15, 2005 (70 FR 47771) is extended from October 14, 2005, to December 13, 2005.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66)
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: October 12, 2005.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.