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Final rule.

The Maritime Administration (MARAD, we, our, or us) is removing Part 207--Statistical Data for Use in Operating-Differential Subsidy Application Hearings (part 207). Statutory changes of the Maritime Security Act of 1996 provided that a hearing process would no longer apply to the operating-differential subsidy (ODS) program. Moreover, Congress withdrew MARAD's authority to grant new ODS contracts.

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