{"id":"AGY-USCG-PORTS-048","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Federal Maritime Commission; parties to Commission proceedings","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"USCG-PORTS","eco":"","issuer":"Federal Maritime Commission","authority":"46 C.F.R. 502.10","instrument":"Waiver of Certain Filing Requirements Due to Covid19; Order (served May 12, 2020), 85 Fed. Reg. 29945 (May 19, 2020)","title":"Waiver of Certain Filing Requirements Due to Covid19; Order","dateIssued":"2020-05-12","effective":"2020-05-12","end":"\u0027until discontinued by subsequent order\u0027","startDate":"2020-05-12","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","TELE","OTHER"],"addressees":["parties and counsel in Commission proceedings","the Office of the Secretary"],"clause":"Because of challenges associated with COVID-19, the Commission is temporarily waiving certain requirements in 46 CFR part 502 related to paper [filing and service]... it is ordered that, until discontinued by subsequent order: The Commission waives 46 CFR 502.2(e) to the extent it requires parties to file paper documents or copies of the original, signed document. Filing the original, signed document via email is sufficient.... The Commission waives 46 CFR 502.2(j) to the extent it requires filing of an original signed in ink.","enforcement":"Procedural; 46 C.F.R. part 502","functions":["CT adjudication and filings before a federal agency (paper filing suspended)","OF telework of the agency and the bar"],"notes":"A federal tribunal\u0027s own order suspending paper filing and in-person service for the duration; reaches maritime lawyers, NVOCCs and shippers with complaints before the Commission.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-19/pdf/2020-10769.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":193565,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-USCG-PORTS","url":"/library/AGY-USCG-PORTS-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-USCG-PORTS-048","citation":"Federal Maritime Commission, Waiver of Certain Filing Requirements Due to Covid19; Order (served May 12, 2020), 85 Fed. Reg. 29945 (May 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-048)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-USCG-PORTS-046","AGY-USCG-PORTS-045"]}