B20  APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF TARIFF  (See Note) 

Rates, rules and regulations contained in this tariff, or as amended, shall apply within the Hillsborough County Port District on the effective date shown in this tariff, or as amended.  Revised pages shall be issued to cover changes in this tariff.  Initial interpretations shall be made by the Tampa Port Authority.  Any appeals to such interpretation should be directed to the Federal Maritime Commission.

These rates, rules and regulations shall apply equally to all users of the waterways, terminals and facilities  (and to any individual, person, firm, corporation or other business entity engaged in and/or responsible for the handling of a vessel and/or the movements of its cargo), and shall apply to all traffic on the waterways and facilities except as specifically provided in Items B50 (Exclusion from Tariff) and D30 (Vessels Exempt from Dockage Charge).

This Port Charges Tariff is governed, except as otherwise provided herein, by all rules, regulations, rates and charges published in Port of Tampa Operations Manual No. 5, as amended, and revisions thereof.

Note:    Leaseholders, except when specifically provided for in the lease agreement will not be subject to the rates, rules, regulations and other provisions of the tariff.  Pursuant to Federal Maritime Commission decisions, a marine terminal operator's rates, rules and regulations must be filed, in either a tariff or agreement. Leaseholders, not subject to the   rates, rules and regulations in this tariff are subject to the electronically filing of their own rates, rules, regulations and agreements with the Federal Maritime Commission under 46 CFR Part 514.1 (c)(3)(i)(A).

At the present time all leaseholders are, as specified in their leases, subject to the rates, rules and regulations and other provisions of this tariff. In the future, the names of all leaseholders who are exempted from the provisions of this tariff in any manner will be published, for notification purposes, in this Note.

This tariff applies to all private terminals unless specifically enumerated here within by request of the private terminal.