82 FR 28222 - Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 117 (June 20, 2017)

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The information requested is needed by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Department of Defense (DoD), including representatives from U.S. Transportation Command and its components, to assess respondents' eligibility for participation in the VISA program. A Federal Register Notice with a 60- day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on March 22, 2017 (FR 14796, Vol. 82, No. 54).

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28222-28223]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12793]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2017-0097]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)

AGENCY: Maritime Administration.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The information requested is 
needed by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Department of 
Defense (DoD), including representatives from U.S. Transportation 
Command and its components, to assess respondents' eligibility for 
participation in the VISA program. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-
day comment period soliciting comments on the following information 
collection was published on March 22, 2017 (FR 14796, Vol. 82, No. 54).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including

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suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the Department's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the Department to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; 
and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the 
quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or 
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this 
information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William McDonald, 202-366-0688, Office 
of Sealift Support, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W25-310, Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA).
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0532.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) is a 
voluntary agreement, in accordance with section 708, Defense Production 
Act, 1950, as amended, under which participants agree to provide 
commercial sealift capacity and intermodal shipping services and 
systems, necessary to meet national defense requirements. In order to 
meet national defense requirements, the Government must assure the 
continued availability of commercial sealift resources.
    Respondents: Operators of qualified dry cargo vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 40.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 5.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93)

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    By Order of the Executive Director in lieu of the Maritime 
Administrator.
    Dated: June 15, 2017.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-12793 Filed 6-19-17; 8:45 am]
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