83 FR 10546 - Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services Categories for Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 47 (March 9, 2018)

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 Maritime Administration will use the data submitted by vessel operators to create a list of Vessel Self-Designations and determine whether the Agency agrees or disagrees with a vessel owner's designation of a vessel. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on December 5, 2017.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10546-10547]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04806]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2018-0031]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services 
Categories for Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

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 Maritime Administration will 
use the data submitted by vessel operators to create a list of Vessel 
Self-Designations and determine whether the Agency agrees or disagrees 
with a vessel owner's designation of a vessel. A Federal Register 
Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
following information collection was published on December 5, 2017.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 9, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
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

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for OMB's clearance of this information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Downing, 202-366-0783, Office of 
Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W23-308, Washington, 
DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services Categories for 
Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0540.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide information to be used in the 
designation of service categories of individual vessels for purposes of 
compliance with the Cargo Preference Act under a Memorandum of 
Understanding entered into by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. 
Agency for International Development, and the Maritime Administration. 
The Maritime Administration will use the data submitted by vessel 
operators to create a list of Vessel Self-Designations and determine 
whether the Agency agrees or disagrees with a vessel owner's 
designation of a vessel. It will use data submitted with re-designation 
requests to determine whether or not a vessel should be re-designated 
into a different service category.
    Respondents: Owners or operators of U.S.-registered vessels and 
foreign-registered vessels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.25.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50.
    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 Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: March 6, 2018.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-04806 Filed 3-8-18; 8:45 am]
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