83_FR_6115 83 FR 6086 - Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Application and Reporting Requirements for Participation in the Maritime Security Program

83 FR 6086 - Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Application and Reporting Requirements for Participation in the Maritime Security Program

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 29 (February 12, 2018)

Page Range6086-6086
FR Document2018-02700

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The information to be collected will be used to determine if selected vessels are qualified to participate in the Maritime Security Program. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 29 (Monday, February 12, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2018-0018]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Application and Reporting Requirements for 
Participation in the Maritime Security Program

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval to renew an information collection. The information to be 
collected will be used to determine if selected vessels are qualified 
to participate in the Maritime Security Program. We are required to 
publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 13, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2018-0018 through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Search using the above DOT docket number and follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
    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, Room W23-308, Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Application and Reporting Requirements for Participation in 
the Maritime Security Program.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0525.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The Maritime Security Act of 2003 extended under Section 
3508 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, 
Public Law 112-239 provides for the enrollment of qualified vessels in 
the Maritime Security Program Fleet. Applications and amendments are 
used to select vessels for the fleet. Periodic reporting is used to 
monitor adherence of contractors to program parameters.
    Respondents: Vessel operators.
    Affected Public: Business or other for Profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 195.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 210.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly/Annually.

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

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: February 6, 2018.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-02700 Filed 2-9-18; 8:45 am]
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                                               comments containing proprietary or                      utility and clarity of the information                SUMMARY:    The Secretary of
                                               confidential information, please contact                collection; and (d) ways that the burden              Transportation, as represented by the
                                               the agency for alternate submission                     could be minimized without reducing                   Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
                                               instructions.                                           the quality of the collected information.             authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-
                                                  Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C.                 The agency will summarize and/or                      build requirement of the coastwise laws
                                               § 55103, 46 U.S.C. § 12121.                             include your comments in the request                  under certain circumstances. A request
                                               *      *     *       *      *                           for OMB’s clearance of this information               for such a waiver has been received by
                                                                                                       collection.                                           MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
                                                 By Order of the Maritime Administrator.               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      description of the proposed service, is
                                                 Dated: February 6, 2018.                              William McDonald, 202–366–0688,                       listed below.
                                               T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,                                Office of Sealift Support, Maritime                   DATES: Submit comments on or before
                                               Secretary, Maritime Administration.                     Administration, U.S. Department of                    March 14, 2018.
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–02686 Filed 2–9–18; 8:45 am]              Transportation, 1200 New Jersey                       ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
                                               BILLING CODE 4910–81–P                                  Avenue SE, Room W23–308,                              docket number MARAD–2018–0016.
                                                                                                       Washington, DC 20590.                                 Written comments may be submitted by
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,
                                               DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                               Title: Application and Reporting                   U.S. Department of Transportation,
                                                                                                       Requirements for Participation in the                 Docket Operations, M–30, West
                                               Maritime Administration                                 Maritime Security Program.                            Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
                                               [Docket No. MARAD–2018–0018]                               OMB Control Number: 2133–0525.                     1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
                                                                                                          Type of Request: Renewal of a
                                                                                                                                                             Washington, DC 20590. You may also
                                               Request for Comments on the Renewal                     Previously Approved Information
                                                                                                                                                             send comments electronically via the
                                               of a Previously Approved Information                    Collection.
                                                                                                                                                             internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
                                               Collection: Application and Reporting                      Abstract: The Maritime Security Act
                                                                                                                                                             All comments will become part of this
                                               Requirements for Participation in the                   of 2003 extended under Section 3508 of
                                                                                                                                                             docket and will be available for
                                               Maritime Security Program                               the National Defense Authorization Act
                                                                                                                                                             inspection and copying at the above
                                                                                                       for Fiscal Year 2013, Public Law 112–
                                               AGENCY: Maritime Administration,                                                                              address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00
                                                                                                       239 provides for the enrollment of
                                               Department of Transportation.                                                                                 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
                                                                                                       qualified vessels in the Maritime
                                               ACTION: Notice and request for                                                                                federal holidays. An electronic version
                                                                                                       Security Program Fleet. Applications
                                               comments.                                                                                                     of this document and all documents
                                                                                                       and amendments are used to select
                                                                                                                                                             entered into this docket is available at
                                                                                                       vessels for the fleet. Periodic reporting
                                               SUMMARY:   The Maritime Administration                                                                        http://www.regulations.gov.
                                                                                                       is used to monitor adherence of
                                               (MARAD) invites public comments on                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                       contractors to program parameters.
                                               our intention to request the Office of                     Respondents: Vessel operators.                     Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of
                                               Management and Budget (OMB)                                Affected Public: Business or other for             Transportation, Maritime
                                               approval to renew an information                        Profit.                                               Administration, 1200 New Jersey
                                               collection. The information to be                          Estimated Number of Respondents:                   Avenue SE, Room W23–453,
                                               collected will be used to determine if                  15.                                                   Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
                                               selected vessels are qualified to                          Estimated Number of Responses: 195.                366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov.
                                               participate in the Maritime Security                       Annual Estimated Total Annual                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
                                               Program. We are required to publish this                Burden Hours: 210.                                    described by the applicant the intended
                                               notice in the Federal Register by the                      Frequency of Response: Monthly/                    service of the vessel ANYWHERE is:
                                               Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                        Annually.
                                                                                                                                                             —Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
                                               DATES: Comments must be submitted on                    (Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of               ‘‘The intended commercial use of the
                                               or before April 13, 2018.                               1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and              vessel is sightseeing charters,
                                               ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                      49 CFR 1.93.)
                                                                                                                                                                sightseeing tours, and bareboat
                                               [identified by Docket No. DOT–                          *      *      *      *       *                           charters in the NY, NJ, and CT tri-
                                               MARAD–2018–0018 through one of the                        By Order of the Maritime Administrator.                state area’’
                                               following methods:                                        Dated: February 6, 2018.                            —Geographic Region: ’’ New York, New
                                                  • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                                                                         Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
                                                                                                       T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
                                               www.regulations.gov. Search using the                                                                            Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland,
                                               above DOT docket number and follow                      Secretary, Maritime Administration.
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–02700 Filed 2–9–18; 8:45 am]               Virginia’’
                                               the online instructions for submitting
                                               comments.                                               BILLING CODE 4910–81–P                                   The complete application is given in
                                                  • Fax: 1–202–493–2251.                                                                                     DOT docket MARAD–2018–0016 at
                                                  • Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket                                                                            http://www.regulations.gov. Interested
                                               Management Facility, U.S. Department                    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                          parties may comment on the effect this
                                               of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey                                                                            action may have on U.S. vessel builders
                                               Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–                     Maritime Administration                               or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-
                                               140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9                    [Docket No. MARAD–2018–0016]                          flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in
                                               a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through                                                                               accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and
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                                               Friday, except on Federal holidays.                     Requested Administrative Waiver of                    MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
                                                  Comments are invited on: (a) Whether                 the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel                      388, that the issuance of the waiver will
                                               the proposed collection of information                  ANYWHERE; Invitation for Public                       have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.-
                                               is necessary for the Department’s                       Comments                                              vessel builder or a business that uses
                                               performance; (b) the accuracy of the                    AGENCY:    Maritime Administration                    U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a
                                               estimated burden; (c) ways for the                                                                            waiver will not be granted. Comments
                                                                                                       ACTION:    Notice.
                                               Department to enhance the quality,                                                                            should refer to the docket number of


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesComments must be submitted on or before April 13, 2018.
ContactWilliam McDonald, 202-366-0688, Office of Sealift Support, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W23-308, Washington, DC 20590.
FR Citation83 FR 6086 

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