[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43116-43117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21139]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. M-022]


Information Collection Available for Public Comments and 
Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to 
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved 
information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before October 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John M. Pisani, Director, Office of 
Ports and

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Domestic Shipping, Maritime Administration, MAR-830, Room 7201, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-4357 or 
fax 202-366-6988. Copies of this collection can also be obtained from 
that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Port Facilities Inventory.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0023.
    Form Number: MA-400.
    Expiration Date of Approval: October 31, 1996.
    Summary of Collection of Information: The collection of port 
facility data from terminal owners will permit the Maritime 
Administration to maintain information on those essential port 
facilities that are required for emergency use at the proper level of 
accuracy and currency. These surveys would be used only in the event 
the data contained on these facilities fell below a level of currency 
deemed adequate for emergency planning purposes.
    Need and Use of the Information: Executive Order 12656, as amended, 
assigns emergency preparedness functions to the Secretary of 
Transportation and 49 CFR 1.45 further delegates such authority to the 
department's Administrators. This requires the Maritime Administration 
to guarantee that individual port facilities and services are available 
for use by federal agencies prior to and during national defense 
emergencies.
    Description of Respondents: Port terminal owners.
    Annual Responses: 50.
    Annual Burden: 1 hour.
    Comments: Send all comments regarding this information collection 
to Joel C. Richard, Department of Transportation, Maritime 
Administration, MAR-120, Room 7210, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590. Send comments regarding whether this information 
collection is necessary for proper performance of the function of the 
agency and will have practical utility, accuracy of the burden 
estimates, ways to minimize this burden, and ways to enhance quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: August 14, 1996.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-21139 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am]
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