[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 232 (Monday, December 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63924-63925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30647]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. M-027]


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 January 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Seidman, Division of 
Production, Office of Ship Construction, Maritime Administration, MAR-
720, Room 2103, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. 
Telephone 202-366-1888 or fax 202-366-3954. Copies of this collection 
can also be obtained from that office.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title of Collection: Shipbuilding Orderbook and Shipyard 
Employment.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0029.
    Form Number: MA-832.
    Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 1997.
    Summary of Collection of Information: The collection consists of 
form MA-832 to gather information, including shipyard orderbook and 
shipyard employment of production workers distributed by various 
categories of work in the shipyards by calendar year and quarter as 
well as projections for firm work in the same categories. Also included 
is information on schedule of current orderbook construction dates 
providing details by ship type.
    Need and Use of the Information: The collected information is 
necessary to perform the reviews required by sections 210 and 211 of 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.
    Description of Respondents: U.S. shipyards which agree to complete 
the information collection and return it to the Maritime 
Administration.
    Annual Responses: 200.
    Annual Burden: 100 hours.
    Comments: Send all comments regarding this information collection 
to Joel C. Richard, Department of Transportation, Maritime 
Administration, MAR-120, Room 7210, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 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: November 25, 1996.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-30647 Filed 11-29-96; 8:45 am]
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