[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4851]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. M-029]


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 April 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert L. Brown, Chief, Division of 
Statistical Analysis, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, 
Maritime Administration, MAR-451, Room 8107, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-2277 or fax 202-366-8886. 
Copies of this collection can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title of Collection: EUSC/Parent Company.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0511.
    Form Number: None.
    Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 1997.
    Summary of Collection of Information: The collection consists of an 
inventory of information regarding Foreign register vessels owned by 
Americans. Specifically, this information consists of responses from 
vessel owners verifying or correcting vessel ownership, data and 
characteristics found in commercial publications.
    Need and Use of the Information: The verification of information on 
vessels that could be vital in a national or international emergency is 
essential to the logistical support planning by MARAD's Office of 
National Security Plans and the Logistics Plans Division of the Office 
of the Chief of Naval Operations. The information will be used for 
contingency planning for sealift requirements primarily as a source of 
ships to move essential oil and bulk cargoes in support of the national 
economy.
    Description of Respondents: Foreign register American vessel owners 
which complete the information collection and return it to the Maritime 
Administration.
    Annual Responses: 92.
    Annual Burden: 46 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, 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: February 20, 1997.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-4851 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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