[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14718-14719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7826]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. M-031]


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 May 27, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carey Brady, Trade Specialist, Office 
of Cargo Preference, Maritime Administration, MAR-590, Room 8118, 400 
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone 202-366-5524 or 
fax 202-366-5522. Copies of this collection can also be obtained from 
that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title of Collection: Monthly Report of Ocean Shipments Moving Under 
Export-Import Bank Financing.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0013.
    Form Number: MA-518.
    Expiration Date of Approval: September 30, 1997.
    Summary of Collection of Information: Title 46 App. U.S.C. 1241-1, 
Public Resolution 17, 73rd Congress (PR 17), requires the Maritime 
Administration (MARAD) to monitor and enforce the U.S.-flag shipping 
requirements relative to the loans/guarantees extended by the Export-
Import Bank (Eximbank) to foreign borrowers. PR 17 requires that all 
shipments financed by Eximbank and that move by sea, must be 
transported exclusively on U.S.-flag registered vessels unless a waiver 
is obtained from MARAD.
    Need and Use of the Information: The prescribed monthly report is 
necessary for MARAD to fulfill its responsibilities under PR 17, to 
ensure compliance of ocean shipping requirements operating under 
Eximbank financing and to ensure equitable distribution of shipments 
between U.S.-flag and foreign ships. MARAD will use this information to 
report annually to Congress, the total shipping activities during the 
calendar year.
    Annual Responses: 336.
    Annual Burden: 168 hours.

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    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: March 24, 1997.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-7826 Filed 3-26-97; 8:45 am]
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