[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41990-41991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20467]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describes 
the nature of the information collection and their expected burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on OMB Control Number: 2133-0522 was published on May 19, 1997 
(FR 62 27290). The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on OMB Control Number: 2133-0517 was published on 
May 13, 1997 (FR 62 26348).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 3, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Weaver, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-2811.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration

    1. Title: Seamen's Claims; Administrative Action and Litigation.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0522.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Description of Respondents: Officers or members of 
a crew (or their surviving dependents or beneficiaries, or by their 
legal representatives) who suffered death, injury, or illness while 
employed on vessels as employees of the United States through the 
National Shipping Authority, Maritime Administration (MARAD), or 
successor.
    Abstract: Collects information from claimants for death, injury or 
illness suffered while serving as officers or members of a crew 
employed on vessels as employees of the United States through the 
National Shipping Authority, Maritime Administration (MARAD), or 
successor.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is 
evaluated by MARAD to determine if the claim is fair and reasonable. If 
the claim is allowed, it is settled, a release is obtained from the 
claimant verifying consummation of the settlement, and payment is made 
to the claimant.
    Annual Estimated Burden: 750 hours.
    2. Title: Approval of Underwriters for Marine Hull Insurance.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0517.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Foreign underwriters of marine insurance and 
insurance brokers placing marine hull insurance if less than 50 percent 
of the placement is made in the American market.
    Abstract: Concerns approval of marine hull underwriters to insure 
MARAD program vessels. Foreign applicants will be required to submit

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financial data upon which MARAD approval would be based. In certain 
cases, brokers would be required to certify that American underwriters 
were offered opportunity to compete for the business.
    Need and Use of the Information: 46 CFR part 249, published as a 
final rule on June 20, 1988, prescribes regulations for approval of 
underwriters for marine hull insurance on vessels built or operated 
with subsidy or covered by vessel obligation guarantees issued pursuant 
to Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. The 
regulations provide for approval of foreign underwriters on the basis 
of an assessment of their financial condition, the regulatory regime 
under which they operate, and a statement attesting to a lack of 
discrimination in their country against U.S. hull insurers. The 
regulations also require that American underwriters be given an 
opportunity to compete for every placement, thereby necessitating in 
some cases certification that such opportunity was offered.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 66 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention MARAD Desk Officer. Comments are 
Invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 29, 1997.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-20467 Filed 8-1-97; 8:45 am]
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