[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45006-45007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22518]


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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 of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR 
describe the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments was published on June 11, 1997 (62 FR 31862).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 24, 1997.

For Further Information Contact: Joel Richard, Maritime Administration, 
MAR-120, Room 7210, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration (MARAD)

    Title: Inventory of American Intermodal Equipment.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0503.

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    Affected Public: U.S. Steamship and intermodal equipment leasing 
companies.
    Abstract: The collection consists of an intermodal equipment 
inventory that provides data essential to both the government and the 
transportation industry in planning for the most efficient use of 
intermodal equipment.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information contained in the 
inventory provides data about U.S.-based companies that own or lease 
intermodal equipment and is essential to both government and industry 
in planning for contingency operations.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 66 hours.
    Estimated Annual Respondents: 22 companies.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT 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 August 19, 1997.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-22518 Filed 8-22-97; 8:45 am]
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