[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29995-29996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14504]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections Approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) requires 
agencies to display a currently valid control number for each of its 
information collections. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, 
no person may be subjected to any penalty for failing to comply with a 
collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that 
does not display such a control number. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act requirements, this notice announces the 
following Federal Maritime Commission information collections that have 
received extensions of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval: 
Tariffs and Service Contracts and the related Form FMC-63; Agreements; 
and the Admission to Practice Application Form.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions concerning the OMB control numbers and expiration dates 
should be directed to: George D. Bowers, Director, Office of 
Information Resources Management, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 
North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC 20573, (Telephone: (202) 
(523-5834).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Tariffs and Service Contracts and Related Form FMC-63--OMB approval 
number 3072-0055 expires 4/30/2001
    Abstract: Section 8 of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. 
Sec. 1707, requires common carriers and conferences of such common 
carriers to file with the Commission and keep open for public 
inspection, tariffs showing all rates, charges, classifications, rules 
and practices for transportation of cargo between the U.S. and foreign 
ports. Section 8(c) of the Act also provides for the filing of service 
contracts and statements of the contracts' essential terms with the 
Commission. 46 CFR 514 establishes the requirements, format and user 
charges for the electronic publication, filing and retrieval of tariffs 
of carriers and terminal operators, as well as service contracts and 
their essential terms, covering the transportation of property 
performed by common carriers in the foreign commerce of the United 
States and by combinations of such common carriers, including through 
transportation offered in conjunction with one or more carriers not 
otherwise subject to the Shipping Act of 1984.
    The Commission estimates an annual respondent universe of 3,267. 
This number varies as persons file tariffs. Total annual burden is 
estimated at 411,909 manhours, apportioned as follows: electronic 
tariff filing--323,200; Automated Tariff Filing Information (ATFI) User 
Registration Form FMC-63) 335; service contracts and essential terms--
76,294; and recordkeeping requirements--12,080.

Agreements--OMB Approval Number 3072-0045--Expires 4/30/2001

    Abstract: The Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. Sec. 1701 et 
seq., requires certain classes of agreements between and among ocean 
common carriers and marine terminal operators to be filed with the 
Commission, specifies the content of those agreements, and defines the 
Commission's authorities and responsibilities in overseeing these 
agreements. 46 CFR 572 establishes the form and manner for filing 
agreements and for the underlying commercial data necessary to evaluate 
agreements.
    The Commission estimates that, potentially, there is an annual 
respondent universe of 1,655. The total annual burden on respondents is 
estimated at 115,000 manhours apportioned as follows: agreements and 
modifications--36,000; monitoring reports--74,000; and recordkeeping 
requirements--5,000.

Form FMC-12--Application for Admission to Practice--OMB Approval 
Number 3072-0001--Expires 4/30/2001

    Abstract: Qualified non-attorneys who desire to practice before the 
Commission must complete and file Form FMC-12 (Application for 
Admission to Practice before the Federal Maritime Commission) with the 
Commission.
    The Commission estimates there are approximately 10 respondents 
annually for this one-time response for a total annual burden of ten 
manhours per year.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary,
[FR Doc. 98-14504 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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