[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28024-28025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13011]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


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

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
March 3, 1999 (64 FR 10337).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 23, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edmund T. Sommer, Jr., Chief, Division 
of General and International Law, Office of the Chief Counsel, Maritime 
Administration, MAR-221, Room 7232, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-5181 or fax 202-366-7485. 
Copies of this collection can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration (MARAD)

    Title: Procedures, New Subpart B--Application for Designation of 
Vessels as American Great Lakes Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0521.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Shipowners of merchant vessels.
    Form(s): None.
    Abstract: Public Law 101-624 directs the Secretary of the 
Department of Transportation to issue regulations that establish 
requirements for the submission of applications by owners of ocean 
vessels for designation as ``American Great Lakes Vessels.'' This 
collection of information is mandated by statute to establish that a 
vessel meets statutory criteria for obtaining the benefit of 
eligibility to carry preference cargoes.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 1.25 hours.
    Addressee: 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 
MARAD, including whether the information will have practical utility; 
the accuracy of MARAD'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. Please note that a comment to OMB is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, D.C.


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    Dated: May 19, 1999.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 99-13011 Filed 5-21-99; 8:45 am]
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