[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 236 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 76703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31221]


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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 abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The nature of the 
information collection is described as well as its expected burden. The 
Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
September 19, 2000, at 65 FR 56609. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas M.P. Christensen, Office of 
National Security Plans, Maritime Administration, MAR-620, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-5990 or FAX 202-
488-0941. Copies of this collection can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement.
    OMB Control Number: OMB 2133-0505.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: The respondents are tanker companies that operate 
in international trade and who have agreed to participate in this 
agreement.

    Form (S): None.
    Abstract: The collection consists of a request from MARAD that each 
participant in the Voluntary Tanker Agreement submit a list of the 
names of ships owned, chartered, or contracted for by the participant, 
and their size and flags of registry. There is no prescribed format for 
this information.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: One hour per respondent.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention MARAD Desk Officer.

Comments Are Invited On

    (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information 
collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) 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.
    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. on December 4, 2000.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-31221 Filed 12-6-00; 8:45 am]
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