[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 11897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5841]


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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 approval. 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 
December 18, 2002. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 11, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Christensen, Maritime 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-5909; FAX: 202-493-2180, or e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title: EUSC/Parent Company.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0511.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: U.S. citizens who own foreign-registered vessels.
    Form(s): None.
    Abstract: The Effective U.S. Control (EUSC)/Parent Company 
collection consists of an inventory of foreign-registered vessels owned 
by U.S. citizens. Specifically, the collection consists of responses 
from vessel owners verifying or correcting vessel ownership data and 
characteristics found in commercial publications. The information 
obtained could be vital in a national or international emergency, and 
is essential to the logistical support planning operations conducted by 
MARAD officials. The information is used in contingency planning and 
provides data related to potential sealift capacity to support movement 
of fuel and military equipment to crisis zones.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 40 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: (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, DC on March 6, 2003.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-5841 Filed 3-11-03; 8:45 am]
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