[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3991-3992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1600]


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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 
October 15, 2003, and comments were due by December 15, 2003. No 
comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 26, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Luck, Maritime Administration, 
MAR-810, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 
366-3581; fax: (202) 366-6988; or e-mail: [email protected]. 
Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title: Intermodal Access to U.S. Ports and Intermodal Access to 
U.S. Marine Terminals Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0533.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: U.S. Ports and Terminals.
    Forms: Form MA-1024, MA-1024A.
    Abstract: The Intermodal Access to U.S. Ports Survey and the 
Intermodal Access to U.S. Marine Terminals Survey were designed to be 
questionnaires of critical infrastructure impediments that impact the 
Nation's ports and marine terminals. The collection will provide

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key highway, truck, rail and waterside access data and will highlight 
the access impediments that affect the flow of cargo through U.S. ports 
and terminals. The annual data received will be used to demonstrate 
statistically the change in access impediments to the Nation's ports 
and terminals.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 81 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 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the agency'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. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its 
full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Dated: January 21, 2004.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-1600 Filed 1-26-04; 8:45 am]
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