[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 74 (Friday, April 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 20662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8614]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2004 17531]


Information Collection Available for Public Comments and 
Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to 
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved 
information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before June 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Strassburg, Maritime 
Administration, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 
(202) 366-4156; fax: (202) 366-7901; or e-mail: 
[email protected]. Copies of this collection also can be 
obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: War Risk Insurance.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0011.
    Form Numbers: MA-355; MA-528; MA-742; MA-828; and MA-942.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: As authorized by section 
1202, Title XII, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, the Secretary 
of the U.S. Department of Transportation may provide war risk insurance 
adequate for the needs of the waterborne commerce of the United States 
if such insurance cannot be obtained on reasonable terms from qualified 
insurance companies operating in the United States. This collection is 
required for the program. The collection consists of forms MA-355; MA-
528; MA-742; MA-828; and MA-942.
    Need and Use of the Information: The collected information is 
necessary to determine the eligibility of the applicant and the 
vessel(s) for participation in the war risk insurance program.
    Description of Respondents: Vessel owners or charterers interested 
in participating in MARAD's war risk insurance program.
    Annual Responses: 1,431.
    Annual Burden: 768 hours.
    Comments: Comments should refer to the docket number that appears 
at the top of this document. Written comments may be submitted to the 
Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by electronic 
means via the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov/submit. Specifically 
address whether this information collection is necessary for proper 
performance of the functions of the agency and will have practical 
utility, accuracy of the burden estimates, ways to minimize this 
burden, and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected. All comments received will be available 
for examination at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.d.t. 
(or e.s.t.), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An 
electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web 
at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Privacy Act : Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (volume 65, number 70, pages 19477-78), or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.

    Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.

    Dated: April 12, 2004.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-8614 Filed 4-15-04; 8:45 am]
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