[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41019-41020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15339]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2004 18498]


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) intention to 
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved 
information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before September 7, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mitch Hudson, Maritime Administration, 
400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-9373; 
FAX: (202) 366-7485; or E-MAIL: [email protected]. Copies of 
this collection also can be obtained from that office.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Requirements for Establishing U.S. 
Citizenship.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0012.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: In accordance with the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, participants in the various programs offered 
by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) must be citizens of the United 
States within the meaning of Section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as 
amended. In addition, the participants in the programs must file 
annually an affidavit with MARAD attesting to their continuing 
citizenship.
    Need and Use of the Information: MARAD will review the Affidavits 
of U.S. Citizenship to determine if the applicants are eligible to 
participate in the programs offered by the agency.
    Description of Respondents: The Affidavits of U.S. Citizenship are 
filed with MARAD by shipowners, charterers, equity owners, ship 
managers, etc.
    Annual Responses: 300 responses.
    Annual Burden: 1,500 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. EDT (or 
EST), 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.)

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: July 1, 2004.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-15339 Filed 7-6-04; 8:45 am]
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