[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 156 (Monday, August 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47875-47876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16095]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2005 22098]


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 October 14, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Harrelson, Maritime 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-4610; FAX: 202-366-5522; or e-mail: 
[email protected]. Copies of this collection also can be obtained 
from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Monthly Report of Ocean Shipments Moving under 
Export-Import Bank Financing.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0013.
    Form Numbers: MA-518.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: 46 App. U.S.C. 1241-1, Public 
Resolution 17, required MARAD to monitor and enforce the U.S.-flag 
shipping requirements relative to the loans/guarantees extended by the 
Export-Import Bank (EXIMBANK) to foreign borrowers. Public Resolution 
17 requires that shipments financed by Eximbank and that move by sea, 
must be transported exclusively on U.S.-flag registered vessels unless 
a waiver is obtained from MARAD.
    Need and Use of the Information: The prescribed monthly report is 
necessary for MARAD to fulfill its responsibilities under Public 
Resolution 17, to ensure compliance of ocean shipping requirements 
operating under Eximbank financing, and to ensure equitable 
distribution of shipments between U.S.-flag and foreign ships. MARAD 
will use this information to report annually to Congress the total 
shipping activities during the calendar year.
    Description of Respondents: Shippers subject to Eximbank financing.
    Annual Responses: 336 responses.
    Annual Burden: 168 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 
Southwest, 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

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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: August 9, 2005.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-16095 Filed 8-12-05; 8:45 am]
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