[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 165 (Monday, August 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49038-49039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16864]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2007 29076]


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 26, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Murray Bloom, Maritime Administration, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 
366-5164; or e-mail: [email protected]. Copies of this collection 
can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Part 380, Subpart B--Application for 
Designation of Vessels as American Great Lakes Vessels.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0521.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from the date of approval 
by the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: In accordance with Public Law 
101-624, the Secretary of Transportation issued requirements for the 
submission of applications for designation of vessels as American Great 
Lakes Vessels. Owners who wish to have this designation must certify 
that their vessel(s) meets certain criteria established in 46 CFR part 
380.
    Need and Use of the Information: Application is mandated by statute 
to establish that a vessel meets statutory criteria for obtaining the 
benefits of eligibility to carry preference cargoes.
    Description of Respondents: Shipowners of merchant vessels.
    Annual Responses: One response.
    Annual Burden: 1.25 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 W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Comments also

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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: August 21, 2007.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-16864 Filed 8-24-07; 8:45 am]
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