[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 178 (Friday, September 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52605-52606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18127]


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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, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection abstracted below will 
be submitted 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 June 25, 2007. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 15, 2007.

ADDRESSES: 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Jerry, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: (202) 366-5861; or e-mail: [email protected]. Copies of 
this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title of Collection: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0005.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    Affected Public: Vessel owners acquiring ships from MARAD on 
credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and companies having 
Title XI guarantee obligations.
    Form Numbers: MA-172.
    Abstract: The Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements are used as 
a basis for preparing and filing semi-annual and annual financial 
statements with the Maritime Administration. Regulations requiring 
financial reports to MARAD are authorized by Section 801, Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C. 1211). Financial reports 
are also required by regulation of purchasers of ships from MARAD on 
credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and of companies having 
Title XI guarantee obligations (46 CFR Part 298).
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 1276 hours.
    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: September 6, 2007.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-18127 Filed 9-13-07; 8:45 am]
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