[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 111 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 32628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12852]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2008 0049]


Information Collection Available for Public Comments and 
Recommendations

ACTION: Notice of intention to request extension of OMB approval 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 (with modifications) for three years of a 
currently approved information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before August 8, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanne Spittle, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-5979; or e-mail: [email protected]. Copies of 
this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade 
Laws for Small Passenger Vessels.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0529.
    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: Owners of small passenger 
vessels desiring waiver of the coastwise trade laws affecting small 
passenger vessels will be required to file a written application and 
justification for waiver to the Maritime Administration (MARAD). The 
agency will review the application and make a determination whether to 
grant the requested waiver.
    Need and Use of the Information: MARAD requires the information in 
order to process applications for waivers of the coastwise trade laws 
and to determine the effect of waivers of the coastwise trade laws on 
United States vessel builders and United States-built vessel coastwise 
trade businesses.
    Description of Respondents: Small passenger vessel owners who 
desire to operate in the coastwise trade.
    Annual Responses: 100 responses.
    Annual Burden: 100 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 may be submitted by electronic 
means via the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 
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://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.
    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://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.

    Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.

    Dated: June 3, 2008.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Leonard Sutter,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-12852 Filed 6-6-08; 8:45 am]
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