[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 154 (Friday, August 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 46358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18378]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. Marad 2008 0047]


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 October 7, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Harrelson, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-5737; 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: 169 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.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
    Dated: August 4, 2008.
Leonard Sutter,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-18378 Filed 8-7-08; 8:45 am]
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