[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 236 (Monday, December 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 74566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28898]


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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 has 
been forwarded 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 September 2, 2008. No comments were 
received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 7, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Christensen, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: (202) 366-5909; or e-mail: [email protected]. Copies 
of this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration.
    Title: Effective U.S. Control (EUSC)/Parent Company.
    OMB Control No.: 2133-0511.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: U.S. citizens who own foreign-registered vessels.
    Forms: None.
    Abstract: The effective U.S. Control (EUSC)/Parent Company 
collection consists of an inventory of foreign-registered vessel owned 
by U.S. citizens. Specifically, the collection consists of responses 
from vessel owners verifying or correcting vessel ownership data and 
characteristics found in commercial publications. The information 
obtained could be vital in a national or international emergency and is 
essential to the logistical support planning operation conducted by 
Maritime Administration officials.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 60 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Maritime Administration Desk Officer.
    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: November 24, 2008.
Leonard Sutter,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-28898 Filed 12-5-08; 8:45 am]
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