[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 64 (Monday, April 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15591-15592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7686]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2009 0030]


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 (with modifications) for three years of a 
currently approved information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before June 5, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerome Davis, Maritime Administration, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-
0688 or e-mail: [email protected]. Copies of this collection also 
can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title of Collection: Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA).
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0532.
    Form Numbers: MA-1020.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: This information collection 
is in accordance with Section 708, Defense Production Act, 1950, as 
amended, under which participants agree to provide commercial sealift 
capacity and intermodal shipping services and systems necessary to meet 
national defense requirements. In order to meet national defense 
requirements, the government must assure the continued availability of 
commercial sealift resources.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collection is 
needed by MARAD and the Department of Defense (DOD), including 
representatives from the U.S. Transportation Command and its 
components, to evaluate and assess the applicants' eligibility for 
participation in the VISA program. The information will be used by 
MARAD and the U.S. Transportation Command, and its components, to 
assure the continued availability of commercial sealift resources to 
meet the DOD's military requirements.
    Description of Respondents: Operators of qualified dry cargo 
vessels.
    Annual Responses: 60 responses.
    Annual Burden: 200 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

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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: March 30, 2009.
Leonard Sutter,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-7686 Filed 4-3-09; 8:45 am]
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