[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 9014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3954]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2010 0015]


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 for three years of a currently approved 
information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before April 27, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas M.P. 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 (MARAD).
    Title of Collection: Voluntary Tanker Agreement.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0505.
    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: The collection consists of a 
request from the Maritime Administration (MARAD) that each participant 
in the Voluntary Tanker Agreement submit a list of the names of ships 
owned, chartered or contracted for by the participant, their size and 
flags of registry and other pertinent information. There is a 
recommended format for this information included as part of the 
application.
    Need and Use of the Information: The collection of information is 
necessary to evaluate tanker capability and make plans for use of this 
capability to meet national emergency requirements. This information 
will be used by both MARAD and Department of Defense to establish 
overall contingency plans.
    Description of Respondents: Tanker companies that operate in 
international trade and who have agreed to participate in this 
agreement.
    Annual Responses: 15 responses.
    Annual Burden: 15 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: February 2, 2010.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Murray Bloom,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-3954 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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