[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 35876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15116]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2010-0060]


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 August 23, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Gordon, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-5468; or e-mail [email protected]. Copies of 
this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title of Collection: America's Marine Highway Program.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0541.
    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 Department of 
Transportation is soliciting applications for Marine Highway Projects 
as specified in the America's Marine Highway Program Final Rule, MARAD-
2010-0035, published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2010. These 
applications must comply with the requirements of the referenced 
America's Marine Highway Program Final Rule, and be submitted in 
accordance with the instructions contained in that Final Rule. This 
application period begins immediately upon publication of the 
Solicitation of Applications for Marine Highway Projects and is open 
through June 11, 2010.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information will be used by 
the Maritime Administration to evaluate and review applications being 
submitted for project designation. The review will assess factors such 
as project scope, impact, public benefit, environmental effect, 
offsetting costs, cost to the government (if any), the likelihood of 
long-term self-supporting operations, and its relationship with Marine 
Highway Corridors once designated.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government and 
Business or other for-profit.
    Annual Responses: 20 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 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: June 17, 2010.
Julie Agarwal,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-15116 Filed 6-22-10; 8:45 am]
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