[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41860-41861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17856]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2011 0094]


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 September 13, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Brennan, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-1029; 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.

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    Annual Responses: 336.
    Annual Burden: 168 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. 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://regulations.gov.
    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://regulations.gov.

    Authority:  49 CFR 1.66.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: July 11, 2011.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-17856 Filed 7-14-11; 8:45 am]
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