[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 115 (Thursday, June 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35742-35743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14508]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2012 0069]


Information Collection Available for Public Comments and 
Recommendations

ACTION: Notice of intention to request extension of OMB approval 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 August 13, 2012.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title of Collection: ``Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, 
and Flag, or Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S. Citizen Owned 
Documented Vessels.''
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0006.
    Form Numbers: MA-29, MA-29A, and MA-29B.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: This collection provides 
information necessary for MARAD to approve the sale, transfer, charter, 
lease, or mortgage of U.S. documented vessels to non-citizens; or the 
transfer of such vessels to foreign registry and flag; or the transfer 
of foreign flag vessels by their owners as required by various 
contractual requirements.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information will enable MARAD 
to determine whether the vessel proposed for transfer will initially 
require retention under the U.S.-flag statutory regulations.
    Description of Respondents: Respondents are vessel owners who have 
applied for foreign transfer of U.S.-flag vessels.
    Annual Responses: 85 responses.
    Annual Burden: 170 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.
    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

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65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit http://www.regulations.gov.

    Authority:  49 CFR 1.66.

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: June 8, 2012.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-14508 Filed 6-13-12; 8:45 am]
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