[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53962-53963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21721]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The nature of the 
information collection is described as well as its expected burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
June 8, 2012, and comments were due by August 7, 2012. No comments were 
received.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before October 4, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Brennan, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-1029; or email: [email protected]. Copies of 
this

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collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title: Monthly Report of Ocean Shipments Moving under Export-Import 
Bank Financing (Ocean Shipments Moving under Export-Import Bank 
Financing).
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0013.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Shippers subject to Export-Import Bank Financing.
    Form Number(s): MA-518.
    Abstract: In accordance with 46 U.S.C. 55304 (PR 17), certain 
shippers receiving Export-Import Bank financing must transport items 
that move by sea on U.S.-flag registered vessels unless they receive a 
Certification of Non-Availability from MARAD. MARAD will use the 
information collected to assist shippers with obtaining carriage on 
U.S.-flag registered vessels and to make determinations of vessel 
availability. MARAD will also use the information collected to monitor 
compliance with the U.S.-flag shipping requirements as required by 46 
U.S.C. 55305(d)(2).
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 196 hours.
    Addresses: Send comments regarding these information collections to 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC, 20503, 
Attention: MARAD Desk Officer. Alternatively, comments may be sent via 
email to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), 
Office of Management and Budget, at the following address: 
[email protected].
    Comments Are Invited On: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its 
full effect if OMB receives it receives it within 30 days of 
publication.

    Authority:  49 CFR 1.66.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 27, 2012.
Christine Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-21721 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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