[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 55897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22275]


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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 14, 2012, and comments were due by August 13, 2012. No comments 
were received.

DATES: Comments for this notice must be submitted on or before October 
11, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 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: Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or 
Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S.-Citizen Owned Documented Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0006.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Vessel owners who have applied for foreign 
transfer of U.S.-flag vessels.
    Forms: MA-29, MA-29A, MA-29B (Note: MA-29A is used only in cases of 
a National emergency).
    Abstract: 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. The 
information will enable MARAD to determine whether the vessel proposed 
for transfer will initially require retention under the U.S.-flag 
statutory regulations.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 170 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 within 30 days of publication.

    Authority:  49 CFR 1.66.

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 4, 2012.
Christine Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-22275 Filed 9-10-12; 8:45 am]
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