[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 64587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25903]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2012 0099]


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 December 21, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Simmons, Maritime Administration, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-
2321; FAX: 202-366-7901; or E-MAIL: [email protected]. Copies 
of this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title of Collection: Capital Construction Fund and Exhibits.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0027.
    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: This information collection 
consists of an application for a Capital Construction Fund (CCF) 
agreement under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 535 and annual submissions of 
appropriate schedules and exhibits. The Capital Construction Fund is a 
tax-deferred ship construction fund that was created to assist owners 
and operators of U.S.-flag vessels in accumulating the large amount of 
capital necessary for the modernization and expansion of the U.S. 
merchant marine. The program encourages construction, reconstruction, 
or acquisition of vessels through the deferment of Federal income taxes 
on certain deposits of money or other property placed into a CCF.
    Need and Use of the Information: The collected information is 
necessary for MARAD to determine an applicant's eligibility to enter 
into a CCF Agreement.
    Description of Respondents: U.S. citizens who own or lease one or 
more eligible vessels and who have a program to provide for the 
acquisition, construction or reconstruction of a qualified vessel.
    Annual Responses: 143.
    Annual Burden: 1790 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 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 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 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit 
www.regulations.gov.

    Authority:  49 CFR 1.66.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: October 16, 2012
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-25903 Filed 10-19-12; 8:45 am]
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