[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28286-28287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11427]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2013-0051]


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 July 15, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Bratton, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: (202) 366-5769; or email: [email protected]. Copies of 
this collection can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Determination of Fair and Reasonable Rates for 
the Carriage of Bulk and Package Preference Cargoes on U.S.-Flag 
Commercial Vessels.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0514.
    Form Numbers: MA-1025, MA-1026, and MA-172.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: This data collection requests 
that U.S.-flag operators submit vessel-operating costs and capital 
costs data to MARAD officials on an annual basis.
    Need and Use of the Information: This information is needed by 
MARAD to establish fair and reasonable guideline rates for carriage of 
specific cargoes on U.S. vessels.
    Description of Respondents: U.S. citizens who own and operate U.S.-
flag vessels.
    Annual Responses: 17.
    Annual Burden: 420.
    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

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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 1.93.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

     Dated: May 6, 2013.
Julie Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-11427 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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