[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 34152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13378]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT 2013 0066]


Request for Comments on a New Information Collection

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 Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on 
December 20, 2012. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 8, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Jackson, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W26-494, Washington, DC 
20590. Telephone: 202-366-0615; or email [email protected]. 
Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Maritime Administration Service Delivery.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-NEW.
    Type of Request: New Information Collection.
    Abstract: This collection of information is necessary to enable the 
Agency to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 
timely manner, in accordance with our commitment to improving service 
delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders 
will help ensure that users have an effective, efficient, and 
satisfying experience with the Agency's programs. This feedback will 
provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences 
and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or 
focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in 
operations might improve delivery of products or services. These 
collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable 
communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. 
It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement 
of program management.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and 
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 15.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 713.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,700.
    Frequency of Response: Once.

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.

Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, 
as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 28, 2013.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-13378 Filed 6-5-13; 8:45 am]
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