[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2014)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31565]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. MARAD 2013 0158]


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection(s): Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The information 
collection is needed by MARAD and the Department of Defense (DOD), 
including representatives from the U.S. Transportation Command and its 
components, to evaluate and assess the applicants' eligibility for 
participation in the VISA program. The information will be used by 
MARAD and the U.S. Transportation Command, and its components, to 
assure the continued availability of commercial sealift resources to 
meet the DOD's military requirements. We are required to publish this 
notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
Public Law 104-13.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 10, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. MARAD-2013-
0158 through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Kurfehs, Program Analyst, 
Office of Sealift Support, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 2133-0532
    Title: Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)
    Form Numbers: MA-1020
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection
    Background: This information collection is in accordance with 
Section 708, Defense Production Act, 1950, as amended, under which 
participants agree to provide commercial sealift capacity and 
intermodal shipping services and systems necessary to meet national 
defense requirements. In order to meet national defense requirements, 
the government must assure the continued availability of commercial 
sealift resources.
    Number of Respondents: 40
    Frequency: Annually
    Number of Responses: 40
    Total Annual Burden: 200
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the Department's 
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the 
Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized 
without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency 
will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's 
clearance of this information collection.
    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 
http://www.regulations.gov.

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

    December 31, 2013.
Michael Pucci,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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