[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 17645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06970]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2014--0049]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved 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 
January 7, 2014 (Federal Register 892, Vol. 79, No. 4).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 28, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerome Davis, Maritime Administration 
Office of Sealift Support, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W25-310, 
MAR-630, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-6088; or E-MAIL: 
[email protected]. Copies of this collection also can be obtained 
from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA).
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0532.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: 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. 
Officials at the Maritime Administration and the Department of Defense 
use this information to assess the applicants' eligibility for 
participation in the VISA program.
    Affected Public: Operators of dry cargo vessels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 40.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Comments are 
invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.

    Dated: March 20, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-06970 Filed 3-27-14; 8:45 am]
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