[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 35222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14365]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 20014 0087]


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 
February 26, 2014 (79 FR 10870).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 21, 2014.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Ladd, Office of Financial 
Approvals and Marine Insurance, Division of Business Finance, Maritime 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., Room W23-322, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-1859.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0005.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements are used as 
a basis for preparing and filing semi-annual and annual financial 
statements with the Maritime Administration. Regulations requiring 
financial reports to MARAD are authorized by Section 801, Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C. 1211). Financial reports 
are also required by regulation of purchasers of ships from MARAD on 
credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and of companies having 
Title XI guarantee obligations (46 CFR part 298).
    Affected Public: Vessel owners acquiring ships from MARAD on 
credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and companies having 
Title XI guarantee obligations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 66.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 132.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1254.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:93.

    Dated: June 10, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-14365 Filed 6-18-14; 8:45 am]
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