[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 62706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24822]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2014--0134]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Determination of Fair and Reasonable Rates for the Carriage 
of Agricultural Cargoes on U.S. Commercial Vessels

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 July 
7, 2014 (Federal Register Vol. 79, No 129, 38355).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 19, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Bratton, Telephone Number: 
(202) 366-5769, Office of Financial Approvals, Maritime Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Determination of Fair and Reasonable Rates for the Carriage 
of Agricultural Cargoes on U.S. Commercial Vessels--46 CFR.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0514.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: This collection of information requires U.S.-flag 
operators to submit annual vessel operating costs and capital costs 
data to Maritime Administration officials. The information is used by 
the Maritime Administration in determining fair and reasonable 
guideline rates for the carriage of preference cargoes on U.S.-flag 
vessels. In addition, U.S.-flag vessel operators are required to submit 
Post Voyage Reports to the Maritime Administration after completion of 
a cargo preference voyage.
    Affected Public: U.S. citizens who own and operate U.S.-flag 
vessels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 51.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 102.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 306.

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: October 14, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-24822 Filed 10-17-14; 8:45 am]
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