[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70612-70613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27989]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2014-0145]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for 
Small Passenger Vessels

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

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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 
August 26, 2014 (Federal Register 50980, Vol. 79, No. 165) and comments 
were due by October 27, 2014. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 26, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hokana, 202-366-0760, Office 
of Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Application for Waiver of the coastwise Trade Laws for Small 
Passenger vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0529.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: Owners of small passenger vessels desiring waiver of the 
coastwise trade laws affecting small passenger vessels will be required 
to file a written application and justification for waiver to the 
Maritime Administration (MARAD). The agency will review the application 
and make a determination whether to grant the requested waiver.
    Affected Public: Small passenger vessel owners who desire to 
operate in the coastwise trade.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 95.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 95.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 95.

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: November 20, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-27989 Filed 11-25-14; 8:45 am]
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