[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73697-73698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29084]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2014 0148]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Application for Construction Reserve Fund and Annual 
Statements (CRF)

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Transportation.

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 
September 18, 2014 (Federal Register 56119, Vol. 79, No. 181) and 
comments were due by November 17, 2014. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 12, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Ladd, 202-366-1859, Office of 
Financial Approvals, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Application for Construction Reserve Fund and Annual 
Statements (CRF).
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0032
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection
    Abstract: In accordance with Section 511 of the Merchant Marine Act 
of 1936, as amended, all citizens who own or operate vessels in the 
U.S. domestic or foreign commerce and desire ``tax'' benefits under the 
Construction Reserve Fund (CRF) program, are required to submit to 
MARAD an application for benefits. The annual statement provided to 
MARAD officials sets forth a detailed analysis of the CRF when each 
income tax return is filed. The application is required in order for 
MARAD to determine whether the applicant is qualified for the benefits, 
and the annual statements are required in order for MARAD to assure 
that the requirements of the program are being satisfied.
    Affected Public: Owners or operators of vessels in the domestic or 
foreign commerce.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 17
    Estimated Number of Responses: 17
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 153

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;

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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: December 2, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-29084 Filed 12-10-14; 8:45 am]
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