[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25006-25007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10294]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2015 0047]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Effective U.S. Control (EUSC)/Parent Company

AGENCY: Maritime Administration (MARAD), Department of 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 
January 21, 2015 (80 FR 3005).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 1, 2015,

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russ Krause, 202-366-1031, Division of 
Sealift Operations and Emergency Response, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Effective U.S. Control (EUSC)/Parent Company.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0511.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The Effective U.S. Control (EUSC) Parent Company 
collection consists of an inventory of foreign registered vessels owned 
by U.S. citizens. Specifically, the collection consists of responses 
from vessel owners verifying or correcting vessel ownership data and 
characteristics found in commercial publications. The information 
obtained could be vital in a national or international emergency, and 
is essential to the logistical support planning operations conducted by 
MARAD officials. The information is used in contingency planning and 
provides data related to potential sealift

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capacity to support movement of fuel and military equipment to crisis 
zones.
    Affected Public: U.S. citizens who own foreign-registered vessels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 60.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 60.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30.

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: April 27, 2015.
Thomas M. Hudson, Jr.,
Acting Maritime Secretary, Office of Chief Council.
[FR Doc. 2015-10294 Filed 4-30-15; 8:45 am]
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