[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 45014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18503]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2015 0094]


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection(s): Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, 
or Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S. Citizen-Owned Documented

AGENCY: Maritime Administration.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The information to 
be collected will enable MARAD to determine whether the vessel proposed 
for transfer will initially require retention under the U.S.-flag 
statutory regulations. We are required to publish this notice in the 
Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 
104-13.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
200X-XXXX] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deveeda Midgett, (202) 366-2354, 
Office of Sealift Support, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0006.
    Title: Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or 
Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S. Citizen-Owned Documented.
    Form Numbers: MA-29, MA29A, MA-29B.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: This collection provides information necessary for 
MARAD to approve the sale, transfer, charter, lease, or mortgage of 
U.S. documented vessels to non-citizens; or the transfer of such 
vessels to foreign registry and flag; or the transfer of foreign flag 
vessels by their owners as required by various contractual 
requirements.
    Respondents: Respondents are vessel owners who have applied for 
foreign transfer of U.S.-flag vessels.
    Number of Respondents: 85.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Number of Responses: 85.
    Total Annual Burden: 170 Hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the Department's 
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the 
Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized 
without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency 
will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's 
clearance of this information collection.

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

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: July 23, 2015.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-18503 Filed 7-27-15; 8:45 am]
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