[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 59731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20866]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration (MARAD)

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2016 0089]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

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 June 
2, 2016 (35439 Federal Register, Vol. 81, No. 106).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 29, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William G. McDonald, 202-366-0688, 
Director, Office of Sealift Support, Maritime Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0505.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: This collection of information is used to gather 
information on tanker operators who agree to contribute, either by 
direct charter to the Department of Defense or to other participants 
tanker capacity as requested by the Maritime Administrator at such 
times and such amounts as determined to be necessary to meet the 
essential needs of DOD for the transportation of petroleum and 
petroleum products in bulk by sea. The Voluntary Tanker Agreement is a 
voluntary emergency preparedness agreement in accordance with Section 
708, Defense Production Act, 195, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2158).
    Affected Public: U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned vessels that are 
required to respond under current statute and regulation.
    Form(s): MA-1060.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 15.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15.

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.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator,

    Dated: August 23, 2016.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-20866 Filed 8-29-16; 8:45 am]
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