[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 60119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20872]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2016-0087]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Maritime Administration (MARAD).

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 (Federal Register 35440, Vol. 81, No.106).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Jackson, 202-366-0615, 
Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., W26-494, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Maritime Administration Service Delivery.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0546.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: This collection of information is necessary to enable the 
Agency to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 
timely manner, in accordance with our commitment to improving service 
delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders 
will help ensure that users have an effective, efficient, and 
satisfying experience with the Agency's programs. This feedback will 
provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences 
and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or 
focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in 
operations might improve delivery of products or services. These 
collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable 
communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. 
It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement 
of program management.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and 
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 15.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5900.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 5900.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1758.
    Frequency of Response: Once.

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. 2016-20872 Filed 8-30-16; 8:45 am]
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