[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74865-74866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26034]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2016--0109]


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection(s): America's Marine Highway Program

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

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 be used by the Maritime Administration to evaluate 
and review applications being submitted for project designation. The 
review will assess factors such as project scope, impact, public 
benefit, environmental effect, offsetting costs, cost to the government 
(if any), the likelihood of long-term self-supporting operations, and 
its relationship with Marine Highway Routes once designated. 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 December 27, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2016-0109] 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: Lauren Brand, Office of Intermodal 
System Development, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-7057; or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0541.
    Title: America's Marine Highway Program.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Renewal of currently approved information 
collection.
    Background: The Department of Transportation will solicit 
applications for Marine Highway Projects as specified in the America's 
Marine Highway Program Final Rule, MARAD-2010-0035, published in the 
Federal Register on April 9, 2010. These applications must comply with 
the requirements of the referenced America's Marine Highway Program 
Final Rule, and be submitted in accordance with the instructions 
contained in that Final Rule. Open season for Marine Highway Project 
applications will be from December 31, 2016 through December 31, 2018.
    Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government and Business or 
other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 35.
    Frequency: Bi-annually.
    Number of Responses: 35.
    Total Annual Burden: 350.
    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

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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: October 18, 2016.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-26034 Filed 10-26-16; 8:45 am]
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