[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 13730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05050]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2017-0043]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 November 1, 2016 (81 FR 75904). No comments 
were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 13, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Yarrington, 202-366-1915, 
Director, Office of Marine Insurance, Maritime Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Approval of Underwriters of Marine Hull Insurance.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0517.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: This collection of information involves the approval of 
marine hull underwriters to insure MARAD program vessels. Applicants 
will be required to submit financial data upon which MARAD approval 
would be based. This information is needed in order that MARAD 
officials can evaluate the underwriters and determine their suitability 
for providing marine hull insurance on MARAD vessels.
    Affected Public: Marine insurance brokers and underwriters of 
marine insurance.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 62.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 62.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 46.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.

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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2017.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-05050 Filed 3-13-17; 8:45 am]
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