[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18966-18967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08170]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2017-0077]


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection(s): Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

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)

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approval to renew an information collection. 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 June 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2017-0077] 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: Russell Krause, 202-366-1031, Division 
of Sealift Operations and Emergency Response, Maritime Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0025.
    Title: Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER).
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: This collection of information is used to gather 
information regarding the location of U.S.-flag vessels and certain 
other U.S. citizen-owned vessels for the purpose of search and rescue 
in the saving of lives at sea and for the marshalling of ships for 
national defense and safety purposes. The collection of information is 
necessary for maintaining a current plot of U.S.-flag and U.S.-owned 
vessels.
    Respondents: U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned vessels.
    Number of Respondents: 171.
    Number of Responses: 31,293.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,191.
    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: April 18, 2017.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-08170 Filed 4-21-17; 8:45 am]
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