[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 128 (Thursday, July 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 31389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14097]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2017-0118]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements

AGENCY: Maritime Administration.

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. The Uniform Financial Reporting 
Requirements are used as a basis for preparing and filing semi-annual 
and annual financial statements with MARAD. A Federal Register Notice 
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following 
information collection was published on April 24, 2017.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 7, 2017.

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: (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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Ladd, Director, 202-366-1859, 
Office of Financial Approvals, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0005.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements are used as 
a basis for preparing and filing semi-annual and annual financial 
statements with the Maritime Administration. Regulations requiring 
financial reports to MARAD are authorized by Section 801, Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C. 1211). Financial reports 
are also required by regulation of purchasers of ships from MARAD on 
credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and of companies having 
Title XI guarantee obligations (46 CFR part 298).
    Affected Public: Vessel owners acquiring ships from MARAD on 
credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and companies having 
Title XI guarantee obligations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 100.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 9.5.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 950.
    Frequency of Response: Twice a year.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.
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    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: June 29, 2017.
Gabriel Chavez,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-14097 Filed 7-5-17; 8:45 am]
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