[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 9363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04356]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2018-0029]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Quarterly Readiness of Strategic Seaport 
Facilities Reporting

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
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 MARAD and Department of Defense (DoD) 
personnel to evaluate strategic commercial seaport readiness to meet 
contingency military deployment needs and make plans for the use of 
this capability to meet national emergency requirements. We are 
required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 4, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2018-0029] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Search using the above DOT docket number and 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.
    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: Nuns Jain, (757) 322-5801, Maritime 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 7737 Hampton 
Boulevard, Building 19, Suite 300, Norfolk, VA 23505 or Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Quarterly Readiness of Strategic Seaport Facilities 
Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0548.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: Pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended (Pub. L. 111-67), E.O. 13603, E.O. 12656 and 46 CFR part 340, 
MARAD works with the DoD to ensure national defense preparedness. 
Accordingly, MARAD issues Port Planning Orders (PPOs) to Department of 
Defense-designated Strategic Commercial Seaports in order to provide 
the Department of Defense (DoD) port facilities in support of military 
deployments during national emergencies. The collection of quarterly 
information is necessary to validate the port's ability to provide the 
PPO delineated facilities to the DoD within the PPO delineated time 
frame.
    Quarterly reports will seek information related to berthing 
capability, staging and general availability of the port by readiness 
hours.
    Respondents: Strategic Commercial Seaports who have been designated 
by the Commander, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command 
(SDDC) and who have been issued a PPO by MARAD.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 16.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 4.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 64.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly.

(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: February 27, 2018.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-04356 Filed 3-2-18; 8:45 am]
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