[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12073-12074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05498]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2018-0036]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade 
Laws for Small Passenger Vessels

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. The information to be collected 
will be used to process applications for waivers of the coastwise trade 
laws, and to determine the effect such waivers would have on United 
States vessel builders and United States-built vessel operators before 
granting or denying the waiver request. A Federal Register Notice with 
a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following 
information collection was published on December 5, 2017.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 18, 2018.

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: Michael Hokana, 202-366-0760, Office 
of Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Application for Waiver of the coastwise Trade Laws for Small 
Passenger vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0529.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: Owners of small, foreign-built passenger vessels desiring 
a waiver of U.S. build requirement to operate commercially in the 
carriage of twelve passengers or less in domestic trade will be 
required to file a written application to the Maritime Administration 
(MARAD). The agency will review the application, post it for 30-days in 
the Federal Register to seek public comment, and then make a 
determination based on the record as to whether to grant the requested 
waiver or not.
    Respondents: Small passenger vessel owners who desire to operate in 
the coastwise trade.
    Affected Public: Business or other for Profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 138.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 138.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 138.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.


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(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: March 14, 2018.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-05498 Filed 3-16-18; 8:45 am]
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