[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 7167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03694]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0013]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, 
and Flag, or Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S. Citizen-Owned 
Documented Vessels

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 enable MARAD to determine whether the vessel proposed 
for transfer will initially require retention under the U.S.-flag 
statutory regulations.
    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 April 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. MARAD-
2019-0013] 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: Deveeda Midgette, (202) 366-2354, 
Office of Sealift Support, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W23-631, Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or 
Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S. Citizen-Owned Documented.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0006.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: This collection provides information necessary for MARAD 
to approve the sale, transfer, charter, lease, or mortgage of U.S. 
documented vessels to non-citizens; or the transfer of such vessels to 
foreign registry and flag; or the transfer of foreign flag vessels by 
their owners as required by various contractual requirements.
    Respondents: Respondents are vessel owners who have applied for 
foreign transfer of U.S.-flag vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for Profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 85.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 85.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 2.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 170.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.)
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    Dated: February 26, 2019.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-03694 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]
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