[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32827-32828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14503]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0113]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

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. A Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information 
collection was published on April 29, 2019.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 8, 2019.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Bratton, Office of Financial 
Approvals, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-5769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Determination of Fair and Reasonable Rates for the Carriage 
of Agricultural Cargoes on U.S. Commercial Vessels--46 CFR.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0514.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: This collection of information requires U.S.-flag 
operators

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to submit annual vessel operating costs and capital costs data to 
Maritime Administration officials. The information is used by the 
Maritime Administration in determining fair and reasonable guideline 
rates for the carriage of preference cargoes on U.S.-flag vessels. In 
addition, U.S.-flag vessel operators are required to submit Post Voyage 
Reports to the Maritime Administration after completion of a cargo 
preference voyage.
    Respondents: U.S. citizens who own and operate U.S.-flag vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 68.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1-4 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 176.
    Public Comments Invited: Comments are invited on: Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the 
Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information 
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

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

    Dated: July 2, 2019.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-14503 Filed 7-8-19; 8:45 am]
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