[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 44970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18401]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0137]


Request for Comments on the Approval of a new Proposed 
Information Collection: Capital Construction Fund and Exhibits

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 collected information 
is necessary for MARAD to determine an applicant's eligibility to enter 
into a CCF Agreement. 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 October 28, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. MARAD-
2019-0028] 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: Daniel Ladd, 202-366-1859, Maritime 
Administration, Office of Financial Approvals, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-2321 or E-MAIL: [email protected]. Copies of 
this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Capital Construction Fund and Exhibits.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0027.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: This information collection consists of an application 
for a Capital Construction Fund (CCF) agreement under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 
535 and annual submissions of appropriate schedules and exhibits. The 
Capital Construction Fund is a tax-deferred ship construction fund that 
was created to assist owners and operators of U.S.-flag vessels in 
accumulating the large amount of capital necessary for the 
modernization and expansion of the U.S. merchant marine. The program 
encourages construction, reconstruction, or acquisition of vessels 
through the deferment of Federal income taxes on certain deposits of 
money or other property placed into a CCF.
    Respondents: 143.
    Affected Public: U.S. citizens who own or lease one or more 
eligible vessels and who have a program to provide for the acquisition, 
construction or reconstruction of a qualified vessel.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 143.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 143.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 13.5.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1931.
    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: August 22, 2019.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-18401 Filed 8-26-19; 8:45 am]
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