[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49617-49618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20431]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0142]
Request for Comments of a New 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 June 12, 2019.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 21, 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: Mr. Lalit Raina, (202) 366-2314,
Office of Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Ocean Shipments Moving Under the Cargo Preference Act of
1954.
OMB Control Number: 2133-NEW.
Type of Request: Approval of a new Information Collection.
Background: FAR clause 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned
U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, as prescribed at 47.507(a), is used in
solicitations and contracts that may involve ocean transportation of
supplies subject to the Cargo Preference Act of 1954. The contractor
must submit one legible copy of a rated on-board bill of lading for
each shipment to both the contracting officer and the Maritime
Administration (MARAD). The contractor must flow
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this requirement down to all subcontracts and purchase orders under the
contract.
The information collection procedure requires that the designated
reporting party send already prepared bills of lading as presented by
the U.S.-flag and foreign-flag carriers. The bills of lading should be
sent to MARAD within 20 days of loading in the United States or 30 days
if originating outside the United States.
Respondents: Shippers of ocean borne equipment, materials, or
commodities financed in any way by federal funds (government implelled
cargo).
Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 8,040.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated time per Respondent: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 402.
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)
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Dated: September 17, 2019.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-20431 Filed 9-19-19; 8:45 am]
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