[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53558-53559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21821]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0157]


Request for Comments on the Approval of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Voluntary Tanker Agreement

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. This collection of 
information is used to gather information on tanker operators who agree 
to contribute, either by direct charter to the Department of Defense or 
to other participants tanker capacity as requested by the Maritime 
Administrator at such times and such amounts as determined to be 
necessary to meet the essential needs of DOD for the transportation of 
petroleum and petroleum products in bulk by sea. The Voluntary Tanker 
Agreement is a voluntary emergency preparedness 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 December 6, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. MARAD-2019-
0157 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ram Nagendran, 202-366-8584, Office of 
Sealift Support, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC, 20590, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0505.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The Voluntary Tanker Agreement is a voluntary emergency 
preparedness agreement in accordance with Section 708, Defense 
Production Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4558). The collection consists of 
a request from the Maritime Administration (MARAD) that each 
participant in the Voluntary Tanker Agreement submit a list of the 
names of ships owned, chartered or contracted for by the participant, 
their size, flags of registry, and other pertinent information. There 
is a recommended format for this information included as part of the 
application. The collection of information is necessary to evaluate 
tanker capability and make plans for use of this capability to meet 
national emergency requirements. This information will be used by both 
MARAD and Department of Defense to establish contingency plans.
    Respondents: Coastwise qualified vessel owners, operators, 
charterers, brokers and vessel representatives.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 15 (1 per respondent).
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1 hr.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Public Comments Invited: 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.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49.)
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    Dated: October 2, 2019.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-21821 Filed 10-4-19; 8:45 am]
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