[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64957-64958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25417]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0190]


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 August 27, 2019.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 26, 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: Daniel Ladd, 202-366-1859, Office of 
Financial Approvals, Maritime Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, W26-494, Washington, DC 
20590, 202-366-2321.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Capital Construction Fund and Exhibits.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0027.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: 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: Owners and Operators of U.S.-flag Vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 143.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated time per Respondent: 13.5.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1931.
    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

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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: November 19, 2019.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-25417 Filed 11-22-19; 8:45 am]
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