[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 71069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27681]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0206]


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 October 7, 2019.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 27, 2020.

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: William McDonald, 202-366-0688, 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.
    Background: This collection of information is used to gather 
information on tanker operators who agree to contribute tanker capacity 
as requested by the Maritime Administrator at such times and in such 
amounts to meet essential needs of the Department of Defense (DOD) for 
the transportation of petroleum and petroleum products in bulk by sea. 
The Voluntary Tanker Agreement is a voluntary emergency preparedness 
agreement in accordance with Section 708, Defense Production Act, 1950, 
as amended (50 U.S.C. 4558).
    Respondents: U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned vessels that are 
required to respond under current statute and regulation.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 15.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 Hr.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 15.
    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: December 18, 2019.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-27681 Filed 12-23-19; 8:45 am]
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