[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3482-3483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00838]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0004]


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 February 20, 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: Michael C. Pucci, (202) 366-5167, 
Division of Maritime Programs, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Requirements for Eligibility of U.S.-Flag Vessels of 100 
Feet or Greater in Registered Length to Obtain a Fishery Endorsement.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0530.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: In accordance with the American Fisheries Act of 1998, 
owners of vessels of 100 feet or greater who wish to obtain a fishery 
endorsement to the vessel's documentation are required to file with the 
Maritime Administration (MARAD) an Affidavit of United States 
Citizenship and other supporting documentation.
    Respondents: Vessel Owners, charterers, mortgagees, mortgage 
trustees and managers of vessels of 100 feet or greater who seek a 
fishery endorsement for the vessel.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 500.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated time per Respondent: 6 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,950.
    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

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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: January 15, 2020.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-00838 Filed 1-17-20; 8:45 am]
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