[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6694-6695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02272]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0017]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Title XI Obligation Guarantees

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 22, 2019.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 6, 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: David Gilmore, (202) 366-366-2118, 
Office of Marine Financing, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Title XI Obligations Guarantees--46 CFR part 298.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0018.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Background: In accordance with 46 U.S.C. Chapter 537, the Maritime 
Administration (MARAD) is authorized to execute a full faith and credit 
guarantee by the United States of debt obligations issued to finance or 
refinance the construction or reconstruction of vessels. In addition, 
the program allows for financing shipyard modernization and improvement 
projects.
    Respondents: Individuals/businesses interested in obtaining loan 
guarantees for construction or reconstruction of vessels as well as 
businesses interested in shipyard modernization and improvements.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 150 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.
    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: January 31, 2020.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-02272 Filed 2-4-20; 8:45 am]
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