[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23595-23596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09005]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0068]


Request for Comments on the Approval of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: War Risk Insurance, Applications and Related 
Information

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. The information to be 
collected will be used to determine the eligibility of the applicant 
and the vessel(s) for participation in the War Risk Insurance program. 
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 June 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. MARAD-
2020-0068] 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.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Yarrington, 202-366-1915, 
Office of Marine Insurance, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: War Risk Insurance Applications and Related Information.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0011.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: As authorized by Section 1202, Title XII, Merchant Marine 
Act, 1936, as amended, (46 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  53901-53912) (Act), the 
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (Secretary) may 
provide war risk insurance for national defense or the

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adequate for the needs of the waterborne commerce of the United States, 
if such insurance cannot be obtained on reasonable terms and conditions 
from companies authorized to do an insurance business in a state of the 
United States.
    Respondents: Vessel owners or charterers interested in 
participating in MARAD's war risk insurance program.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 20.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 12.8.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 256.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

(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: April 23, 2020.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-09005 Filed 4-27-20; 8:45 am]
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