[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68117-68118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23716]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0135]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements

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 July 30, 2020.

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

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Ladd, Director, 202-366-5769, 
Office of Financial Approvals, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0005.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection
    Background: The Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements are used 
as a basis for preparing and filing semi-annual and annual financial 
statements with the Maritime Administration. Regulations requiring 
financial reports to MARAD are authorized by Section 801, Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C. 1211). Financial reports 
are also required by regulation of purchasers of ships from MARAD on 
credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and of companies having 
Title XI guarantee obligations (46 CFR part 298).
    Respondents: Vessel owners acquiring ships from MARAD on credit, 
companies chartering ships from MARAD, and companies having Title XI

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guarantee obligations.U.S. citizens who own and operate U.S.-flag 
vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 100.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 9.5.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 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 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: October 22, 2020.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-23716 Filed 10-26-20; 8:45 am]
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