[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 221 (Monday, November 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 73127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25210]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0154]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System

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 August 27, 2020.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice 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: Mark O'Malley, 202-366-9347, Division 
of Sealift Operations and Emergency Response, Maritime Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0025.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: This collection of information will be used to gather 
information regarding the location of U.S.-flag vessels and certain 
other U.S. citizen-owned vessels for the purpose of search and rescue 
in the saving of lives at sea and for the marshalling of ships for 
national defense and safety purposes. The collection of information is 
necessary for maintaining a current plot of U.S.-flag and U.S.-owned 
vessels.
    Respondents: U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 171.
    Estimated Total Number of Responses: 31,293 (183 per Respondents).
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Hours per Respondent: .07.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2191.
    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: November 10, 2020.
    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-25210 Filed 11-13-20; 8:45 am]
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