[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 97 (Friday, May 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 27676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10693]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2021-0068]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection--Quarterly Readiness of Strategic Seaport 
Facilities Reporting

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 renew an information collection. The information to be 
collected will be used by MARAD and Department of Defense (DoD) 
personnel to evaluate strategic commercial seaport readiness to prepare 
for contingency military deployment needs and make plans for the use of 
this capability to meet national emergency requirements. We are 
required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before July 20, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket No. MARAD-
2021-0068 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 20590-0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this rulemaking.
    Note: All comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided.
    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.

Electronic Access and Filing

    A copy of the notice may be viewed online at www.regulations.gov 
using the docket number listed above. A copy of this notice will be 
placed in the docket. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are 
available on the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days 
each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded 
from the Office of the Federal Register's website at 
www.FederalRegister.gov and the Government Publishing Office's website 
at www.GovInfo.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Butram, Maritime 
Administration, at [email protected] or at 202-366-1976. You may 
send mail to Matthew Butram, Office of Sealift Support, Room W25-218, 
Mail Stop 1, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Quarterly Readiness of Strategic Seaport Facilities 
Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0548.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: Pursuant to E.O. 12656 and 49 CFR 1.81(10), 49 CFR part 
33; the Maritime Administration (MARAD) issues, for emergency planning 
and preparedness purposes, a Port Readiness Plan (PRP) to each 
strategic commercial seaport (port) designated by the Commander, 
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC). The PRP 
identifies specific facilities that DoD may need to support the 
deployment of Armed Forced of the United States or other emergency 
needs to promote the national defense. The collection of quarterly 
information is necessary to validate the ports' ability to provide PRP-
delineated facilities to the DOD within the PRP-delineated timeline.
    Respondents: Strategic Commercial Seaports who have been designated 
by the Commander, SDDC and who have been issued a PRP by MARAD.
    Affected Public: Strategic Commercial Seaports.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 17.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 4.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 68.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.)
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    By Order of the Acting Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: May 17, 2021.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-10693 Filed 5-20-21; 8:45 am]
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