[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 97 (Friday, May 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27676-27677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10696]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2021-0032]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services 
Categories for Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act

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 by the Maritime Administration to create a list 
of Vessel Self-Designations and determine whether the Agency agrees or 
disagrees with a vessel owner's designation of a vessel. It will use 
data submitted with re-designation requests to determine whether or not 
a vessel should be re-designated into a different service category. 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 July 20, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-

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2021-0032 through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this rulemaking.
    Note: All comments received will be posted without change to 
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: Jim Mead, (202) 366-5723, Office of 
Cargo and Commercial Sealift, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services Categories for 
Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0540.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide information to be used in the 
designation of service categories of individual vessels for purposes of 
compliance with the Cargo Preference Act under a Memorandum of 
Understanding entered into by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. 
Agency for International Development, and the Maritime Administration. 
MARAD will use the data submitted by vessel operators to create a list 
of Vessel Self-Designations and determine whether MARAD agrees or 
disagrees with a vessel owner's designation of a vessel.
    Respondents: Owners or operators of U.S.-registered vessels and 
foreign-registered vessels.
    Affected Public: Business Owners for Profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .25.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50.
    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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    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: May 17, 2021.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-10696 Filed 5-20-21; 8:45 am]
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