[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 208 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60345-60346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23765]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2021-0240]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Application for Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility 
Determinations for Foreign-Built Small Passenger Vessels

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Transportation (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 15, 2021.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 1, 2021.

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: James Mead, 202-366-5723, Office of 
Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Application for Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility 
Determinations for Foreign-built Small Passenger Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0529.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: Owners of foreign-built small passenger vessels desiring 
a coastwise endorsement to their USCG issued certificate of 
documentation

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must first obtain a Maritime Administration (MARAD) eligibility 
determination. Applications for MARAD small passenger vessel coastwise 
endorsement eligibility provides justification for a positive 
determination and a uniform means for MARAD to obtain relevant 
information necessary to perform its administrative function in 
accordance with statute.
    Respondents: Owners of foreign-built small passenger vessels, 
prospective vessel owners and operators, vessel brokers.
    Affected Public: Maritime businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 138.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 138.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 138.
    Public Comments Invited: 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)
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    By Order of the Acting Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-23765 Filed 10-29-21; 8:45 am]
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