[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 140 (Friday, July 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43933-43934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15697]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2022-0131]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, 
and Flag, or Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S. Citizen Owned 
Documented Vessels

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. A Federal Register Notice 
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following 
information collection was published on May 12, 2022 (Federal Register 
21294, Vol. 87, No. 92). The collection involves documenting Transfer 
of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of 
U.S. Citizen owned documented vessels. 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 August 22, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2022-0131 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: Katrina McRae, Vessel Transfer 
Specialist, Office of Sealift Support, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC, 20590, (202) 366-3198, [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or 
Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S.-Citizen Owned Documented Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0006.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Background: This collection provides information necessary for 
MARAD to approve the sale, transfer, charter, lease, or mortgage of 
U.S. documented vessels to non-citizens, or the transfer of such 
vessels to foreign registry and flag, or the transfer of foreign flag 
vessels by their owners as required by various contractual 
requirements. The information will enable MARAD to determine whether 
the vessel proposed for transfer will initially require retention under 
the U.S.-flag statutory regulations.
    Respondents: Vessel owners who have applied for foreign transfer of 
U.S.-flag vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for Profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 85.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 85.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 170.

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    Frequency of Collection: Annually.

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

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-15697 Filed 7-21-22; 8:45 am]
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