[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 63247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17055]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2024-0104]


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

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0540 
(Determining Vessel Services Categories for Purposes of the Cargo 
Preference Act) will be used to create a list of Vessel Self-
Designations. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal 
Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. A 
60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this information 
collection was published on April 3, 2024 (Federal Register (FR) 23082, 
Vol. 89, No. 65).

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collections 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: Matthew Duggan, 202-366-5787, 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: Determining Vessel Services Categories for Purposes of the 
Cargo Preference Act.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0540.
    Type of Request: Extension Without Change of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection.
    Abstract: OMB 2133-0540 (Determining Vessel Services Categories for 
Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act) is used in the designation of 
service categories of individual vessels, which is required for 
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). MARAD will use the data submitted by vessel operators to 
create a list of Vessel Self-Designations.
    Respondents: Vessel owners/operators or their appointed agents.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit entities owning and/
or operating ocean vessels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.25.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50.
    Frequency of Response: Once annually (if needed).

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49.)

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-17055 Filed 8-1-24; 8:45 am]
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