[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76182-76183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21104]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2024-0122]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Collection: Shipbuilding Orderbook and Shipyard Employment

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 proposed collection 
OMB 2133-0029 (Shipbuilding Orderbook and Shipyard Employment) is used 
to provide essential information for reports, services, projects, and 
database to better understand the current state of the shipyards in the 
U.S. In compliance with the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 
MARAD conducts this survey to obtain information from the shipbuilding 
and ship repair industry to be used primarily to determine if an 
adequate mobilization base exists for national defense and for use in a 
national emergency. There are no changes to the collection since the 
last renewal. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal 
Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

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: Elizabeth Gearhart, 202-366-1867, 
Office of Shipyards and Marine Engineering (MAR 720), Maritime 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave 
SE, Washington, DC 20590, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Shipbuilding Orderbook and Shipyard 
Employment.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0029.
    Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: In compliance with 46 U.S.C. 50102 (2007), the Merchant 
Marine Act of 1936, as amended, MARAD conducts this survey to obtain 
information from the shipbuilding and ship repair industry to be used 
primarily to determine if an adequate mobilization base exists for 
national defense and for use in a national emergency.
    Respondents: Owners of U.S. shipyards who agree to complete the 
requested information.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100.
    Frequency of Response: Once Annually.

[[Page 76183]]

    A 60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this 
information collection was published on June 13, 2024 (89 FR 50405).

(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. 2024-21104 Filed 9-16-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-81-P