[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 109 (Monday, June 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 24312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10405]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2025-0095]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Collection: Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for 
Small Passenger Vessels

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
its intention to request approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) to renew an information collection in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0529 
(Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for Small Passenger 
Vessels) is used to identify the effect of potential foreign-built 
small passenger vessel coastwise operations on U.S. vessel builders and 
coastwise trade businesses. Since the last renewal there was an 
increase in the total respondents, responses, burden hours and cost to 
respondents. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal 
Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 8, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. MARAD-2025-
0095 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.
     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 reasonable 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 lessened 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Hagerty, 202-366-0903, 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 Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for Small 
Passenger Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0529.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Owners of foreign-built small passenger vessels must 
request an eligibility determination from the Maritime Administration 
(MARAD) to engage in coastwise trade. This collection of information 
provide justification for a positive determination and a uniform mean 
for MARAD to obtain relevant information to perform its administrative 
function in accordance with statute.
    Respondents: Owners and prospective owners, vessel agents, brokers 
and charterers of U.S. built vessels; was not U.S. built and is at 
least 3 years old; or if U.S. rebuilt, was rebuilt in the U.S. or 
outside of the United States at least 3 years before a coastwise 
endorsement under 46 U.S.C. (b) would take effect.
    Affected Public: U.S. vessel builders and owners of U.S. passenger 
vessels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

(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 Administration.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-10405 Filed 6-6-25; 8:45 am]
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