[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 34712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13827]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2025-0234]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Collection: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
our 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 2133-0005 
(Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements) is used to evaluate the 
financial condition of entities borrowing funds from or receiving 
financial benefits from MARAD. Since the last renewal, the public 
burden for this collection was updated to include mailing costs for 
respondents. 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: Steven S. Park, 202-366-1464, Email: 
[email protected], Office of Financial Approvals and Marine 
Insurance, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0005.
    Type of Request: Extension with change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: The Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements are used as 
a basis for preparing and filing semi-annual and annual financial 
statements with the Maritime Administration. Regulations requiring 
financial reports to the Maritime Administration are authorized by 
Section 801 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Financial reports are 
also required by regulation of purchasers of ships from MARAD on 
credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and of companies having 
Title XI guarantee obligations.
    Respondents: Vessel owners and vessel managers.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 100.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 9.5.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 950.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this 
information collection was published on April 29, 2025 (90 FR 17880).

(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. 2025-13827 Filed 7-22-25; 8:45 am]
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