[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 156 (Friday, August 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39462-39463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15602]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2025-0400]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Collection: Application for Participation in the Maritime Security 
Program

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
its intention to request 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 2133-0525 
(Application for Participation in the Maritime Security Program) is 
used to determine: the best qualified applicants for inclusion in the 
Maritime Security Program (MSP) during open solicitations, and 
continued qualification for inclusion in MSP by existing participants 
based on their financial statements. Proposed changes include 
instructions for electronic submission of applications, updates to 
statutory citations, removal of commercial references that are no 
longer relevant to MSP, and changes to certain collected information 
that better reflects current maritime business practice. MARAD is 
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 information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Wanerman, 202-366-2306, Office 
of Sealift Support, Room W25-317, Mail Stop 1, Maritime Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey

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Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Application for Participation in the Maritime Security 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0525.
    Type of Request: Revision of a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: 46 U.S.C. 53101-11 provides for the enrollment of 
qualified vessels into the Maritime Security fleet. Applications and 
amendments are used to select vessels for the fleet.
    Respondents: Operators of oceangoing U.S.-registered commercial 
vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 212.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1-6 hours.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 308.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly/Annually.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this 
information collection was published on May 13, 2025 (90 FR 20341).

(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. 2025-15602 Filed 8-14-25; 8:45 am]
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