[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 9917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03975]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2026-0267]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Ocean Shipments Moving Under Export-Import Bank 
Financing

AGENCY: Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 2133-0013 (Ocean Shipments Moving Under Export-
Import (EXIM) Bank Financing) is used to document shipments made during 
the life of certain EXIM Bank financed projects. Collected information 
is necessary for MARAD to fulfill its legislative requirement to 
monitor the percentage of ocean freight revenues and tonnage. 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 collection 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: Lisa Burley, 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: Ocean Shipments Moving Under Export-Import Bank Financing.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0013.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: MARAD uses this information collection to monitor 
compliance with the cargo preference laws by parties covered under 
Procedural Regulation 17 (PR 17) and 46 U.S.C. 55304, compile annual 
information on EXIM Bank-financed shipments, and when applicable, 
provide for an informal grievance procedure, in the event there is a 
question or complaint pertaining to cargo preference matters.
    The monthly shipping reports, with substantiating documents, 
provide the only basis for MARAD to exercise its legislative 
responsibility to monitor EXIM Bank-financed cargoes that are 
transported on U.S.-flag vessels, recipient flag vessels, and on third-
flag vessels, according to the determinations and certifications of 
vessel non-availability that MARAD has granted. The compilation of the 
statistics from the shipping reports forms the basis for determining 
compliance with PR 17 for each loan participant. This information is 
also provided to the EXIM Bank and is the nucleus for conducting annual 
reviews of the shipping activities of the EXIM Bank programs.
    Respondents: All EXIM Bank loan and certain loan guarantee 
recipients and designated representatives charged with the 
responsibility of monthly and annual reporting. These respondents 
include but are not limited to can be contractors, ocean transportation 
intermediaries, and suppliers, etc.
    Affected Public: EXIM Bank loan and certain loan guarantee 
recipients.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 390.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .5.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 195.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly and Annually.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this 
information collection was published on December 23, 2025 (90 Federal 
Register (FR) 60233).

(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. 2026-03975 Filed 2-26-26; 8:45 am]
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