Notice2021-15066
Request for Comments on a Previously Approved Information Collection: Application for Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility Determinations for Foreign-Built Small Passenger Vessels
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Published
July 15, 2021
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentMaritime Administration
Abstract
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew a previously approved information collection. The information to be collected is necessary for MARAD to identify the effect of potential foreign-built small passenger vessel coastwise operations on U.S. vessel builders and coastwise trade businesses. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 133 (Thursday, July 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37405-37406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15066]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2021-0122]
Request for Comments on a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Application for Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility
Determinations for Foreign-Built Small Passenger Vessels
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on
our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew a previously approved information collection. The
information to be collected is necessary for MARAD to identify the
effect of potential foreign-built small passenger vessel coastwise
operations on U.S. vessel builders and coastwise trade businesses. We
are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 13, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. MARAD-
2021-0122] through one of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Search
using the above DOT docket number and follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
<bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
<bullet> 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
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> including any personal information provided.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary 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 minimized 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.
Electronic Access and Filing
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using the docket number listed above. A copy of this notice will be
placed in the docket. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Mead, 202-366-5723, Office of
Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd979c90988ed390989c99bd999289d39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0369626e66702d6e66626743676c772d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility
Determinations for Foreign-built Small Passenger Vessels.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0529.
Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved collection.
Abstract: Owners of foreign-built small passenger vessels desiring
a coastwise endorsement to their USCG issued certificate of
documentation must first obtain a Maritime Administration (MARAD)
eligibility determination. Applications for MARAD small passenger
vessel coastwise endorsement eligibility provide justification for a
positive determination and a uniform means for MARAD to obtain relevant
information necessary to perform its administrative function in
accordance with statute.
Respondents: Owners of foreign-built small passenger vessels,
prospective vessel owners and operators, vessel brokers.
Affected Public: Maritime businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 138.
Estimated Number of Responses: 138.
Estimated Hours per Response: 1 hour.
Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 138.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.
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By Order of the Acting Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-15066 Filed 7-14-21; 8:45 am]
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