Notice2021-17591
Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services Categories for Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act
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Published
August 17, 2021
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentMaritime Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on May 21, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 46077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17591]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2021-0185]
Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services Categories for
Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information
collection was published on May 21, 2021.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Jim Mead, (202) 366-5723, Office of
Cargo and Commercial Sealift, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services Categories for
Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0540.
Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Background: The purpose is to provide information to be used in the
designation of service categories of individual vessels for purposes of
compliance with the Cargo Preference Act under a Memorandum of
Understanding entered into by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.
Agency for International Development, and the Maritime Administration.
MARAD will use the data submitted by vessel operators to create a list
of Vessel Self-Designations and determine whether MARAD agrees or
disagrees with a vessel owner's designation of a vessel.
Respondents: Owners or operators of U.S.-registered vessels and
foreign-registered vessels.
Affected Public: Business Owners for Profits.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated time per Respondent: .25.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 50.
Public Comments Invited: Comments are invited on: Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93)
By Order of the Acting Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-17591 Filed 8-16-21; 8:45 am]
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