Notice2022-14903
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Ocean Shipments Moving Under Export-Import Bank Financing
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Published
July 13, 2022
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 an information collection. The collection involves documenting shipments made during the life of certain EXIM Bank financed projects. The information to be collected is necessary for MARAD to fulfill its legislative requirement to monitor the percentage of ocean freight revenues/tonnage. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on May 3, 2022. This document described a collection of information for which MARAD intends to seek OMB approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41859-41860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14903]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2021-0129]
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved
Information Collection: Ocean Shipments Moving Under Export-Import Bank
Financing
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 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 an information collection. The collection involves
documenting shipments made during the life of certain EXIM Bank
financed projects. The information to be collected is necessary for
MARAD to fulfill its legislative requirement to monitor the percentage
of ocean freight revenues/tonnage. We are required to publish this
notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information collection was published on May
3, 2022. This document described a collection of information for which
MARAD intends to seek OMB approval.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2021-0129] 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
A copy of the notice may be viewed online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>
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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each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James 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: Ocean Shipments Moving Under Export-Import Bank Financing.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0013.
Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The information collection will be used by MARAD to
monitor compliance with the cargo preference laws by parties covered
under PR 17 and 46 CFR part 381. In addition, MARAD will use the
information to compile annual information on EXIM Bank-financed
shipments, and when applicable, to 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, will
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 have been 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.
MARAD uses the information collected as part of the Transparency
Initiative to share with the EXIM Bank. MARAD also intends to use the
information to assist EXIM Bank shippers with finding suitable U.S.-
flag vessels and in support of the determinations MARAD makes with
respect to requests from EXIM Bank shippers for certifications of non-
availability.
Respondents: All EXIM Bank loan and certain loan guarantee
recipients and designated representatives charged with the
responsibility of monthly and annual reporting. These can be a
contractor, ocean transportation intermediary, supplier, etc.
Affected Public: EXIM Bank loan and certain loan guarantee
recipients.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 28.
Estimated Number of Responses: 12.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5.
Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 168.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-14903 Filed 7-12-22; 8:45 am]
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