Notice2022-15697
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S. Citizen Owned Documented Vessels
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Published
July 22, 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. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on May 12, 2022 (Federal Register 21294, Vol. 87, No. 92). The collection involves documenting Transfer of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S. Citizen owned documented vessels. 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 87, Number 140 (Friday, July 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43933-43934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15697]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2022-0131]
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved
Information Collection: Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry,
and Flag, or Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S. Citizen Owned
Documented Vessels
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. A Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following
information collection was published on May 12, 2022 (Federal Register
21294, Vol. 87, No. 92). The collection involves documenting Transfer
of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of
U.S. Citizen owned documented vessels. 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 August 22, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2022-0131 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
available on the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days
each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded
from the Office of the Federal Register's website at
<a href="http://www.FederalRegister.gov">www.FederalRegister.gov</a> and the Government Publishing Office's website
at <a href="http://www.GovInfo.gov">www.GovInfo.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katrina McRae, Vessel Transfer
Specialist, Office of Sealift Support, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC, 20590, (202) 366-3198, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#670c0613150e0906490a041506022703081349000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="214a405553484f400f4c4253404461454e550f464e57">[email protected]</span></a>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Request for Transfer of Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or
Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S.-Citizen Owned Documented Vessels.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0006.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Background: This collection provides information necessary for
MARAD to approve the sale, transfer, charter, lease, or mortgage of
U.S. documented vessels to non-citizens, or the transfer of such
vessels to foreign registry and flag, or the transfer of foreign flag
vessels by their owners as required by various contractual
requirements. The information will enable MARAD to determine whether
the vessel proposed for transfer will initially require retention under
the U.S.-flag statutory regulations.
Respondents: Vessel owners who have applied for foreign transfer of
U.S.-flag vessels.
Affected Public: Business or other for Profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 85.
Estimated Number of Responses: 85.
Estimated Hours per Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 170.
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Frequency of Collection: Annually.
(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. 2022-15697 Filed 7-21-22; 8:45 am]
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