Notice2023-10978
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Application and Reporting Elements for Participation in the Tanker Security Program
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Published
May 23, 2023
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 proposed collection OMB 2133-0554 (Application and Reporting Elements for Participation in the Tanker Security Program) will be used to evaluate the eligibility of the applicant for participation in the Tanker Security Program (TSP). A minor change request to include a privacy act statement for the collection of personally identifiable information will be added to the form for this collection. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. A 60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this information collection was published on March 20, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33189-33190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10978]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2023-0101]
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved
Information Collection: Application and Reporting Elements for
Participation in the Tanker Security Program
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 proposed collection
OMB 2133-0554 (Application and Reporting Elements for Participation in
the Tanker Security Program) will be used to evaluate the eligibility
of the applicant for participation in the Tanker Security Program
(TSP). A minor change request to include a privacy act statement for
the collection of personally identifiable information will be added to
the form for this collection. We are required to publish this notice in
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. A 60-day
Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this information
collection was published on March 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collections should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/</a>PRAMain. 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: David Hatcher, Office of Sealift
Support, Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, telephone: 202-366-0688, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#430722352a276d0b2237202b26317203272c376d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d89cb9aeb1bcf690b9acbbb0bdaae998bcb7acf6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application and Reporting Elements for Participation in the
Tanker Security Program.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0554.
Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved information
collection.
Abstract: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (FY21 NDAA) authorized the Secretary of Transportation to
establish the Tanker Security Program (TSP) comprised of a fleet of
active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned product
tank vessels of the United States. The fleet will meet national defense
and other security requirements and maintain a United States presence
in international commercial shipping. The National Defense
Authorization for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22 NDAA) made minor adjustments
related to the participation of long-term charters in the TSP. OMB
2133-0554 (Application and Reporting Elements for Participation in the
Tanker Security Program) provides for enrollment of eligible tank
vessels in the program for FY 2022 through FY 2035.
This information collection supports the Department of
Transportation's strategic goal for National Security. A fuel tanker
study required by the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization
Act (FY20 NDAA) examined the sufficiency of the U.S.-
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flagged tanker fleet to meet National Defense Strategy (NDS)
requirements. The report's summary found there to be a substantial risk
to the nation's defense associated with a heavy reliance on foreign-
flagged tankers, particularly within a contested environment. The
location, timing, and specific missions associated with some tanker
requirements dictate the need for U.S.- flagged assets, for which there
currently are insufficient numbers available. The report's gap analysis
found a clear and critical need for a tanker security program to
increase U.S.-flagged tanker capacity, to reduce the risk of reliance
on foreign-flagged tankers for the most important fuel missions, and to
ensure the Department of Defense (DoD) has sufficient tanker
capabilities to meet NDS objectives. In response to the FY20 NDAA Fuel
Tanker Study, Congress directed in the FY21 NDAA, with minor
adjustments in the FY22 NDAA, that the Secretary of Transportation, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, establish a fleet of
active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned product
tanker vessels to meet national defense and other security requirements
and maintain a United States presence in international commercial
shipping. The Maritime Administration worked with the DoD's United
States Transportation Command to identify and shape TSP requirements
and timelines.
Respondents: Vessel Owners.
Affected Public: Business Assistance, Water Transportation
Operations, Merchant Marine.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Number of Responses: 160.
Estimated Hours per Response: 1.75.
Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 280.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
(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. 2023-10978 Filed 5-22-23; 8:45 am]
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