Notice2023-15173
Agency Information Collection Activities: 60-Day Public Comment Request
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Published
July 18, 2023
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Federal Maritime Commission
Abstract
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) invites comments on the information collection related to Licensing, Financial Responsibility Requirements and General Duties for Ocean Transportation Intermediaries and Related Forms. This notice announces a renewal of an existing collection and includes a minor update to the collection based on an increase in the number of entities required to respond.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45903-45904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15173]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
[Docket No. FMC-2023-0014]
Agency Information Collection Activities: 60-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.
ACTION: Sixty-Day notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, the Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) invites comments on
the information collection related to Licensing, Financial
Responsibility Requirements and General Duties for Ocean Transportation
Intermediaries and Related Forms. This notice announces a renewal of an
existing collection and includes a minor update to the collection based
on an increase in the number of entities required to respond.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 18,
2023.
ADDRESSES: The Commission will collect comments on this notice through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. The docket of
this notice can be found at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> under Docket
No. FMC-2023-0014 The FMC will
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summarize any comments received in response to this notice in a
subsequent notice and include them in its information collection
submission to OMB for approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Cody, Secretary; Phone: (202)
523-5725; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0c3d5d3c2d5c4d1c2c9f0d6ddd39ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e3d2b2d3c2b3a2f3c370e28232d60292138">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on the continuing information collections
listed in this notice, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be included or
summarized in our request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the relevant information collection. All comments are part
of the public record and subject to disclosure. Please do not include
any confidential or inappropriate material in your comments. We invite
comments on: (1) the necessity and utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2)
the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Information Collections Open for Comment
Title: 46 CFR 515--Licensing, Financial Responsibility Requirements
and General Duties for Ocean Transportation Intermediaries and Related
Forms.
OMB Approval Number: 3072-0018 (Expires Dec 31, 2023).
Abstract: The Shipping Act of 1984 (the Act), 46 U.S.C. 40101-
41309, as amended, provides that no person in the United States may
advertise, hold oneself out, or act as an ocean transportation
intermediary (OTI) unless that person holds a license issued by the
Commission. The Commission shall issue an OTI license to any person
that the Commission determines to be qualified by experience and
character to act as an OTI. Further, no person may act as an OTI unless
that person furnishes a bond, proof of insurance, or other surety in a
form and amount determined by the Commission to insure financial
responsibility. The Commission has implemented the Act's OTI
requirements in regulations contained in 46 CFR part 515, including
financial responsibility Forms FMC-48, FMC-67, FMC-68, and FMC-69,
Optional Rider Forms FMC-48A and FMC-69A, its related license
application Form FMC-18, and the related foreign-based unlicensed NVOCC
registration/renewal Form FMC-65. This update includes an increase in
number of responses received. The burden estimated per response remains
the same.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission uses information obtained under this
part and through Form FMC-18 to determine the qualifications of OTIs
and their compliance with the Act and regulations, and to enable the
Commission to discharge its duties under the Act by ensuring that OTIs
maintain acceptable evidence of financial responsibility. If the
collection of information were not conducted, there would be no basis
upon which the Commission could determine if applicants are qualified
for licensing. The Commission would also not be able to effectively
assess the compliance of foreign-based, unlicensed NVOCCs without the
required registration information.
Frequency: This information will be collected on an ad hoc basis.
Type of Respondents: The types of respondents are persons desiring
to obtain or maintain a license or registration to advertise, hold
themselves out as, or act as an OTI. Under the Act, OTIs may be either
an ocean freight forwarder, an NVOCC, or both.
Number of Annual Respondents: The 2020 notice stated that the
number of respondents was 6,475. Due to an increase in the number of
OTIs, the Commission estimates the new number of respondents as 10,130.
The distribution of responses is as follows: 750 FMC-18 filings, 1,770
OTI License renewals, 5,160 FMC-48 filings, 50 FMC-69 filings,12 FMC-
48A filings, 1,560 FMC-65 registration filings, and 830 FMC-65
renewals. The Commission does not anticipate receiving any filings of
FMC-67, FMC-68, or FMC-69A based on experience in recent years and the
estimate for these forms is zero, but wishes to renew these forms.
Estimated Time per Response: The average time per response to
complete application Form FMC-18 is 2 hours and to complete the
triennial renewal is 10 minutes. The time to complete a financial
responsibility form (FMC-48, FMC-48A, FMC-67, FMC-68, FMC-69, or FMC-
69A) averages 20 minutes. The time to complete Form FMC-65 to submit or
renew a registration as a foreign-based, unlicensed NVOCC averages 15
minutes.
Total Annual Burden: 1,500 person-hours (Form FMC-18) + 1,720
person-hours (Form FMC-48) + 4 person-hours (Form FMC-48A) + 17 person-
hours (Form FMC-69) + 598 person-hours (Form FMC 65 New/Renewal) + 295
person-hours (License Renewal) = 4,134 total person-hours. Total burden
equals 4,134 hours.
JoAnne O'Bryant,
Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023-15173 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
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