[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4685-4686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2302]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describes 
the nature of the information collection and their expected burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published in 62 
FR 60117, November 6, 1997.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott A. Poyer, Chief Economist, Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Office of Great Lakes 
Pilotage, United States Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street 
SW., Suite 5424, Washington, DC 20590, (800) 785-2779, or Marc C. Owen, 
Chief Counsel, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Suite 5424, Washington, DC 20590, (800) 785-2779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, DOT.
    Title: Great Lakes Pilotage Rate Methodology.
    OMB Control Number: 2135-0501.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Great Lakes Pilot Associations.
    Affected Public: The Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 authorizes 
the Director of Great Lakes Pilotage to

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prescribe a uniform system of accounts and to perform audits and 
inspections of Great Lakes pilot associations. The Director uses this 
information to carry out financial oversight of the Great Lakes pilot 
associations and to set pilotage rates. The specific information to be 
filed by respondents is set forth in 33 CFR parts 404-407.
    Average Annual Burden on Respondents: 18 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention SLSDC Desk Officer.
    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.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 22, 1997.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-2302 Filed 1-29-98; 8:45 am]
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