[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54367-54368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21335]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2013 0099]
Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
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U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The nature of the
information collection is described as well as its expected burden. The
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of information was published on
June 3, 2013. No comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 3, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Kurfehs, Maritime Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-
2318 or EMAIL: [email protected]. Copies of this collection also
can be obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement
OMB Control Number: 2133-0505
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned vessels that are
required to respond under current statute and regulation.
Form(s): MA-1060
Abstract: This collection of information is used to gather
information on tanker operators who agree to contribute, either by
direct charter to the Department of Defense or to other participants
tanker capacity as requested by the Maritime Administrator at such
times and such amounts as determined to be necessary to meet the
essential needs of DOD for the transportation of petroleum and
petroleum products in bulk by sea. The Voluntary Tanker Agreement is a
voluntary emergency preparedness agreement in accordance with Section
708, Defense Production Act, 195, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2158).
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 15 hours
Addresses: Send comments regarding these information collections to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: MARAD Desk Officer. Alternatively, comments may be sent via
email to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, at the following address:
[email protected].
Comments Are Invited On: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its
full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.93.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2013.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-21335 Filed 8-30-13; 8:45 am]
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