[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65030-65031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25621]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. MARAD-4910-81-P]


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection(s): Approval of Underwriters of Marine Hull Insurance

AGENCY: Maritime Administration.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. We are required to 
publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 30, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. MARAD-2013-
0112 through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     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. For access to 
the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov.

    Note: All comments received will be posted without change to 
http://www.redulations.gov including any personal information 
provided.

    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Yarrington, Chief, Office of 
Marine Insurance, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Copies of this collection can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0517.
    Title: Approval of Underwriters of Marine Hull Insurance.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Summary of Collection of Information: This collection of 
information involves the approval of marine hull underwriters to insure 
Maritime Administration program vessels. Foreign and domestic 
applicants will be required to submit financial data upon which 
Maritime Administration approval would be based.

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    Need and Use of the Information: The information is needed in order 
for Maritime Administration officials to evaluate the underwriters and 
determine their suitability for providing marine hull insurance on 
Maritime Administration vessels.
    Respondents: Marine insurance brokers and underwriters of marine 
insurance.
    Number of Respondents: 62.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Number of Responses: 62.
    Total Annual Burden: 46 hours.

    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (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.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.

    Dated: October 24, 2013.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-25621 Filed 10-29-13; 8:45 am]
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