[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10870-10871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04229]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2014-0022]


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

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. The information 
collection is necessary for MARAD to determine compliance with 
regulatory and contractual requirements. 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 April 28, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2014-0022 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Ladd, Office of Financial 
Approvals and Marine Insurance, Division of Business Finance, 202-366-
1859, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W23-322, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0005
    Title: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements
    Form Numbers: MA-172
    Type of Review: Renewal of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Background: The Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements are used 
as a basis for preparing and filing semi-annual and annual financial 
statements with the Maritime Administration. Regulations requiring 
financial reports to the Maritime Administration are authorized by 
Section 801 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note). 
Financial reports are also

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required by regulation of purchasers of ships from MARAD on credit, 
companies chartering ships from MARAD, and of companies having Title XI 
guarantee obligations (46 CFR Part 298).
    Respondents: Vessel owners acquiring ships from MARAD on credit, 
companies chartering ships from MARAD, and companies having Title XI 
guarantee obligations.
    Number of Respondents: 66
    Frequency: Bi-annually
    Number of Responses: 132
    Total Annual Burden: 1254 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.
    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://regulations.gov.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:93.

    Dated: February 18, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-04229 Filed 2-25-14; 8:45 am]
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