[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 81428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32786]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2015-0140]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Maritime Administration (MARAD), Department of Transportation.

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 Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on April 
7, 2015 (Federal Register 18706, Vol. 80, No.66).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Downing, 202-366-0783, Office of 
Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Monthly Report of Ocean Shipments Moving under Export-Import 
Bank Financing
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0013
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection
    Abstract: 46 U.S.C. 55304, requires MARAD to monitor and enforce 
the U.S.-flag shipping requirements relative to the loans/guarantees 
extended by the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) to foreign borrowers. 
Public Resolution 17 requires that shipments financed by Ex-Im Bank and 
that move by sea, must be transported exclusively on U.S.-flag 
registered vessels unless a waiver is obtained from MARAD.
    Affected Public: Shippers subject to Ex-Im Bank Financing.
    Form(s): MA-518
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 28
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 196

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

    Dated: December 7, 2015.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-32786 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am]
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