Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 79 / Monday, April 25, 2011 / Notices 22943 

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 February 3, 2011, and comments 

were due by April 4, 2011. No 

comments were received. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 25, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Albert Bratton, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–5769 or e-mail: 

albert.bratton@dot.gov. Copies of this 

collection also can be obtained from that 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Maritime Administration 

Title: Determination of Fair and 

Reasonable Rates for Carriage of 

Agriculture Cargoes on U.S.-Flag 

Commercial Vessels. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0514. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: U.S. citizens who 

own and operate U.S.-flag vessels. 

Forms: MA–1025, MA–1026, and 

MA–172. 

Abstract: This collection of 

information requires U.S.-flag operators 

to submit annual vessel operating costs 

and capital costs data to Maritime 

Administration officials. The 

information is used by the Maritime 

Administration in determining fair and 

reasonable guideline rates for the 

carriage of preference cargoes on U.S.- 

flag vessels. In addition, U.S.-flag vessel 

operators are required to submit Post 

Voyage Reports to the Maritime 

Administration after completion of a 

cargo preference voyage. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 

546 hours. 

Addressees: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention 

Maritime Administration Desk Officer. 

Comments Are Invited On: 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’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. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

Dated: April 13, 2011. 

Christine Gurland, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9906 Filed 4–22–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD 2011 0043] 

Information Collection Available for 

Public Comments and 

Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Maritime 

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention 

to request extension of approval for 

three years of a currently approved 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before June 24, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheila Brown, Maritime Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–5178 or e-mail: 

sheila.brown@dot.gov. Copies of this 

collection also can be obtained from that 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Maritime Administration (MARAD) 

Title of Collection: Automated 

Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue 

System (AMVER). 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0025. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Summary of Collection of 

Information: This collection of 

information is used to gather 

information regarding the location of 

U.S.-flag vessels and certain other U.S. 

citizen-owned vessels for the purpose of 

search and rescue in the saving of lives 

at sea and for the marshalling of ships 

for national defense and safety 

purposes. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

collection of information is necessary 

for maintaining a current plot of U.S.- 

flag and U.S.-owned vessels. 

Description of Respondents: U.S.-flag 

and U.S. citizen-owned vessels. 

Annual Responses: 729,280 

responses. 

Annual Burden: 51,050 hours. 

Comments: Comments should refer to 

the docket number that appears at the 

top of this document. Written comments 

may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Comments also 

may be submitted by electronic means 

via the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 

Specifically address whether this 

information collection is necessary for 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency and will have practical 

utility, accuracy of the burden 

estimates, ways to minimize this 

burden, and ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. All 

comments received will be available for 

examination at the above address 

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or 

EST), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. An electronic version 

of this document is available on the 

World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 

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/ 

search/index.jsp. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

Dated: April 13, 2011. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Christine Gurland, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9905 Filed 4–22–11; 8:45 am] 

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