[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 76077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30658]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2010 0110]


Information Collection Available for Public Comments and 
Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to 
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved 
information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before February 7, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Jerry, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; 
Telephone: (202) 366-5861 or e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ee8fcefe0edebfda0e4ebfcfcf7ceeae1faa0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcdaceddd2dfd9cf92d6d9cecec5fcd8d3c892dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>. Copies of 
this collection can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0005.
    Form Numbers: MA-172.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: 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 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).
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collection is 
necessary for MARAD to determine compliance with regulatory and 
contractual requirements.
    Description of Respondents: Vessel owners acquiring ships from 
MARAD on credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and companies 
having Title XI guarantee obligations.
    Annual Responses: 66 respondents.
    Annual Burden: 1254 burden 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 may also 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)

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: November 30, 2010.
Murray Bloom,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-30658 Filed 12-6-10; 8:45 am]
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