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[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 33418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12875]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    The Department of Transportation (DOT), Maritime Administration 
(MARAD) has submitted the following public information collection 
request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (PRA) (P.L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). OMB approval has been 
requested by June 12, 2000. A copy of this information collection 
request, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting Raymond R. Barberesi, Director, Office of Sealift Support, 
MAR-630, Room 7307, Maritime Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590, telephone number: 202-366-2323 or fax 202-493-
2180. Comments and questions about the request listed below should be 
directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB 
Desk Officer for the Department of Transportation, Office of Management 
and Budget, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.
    Agency: Maritime Administration.
    Date: Comments must be submitted on or before June 12, 2000.
    Title: Evaluation of the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and the 
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) Program.
    OMB Number: 2133-New.
    Frequency: One-Time.
    Affected Public: Vessel Operators, Shippers, Maritime Labor 
Entities, DOD and other Federal agencies and affected parties in the 
maritime and transportation industries.
    Number of Respondents: 20 Respondents.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 Hour.
    Total Burden Hours: 20 Hours.
    Summary: MARAD is conducting a program evaluation of the MSP and 
VISA programs and seeks to collect empirical information from various 
maritime- and transportation-related entities and other Federal 
agencies relating to the impact of the MSP and the VISA programs on DOD 
sealift capability and the U.S. merchant fleet. The evaluation seeks to 
determine the contribution of the MSP/VISA to the achievement of DOT's 
and MARAD's national security goals. This evaluation is part of DOT's 
implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act (GRPA). 
The information received will be used by MARAD personnel as part of the 
evaluation to identify and evaluate the causal relationship between 
MSP/VISA and the DOT/MARAD national security goals.
    Burden Statement: According to the PRA, persons are not required to 
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB 
control number. Note that this information collection has not yet 
received an OMB control number. It is estimated that the time required 
to complete this information collection averages approximately 1 hour 
per response, including the time to review instructions, search 
existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete the 
information collection.

    Dated: May 16, 2000.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-12875 Filed 5-22-00; 8:45 am]
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