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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92733-92734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27344]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2024-0144]

Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Collection: Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) System

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval to renew an information collection in accordance with the

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0025 
Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) System is used to 
maintain a current plot of U.S.-Flag and U.S.-owned vessels. Since the 
last renewal, there was an increase in the total respondents to this 
collection, which has resulted in more responses and higher burden 
hours. There are no other changes to this collection. We are required 
to publish this notice in the Federal Register to obtain comments from 
the public and affected agencies.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collections should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Sedlacek, 202-366-1031, Division 
of Sealift Operations and Emergency Response, Maritime Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, 
DC 20590, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) System.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0025.
    Type of Request: Extension with Change of a Previously Approved 
Collection.
    Abstract: The collection of information will be 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.
    Respondents: U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 185.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 33,855.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .07.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,370.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this 
information collection was published on September 12, 2024 at 89 FR 
74371 (Federal Register (FR) 2024-20679).

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49.)

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-27344 Filed 11-21-24; 8:45 am]
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