[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3005-3006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00909]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2015--0006]


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection(s): Effective U.S. Control (EUSC)/Parent Company

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The purpose of the 
collection is to aid in identifying oceangoing vessels that may be both 
useful and available to the Department of Defense for deploying U.S. 
military equipment (such as tanks and other tracked and wheeled 
vehicles) and the full range of supplies (including petroleum products 
and fuel) necessary to sustain a force in a foreign theater of 
operations. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal 
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 23, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2015-0006] through one of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    <bullet> Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russ Krause, 202-366-1031, Division of 
Sealift Operations and Emergency Response, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 2133-0511.
    Title: Effective U.S. Control/Parent Company.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Effective U.S. Control (EUSC)/Parent Company 
collection consists of an inventory of foreign-registered vessels owned 
by U.S. citizens. Specially, the collection consists of responses from 
vessel owners verifying or correcting vessel ownership data and 
characteristics found in commercial publications. The information 
obtained could be vital in a national or international emergency and is 
essential to the logistical support planning operations conducted by 
Maritime Administration officials.
    Respondents: U.S. citizens who own foreign-registered vessels.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Number of Responses: 60.
    Total Annual Burden: 30 Hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the Department's 
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c)

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ways for the Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be 
minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information. 
The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request 
for OMB's clearance of this information collection.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:93.

    Dated: January 13, 2015.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-00909 Filed 1-20-15; 8:45 am]
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