[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 166 (Monday, August 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 51110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17081]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2005-22188]


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) intention to 
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved 
information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before October 28, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Otto Strassburg, Maritime 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-4161; Fax: 202-366-7901; or e-mail: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5913363c772a2d2b382a2a3b2c2b3e193d362d773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b11343e75282f293a2828392e293c1b3f342f753c342d">[email protected]</span></a>. Copies of this collection also can be obtained 
from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Approval of Underwriters for Marine Hull 
Insurance.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0517.
    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 involves the approval of marine hull underwriters to insure 
MARAD program vessels. Foreign and domestic applicants will be required 
to submit financial data upon which MARAD approval would be based.
    Need and Use of the Information: This information is needed in 
order that MARAD officials can evaluate the underwriters and determine 
their suitability for providing marine hull insurance on MARAD vessels.
    Description of Respondents: Marine insurance brokers and 
underwriters of marine insurance.
    Annual Responses: 62 responses.
    Annual Burden: 46 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 PL-401, 400 Seventh Street 
Southwest, Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by 
electronic means via the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov/submit. 
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://dms.dot.gov.
    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://dms.dot.gov.

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.)

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: August 23, 2005.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-17081 Filed 8-26-05; 8:45 am]
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