Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 202 / Thursday, October 20, 2005 / Notices 61167 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection abstracted below has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. The nature of the information 

collection is described as well as its 

expected burden. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on August 4, 2005, and comments were 

due by October 3, 2005. No comments 

were received. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 21, 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: joe.strassburg@dot.gov. Copies of 

this collection also can be obtained from 

that office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title: Seamen’s Claims—

Administrative Action and Litigation. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0522. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Officers or members 

of a crew who suffered death, injury, or 

illness while employed on vessels 

owned or operated by the United States. 

Also included are surviving dependents, 

beneficiaries, and legal representatives 

of officers or crew members. 

Forms: None. 

Abstract: The collection consists of 

information obtained from claimants for 

death, injury, or illness suffered while 

serving as officers or members of a crew 

on board a vessel owned or operated by 

the United States. The Maritime 

Administration reviews the information 

and makes a determination regarding 

the issues of agency and vessel liability 

and the reasonableness of the recovery 

demand. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 750 

hours. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention 

MARAD Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 13, 

2005. 

Joel C. Richard, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–20952 Filed 10–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of 

Application for Modification of Special 

Permit 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: List of applications for 

modification of special permit. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations (49 CFR part 107 Subpart 

B), notice is hereby given that the Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety has 

received the application described 

herein. This notice is abbreviated to 

expedite docketing and public notice. 

Because the sections affected, modes of 

transportation, and the nature of 

application have been shown in earlier 

Federal Register publications, they are 

not repeated here. Request of 

modifications of special permits (e.g. to 

provide for additional hazardous 

materials, packaging design changes, 

additional mode of transportation, etc.) 

are described in footnotes to the 

application number. Application 

numbers with the suffix ‘‘M’’ demote a 

modification request. There applications 

have been separated from the new 

applications for special permits to 

facilitate processing. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 4, 2005. 

Address Comments To: Record 

Center, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddress stamped postcard showing the 

special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the applications are available 

for inspection in the Records Center, 

Nassif Building, 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington DC or at http://dms.dot.gov. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for modifications of special permits is 

published in accordance with part 107 

of the Federal hazardous materials 

transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 

49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 14, 

2005. 

R. Ryan Posten, 

Chief, Special Permits Program, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety Special Permits 

& Approvals. 

MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMITS

Application No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected 

Modification of 

special permit Nature of special permit thereof 

7835–M ................ Rinchem company, 

Inc., Albuquerque, 

NM.

49 CFR 172.301(c); 

177.848(d).

7835 To modify the exemption to authorize the 

use of alternative combination and single packagings for the transportation of 

Division 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 4.3, Class 3 

and 8 materials on the same motor vehicle.