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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). 

Dated: May 5, 2009. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–11145 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2009 0047] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

TAMMY NORIE. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2009– 

0047 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with 46 

U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD’s regulations 

at 46 CFR Part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 

30, 2003), that the issuance of the 

waiver will have an unduly adverse 

effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 

business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 

docket number of this notice and the 

vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 12, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2009–0047. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel TAMMY NORIE is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘sail charter.’’ 

Geographic Region: ‘‘Fox Islands, 

Penobscot Bay, Maine. Coastal tours.’’ 

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). 

Dated: May 5, 2009. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–11146 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Proposed 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on a currently 

approved information collection that is 

due for extension approval by the Office 

of Management and Budget. The Office 

of International Affairs within the 

Department of the Treasury is soliciting 

comments concerning the Annual 

Report of U.S. Ownership of Foreign 

Securities, including Selected Money 

Market Instruments. The next such 

collection is a benchmark survey and is 

to be conducted as of December 31, 

2009. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before July 13, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Dwight Wolkow, International 

Portfolio Investment Data Systems, 

Department of the Treasury, Room 5422 

MT, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. In view of 

possible delays in mail delivery, you 

may also wish to send a copy to Mr. 

Wolkow by e-mail 

(comments2TIC@do.treas.gov) or FAX 

(202–622–2009). Mr. Wolkow can also 

be reached by telephone (202–622– 

1276). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the proposed forms and 

instructions are available on the 

Treasury International Capital (TIC) 

Forms Web page for ‘‘Forms SHL/SHLA 

& SHC/SHCA’’, at: http://www.treas.gov/ 

tic/forms-sh.shtml. Requests for 

additional information should be 

directed to Mr. Wolkow. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Treasury Department Forms 

SHC and SHCA, U.S. Ownership of 

Foreign Securities, including Selected 

Money Market Instruments. 

OMB Number: 1505–0146. 

Abstract: These forms are used to 

conduct annual surveys of holdings by 

U.S. residents of foreign securities for 

portfolio investment purposes. These 

data are used by the U.S. Government in 

the formulation of international 

financial and monetary policies, and for 

the computation of the U.S. balance of 

payments accounts and of the U.S. 

international investment position. These 

data are also used to provide 

information to the public and to meet 

international reporting commitments. 

This survey is part of an internationally 

coordinated effort under the auspices of 

the International Monetary Fund to 

improve data on securities worldwide. 

Most of the major industrial and 

financial countries conduct similar 

surveys. 

A benchmark survey (Form SHC) of 

all significant U.S.-resident custodians 

and end-investors is conducted every 

five years. In non-benchmark years, the 

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annual survey (Form SHCA) requires 

reports generally from only the very 

largest U.S.-resident custodians and 

end-investors. The data requested in 

Form SHCA will generally be the same 

as in the preceding benchmark report. 

The determination of who must report 

in the annual surveys (Form SHCA) is 

based primarily on the data submitted 

during the preceding benchmark survey. 

The data collected under the annual 

surveys (SHCA) will be used in 

conjunction with the results of the 

preceding benchmark survey to make 

economy-wide estimates for the nonbenchmark years. 

Current Actions: None. No changes in 

the forms or in the instructions will be 

made from the previous survey that was 

conducted as of December 31, 2008. 

[Note that some clarifications may be 

made in the instructions as a result of 

discussions with respondents.] 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved data collection. 

Affected Public: Business/Financial 

Institutions. 

Forms: TDF SHC, Schedules 1, 2 and 

3 (1505–0146); TDF SHCA, Schedules 1, 

2 and 3 (1505–0146). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

An annual average (over five years) of 

395, but this varies widely from about 

1,200 in benchmark years (once every 

five years) to about 195 in other years 

(four out of every five years). 

Estimated Average Time per 

Respondent: An annual average (over 

five years) of about 142 hours, but this 

will vary widely from respondent to 

respondent. (a) In the year of a 

benchmark survey (using Form SHC), 

i.e., once every five years, it is estimated 

that exempt respondents will require an 

average of 16 hours; custodians of 

securities providing security-by-security 

information will require an average of 

360 hours, but this figure will vary 

widely for individual custodians; endinvestors providing security-by-security 

information will require an average of 

120 hours; and end-investors and 

custodians employing U.S. custodians 

will require an average of 40 hours. (b) 

In a non-benchmark year (using Form 

SHCA), i.e., four years out of every five 

years, custodians of securities providing 

security-by-security information will 

require an average of 700 hours (because 

only the largest U.S.-resident custodians 

will report), but this figure will vary 

widely for individual custodians; endinvestors providing security-by-security 

information will require an average of 

145 hours; and reporters entrusting their 

foreign securities to U.S. custodians will 

require an average of 48 hours. 

The exemption level, which applies 

only in benchmark years, for custodians 

is the holding of less than $100 million 

in foreign securities and for endinvestors the owning of less than $100 

million in foreign securities with a 

single custodian. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Annual average (over five years) 

of 56,080 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. The 

public is invited to submit written 

comments concerning: (a) Whether the 

Survey is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Office of International Affairs within the 

Department of the Treasury, including 

whether the information collected will 

have practical uses; (b) the accuracy of 

the above estimate of the burdens; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, usefulness 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

reporting and/or recordkeeping burdens 

on respondents, including the use of 

information technologies to automate 

the collection of the data requested; and 

(e) estimates of capital or start-up costs 

of operation, maintenance and purchase 

of services to provide the information 

requested. 

Dwight Wolkow, 

Administrator, International Portfolio 

Investment Data Systems. 

[FR Doc. E9–11140 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

[Docket ID: OTS–2009–0008] 

Open Meeting of the OTS Minority 

Depository Institutions Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury, 

Office of Thrift Supervision. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The OTS Minority Depository 

Institutions Advisory Committee 

(MDIAC) will convene a meeting on 

Thursday, May 28, 2009, via a 

teleconference beginning at 2 p.m. 

Eastern Time. The telephone meeting 

will be open to the public. Members of 

the public interested in listening to the 

meeting and members of the public who 

require auxiliary aide should e-mail the 

OTS at Commaffairs@ots.treas.gov to 

obtain the information on how to 

participate on the call. 

DATES: The telephone meeting will be 

held on Thursday, May 28, 2009, at 2 

p.m. Eastern Time. 

Submission of Written Comments: 

The public is invited to submit written 

statements to the OTS Minority 

Depository Institutions Advisory 

Committee by any one of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail address: 

Commaffairs@ots.treas.gov; or 

• Mail: To Cassandra McConnell, 

Designated Federal Official, Office of 

Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552 in triplicate. 

The agency must receive statements 

no later than Thursday, May 21, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cassandra McConnell, Designated 

Federal Official, (202) 906–5750, Office 

of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By this 

notice, the Office of Thrift Supervision 

is announcing that the OTS Minority 

Depository Institutions Advisory 

Committee will convene a meeting on 

Thursday, May 28, 2009, via a 

teleconference beginning at 2 p.m. 

Eastern Time. The meeting will be open 

to the public. Anyone planning to 

participate in the meeting should 

contact the Office of Community Affairs 

at Commaffairs@ots.treas.gov by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on Thursday, May 21, 

2009. The purpose of this telephone 

meeting is to discuss the committee 

objectives to advise OTS on ways to 

meet the goals established by section 

308 of the Financial Institutions Reform, 

Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 

(FIRREA), Public Law 101–73, Title III, 

103 Stat. 353, 12 U.S.C.A. section 1463 

note. The goals of section 308 are to 

preserve the present number of minority 

institutions, preserve the minority 

character of minority-owned institutions 

in cases involving mergers or 

acquisitions, provide technical 

assistance, and encourage the creation 

of new minority institutions. 

Dated: May 8, 2009. 

By the Office of Thrift Supervision. 

Cassandra E. McConnell, 

Designated Federal Official, OTS Minority 

Depository Institutions Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–11197 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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