[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 31851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11310]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0076]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection, Approval of Underwriters of Marine Hull Insurance

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information 
collection was published on March 16, 2020.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 26, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection 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: Mike Yarrington, 202-366-1915, 
Director, Office of Marine Insurance, Maritime Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Approval of Underwriters of Marine Hull Insurance.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0517.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: This collection of information involves the approval of 
marine hull underwriters to insure MARAD program vessels. Applicants 
will be required to submit financial data upon which MARAD approval 
would be based. 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.
    Respondents: Marine insurance brokers and underwriters of marine 
insurance.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 66.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: .05-1 hr.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 49.
    Public Comments Invited: Comments are invited on: Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the 
Department'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.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93)

    Dated: May 21, 2020.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-11310 Filed 5-26-20; 8:45 am]
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