[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 71069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27681]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0206]
Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information
Collection
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 October 7, 2019.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William McDonald, 202-366-0688, Office
of Sealift Support, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0505.
Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Background: This collection of information is used to gather
information on tanker operators who agree to contribute tanker capacity
as requested by the Maritime Administrator at such times and in such
amounts to meet essential needs of the Department of Defense (DOD) for
the transportation of petroleum and petroleum products in bulk by sea.
The Voluntary Tanker Agreement is a voluntary emergency preparedness
agreement in accordance with Section 708, Defense Production Act, 1950,
as amended (50 U.S.C. 4558).
Respondents: U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned vessels that are
required to respond under current statute and regulation.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 15.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 Hr.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 15.
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: December 18, 2019.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-27681 Filed 12-23-19; 8:45 am]
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