[Federal Register: December 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 232)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[MARAD 2007 0016]
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) intention to
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new
information collection related to MARAD's marine transportation
economic impact model data needs.
DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before February 4, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wassel Mashagbeh, Maritime
Administration, MAR-700, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: (202) 366-1715 or E-Mail: wassel.mashagbeh@dot.gov.
Copies of this collection can also be obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: MARAD's Marine Transportation Economic Impact
Model Data Needs.
Type of Request: New Collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133-New.
Form Numbers: MA-1051, MA-1052.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by
the Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of Information: This collection will provide
current marine transportation system operational data for MARAD's
Marine Transportation Economic Impact Model that is not available
through other means. The model uses information collected through
surveys of the maritime operating areas to develop a profile of the
industry. Since the last survey in 1999, significant increases in fuel,
surface transportation, and security costs have occurred, as well as
the introduction of new information and environmental technologies that
have substantially affected marine transportation system operations.
Need and Use of the Information: MARAD's Marine Transportation
Economic Impact Model is designed to explore and quantify the economic
contribution of the nation's marine industry to our national economy,
such as output, employment, and tax receipts. The information to be
collected will provide the basis to calculate the impacts on other
surface transportation modes (i.e., rail and truck) should marine
transportation become unavailable in any given region. The last
detailed collection of information occurred in 1999 during the
development of the MARAD Port Kit. The agency is now proposing to
update marine terminal and vessel operator cost information that has
substantially changed since the last collection. Collecting up-to-date
information is essential to ensure that the model accurately depicts
the current economic environment of the U.S. maritime industry. No
secondary sources of this information are readily available.
Description of Respondents: The target population for the survey
will be approximately 100 U.S. vessel and marine terminal operating
companies.
Annual Responses: 56.
Annual Burden: 17.5.
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 W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by electronic
means via the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 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://www.regulations.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://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: November 26, 2007.
Christine S. Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-23474 Filed 12-3-07; 8:45 am]
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