[Federal Register: April 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 74)]
[Notices]
[Page 20662]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr16ap04-115]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2004 17531]
Information Collection Available for Public Comments and
Recommendations
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before June 15, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Strassburg, Maritime
Administration, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
(202) 366-4156; fax: (202) 366-7901; or e-mail:
joe.strassburg@marad.dot.gov. Copies of this collection also can be
obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: War Risk Insurance.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0011.
Form Numbers: MA-355; MA-528; MA-742; MA-828; and MA-942.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by
the Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of Information: As authorized by section
1202, Title XII, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, the Secretary
of the U.S. Department of Transportation may provide war risk insurance
adequate for the needs of the waterborne commerce of the United States
if such insurance cannot be obtained on reasonable terms from qualified
insurance companies operating in the United States. This collection is
required for the program. The collection consists of forms MA-355; MA-
528; MA-742; MA-828; and MA-942.
Need and Use of the Information: The collected information is
necessary to determine the eligibility of the applicant and the
vessel(s) for participation in the war risk insurance program.
Description of Respondents: Vessel owners or charterers interested
in participating in MARAD's war risk insurance program.
Annual Responses: 1,431.
Annual Burden: 768 hours.
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 PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by electronic
means via the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov/submit. 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. e.d.t.
(or e.s.t.), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An
electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web
at http://dms.dot.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://dms.dot.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
Dated: April 12, 2004.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-8614 Filed 4-15-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-81-P