[Federal Register: March 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 53)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

 
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
January 4, 1999, [64 FR 203].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 19, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca M. Boyd, Office of Financial 
Approvals, Maritime Administration, MAR-580, Room 8114, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone 202-366-5870 or FAX 202-
366-7901. Copies of this collection can also be obtained from that 
office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration (MARAD)

    Title: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0005.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Vessel owners acquiring ships from MARAD on 
credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and companies having 
Title XI guarantee obligations.
    Form(s): MA-172.
    Abstract: The Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements are used as 
a basis for preparing and filing semiannual and annual financial 
statements with the Maritime Administration. Regulations requiring 
financial reports to the Maritime Administration are authorized by 
section 21, Shipping Act, 1916, as amended, and section 801, Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended. The collected information is necessary 
for MARAD to determine compliance with regulatory and contractual 
requirements.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 2,090
    Addressee: Send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention MARAD Desk Officer.
    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;

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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.
    A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 15, 1999.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 99-6761 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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