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

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.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the

Information Collection Request (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 December 2, 1996 [61 FR, page 63924].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 27, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Weaver, Information

Collection Clearance Officer, Maritime Administration, MAR-318, Room

7301, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-

5755 or fax 202-366-3889. Copies of this collection can also be

obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Title: Shipbuilding Orderbook and Shipyard Employment.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133-0029.

Affected Public: U.S. shipyards which agree to complete the

information and

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return it to the Maritime Administration.

Abstract: The collection consists of form MA-832 to gather

information, including shipyard orderbook and shipyard employment of

production workers distributed by various categories of work in the

shipyards by calendar year and quarter as well as projections for firm

work in the same categories. Also included is information on schedule

of current orderbook construction dates providing details by ship type.

Need: The collected information is necessary to perform the reviews

required by sections 210 and 211 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as

amended.

Estimated Annual Burden: 100 hours.

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; 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.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 18, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-10659 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]

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