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. 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 approval. The ICR

describe the nature of the information collection and its expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments was published on June 11, 1997 (62 FR 31862).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 24, 1997.

For Further Information Contact: Joel Richard, Maritime Administration,

MAR-120, Room 7210, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Title: Inventory of American Intermodal Equipment.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133-0503.

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Affected Public: U.S. Steamship and intermodal equipment leasing

companies.

Abstract: The collection consists of an intermodal equipment

inventory that provides data essential to both the government and the

transportation industry in planning for the most efficient use of

intermodal equipment.

Need and Use of the Information: The information contained in the

inventory provides data about U.S.-based companies that own or lease

intermodal equipment and is essential to both government and industry

in planning for contingency operations.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 66 hours.

Estimated Annual Respondents: 22 companies.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT 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 August 19, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-22518 Filed 8-22-97; 8:45 am]

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