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 1995 (44 USC

Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information Collection

Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to

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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 July 31, 1997 [62 41127].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Erhard W. Koehler, 202/366-2631 or

FAX 202/366-3954, Division of Ship Maintenance and Repair, Maritime

Administration, MAR-611, Room 2119, Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration

Title: Maintenance and Repair Cumulative Summary.

OMB Number: 2133-0007.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Subsidized ship operators.

Abstract: The collection consists of form MA-140 to which are

attached invoices and other supporting documents for expenses claimed

for subsidy. Subsidized operators submit form MA-140 to the appropriate

MARAD region office for review within 60 days of the termination of a

subsidized voyage.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,200.

Number of Respondents: 4.

Needs and Users: The collected information is necessary to perform

the reviews required in order to permit payment of Maintenance and

Repair subsidy.

Address: 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 October 3, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-26921 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]

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