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 (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 comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of information was published in FR

62 63214, November 26, 1997.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Lockland, Chief, Division of

Operations Support, Office of Ship Operations, Maritime Administration,

MAR-613, Room 2123, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

Telephone (202) 366-5735 or fax (202) 366-3954. Copies of this

collection can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration, DOT

Title: Position Reporting System for Vessels.

OMB Control Number: 2133-0025.

Form Number: CG-4796-A (MA) (Rev. 8-88).

Affected Public: U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned vessels which are

required to respond under current statute and regulation.

Abstract: This collection is used to gather information regarding

the location of U.S.-flag and certain other U.S. citizen-owned vessels

for the purpose of Search and Rescue in the saving of lives at sea; and

for the marshaling of ships for national defense and safety purposes.

This collection consists of vessels that transmit their positions

electronically via radio message, and from this, location data is read

into a database and is accessed only by the U.S. Coast Guard and MARAD

to determine the location of a particular ship.

Need and Use of the Information: The collection is necessary for

maintaining a current plot of U.S.-flag and U.S.-owned vessels in order

to facilitate immediate marshaling of ships for national defense

purposes, and for the purpose of maintaining a current plot for Search

and Rescue purposes for safety of life at sea.

Annual Burden: 3,328 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.

OMB is required to make a decision concerning this collection of

information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document

in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment to OMB is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives within 30 days of publication.

Specifically, address whether this information collection is

necessary for proper performance of the function of the agency and will

have practical utility, accuracy of the burden estimates, ways to

minimize this burden, and ways to enhance quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30, 1998.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-3084 Filed 2-5-98; 8:45 am]

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