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 extension of a currently

approved collection. 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, 1997 (62 FR, 63745).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Weaver, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone 202-366-2811.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Maritime Administration

Title: Port Facility Conveyance Information.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133-0524.

Affected Public: Eligible port entities.

Abstract: Public Law 103-160 authorizes the Department of

Transportation to convey to public entities surplus Federal property

needed for development or operation of a port facility. The information

collection will allow the Maritime Administration to approve the

conveyance of property and administer the port facility conveyance

program.

Need and Use of the Information: The information collection is

necessary for MARAD to determine whether (1) the community is committed

to the redevelopment/reuse plan, (2) the redevelopment/reuse plan is

viable and is in the best interest of the public, and (3) the property

is being used in accordance with the terms of the conveyance and

applicable statutes and regulations.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2200 hours.

Estimated Annual Responses: 20 responses.

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 February 18, 1998.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-4586 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]

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