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 17, 1997 [62 FR 66175].

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

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

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-2811.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration

Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133-0505.

Affected Public: Tanker companies that operate in international

trade and who have agreed to participate in the Voluntary Tanker

Agreement.

Abstract: The collection consists of a request from MARAD that each

participant in the Voluntary Tanker Agreement submit a list of the

names of ships owned, chartered, or contracted for by the participant,

and their size and flags of registry. There is not prescribed format

for this information.

Need and Use of the Information: The collected information is

necessary to evaluate tanker capability and make plans for the use of

this capability to meet national emergency requirements. This

information will be used by both MARAD and Department of Defense to

establish overall contingency plans.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 20 hours.

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 19, 1998.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-4890 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am]

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