Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

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U.S.C. et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection

abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The nature of the information

collection is described as well as its expected burden. The Federal

Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the

following collection of information was published on February 12, 1999,

[64 FR 7233].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 2, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crawford Ellerbe, Office of Maritime

Labor, Training, and Safety, Maritime Administration, MAR-250, Room

7302, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-

2643 or fax 202-493-2288. Copies of this collection can also be

obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Regulations for Making Excess or Surplus

Federal Property Available to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, State

Maritime Academies, and Approved Nonprofit Maritime Training

Institutions.

OMB Control Number: 2133-0504.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information

collection.

Affected Public: Maritime training institutions interested in

acquiring the excess or surplus property from MARAD.

Form Number(s): None.

Abstract: In accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12959, MARAD requires

approved maritime training institutions seeking excess or surplus

property to provide a statement of need/justification prior to

acquiring the excess or surplus property. The information provided is

used by MARAD officials to determine compliance with applicable

statutory requirements.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 120 Hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

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

Washington, DC 20502, Attention MARAD 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. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its

full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

Dated: April 27, 1999.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-10963 Filed 4-30-99; 8:45 am]

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