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

U.S.C. 3501 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

May 11, 1999 [64 FR 25391].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 7, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William W. Dean, Office of Ports and

Domestic Shipping, Maritime Administration, MAR-831, Room 7201, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone 202-366-5477 or

FAX 202-366-6988. Copies of this collection can also be obtained from

that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Title: Port Facilities Inventory.

OMB Control Number: 2133-0023.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Port terminal owners.

Form (S): MA-400.

Abstract: The collection of port facility data from terminal owners

allows MARAD to maintain information, at the proper level of accuracy

and currency, on those essential port facilities that are required for

emergency use. The surveys would be used only in the event the data

contained on these facilities fell below a level of currency deemed

adequate for emergency planning purposes.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 40 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

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

Washington, D.C. 20503, 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 agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility; the

accuracy of the agency'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.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on August 2, 1999.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-20186 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]

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