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 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(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 burden. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of information was published on

January 4, 1999, [64 FR 203].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 19, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca M. Boyd, Office of Financial

Approvals, Maritime Administration, MAR-580, Room 8114, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone 202-366-5870 or FAX 202-

366-7901. Copies of this collection can also be obtained from that

office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Title: Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements.

OMB Control Number: 2133-0005.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Vessel owners acquiring ships from MARAD on

credit, companies chartering ships from MARAD, and companies having

Title XI guarantee obligations.

Form(s): MA-172.

Abstract: The Uniform Financial Reporting Requirements are used as

a basis for preparing and filing semiannual and annual financial

statements with the Maritime Administration. Regulations requiring

financial reports to the Maritime Administration are authorized by

section 21, Shipping Act, 1916, as amended, and section 801, Merchant

Marine Act, 1936, as amended. The collected information is necessary

for MARAD to determine compliance with regulatory and contractual

requirements.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 2,090

Addressee: 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.

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;

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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, DC on March 15, 1999.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 99-6761 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]

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