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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Federal Maritime Commission.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As part of our continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, and as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
the Federal Maritime Commission
invites comments on the continuing
information collections (extensions with
no changes) listed below in this notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to:
Anthony Haywood, Chief Information
Officer, Office of Administration,
Federal Maritime Commission, 800
North Capitol Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20573, (Telephone: (202) 523–5800),
administration@fmc.gov. Please send
separate comments for each specific
information collection listed below. You
must reference the information
collection’s title and OMB number in
your comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
obtain additional information, copies of
the information collections and their
instructions, or copies of any comments
received, contact Jane Gregory,
Management Analyst, Office of
Administration, Federal Maritime
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20573,
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(Telephone: (202) 523–5800),
jgregory@fmc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Federal Maritime Commission, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on the
continuing information collections
listed in this notice, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be included or
summarized in our request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the relevant information
collection. All comments are part of the
public record and subject to disclosure.
Please do not include any confidential
or inappropriate material in your
comments. We invite comments on: (1)
The necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Information Collections Open for
Comment
Title: 46 CFR part 540—Application
for Certificate of Financial
Responsibility/Form FMC–131.
OMB Approval Number: 3072–0012
(Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: Sections 2 and 3 of Public
Law 89–777 (46 U.S.C. app. 817(d) and
(e)) require owners or charterers of
passenger vessels with 50 or more
passenger berths or stateroom
accommodations and embarking
passengers at United Stated ports and
territories to establish their financial
responsibility to meet liability incurred
for death or injury to passengers and
other persons, and to indemnify
passengers in the event of
nonperformance of transportation. The
Commission’s Rules at 46 CFR part 540
implement Public Law 89–777 and
specify financial responsibility coverage
requirements for such owners and
charterers.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to this information collection, and it is
being submitted for extension purposes
only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The information will
be used by the Commission’s staff to
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ensure that passenger vessel owners and
charterers have evidenced financial
responsibility to indemnify passengers
and others in the event of
nonperformance or casualty.
Frequency: This information is
collected when applicants apply for a
certificate or when existing certificants
change any information in their
application forms.
Type of Respondents: The types of
respondents are owners, charterers and
operators of passenger vessels with 50
or more passenger berths that embark
passengers from U.S. ports or territories.
Number of Annual Respondents: The
Commission estimates an annual
respondent universe of 50.
Estimated Time per Response: The
time per response ranges from .5 to 8
person-hours for reporting and
recordkeeping requirements contained
in the rules, and 8 person-hours for
completing Application Form FMC–131.
Total Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the total personhour burden at 1,478 person-hours.
Title: 46 CFR part 565—Controlled
Carriers.
OMB Approval Number: 3072–0060
(Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: Section 9 of the Shipping
Act of 1984 requires that the Federal
Maritime Commission monitor the
practices of controlled carriers to ensure
that they do not maintain rates or
charges in their tariffs and service
contracts that are below a level that is
just and reasonable; nor establish,
maintain or enforce unjust or
unreasonable classifications, rules or
regulations in those tariffs or service
contracts which result or are likely to
result in the carriage or handling of
cargo at rates or charges that are below
a just and reasonable level. 46 CFR part
565 establishes the method by which
the Commission determines whether a
particular ocean common carrier is a
controlled carrier subject to section 9 of
the Shipping Act of 1984. When a
government acquires a controlling
interest in an ocean common carrier, or
when a controlled carrier newly enters
a United States trade, the Commission’s
rules require that such a carrier notify
the Commission of these events.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to this information collection, and it is
being submitted for extension purposes
only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
uses these notifications in order to
effectively discharge its statutory duty
to determine whether a particular ocean
common carrier is a controlled carrier
and therefore subject to the
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requirements of section 9 of the
Shipping Act of 1984.
Frequency: The submission of
notifications from controlled carriers is
not assigned to a specific time frame by
the Commission; they are submitted as
circumstances warrant. The
Commission only requires notification
when a majority portion of an ocean
common carrier becomes owned or
controlled by a government, or when a
controlled carrier newly begins
operation in any United States trade.
Type of Respondents: Controlled
carriers are ocean common carriers
which are owned or controlled by a
government.
Number of Annual Respondents:
Although it is estimated that only 5 of
the 8 currently classified controlled
carriers may respond in any given year,
because this is a rule of general
applicability, the Commission considers
the number of annual respondents to be
8. Classifications are reviewed
periodically to determine current status
of respondents and to increase or
decrease the number of controlled
carriers based on new circumstances.
The Federal Maritime Commission
cannot anticipate when a new carrier
may enter the United States trade;
therefore, the number of annual
respondents may fluctuate from year to
year and could increase to 10 or more
at any time.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time for compliance is 7
person-hours per year.
Total Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the person-hour
burden required to make such
notifications at 56 person-hours per
year.
Title: 46 CFR part 525—Marine
Terminal Operator Schedules and
Related Form FMC–1.
OMB Approval Number: 3072–0061
(Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: Section 8(f) of the Shipping
Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. 1707(f),
provides that a marine terminal operator
(MTO) may make available to the public
a schedule of its rates, regulations, and
practices, including limitations of
liability for cargo loss or damage,
pertaining to receiving, delivering,
handling, or storing property at its
marine terminal, subject to section
10(d)(1), 46 U.S.C. app. 1709(d)(1) of the
Act. The Commission’s rules governing
MTO schedules are set forth at 46 CFR
part 525.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to this information collection, and it is
being submitted for extension purposes
only.
Type of Review: Extension.
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Needs and Uses: The Commission
uses information obtained from Form
FMC–1 to determine the organization
name, organization number, home office
address, name and telephone number of
the firm’s representatives and the
location of MTO schedules of rates,
regulations and practices, and
publisher, should the MTOs determine
to make their schedules available to the
public, as set forth in section 8(f) of the
Shipping Act.
Frequency: This information is
collected prior to an MTO’s
commencement of its marine terminal
operations.
Type of Respondents: Persons
operating as MTOs.
Number of Annual Respondents: The
Commission estimates the respondent
universe at 258, of which 153 opt to
make their schedules available to the
public.
Estimated Time per Response: The
time per response for completing Form
FMC–1 averages .5 person hours, and
approximately 5 person-hours for
related MTO schedules.
Total Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the total personhour burden at 894 person-hours.
Title: 46 CFR part 520—Carrier
Automated Tariffs and Related Form
FMC–1.
OMB Approval Number: 3072–0064
(Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: Except with respect to
certain specified commodities, section
8(a) of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46
U.S.C. app. 1707(a), requires that each
common carrier and conference shall
keep open to public inspection, in an
automated tariff system, tariffs showing
its rates, charges, classifications, rules,
and practices between all ports and
points on its own route and on any
through transportation route that has
been established. In addition, individual
carriers or agreements among carriers
are required to make available in tariff
format certain enumerated essential
terms of their service contracts. 46
U.S.C. app. 1707(c). The Commission is
responsible for reviewing the
accessibility and accuracy of automated
tariff systems, in accordance with its
regulations set forth at 46 CFR part 520.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to this information collection, and it is
being submitted for extension purposes
only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
uses information obtained from Form
FMC–1 to ascertain the location of
common carrier and conference tariff
publications, and to access their
provisions regarding rules, rates,
charges and practices.
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Frequency: This information is
collected when common carriers or
conferences publish tariffs.
Type of Respondents: Persons
desiring to operate as common carriers
or conferences.
Number of Annual Respondents: The
Commission estimates an annual
respondent universe of 4,200.
Estimated Time per Response: The
time per response ranges from .5 to 2
person-hours for reporting and
recordkeeping requirements contained
in the rules, and .5 person-hours for
completing Form FMC–1.
Total Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the total personhour burden at 436,500 person-hours.
Title: 46 CFR Part 530—Service
Contracts and Related Form FMC–83.
OMB Approval Number: 3072–0065
(Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: The Shipping Act of 1984,
46 U.S.C. app. 1707, requires service
contracts, except those dealing with
bulk cargo, forest products, recycled
metal scrap, new assembled motor
vehicles, waste paper or paper waste,
and their related amendments and
notices to be filed confidentially with
the Commission.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to this information collection, and it is
being submitted for extension purposes
only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
monitors service contract filings for acts
prohibited by the Shipping Act of 1984.
Frequency: The Commission has no
control over how frequently service
contracts are entered into; this is solely
a matter between the negotiating parties.
When parties enter into a service
contract, it must be filed with the
Commission.
Type of Respondents: Parties that
enter into service contracts are ocean
common carriers and agreements among
ocean common carriers on the one hand,
and shippers or shipper’s associations
on the other.
Number of Annual Respondents: The
Commission estimates an annual
respondent universe of 143.
Estimated Time per Response: The
time per response ranges from .5 to 16
person-hours for reporting and
recordkeeping requirements contained
in the rules, and .5 person-hours for
completing Form FMC–83.
Total Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the total personhour burden at 617,015 person-hours.
Title: 46 CFR part 531—NVOCC
Service Arrangements and Related Form
FMC–78.
OMB Approval Number: 3072–0070
(Expires September 30, 2008).
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Abstract: The Shipping Act of 1984,
46 U.S.C. app. 1715, authorizes the FMC
to exempt by rule ‘‘any class of
agreements between persons subject to
the Act or any specified activity of those
persons from any requirement of this
Act if it finds that the exemption will
not result in substantial reduction in
competition or be detrimental to
commerce. The Commission may attach
conditions to any exemption and may,
by order, revoke any exemption.’’ 46
CFR part 531 allows non-vesseloperating common carriers (NVOCCs)
and shippers’ associations with NVOCC
members to act as shipper parties in
NVOCC Service Arrangements (NSAs),
and to be exempt from certain tariff
publication requirements of the
Shipping Act provided the carriage in
question is done pursuant to an NSA
filed with the Commission and the
essential terms are published in the
NVOCC’s tariff.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to this information collection, and it is
being submitted for extension purposes
only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
uses filed NSAs and associated data for
monitoring and investigatory purposes
and, in its proceedings, to adjudicate
related issues raised by private parties.
Frequency: The filing of NSAs is not
assigned a specific time by the
Commission; NSAs are filed as they may
be entered into by private parties. When
parties enter into an NSA, it must be
filed with the Commission.
Type of Respondents: Parties that
enter into NSAs are NVOCCs and
shippers’ associations with NVOCC
members.
Number of Annual Respondents: The
Commission estimates an annual
respondent universe of 533.
Estimated Time per Response: The
time per response ranges from .5 to 4
person-hours for reporting and
recordkeeping requirements contained
in the rules, and 1 person-hour for
completing Form FMC–78.
Total Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the total personhour burden at 13,082 person-hours.
Karen V. Gregory,
Assistant Secretary.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank
Holding Companies
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank
holding company. The factors that are
considered in acting on the notices are
set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12
U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The notices are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
also will be available for inspection at
the office of the Board of Governors.
Interested persons may express their
views in writing to the Reserve Bank
indicated for that notice or to the offices
of the Board of Governors. Comments
must be received not later than May 28,
2008.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice
President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198–0001:
1. J. Robert Young, Carbondale,
Colorado, individually and as a voting
trustee of the Alpine Banks of Colorado
Employee Stock Ownership Plan and
401K (ESOP) to acquire control of; and
by J. Robert Young, Margo L. Young–
Gardey and Lindsay D. Nash, both of
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, as
members of a family group acting in
concert, to acquire control of Alpine
Banks of Colorado, parent of Alpine
Bank, both in Glenwood Springs,
Colorado, through the retention of
voting shares.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 8, 2008.
Margaret McCloskey Shanks,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
The companies listed in this notice
have applied to the Board for approval,
pursuant to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)
(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part
225), and all other applicable statutes
and regulations to become a bank
holding company and/or to acquire the
assets or the ownership of, control of, or
the power to vote shares of a bank or
bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, the Federal Maritime Commission invites comments on the
continuing information collections (extensions with no changes) listed
below in this notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to: Anthony Haywood, Chief Information
Officer, Office of Administration, Federal Maritime Commission, 800
North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC 20573, (Telephone: (202) 523-
5800), administration@fmc.gov. Please send separate comments for each
specific information collection listed below. You must reference the
information collection's title and OMB number in your comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain additional information,
copies of the information collections and their instructions, or copies
of any comments received, contact Jane Gregory, Management Analyst,
Office of Administration, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North
Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC 20573, (Telephone: (202) 523-5800),
jgregory@fmc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Federal Maritime Commission, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing information
collections listed in this notice, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be included or
summarized in our request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the relevant information collection. All comments are part
of the public record and subject to disclosure. Please do not include
any confidential or inappropriate material in your comments. We invite
comments on: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2)
the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Information Collections Open for Comment
Title: 46 CFR part 540--Application for Certificate of Financial
Responsibility/Form FMC-131.
OMB Approval Number: 3072-0012 (Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: Sections 2 and 3 of Public Law 89-777 (46 U.S.C. app.
817(d) and (e)) require owners or charterers of passenger vessels with
50 or more passenger berths or stateroom accommodations and embarking
passengers at United Stated ports and territories to establish their
financial responsibility to meet liability incurred for death or injury
to passengers and other persons, and to indemnify passengers in the
event of nonperformance of transportation. The Commission's Rules at 46
CFR part 540 implement Public Law 89-777 and specify financial
responsibility coverage requirements for such owners and charterers.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The information will be used by the Commission's
staff to
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ensure that passenger vessel owners and charterers have evidenced
financial responsibility to indemnify passengers and others in the
event of nonperformance or casualty.
Frequency: This information is collected when applicants apply for
a certificate or when existing certificants change any information in
their application forms.
Type of Respondents: The types of respondents are owners,
charterers and operators of passenger vessels with 50 or more passenger
berths that embark passengers from U.S. ports or territories.
Number of Annual Respondents: The Commission estimates an annual
respondent universe of 50.
Estimated Time per Response: The time per response ranges from .5
to 8 person-hours for reporting and recordkeeping requirements
contained in the rules, and 8 person-hours for completing Application
Form FMC-131.
Total Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the total person-hour
burden at 1,478 person-hours.
Title: 46 CFR part 565--Controlled Carriers.
OMB Approval Number: 3072-0060 (Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: Section 9 of the Shipping Act of 1984 requires that the
Federal Maritime Commission monitor the practices of controlled
carriers to ensure that they do not maintain rates or charges in their
tariffs and service contracts that are below a level that is just and
reasonable; nor establish, maintain or enforce unjust or unreasonable
classifications, rules or regulations in those tariffs or service
contracts which result or are likely to result in the carriage or
handling of cargo at rates or charges that are below a just and
reasonable level. 46 CFR part 565 establishes the method by which the
Commission determines whether a particular ocean common carrier is a
controlled carrier subject to section 9 of the Shipping Act of 1984.
When a government acquires a controlling interest in an ocean common
carrier, or when a controlled carrier newly enters a United States
trade, the Commission's rules require that such a carrier notify the
Commission of these events.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission uses these notifications in order to
effectively discharge its statutory duty to determine whether a
particular ocean common carrier is a controlled carrier and therefore
subject to the requirements of section 9 of the Shipping Act of 1984.
Frequency: The submission of notifications from controlled carriers
is not assigned to a specific time frame by the Commission; they are
submitted as circumstances warrant. The Commission only requires
notification when a majority portion of an ocean common carrier becomes
owned or controlled by a government, or when a controlled carrier newly
begins operation in any United States trade.
Type of Respondents: Controlled carriers are ocean common carriers
which are owned or controlled by a government.
Number of Annual Respondents: Although it is estimated that only 5
of the 8 currently classified controlled carriers may respond in any
given year, because this is a rule of general applicability, the
Commission considers the number of annual respondents to be 8.
Classifications are reviewed periodically to determine current status
of respondents and to increase or decrease the number of controlled
carriers based on new circumstances. The Federal Maritime Commission
cannot anticipate when a new carrier may enter the United States trade;
therefore, the number of annual respondents may fluctuate from year to
year and could increase to 10 or more at any time.
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time for compliance is 7
person-hours per year.
Total Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the person-hour
burden required to make such notifications at 56 person-hours per year.
Title: 46 CFR part 525--Marine Terminal Operator Schedules and
Related Form FMC-1.
OMB Approval Number: 3072-0061 (Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: Section 8(f) of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app.
1707(f), provides that a marine terminal operator (MTO) may make
available to the public a schedule of its rates, regulations, and
practices, including limitations of liability for cargo loss or damage,
pertaining to receiving, delivering, handling, or storing property at
its marine terminal, subject to section 10(d)(1), 46 U.S.C. app.
1709(d)(1) of the Act. The Commission's rules governing MTO schedules
are set forth at 46 CFR part 525.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission uses information obtained from Form
FMC-1 to determine the organization name, organization number, home
office address, name and telephone number of the firm's representatives
and the location of MTO schedules of rates, regulations and practices,
and publisher, should the MTOs determine to make their schedules
available to the public, as set forth in section 8(f) of the Shipping
Act.
Frequency: This information is collected prior to an MTO's
commencement of its marine terminal operations.
Type of Respondents: Persons operating as MTOs.
Number of Annual Respondents: The Commission estimates the
respondent universe at 258, of which 153 opt to make their schedules
available to the public.
Estimated Time per Response: The time per response for completing
Form FMC-1 averages .5 person hours, and approximately 5 person-hours
for related MTO schedules.
Total Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the total person-hour
burden at 894 person-hours.
Title: 46 CFR part 520--Carrier Automated Tariffs and Related Form
FMC-1.
OMB Approval Number: 3072-0064 (Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: Except with respect to certain specified commodities,
section 8(a) of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. 1707(a),
requires that each common carrier and conference shall keep open to
public inspection, in an automated tariff system, tariffs showing its
rates, charges, classifications, rules, and practices between all ports
and points on its own route and on any through transportation route
that has been established. In addition, individual carriers or
agreements among carriers are required to make available in tariff
format certain enumerated essential terms of their service contracts.
46 U.S.C. app. 1707(c). The Commission is responsible for reviewing the
accessibility and accuracy of automated tariff systems, in accordance
with its regulations set forth at 46 CFR part 520.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission uses information obtained from Form
FMC-1 to ascertain the location of common carrier and conference tariff
publications, and to access their provisions regarding rules, rates,
charges and practices.
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Frequency: This information is collected when common carriers or
conferences publish tariffs.
Type of Respondents: Persons desiring to operate as common carriers
or conferences.
Number of Annual Respondents: The Commission estimates an annual
respondent universe of 4,200.
Estimated Time per Response: The time per response ranges from .5
to 2 person-hours for reporting and recordkeeping requirements
contained in the rules, and .5 person-hours for completing Form FMC-1.
Total Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the total person-hour
burden at 436,500 person-hours.
Title: 46 CFR Part 530--Service Contracts and Related Form FMC-83.
OMB Approval Number: 3072-0065 (Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: The Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. 1707, requires
service contracts, except those dealing with bulk cargo, forest
products, recycled metal scrap, new assembled motor vehicles, waste
paper or paper waste, and their related amendments and notices to be
filed confidentially with the Commission.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission monitors service contract filings
for acts prohibited by the Shipping Act of 1984.
Frequency: The Commission has no control over how frequently
service contracts are entered into; this is solely a matter between the
negotiating parties. When parties enter into a service contract, it
must be filed with the Commission.
Type of Respondents: Parties that enter into service contracts are
ocean common carriers and agreements among ocean common carriers on the
one hand, and shippers or shipper's associations on the other.
Number of Annual Respondents: The Commission estimates an annual
respondent universe of 143.
Estimated Time per Response: The time per response ranges from .5
to 16 person-hours for reporting and recordkeeping requirements
contained in the rules, and .5 person-hours for completing Form FMC-83.
Total Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the total person-hour
burden at 617,015 person-hours.
Title: 46 CFR part 531--NVOCC Service Arrangements and Related Form
FMC-78.
OMB Approval Number: 3072-0070 (Expires September 30, 2008).
Abstract: The Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. 1715, authorizes
the FMC to exempt by rule ``any class of agreements between persons
subject to the Act or any specified activity of those persons from any
requirement of this Act if it finds that the exemption will not result
in substantial reduction in competition or be detrimental to commerce.
The Commission may attach conditions to any exemption and may, by
order, revoke any exemption.'' 46 CFR part 531 allows non-vessel-
operating common carriers (NVOCCs) and shippers' associations with
NVOCC members to act as shipper parties in NVOCC Service Arrangements
(NSAs), and to be exempt from certain tariff publication requirements
of the Shipping Act provided the carriage in question is done pursuant
to an NSA filed with the Commission and the essential terms are
published in the NVOCC's tariff.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission uses filed NSAs and associated data
for monitoring and investigatory purposes and, in its proceedings, to
adjudicate related issues raised by private parties.
Frequency: The filing of NSAs is not assigned a specific time by
the Commission; NSAs are filed as they may be entered into by private
parties. When parties enter into an NSA, it must be filed with the
Commission.
Type of Respondents: Parties that enter into NSAs are NVOCCs and
shippers' associations with NVOCC members.
Number of Annual Respondents: The Commission estimates an annual
respondent universe of 533.
Estimated Time per Response: The time per response ranges from .5
to 4 person-hours for reporting and recordkeeping requirements
contained in the rules, and 1 person-hour for completing Form FMC-78.
Total Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the total person-hour
burden at 13,082 person-hours.
Karen V. Gregory,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-10602 Filed 5-12-08; 8:45 am]
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