Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services Categories for Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act, 62242 [2014-24636]

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• Maritime Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 62242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24636]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. 2014-0126]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services Categories for 
Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act

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 Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on July 
7, 2014 (Federal Register 38356, Vol. 79, No. 129).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 17, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Brennan, 202-366-1029, Office 
of Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services Categories for 
Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0540.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide information to be used in the 
designation of service categories of individual vessels for purposes of 
compliance with the Cargo Preference Act under a Memorandum of 
Understanding entered into by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. 
Agency for International Development, and the Maritime Administration. 
The Maritime Administration will use the data submitted by vessel 
operators to create a list of Vessel Self-Designations and determine 
whether the Agency agrees or disagrees with a vessel owner's 
designation of a vessel.
    Affected Public: Owners or operators of U.S.-registered vessels and 
foreign-registered vessels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 100.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 800/8 hours per 
Respondent.

ADDRESSES:  Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    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.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.

    Dated: October 9, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-24636 Filed 10-15-14; 8:45 am]
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