96-30487. Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60736-60737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30487]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


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

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary 
(OST).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for extension of a currently approved collection. 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 August 20, 1996 [FR 61, page 43117].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Weaver, 400 Seventh Street, 
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration

    Title: Port Facilities Inventory.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0023.
    Form Number: MA-400.
    Affected Public: Port terminal owners.
    Abstract: The collection of port facility data from terminal owners 
will permit the Maritime Administration to maintain information on 
those essential port facilities that are required for emergency use at 
the proper level of accuracy and currency. These surveys would be used 
only in the event the

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data contained on these facilities fell below a level of currency 
deemed adequate for emergency planning purposes.
    Need and Use of the Information: Executive Order 12656, as amended, 
assigns emergency preparedness functions to the Secretary of 
Transportation and 49 CFR 1.45 further delegates such authority to the 
department's Administrators. This requires the Maritime Administration 
to guarantee that individual port facilities and services are available 
for use by federal agencies prior to and during national defense 
emergencies.
    Annual Burden: 1 hour.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 22, 1996.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 96-30487 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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