2015-32786. Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection

AGENCY:

Maritime Administration (MARAD), Department of Transportation.

ACTION:

Notice and request for comments.

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 April 7, 2015 (Federal Register 18706, Vol. 80, No.66).

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before January 28, 2016.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jan Downing, 202-366-0783, Office of Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Monthly Report of Ocean Shipments Moving under Export-Import Bank Financing

OMB Control Number: 2133-0013

Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection

Abstract: 46 U.S.C. 55304, requires MARAD to monitor and enforce the U.S.-flag shipping requirements relative to the loans/guarantees extended by the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) to foreign borrowers. Public Resolution 17 requires that shipments financed by Ex-Im Bank and that move by sea, must be transported exclusively on U.S.-flag registered vessels unless a waiver is obtained from MARAD.

Affected Public: Shippers subject to Ex-Im Bank Financing.

Form(s): MA-518

Estimated Number of Respondents: 28

Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 196

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

Dated: December 7, 2015.

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.