98-4890. Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4890]


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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.

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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 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 December 17, 1997 [62 FR 66175].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Weaver, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration

    Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0505.
    Affected Public: Tanker companies that operate in international 
trade and who have agreed to participate in the Voluntary Tanker 
Agreement.
    Abstract: The collection consists of a request from MARAD that each 
participant in the Voluntary Tanker Agreement submit a list of the 
names of ships owned, chartered, or contracted for by the participant, 
and their size and flags of registry. There is not prescribed format 
for this information.
    Need and Use of the Information: The collected information is 
necessary to evaluate tanker capability and make plans for the use of 
this capability to meet national emergency requirements. This 
information will be used by both MARAD and Department of Defense to 
establish overall contingency plans.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 20 hours.

ADDRESS: 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 February 19, 1998.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-4890 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am]
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