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at the docket facility’s Web site at
http://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of any written
communications and comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
document (or signing the document, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Page 19477) or at
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 12,
2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011–17930 Filed 7–14–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2011 0096]

Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before September 13, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Gearhardt, Maritime
Administration 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–1867 or E–MAIL:
Elizabeth.Gearhart@dot.gov. Copies of
this collection also can be obtained from
that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Shipbuilding
Orderbook and Shipyard Employment.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0029.
Form Numbers: MA–832.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years after date of approval by the Office
of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: In compliance with 46
U.S.C. 50102 (2007), the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936, as amended,

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MARAD conducts this survey to obtain
information from the shipbuilding and
ship repair industry to be used
primarily to determine, if an adequate
mobilization base exists for national
defense and for use in a national
emergency.
Need and Use of the Information: The
collection of information is necessary in
order for MARAD to perform and carry
out its duties required by Sections 210
and 211 of the Merchant Marine Act of
1936.
Description of Respondents: Owners
of U.S. shipyards who agree to complete
the requested information.
Annual Responses: 800.
Annual Burden: 400 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments may
also be submitted by electronic means
via the Internet at http://regulations.gov.
Specifically address whether this
information collection is necessary for
proper performance of the functions of
the agency and will have practical
utility, accuracy of the burden
estimates, ways to minimize this
burden, and ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
World Wide Web http://regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit http://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: July 11, 2011.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–17851 Filed 7–14–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2011 0094]

Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before September 13, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis Brennan, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–1029; or e-mail:
dennis.brennan@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Monthly Report of
Ocean Shipments Moving Under
Export-Import Bank Financing.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0013
Form Numbers: MA–518
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: 46 App. U.S.C. 1241–1,
Public Resolution 17, required MARAD
to monitor and enforce the U.S.-flag
shipping requirements relative to the
loans/guarantees extended by the
Export-Import Bank (EXIMBANK) to
foreign borrowers. Public Resolution 17
requires that shipments financed by
Eximbank and that move by sea, must
be transported exclusively on U.S.-flag
registered vessels unless a waiver is
obtained from MARAD.
Need and Use of the Information: The
prescribed monthly report is necessary
for MARAD to fulfill its responsibilities
under Public Resolution 17, to ensure
compliance of ocean shipping
requirements operating under Eximbank
financing, and to ensure equitable
distribution of shipments between U.S.flag and foreign ships. MARAD will use
this information to report annually to
Congress the total shipping activities
during the calendar year.
Description of Respondents: Shippers
subject to Eximbank financing.
SUMMARY:

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Annual Responses: 336.
Annual Burden: 168 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also
may be submitted by electronic means
via the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov. Specifically
address whether this information
collection is necessary for proper
performance of the functions of the
agency and will have practical utility,
accuracy of the burden estimates, ways
to minimize this burden, and ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at http://
regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit http://regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: July 11, 2011.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–17856 Filed 7–14–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2011 0095]

Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice and request for
comments.

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ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.

SUMMARY:

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Comments should be submitted
on or before September 13, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Yarrington, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–1915 or e-mail:
Michael.Yarrington@dot.gov. Copies of
this collection also can be obtained from
that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Procedures for
Determining Vessel Services Categories
for Purposes of the Cargo Preference
Act.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0540.
Form Numbers: None.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval.
Summary of Collection of
Information: 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.
Need and Use of the Information: 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.
Description of Respondents: Owners
or operators of U.S.-registered vessels
and foreign-registered vessels.
Annual Responses: 100 responses.
Annual Burden: 800 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also
may be submitted by electronic means
via the Internet at http://regulations.gov.
Specifically address whether this
information collection is necessary for
proper performance of the functions of
the agency and will have practical
utility, accuracy of the burden
estimates, ways to minimize this
burden, and ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. E.D.T. (or
E.S.T.), Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays. An electronic version
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of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at http://
regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit http://regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: July 11, 2011.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–17848 Filed 7–14–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement (VISA)
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice of open season for
enrollment in the VISA program.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Introduction
The VISA program was established
pursuant to section 708 of the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended
(DPA), which provides for voluntary
agreements for emergency preparedness
programs. VISA was approved for a two
year term on January 30, 1997, and
published in the Federal Register on
February 13, 1997, (62 FR 6837).
Effective September 30, 2009, the DPA
for voluntary agreements and plans of
action for preparedness programs was
amended to note that each voluntary
agreement expires five (5) years after the
date it becomes effective. Therefore,
approval of the VISA as published in
the Federal Register on March 24, 2010
(75 FR 14245) is currently extended
until October 1, 2014.
As implemented, the VISA program is
open to U.S.-flag vessel operators of
oceangoing militarily useful vessels, to
include tugs and barges. An operator is
defined as an owner or bareboat
charterer of a vessel. Tug enrollment
alone does not satisfy VISA eligibility.
Operators include vessel owners and
bareboat charter operators if satisfactory
signed agreements are in place
committing the assets of the owner to
the bareboat charterer for purposes of
VISA. Voyage and space charterers are

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