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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 23 / Friday, February 3, 2012 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection abstracted below has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. The nature of the information
collection is described as well as its
expected burden. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on November 21, 2011, and comments
were due by January 20, 2012. No
comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 5, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Christensen, Maritime
Administration, Office of Emergency
Preparedness, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
(202) 366–5909 or email: Thomas.
Christensen@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
Title: Effective U.S. Control (EUSC)/
Parent Company.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0511.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: U.S. citizens who
owns foreign-registered vessels.
Forms: None.
Abstract: The Effective U.S. Control
(EUSC) Parent Company collection
consists of an inventory of foreign
registered vessels owned by U.S.
citizens. Specifically, the collection
consists of responses from vessel
owners verifying or correcting vessel
ownership data and characteristics
found in commercial publications. The
information obtained could be vital in a
national or international emergency,
and is essential to the logistical support
planning operations conducted by
MARAD officials. The information is
used in contingency planning and
provides data related to potential sealift
capacity to support movement of fuel
and military equipment to crisis zones.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 30
hours.

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Addressees: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention
Maritime Administration Desk Officer.
Alternatively, comments may be sent
via email to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget, at the
following address: oira.submissions@
omb.eop.gov.
Comments Are Invited On: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’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.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 31,
2012.
Julie Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2012–0003]

Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel BIG
GAME; Invitation for Public Comments
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

As authorized by 46 U.S.C.
12121, the Secretary of Transportation,
as represented by the Maritime
Administration (MARAD), is authorized
to grant waivers of the U.S.-build
requirement of the coastwise laws under
certain circumstances. A request for
such a waiver has been received by
MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
description of the proposed service, is
listed below.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
March 5, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2012–0003.
Written comments may be submitted by
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hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Docket Operations, M–30, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. You may also
send comments electronically via the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
All comments will become part of this
docket and will be available for
inspection and copying at the above
address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
E.T., Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document and all documents
entered into this docket is available on
the World Wide Web at http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W21–203,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone (202)
366–5979, Email Joann.Spittle@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
As described by the applicant the
intended service of the vessel BIG
GAME is:
Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘Fishing charter boat.’’
Geographic Region: ‘‘Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Connecticut.’’
The complete application is given in
DOT docket MARAD–2012–0003 at
http://www.regulations.gov. Interested
parties may comment on the effect this
action may have on U.S. vessel builders
or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in
accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR Part
388, that the issuance of the waiver will
have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.vessel builder or a business that uses
U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a
waiver will not be granted. Comments
should refer to the docket number of
this notice and the vessel name in order
for MARAD to properly consider the
comments. Comments should also state
the commenter’s interest in the waiver
application, and address the waiver
criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s
regulations at 46 CFR part 388.
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).

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