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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 29, 2015 / Notices

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).
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: December 15, 2015.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015–32801 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. DOT–MARAD 2015–0140]

Request for Comments of a Previously
Approved Information Collection
Maritime Administration
(MARAD), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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

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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.
[FR Doc. 2015–32786 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2015–0146]

Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
SHERYL ANN; 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.

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Submit comments on or before
January 28, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2015–0146.
Written comments may be submitted by
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.
DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Williams, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@
dot.gov.
As
described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel SHERYL ANN is:
Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘Lake Union, Lake Washington, Puget
Sound to the Canadian Border of
Washington State. Custom planned
tours for up to 6 paying passengers’’
Geographic Region: ‘‘Washington State’’
The complete application is given in
DOT docket MARAD–2015–0146 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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