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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 20, 2018 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. DOT–MARAD–2018–0026]

Request for Comments on the Renewal
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Shipbuilding Orderbook
and Shipyard Employment
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Maritime Administration
(MARAD) invites public comments on
our intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The information to be
collected is necessary in order for
MARAD to perform and carry out its
duties required by the Merchant Marine
Act of 1936 as amended. We are
required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket No. DOT–MARAD–
2018–0026 through one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Search using the
above DOT docket number and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the Department’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Department to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information
collection; and (d) ways that the burden
could be minimized without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Gearhart, 202–366–1867,
Office of Shipyards and Marine
Engineering, Maritime Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Shipbuilding Orderbook and
Shipyard Employment.

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OMB Control Number: 2133–0029.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Form Numbers: MA–832.
Abstract: In compliance with 46
U.S.C. 50102 (2007), the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936, as amended,
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.
Respondents: Owners of U.S.
shipyards who agree to complete the
requested information.
Affected Public: Owners of U.S.
shipyards who agree to complete the
requested information.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200.
Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
Estimated Hours per Response: 30
minutes.
Annual Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 100.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.93.

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By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: February 14, 2018.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018–03351 Filed 2–16–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0024]

Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
PENINGO; Invitation for Public
Comments
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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 22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2018–0024.
SUMMARY:

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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 10:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document and all documents
entered into this docket is available at
http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel PENINGO is:
—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘3 hour sailing and limited 8-hour
sailing charters in New England
coastal waters. Sailing will be almost
exclusively in and around Boston
harbor’’
—Geographic Region: ‘‘Massachusetts,
Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York (excluding New York
Harbor)’’
The complete application is given in
DOT docket MARAD–2018–0024 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 section 388.4 of
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
388.
Privacy Act
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c),
DOT/MARAD solicits comments from
the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD posts
these comments, without edit, to

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