[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 22943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9905]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2011 0043]
Information Collection Available for Public Comments and
Recommendations
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: 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 June 24, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila Brown, Maritime Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-
5178 or e-mail: [email protected]. Copies of this collection also
can be obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
Title of Collection: Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue
System (AMVER).
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0025.
Form Numbers: None.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by
the Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of Information: This collection of
information is used to gather information regarding the location of
U.S.-flag vessels and certain other U.S. citizen-owned vessels for the
purpose of search and rescue in the saving of lives at sea and for the
marshalling of ships for national defense and safety purposes.
Need and Use of the Information: The collection of information is
necessary for maintaining a current plot of U.S.-flag and U.S.-owned
vessels.
Description of Respondents: U.S.-flag and U.S. citizen-owned
vessels.
Annual Responses: 729,280 responses.
Annual Burden: 51,050 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/search/index.jsp.
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://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.
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/search/index.jsp.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
Dated: April 13, 2011.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-9905 Filed 4-22-11; 8:45 am]
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