Request for Comments on the Approval of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Voluntary Tanker Agreement

• Citation: 84 FR 53558
• Record Number: 2019-21821
• Published date: 07 October 2019
• Section: Notices
• Court: Maritime Administration

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 194 (Monday, October 7, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 53558-53559]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-21821]
                -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Maritime Administration
                [Docket No. MARAD-2019-0157]
                Request for Comments on the Approval of a Previously Approved
                Information Collection: Voluntary Tanker Agreement
                AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
                ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
                -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                [[Page 53559]]
                SUMMARY: 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. This collection of
                information is used to gather information on tanker operators who agree
                to contribute, either by direct charter to the Department of Defense or
                to other participants tanker capacity as requested by the Maritime
                Administrator at such times and such amounts as determined to be
                necessary to meet the essential needs of DOD for the transportation of
                petroleum and petroleum products in bulk by sea. The Voluntary Tanker
                Agreement is a voluntary emergency preparedness agreement. 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 December 6, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. MARAD-2019-
                0157 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.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ram Nagendran, 202-366-8584, Office of
                Sealift Support, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
                Avenue SE, Washington, DC, 20590, Email: [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement.
                 OMB Control Number: 2133-0505.
                 Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved information
                collection.
                 Abstract: The Voluntary Tanker Agreement is a voluntary emergency
                preparedness agreement in accordance with Section 708, Defense
                Production Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4558). The collection consists of
                a request from the Maritime Administration (MARAD) that each
                participant in the Voluntary Tanker Agreement submit a list of the
                names of ships owned, chartered or contracted for by the participant,
                their size, flags of registry, and other pertinent information. There
                is a recommended format for this information included as part of the
                application. The collection of information is necessary to evaluate
                tanker capability and make plans for use of this capability to meet
                national emergency requirements. This information will be used by both
                MARAD and Department of Defense to establish contingency plans.
                 Respondents: Coastwise qualified vessel owners, operators,
                charterers, brokers and vessel representatives.
                 Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
                 Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
                 Estimated Number of Responses: 15 (1 per respondent).
                 Estimated Hours per Response: 1 hr.
                 Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15.
                 Frequency of Response: Annually.
                 Public Comments Invited: 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.
                (Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter
                35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49.)
                * * * * *
                 Dated: October 2, 2019.
                 By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
                T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
                Secretary, Maritime Administration.
                [FR Doc. 2019-21821 Filed 10-4-19; 8:45 am]
                 BILLING CODE 4910-81-P