Request for Comments on the Approval of a Previously Approved Information Collection: America's Marine Highway Program

• Published date: 24 March 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 16723
• Record Number: 2020-06107
• Section: Notices
• Court: Maritime Administration,Transportation Department

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 16723-16724]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-06107]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Maritime Administration
                [Docket No. MARAD-2020-0055]
                Request for Comments on the Approval of a Previously Approved
                Information Collection: America's Marine Highway Program
                AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT
                ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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                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. The information to be
                collected will be used by the Maritime Administration to evaluate and
                review applications being submitted for project designation. The review
                will assess factors such as project scope, impact, public benefit,
                environmental effect, offsetting costs, cost to the government (if
                any), the likelihood of long-term self-supporting operations, and its
                relationship with Marine Highway Routes once designated. 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 May 26, 2020.
                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. MARAD-
                2020-0055] 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
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                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: Timothy Pickering, 202-366-0704,
                Acting Director, Office of Ports & Waterways Planning, U.S. Department
                of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC 20590.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Title: America's Marine Highway Program.
                 OMB Control Number: 2133-0541.
                 Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved collection.
                 Abstract: The Department of Transportation will solicit
                applications for Marine Highway Projects as specified in the America's
                Marine Highway Program Final Rule, MARAD-2010-0035, published in the
                Federal Register on April 9, 2010. These applications must comply with
                the requirements of the referenced America's Marine Highway Program
                Final Rule, and be submitted in accordance with the instructions
                contained in that Final Rule. Open season for Marine Highway Project
                applications is open through January 31, 2022.
                 Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government and Business or
                other for profit.
                 Affected Public: Vessel Operators.
                 Estimated Number of Respondents: 35.
                 Estimated Number of Responses: 35.
                 Estimated Hours per Response: 10.
                 Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 350.
                 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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                 Dated: March 18, 2020.
                 By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
                T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
                Secretary, Maritime Administration.
                [FR Doc. 2020-06107 Filed 3-23-20; 8:45 am]
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