Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection

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#  Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection

**AGENCY:**

Maritime Administration (MARAD), Department of Transportation.

**ACTION:**

Notice and request for comments.

**SUMMARY:**

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 November 29, 2013 ( *Federal Register* 71705, Vol. 78, No. 230).

**DATES:**

Comments must be submitted on or before April 14, 2014.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Linden Houston, Office of Deepwater Ports and Offshore Activities, MAR-530, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-4839.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

*Title:* Application for Conveyance of Port Facility Property, formerly, Port Facility Conveyance Information.

*OMB Control Number:* 2133-0524.

*Type of Request:* Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection.

*Abstract:* Section 2927 of Public Law 103-160 authorizes the Department of Transportation to convey excess federal real and related personal property needed by states and local government entities for the development or operation of a port facility. The requested information is required to evaluate the applicants need and eligibility for the property. Compliance data is required on a yearly basis to determine if conveyed property is being used in accordance with the terms of the conveyance.

*Affected Public:* Eligible state and local public entities.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 10.

*Estimated Number of Responses:* 10.

*Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 440.

**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 on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

**Authority:**

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:93.

Dated: March 10, 2014.

Julie P. Agarwal,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.