Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for Small Passenger Vessels

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#  Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for Small Passenger Vessels

**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 August 26, 2014 ( *Federal Register* 50980, Vol. 79, No. 165) and comments were due by October 27, 2014. No comments were received.

**DATES:**

Comments must be submitted on or before December 26, 2014.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Michael Hokana, 202-366-0760, Office of Cargo and Commercial Sealift, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Email: *[email protected].*

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

*Title:* Application for Waiver of the coastwise Trade Laws for Small Passenger vessels.

*OMB Control Number:* 2133-0529.

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

*Abstract:* Owners of small passenger vessels desiring waiver of the coastwise trade laws affecting small passenger vessels will be required to file a written application and justification for waiver to the Maritime Administration (MARAD). The agency will review the application and make a determination whether to grant the requested waiver.

*Affected Public:* Small passenger vessel owners who desire to operate in the coastwise trade.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 95.

*Estimated Number of Responses:* 95.

*Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 95.

**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: November 20, 2014.

Julie P. Agarwal,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.