Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection

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title: "Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection"
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  - "Maritime Administration"
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#  Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection

**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 26, 2014 ( *Federal Register* 70610, Vol. 79, No. 228).

**DATES:**

Comments must be submitted on or before March 20, 2015.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Elizabeth Gearhart, 202-366-1867, Office of Shipyards and Marine Engineering, Maritime Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

*Title:* Shipbuilding Orderbook and Shipyard Employment.

*OMB Control Number:* 2133-0029.

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

*Abstract:* MARAD collects this information from the shipbuilding and ship repair industry primarily to determine if an adequate mobilization base exists for national defense and for use in a national emergency.

*Affected Public:* Owners of U.S. shipyards who agree to complete the requested information.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 200.

*Estimated Number of Responses:* 800.

*Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 400.

**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: February 10, 2015.

Christine Gurland,

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.