[Federal Register: July 1, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 126)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

 
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The nature of the 
information collection is described as well as its expected burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
March 6, 2002. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 31, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evie Chitwood, Maritime 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590; 
telephone: 202-366-5127; FAX: 202-366-6988, or e-mail: 
evie.chitwood@marad.dot.gov. Copies of this collection can also be 
obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
    Title: Intermodal Access to Shallow Draft Ports and Terminals 
Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-NEW.
    Type of Request: Approval of a new request.
    Affected Public: Officials at the Nation's key shallow draft marine 
ports and terminals.
    Form(s): MA-1024B.
    Abstract: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has primary 
responsibility for ensuring the availability of efficient water 
transportation service to shippers and consumers. This information 
collection is designed to be a survey of critical infrastructure issues 
that impact the Nation's shallow draft marine ports and terminals. The 
survey will provide MARAD with key road, rail, and waterside access 
data as well as security information and highlight the issues that 
affect the flow of cargo through U.S. shallow draft marine ports and 
terminals.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 22.5 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention MARAD Desk Officer.
    Comments Are Invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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.
    A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2002.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-16470 Filed 6-28-02; 8:45 am]
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