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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
approval. 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 June 3, 2013. No comments were
received.
Comments must be submitted on
or before October 3, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Kurfehs, Maritime Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590. Telephone: 202–366–2318 or
EMAIL: [email protected]. Copies of
this collection also can be obtained from
that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement
OMB Control Number: 2133–0505
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: U.S.-flag and U.S.
citizen-owned vessels that are required
to respond under current statute and
regulation.
Form(s): MA–1060
Abstract: This collection of
information is used to gather
information on tanker operators who
agree to contribute, either by direct
charter to the Department of Defense or
to other participants tanker capacity as
requested by the Maritime
Administrator at such times and such
amounts as determined to be necessary
to meet the essential needs of DOD for
the transportation of petroleum and
petroleum products in bulk by sea. The
Voluntary Tanker Agreement is a
voluntary emergency preparedness
agreement in accordance with Section
708, Defense Production Act, 195, as
amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2158).
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 15
hours
Addresses: Send comments regarding
these information collections to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
MARAD Desk Officer. Alternatively,
comments may be sent via email to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, at the following address:
[email protected].
Comments Are Invited On: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the

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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.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.93.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 27,
2013.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2013 0099]

Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before November 4, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Ann Thomas, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–2646 or EMAIL:
[email protected]. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
Title of Collection: Merchant Marine
Medals and Awards.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0506.
Form Numbers: None.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: This information collection
of information provides a method of
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awarding merchant marine medals and
decorations to masters, officers, and
crew members of U.S. ships in
recognition of their service in areas of
danger during the operations by the
Armed Forces of the United States in
World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and
Operation Desert Storm.
Need and Use of the Information:
This information is used by MARAD
personnel to process and verify requests
for service awards.
Description of Respondents: Master,
officers and crew members of U.S.
ships.
Annual Responses: 550 responses.
Annual Burden: 550 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also
may be submitted by electronic means
via the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov. Specifically
address whether this information
collection is necessary for proper
performance of the functions of the
agency and will have practical utility,
accuracy of the burden estimates, ways
to minimize this burden, and ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at http://
www.regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit http://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.93.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: August 27, 2013.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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