30-Day Federal Register Notice

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Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the Department’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Department to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information
collection; and (d) ways that the burden
could be minimized without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Ladd, 202–366–1859, Office of
Financial Approvals, Maritime
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Construction
Reserve Fund and Annual Statements
(CRF).
OMB Control Number: 2133–0032.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The Construction Reserve
Fund (CRF), authorized by 46 U.S.C.
Chapter 533 (the Act), is a financial
assistance program which provides tax
deferral benefits to U.S.-flag operators.
Eligible parties can defer the gain
attributable to the sale or loss of a
vessel, provided the proceeds are used
to expand or modernize the U.S.
merchant fleet. The primary purpose of
the CRF is to promote the construction,
reconstruction, reconditioning, or
acquisition of merchant vessels which
are necessary for national defense and to
the development of U.S. commerce.
Respondents: Owners or operators of
vessels in the domestic or foreign
commerce.
Affected Public: Owners or operators
of vessels in the domestic or foreign
commerce.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
17.
Estimated Number of Responses: 17.
Estimated Hours per Response: 9.
Annual Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 153.
Frequency of Response: Annually.

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(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and
49 CFR 1.93.)

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By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: May 18, 2018.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0085]

Request for Comments on the Renewal
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Application and Reporting
Elements for Participation in the
Maritime Security Program
Maritime Administration.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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. The information
to be collected will be used to determine
if selected vessels are qualified to
participate in the Maritime Security
Program. A Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information
collection was published on February
12, 2018, (Federal Register 6086, Vol.
83, No. 29).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 22, 2018.
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: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the Department’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Department to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information
collection; and (d) ways that the burden
could be minimized without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William McDonald, 202–366–0688,
Office of Sealift Support, Maritime
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W23–308,
Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application and Reporting
Elements for Participation in the
Maritime Security Program.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0525.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection.
SUMMARY:

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Abstract: The Maritime Security Act
of 2003 extended under Section 3508 of
the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2013, Public Law 112–
239 provides for the enrollment of
qualified vessels in the Maritime
Security Program Fleet. Applications
and amendments are used to select
vessels for the fleet. Periodic reporting
is used to monitor adherence of
contractors to program parameters.
Respondents: Vessel operators.
Affected Public: Business or other for
Profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
15.
Estimated Number of Responses: 212.
Annual Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 308.
Frequency of Response: Monthly/
Annually.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and
49 CFR 1.93.)

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By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: May 18, 2018.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018–11070 Filed 5–22–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0548]

Request for Comments on the Renewal
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Quarterly Readiness of
Strategic Seaport Facilities Reporting
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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. The collected
information will be used by MARAD
and Department of Defense (DoD)
personnel to evaluate strategic
commercial seaport readiness to meet
contingency military deployment needs
and make plans for the use of this
capability to meet national emergency
requirements. A Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information
collection was published on February
March 5, 2018 (Federal Register 9363,
Vol. 83, No. 43).

SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 23, 2018 / Notices

Comments must be submitted on
or before June 22, 2018.
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: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the Department’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Department to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information
collection; and (d) ways that the burden
could be minimized without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nuns Jain, (757) 322–5801, Maritime
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 7737 Hampton
Boulevard, Building 19, Suite 300,
Norfolk, VA 23505 or Email: nuns.jain@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Quarterly Readiness of Strategic
Seaport Facilities Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0548.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended
(Pub. L. 111–67), E.O. 13603, E.O. 12656
and 46 CFR part 340, MARAD works
with the DoD to ensure national defense
preparedness. Accordingly, MARAD
issues Port Planning Orders (PPOs) to
Department of Defense-designated
Strategic Commercial Seaports in order
to provide the Department of Defense
(DoD) port facilities in support of
military deployments during national
emergencies. The collection of quarterly
information is necessary to validate the
port’s ability to provide the PPO
delineated facilities to the DoD within
the PPO delineated time frame.
Quarterly reports will seek information
related to berthing capability, staging
and general availability of the port by
readiness hours.
Respondents: Strategic Commercial
Seaports who have been designated by
the Commander, Military Surface
Deployment and Distribution Command
(SDDC) and who have been issued a
PPO by MARAD.
Affected Public: Business and other
for Profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16.

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Estimated Number of Responses: 64
(four per respondent).
Estimated Hours per Response: 1.
Annual Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 64.
Frequency of Response: Annually.

PHMSA estimates the total burden from
this collection to be:
Number of Respondents: 148.
Number of Responses: 148.
Number of Burden Hours: 12.
Burden Cost: 151.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and
49 CFR 1.93.)

A. Background and Purpose
The Federal hazardous materials
transportation law, 49 U.S.C. 5101 et
seq., authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) to issue and
enforce regulations deemed necessary to
ensure the safe transportation of
hazardous materials in commerce. In
addition, the law directs the Secretary to
provide law enforcement and firefighting personnel with technical
information and advice for responding
to emergencies involving the
transportation of hazardous materials.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (PHMSA)
developed the United States version of
the Emergency Response Guidebook
(ERG) for use by emergency services
personnel to provide guidance for initial
response to hazardous materials
transportation incidents. Since 1980, it
has been PHMSA’s goal that all public
emergency response personnel (e.g.,
fire-fighting, police, and rescue squads)
have immediate access to the ERG. To
date and without charge, PHMSA has
distributed more than 14.5 million
copies of the ERG to emergency service
agencies and developed free online
resources and downloadable mobile
applications to make the ERG more
accessible. Since 1996, PHMSA,
Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of
Communication and Transport of
Mexico have developed the ERG as a
joint effort, with the assistance of
interested parties from government and
industry, including Argentina’s
Chemical Information Center for
Emergencies (CIQUIME). ERG2020 will
be published in English, French, and
Spanish.
Publication of ERG2020 will increase
public safety by providing consistent
emergency response procedures for
hazardous materials transportation
incidents in North America. To
continually improve the ERG, PHMSA
is publishing this notice to inform
interested parties of an open-ended
method to relate their experiences using
the ERG and recommendations on how
it could be modified or improved. If
PHMSA receives comments that it
cannot feasibly consider prior to the
publication of ERG2020, then such
comments will be considered for
subsequent versions of the ERG.
In addition to this notice, PHMSA
will publicize its interest in receiving
input on ERG2020 through future

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By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: May 18, 2018.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018–11071 Filed 5–22–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0055; Notice No.
2018–10]

Hazardous Materials: Revisions to the
Emergency Response Guidebook
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice; request for information.
AGENCY:

The Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA) is soliciting input on ways to
improve the Emergency Response
Guidebook (ERG) as it develops the
2020 edition (ERG2020). PHMSA is
particularly interested in input from
emergency services personnel who have
experience using the ERG to respond to
hazardous materials transportation
incidents.

SUMMARY:

An email address has been
established for interested persons to
submit their input: ERGComments@
dot.gov.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Martinez, Outreach,
Engagement and Grants Division (PHH–
50), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (PHMSA), 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001. Telephone number: (202)
366–4900, email: stephen.martinez@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act:
The collection of this information has
been approved under OMB Control
Number 2105–0573, ‘‘Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.’’

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