46 CFR 530 - Service Contracts and Related Form FMC-83

ICR 202506-3072-002

OMB: 3072-0065

Federal Form Document

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2025-07-01
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2025-06-23
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3072-0065 202506-3072-002
Received in OIRA 202104-3072-001
FMC Docket No. 20-20
46 CFR 530 - Service Contracts and Related Form FMC-83
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 07/01/2025
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 07/31/2025
1,206,200 1,025,008
34,285 30,448
4,929,608 0

Section 40502 of title 46 of the United States Code requires ocean common carriers and agreements among such carriers to file their service contracts confidentially with the Commission and to publish certain essential terms of those service contracts. Service contracts are written contracts between one or more shippers or a shippers’ association and an individual ocean common carrier or an agreement between or among ocean common carriers in which the shipper makes a commitment to provide a certain minimum quantity or portion of its cargo or freight revenue over a fixed period, and the ocean common carrier or the agreement commits to a certain rate or rate schedule as well as defined service level, such as assured space, transit time, port rotation, etc. Authority to file or delegate the authority to file must be requested by a responsible official of the service contract carrier in writing by submitting the Form FMC-83, Service Contract Registration.

US Code: 46 USC 40502 Name of Law: Shipping Act of 1984
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  89 FR 91749 11/20/2024
90 FR 28743 07/01/2025
No

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 1,206,200 1,025,008 0 181,192 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 34,285 30,448 0 3,837 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 4,929,608 0 0 4,929,608 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
There are 129 active VOCCs. According to the most recent data as of the drafting of this document, 84 annually file service contracts and amendments in the Commission’s SERVCON system. The Commission therefore estimates the actual respondent universe to be 84. Adding in the burden cost for each information collection; was previously excluded

$364,070
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Sarah Cinq Mars 202 523-1899 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
07/01/2025


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