Except with respect to certain specified commodities, section 8(a) of the Shipping Act of 1984 requires that each common carrier and conference shall keep open to public inspection, in an automated tariff system, tariffs showing its rates, charges, classifications, rules, and practices between all ports and points on its own route and on any through transportation route that has been established. In addition, individual carriers or agreements among carriers are required to make available in tariff format certain enumerated essential terms of their service contracts. The Commission is responsible for reviewing the accessibility and accuracy of automated tariff systems in accordance with its regulations set forth at 46 CFR 520. The respondents in this information collection are ocean common carriers and conferences of ocean common carriers.
The burden estimate for this information collection has been slightly reduced from the 2014 estimate by 2,735 hours, by 327 hours. We arrived at the estimate by using the actual respondent numbers and annual instances for FY 2014 through FY 2016 and divided by 3. Therefore, the total number of annual hours is 2,408.
$73,450
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Gary Kardian 202 523-5856
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.