In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced its intentions to request approval for a three-year extension of a currently approved information collection entitled Requirements for Establishing U.S. Citizenship. The collected information is necessary for MARAD to determine if the applicants are eligible to participate in the programs offered by the agency. Respondents of this collection are shipowners, charterers, equity owners, ship managers, etc.

Written comments, referencing Docket No. MARAD 2004-18498 may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Department of Transportation, 400 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590 by 5:00 p.m.

September 7, 2004. Comments may also be submitted electronically via the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov/submit. All comments are available for review between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

For further information contact Mitch Hudson, Maritime Administration, 400 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-9373; fax (202) 366-7485; or E-MAIL: mitch.hudson@marad.dot.gov. Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office.

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published a notice in the Federal Register inviting public comment on five separate waiver applications under MARAD's Small Passenger Vessel Waiver Program. The following are the foreign-built, or vessels with lost documentation, that have applied to carry

12-passengers or less in the domestic trade:

MARAD has the authority to issue a waiver of the U.S.-build requirements of the coastwise trade laws under certain circumstances as provided by P.L. 105-383 as amended.

Written comments referencing the above-mentioned dockets, respectively, may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, Department of Transportation, 400 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001 by 5:00 p.m.

August 6, 2004. Comments may be submitted electronically via the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. All comments are available for review between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Electronic versions of these documents are available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

For further information contact Michael Hokana, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, MAR-830, Room 7201, 400 - 7^th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-0760.