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OMB Control No: 2133-0554	ICR Reference No: 202209-2133-004
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DOT/MARAD	Agency Tracking No: 2133-NEW (TSP)
Title: Application and Reporting Elements for Participation in the Tanker Security Program (TSP)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 10/24/2022
OIRA Conclusion Action: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 11/29/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/26/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2023	6 Months From Approved
Responses	160	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	280	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,438	0	0

Abstract: Information is used to select vessels and operators for participation in the Tanker Security Program. Periodic reporting is used to monitor adherence of contractors to program parameters. Respondents are tanker vessel operators.

Emergency Justfication: This is to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issue a 6-month emergency processing approval clearance for the information collection entitled, Application and Reporting Elements for Participation in the Tanker Security Program. In accordance with the Section 3511(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283), MARAD was directed to accept applications for TSP Operating Agreements within 60 days of Congress appropriating funds for TSP and to award TSP Operating Agreements within 90 days of the application period closing. On March 15, 2022, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, which provided $60,000,000 in funding for the TSP. Thus, OMB emergency processing approval is necessary to avoid any further delay beyond the statutory June 15, 2022, deadline for MARAD to begin accepting applications. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21 NDAA) authorized the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Tanker Security Program (TSP) comprised of a fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned product tank vessels of the United States. The fleet will meet national defense and other security requirements and maintain a United States presence in international commercial shipping. The National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22 NDAA) made minor adjustments related to the participation of long-term charters in the TSP. The TSP provides for enrollment of eligible tank vessels in the program for FY 2022 through FY 2035. A copy of the Interim Final Rule is attached. This information collection supports the Department of Transportation’s strategic goal for National Security. A fuel tanker study required by the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (FY20 NDAA) examined the sufficiency of the U.S.-flagged tanker fleet to meet National Defense Strategy (NDS) requirements. The report’s summary found there to be a substantial risk to the nation’s defense associated with a heavy reliance on foreign-flagged tankers, particularly within a contested environment. The location, timing, and specific missions associated with some tanker requirements dictate the need for U.S.- flagged assets, for which there currently are insufficient numbers available. The report’s gap analysis found a clear and critical need for a tanker security program to increase U.S.-flagged tanker capacity, to reduce the risk of reliance on foreign-flagged tankers for the most important fuel missions, and to ensure the Department of Defense (DoD) has sufficient tanker capabilities to meet NDS objectives. In response to the FY20 NDAA Fuel Tanker Study, Congress directed in the FY21 NDAA, with minor adjustments in the FY22 NDAA, that the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, establish a fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned product tanker vessels to meet national defense and other security requirements and maintain a United States presence in international commercial shipping. The Maritime Administration worked with the DoD’s United States Transportation Command to identify and shape TSP requirements and timelines.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 46 USC 53402 Name of Law: Establishment of the Tanker Security Fleet
US Code: 46 USC 534 Name of Law: Tanker Security Fleet

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2133-AB95	Final or interim final rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Application and Reporting Elements for Participation in the Tanker Security Program	MA-1093

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	160	160
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	280	280
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,438	2,438

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Subtitle B, Title XXXV of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, authorizes the creation of a new Tanker Security Program (TSP) to establish a fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned product tank vessels to meet national defense and other security requirements and maintain a United States presence in international commercial shipping. The TSP provides for enrollment of eligible tank vessels in the program for FY 2022 through FY 2035.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $74,717

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Rhonda Davis 202 366-6379 rhonda.davis@dot.gov

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