The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is publishing this interim final rule to immediately offer electronic submission options and to solicit comments from respondents regarding the offering of electronic options for submission of information that is collected from them under the approved information collections identified in this interim final rule. These information collections are needed by MARAD in order to conduct business between MARAD and the respondents. This action is part of MARAD's implementation of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA). Questions about transmitting one information collection will not necessarily impact transmission decisions on another collection unless that same comment is made and is determined to be applicable for another collection.