# 2025-11027: Passenger Vessel Operators Face Another Round of Federal Paperwork

2025-11027, Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Requested; Passenger Vessel Operators, is a Federal Register notice from Federal Maritime Commission published 2025-06-16, effective Written comments must be submitted on or before July 16, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-02).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11027
- As of: 2026-11-02
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11027
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Requested; Passenger Vessel Operators
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Federal Maritime Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 25269
- Published: 2025-06-16
- Effective: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 16, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-02

## In one line

Passenger Vessel Operators Face Another Round of Federal Paperwork

## Summary

The Federal Maritime Commission is updating the paperwork rules for Passenger Vessel Operators and wants your feedback by July 16, 2025. This update aims to make reporting easier and clearer without adding extra costs or time burdens. If you run or work with passenger vessels, this is your chance to help shape the process!

## Abstract

The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is giving public notice that the agency has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval a revision of an existing information collection related to Passenger Vessel Operators (PVOs). The public is invited to comment on the information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

## Effects PRIA read

- PVOs must maintain financial responsibility: cost, medium. If you own, charter, or operate a passenger vessel with 50 or more passenger berths that embarks passengers from U.S. ports or territories, you must establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility under 46 U.S.C. 44101–44106 and the Commission's 46 CFR part 540. The Commission uses Appl…
- Paperwork time burden and respondent count: cost, medium. About 52 passenger vessel operators (PVOs) were registered with the Commission as of May 2025 and are subject to these rules. The Commission estimates each response takes between 0.5 and 8 hours (8 hours to complete Form FMC-131) and the total annual industry burden is 1,251 hours per year.
- No changes — information collection extended only: benefit, low. The Commission submitted the existing information collection (OMB Control No. 3072-0012) for extension with no changes; the approval currently expires July 31, 2025. The submission is for extension purposes only, meaning the Commission is not proposing new or altered reporting requirements in this…

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## Sources
- [2025-11027 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-11027/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-requested-passenger)
- [2025-11027 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-11027.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11027 (as of 2026-11-02).