[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 41276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17246]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The nature of the 
information collection is described as well as its expected burden. The 
Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
April 16, 2010 and expired on June 15, 2010. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 16, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Dougherty, Maritime 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-5469; or E-MAIL: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration.
    Title: Information to Determine Seamen's Re-employment Rights--
National Emergency.
    OMB Control No.: 2133-0526.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: U.S. merchant seamen who have completed designated 
national service during a time of maritime mobilization need and are 
seeking re-employment with a prior employer.
    Forms: None.
    Abstract: This collection is needed in order to implement 
provisions of the Maritime Security Act of 1996. These provisions grant 
re-employment rights and other benefits to certain merchant seamen 
serving aboard vessels used by the United States during times of 
national emergencies. The Maritime Security Act of 1996 establishes the 
procedures for obtaining the necessary Maritime Administration 
certification for re-employment rights and other benefits.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Maritime Administration will 
use the information to determine if U.S. civilian mariners are eligible 
for re-employment rights under the Maritime Security Act of 1996.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 10 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Maritime Administration Desk Officer.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its 
full effect, if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66)

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 8, 2010.
Murray Bloom,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-17246 Filed 7-14-10; 8:45 am]
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