[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12219-12220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4939]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2011-0017]
Information Collection Available for Public Comments and
Recommendations
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intention to
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before May 3, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Jackson, Maritime Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202)
366-0284; or e-mail: [email protected]. Copies of this collection
can also be obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Request for Waiver of Service Obligation,
Request for Deferment of Service Obligation, and Application for
Review.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0510.
Form Numbers: MA-935, MA-936, MA-937.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by
the Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of Information: This information collection
is essential for determining if a student or graduate of the United
States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) or subsidized student or
graduate of a State maritime academy has a waivable situation
preventing them from fulfilling the requirements of a service
obligation contract signed at the time of their enrollment in a Federal
maritime training program. It also permits the Maritime Administration
(MARAD) to determine if a graduate, who wishes to defer the service
obligation to attend graduate school, is eligible to receive a
deferment. Their service obligation is required by law.
Need and Use of the Information: This information collected
establishes overall compliance with the service obligation contract in
support of the Economic Growth and Trade and National Security goals
identified in the DOT Strategic Plan. Because the graduates are
required to serve as commissioned officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine
Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve (as an aspect of the service obligation),
they become the Navy's single largest source of naval reserve officers
except for Naval R.O.T.C. In their civilian capacities, they are
required first to sail on their professional merchant marine licenses
or work in the maritime industry ashore. This dual role makes the
graduates especially valuable because national defense planning
initiatives and the Nation's economic needs depend on available
personnel who are highly trained.
Description of Respondents: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy students
and graduates, and subsidized students and graduates who attend the
State Maritime Academies.
Annual Responses: 11.
Annual Burden: 3.30 hours.
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Comments: Comments should be referred to the docket number that
appears at the top of this document. Written comments may be submitted
to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Comments also may be submitted by electronic means via the Internet at
http://www.regulations.gov. Specifically address whether this
information collection is necessary for proper performance of the
functions of the agency and will have practical utility, accuracy of
the burden estimates, ways to minimize this burden, and ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.
All comments received will be available for examination at the above
address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or EST), Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays. An electronic version of this document is
available on the World Wide Web at http://www.regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
http://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: February 14, 2011.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-4939 Filed 3-3-11; 8:45 am]
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