[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 156 (Monday, August 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20507]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. M-021]


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) intentions to 
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved 
information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before October 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor E. Jones, Jr., Director, 
Maritime Administration, MAR-250, Room 7302, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone 202-366-5755 or fax 202-366-3889. 
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; Request for Review of 
Waiver/Deferment Decisions.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0510
    Form Number: MA-935, MA-936, MA-937.
    Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 1996.
    Summary of Collection of Information: Every student and graduate of 
the USMMA and subsidized State maritime academy student and graduate 
incurs a mandatory service obligation in the U.S. merchant marine.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information collection is 
necessary to determine if a graduate of the USMMA or subsidized State 
maritime academy student or graduate has a waiverable situation that 
prevents them from fulfilling the requirements of their service 
obligation contract. It also permits MARAD to determine if a graduate, 
who wishes to defer the service obligation to attend graduate school, 
may receive a deferment.
    Description of Respondents: Every student and graduate of the USMMA 
and subsidized State maritime academy student incurs a mandatory 
service obligation in the U.S. merchant marine.
    Annual Responses: 100.
    Annual Burden: 20 minutes.
    Comments: Send all comments regarding this information collection 
to Joel C. Richard, Department of Transportation, Maritime 
Administration, MAR-120, Room 7210, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20590. Send comments regarding whether this 
information collection is necessary for proper performance of the 
function of the agency and will have practical utility, accuracy of the 
burden estimates, ways to minimize this burden, and ways to enhance 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: August 7, 1996.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-20507 Filed 8-9-96; 8:45 am]
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