[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18661]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


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

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of a new collection. 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 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 30, 1997 (62 FR, 23530).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Weaver, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-2811.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration

    Title: Information to Determine Seamen's Reemployment Rights--
National Emergency.
    Type of Request: Approval of a New Information Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-New.
    Affected Public: U.S. Merchant Seamen who have completed designated 
national service in time of war or national emergency and are seeking 
reemployment with a prior employer.
    Abstract: Approval is requested in an effort to implement 
provisions of the Maritime Security Act of 1996. These provisions amend 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to grant reemployment rights and other 
benefits to certain merchant seamen serving on vessels used by the 
United States for a war; armed conflict, national emergency or maritime 
mobilization need. As such, this rule establishes the procedure for 
obtaining the necessary MARAD certification for reemployment rights and 
other benefits conferred by statute and its assistance in pursuing 
these statutory rights and benefits.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collection 
requires merchant seamen to provide documents indicating their period 
of employment and their merchant mariner's status. The information 
provided will allow MARAD to determine eligibility for reemployment 
rights when the employment is related to a designated national service.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 50 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 DOT/MARAD Desk Officer. Comments are 
invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the Department'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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 10, 1997.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-18661 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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