[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 48 (Friday, March 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 13076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5898]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTION

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 comment. Described below is 
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 was published on December 23, 
1999, [64 FR 72140].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor E. Jones, Director, Office of 
Maritime Labor, Training and Safety, MAR-250, Room 7302, Maritime 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590, telephone 
number 202-366-5755 or fax 202-493-2288. Copies of this collection can 
also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration.
    Title of Collection: ``Maritime Administration Service Obligation 
Compliance Report and Merchant Marine Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve 
(USNR), Annual Report.''
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0509.
    Type of Request: Approval of an existing information collection.
    Affected Public: Every student and graduate of the USMMA and 
subsidized State maritime academies.
    Form(s): MA-930.
    Abstract: In accordance with the Maritime Education and Training 
Act of 1980, Public Law 96-453, every student and graduate of the U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy, and subsidized State maritime academies incur 
a mandatory service obligation in the U.S. merchant marine. This 
collection of information is necessary to determine if a graduate of 
the USMMA or a subsidized State maritime academy is complying with the 
requirement to submit annually the form MA-930 to MARAD. This form is 
used to determine if a graduate has complied with the terms of the 
service obligation for that year.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 1500.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725--17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention 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. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its 
full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 6, 2000.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-5898 Filed 3-9-00; 8:45 am]
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