[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 84 (Monday, May 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10722]


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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 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 February 15, 2000 
(65 FR 7608).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 31, 2000. Comments 
were due April 17, 2000. No comments were received.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Krusa, Office of Maritime 
Labor, Training, and Safety, Maritime Administration, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW, Room 7302, Washington, DC 20590, telephone number 202-366-
2648. Copies of this collection can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration

    Title of Collection: ``Information to Determine Seamen's 
Reemployment Rights--National Emergency.''
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0526.
    Type of Request: Approval of an existing information collection.
    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.
    Form(s): None.
    Abstract: MARAD is requesting approval of this information 
collection 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. This 
rule establishes the procedure for obtaining the necessary MARAD 
certification for reemployment rights and other benefits conferred by 
statute and MARAD's assistance in pursuing these statutory rights and 
benefits. This 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.
    Annual Estimated 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 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.

    Dated: April 25, 2000.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-10722 Filed 4-28-00; 8:45 am]
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