[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1534-1535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-810]


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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. The nature of the 
information collection is described as well as its expected burden. The 
Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on 
November 2, 2001. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 11, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Krusa, Maritime 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202 366-2648 or Fax: 202 493-2288. Copies of this collection 
can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Supplementary Training Course Application.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0030.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: U.S. merchant seamen, both officers and unlicensed 
personnel, and other U.S. citizens employed in other areas of 
waterborne commerce.
    Form(s): MA-823.
    Abstract: Section 1305(a) of the Maritime Education and Training 
Act of 1980 indicates that the Secretary of Transportation may provide 
maritime-related training to merchant mariners of the United States and 
to individuals preparing for a career in the merchant marine of the 
United States. Also, the U.S. Coast Guard requires a fire-fighting 
certificate for U.S. merchant marine

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officers. This information collection provides the information 
necessary for the maritime schools to plan their course offerings and 
for applicants to complete their certificate requirements.
    Annual Burden Hours: 100 hours.
    Addressee: Send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20503, Attention MARAD Desk Officer.
    Comments are Invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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, D.C. on January 8, 2002.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-810 Filed 1-10-02; 8:45 am]
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