[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26392]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2004-19776]


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

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before January 31, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Jackson, Maritime Administration, 
MAR-410, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-
366-0284; FAX: 202-366-7403, or E-MAIL: [email protected]. 
Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of Collection: Request for Waiver of 
Service Obligation, Request for Deferment of Service Obligation.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0510.
    Form Numbers: MA-935, MA-936 and MA-937.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: This information collection 
is essential for determining if a student or graduate of the U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy, or subsidized student or graduate of a State 
maritime academy, has a waivable situation preventing them from 
fulfilling the requirements of a service obligation contract.
    Need and Use of the Information: The collected information is 
necessary for MARAD to determine if waivers and deferments of the 
service obligation may be granted.
    Description of Respondents: Students and graduates of the U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy and subsidized students or graduates of the 
State Maritime Academies who request waivers of service obligations.
    Annual Responses: 25 respondents.
    Annual Burden: 9 hours.
    Comments: Comments should refer to the docket number that appears 
at the top of this document. Written comments may be submitted to the 
Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by electronic 
means via the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov/submit. Specifically 
address whether this information collection is necessary for proper 
performance of the functions of the agency and will have practical 
utility, accuracy of the burden estimates, ways to minimize this 
burden, and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected. All comments received will be available 
for examination at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or 
EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. An electronic 
version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov. (Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.)

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: November 24, 2004.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-26392 Filed 11-29-04; 8:45 am]
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