[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44972-44973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15413]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2005 21997]


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 October 3, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Otto Strassburg, Maritime 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-4161; FAX: 202-366-7901; or E-MAIL: 
[email protected]. Copies of this collection also can be obtained 
from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Seamen's Claims; Administrative Action and 
Litigation.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0522.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: The information is submitted 
by claimants seeking payments for injuries or illnesses they sustained 
while serving as masters or members of a crew on board a vessel owned 
or operated by the United States. MARAD reviews the information and 
makes a determination regarding agency liability and payments.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information will be evaluated 
by MARAD officials to determine if the claim is fair and reasonable. If 
the claim is allowed and settled, payment is made to the claimant.
    Description of Respondents: Officers or members of a crew who 
suffered death, injury, or illness while employed on vessels owned or 
operated by the United States. Also included in this description of 
respondents are surviving dependents, beneficiaries, and/or legal 
representatives of the officers or crew members.
    Annual Responses: 60 responses.
    Annual Burden: 750 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 
Southwest, 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.)

    Dated: July 27, 2005.


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    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-15413 Filed 8-3-05; 8:45 am]
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