[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 53709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17911]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2005 22325]


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 November 8, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Reed-Perry, Maritime 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-0845; FAX: 202-366-3746; or E-MAIL: [email protected]. Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that 
office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Maritime Administration Service Obligation 
Compliance Report and Merchant Marine Reserve/U.S. Naval Reserve Annual 
Report.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0509.
    Form Numbers: MA-930.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: The Maritime Education and 
Training Act of 1980, imposes a service obligation on every graduate of 
the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and every subsidized State maritime 
academy graduate who received a student incentive payment. This 
mandatory service obligation is for the Federal financial assistance 
the graduate received as a student. In addition, this obligation 
requires the graduate to maintain a license as an officer in the 
merchant marine and to report annually on reserve status, training and 
employment.
    Need and Use of the Information: This information collection is 
necessary to determine if a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine 
Academy or subsidized State maritime academy graduate is complying with 
the terms of the service obligation.
    Description of Respondents: Graduates of the U.S. Merchant Marine 
Academy and every subsidized State maritime academy graduate who 
received a student incentive payment.
    Annual Responses: 1744 responses.
    Annual Burden: 872 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: August 31, 2005.

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-17911 Filed 9-8-05; 8:45 am]
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