[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 72 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 19065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7154]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2007-27875]


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) intention to 
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new 
information collection related to the availability of mariners.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before June 15, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean McKeever, Maritime 
Administration, MAR-700, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: (202) 366-5737, fax: (202) 366-7901; or e-mail: 
[email protected] Copies of this collection can also be obtained 
from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of Collection: MARAD Maritime Operator 
Survey Concerning Mariner Availability.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133--New.
    Form Numbers: MA-1048.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: Part of the stated statutory 
policy of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, is to foster the development 
and maintenance of an adequate U.S.-flag merchant marine manned with 
trained and efficient citizen personnel. In order to successfully meet 
this mandate, MARAD must determine whether a current or projected 
shortage of mariners exists and if there is an operational or business 
impact on the merchant marine. MARAD believe that a brief preliminary 
survey is necessary at this time because it has received an abundance 
of anecdotal information indicating that there is a serious existing 
and projected mariner shortage in different market sectors. If the 
preliminary survey indicates that there is a projected shortage that 
appears to be more than short-term, MARAD will follow-up with a more 
detailed survey to analyze the shortage and ascertain the best means to 
address it.
    Need and Use of the Information: The new data collection will rely 
on a written survey and telephone follow-up. The survey will request 
the respondents to provide information such as: (1) Future plans to 
hire mariners; (2) past difficulty in hiring mariners; (3) expectations 
of future difficulty in hiring mariners; (4) impact on business 
operations and plans; and (5) suggestions for solutions.
    Description of Respondents: The target population for the survey 
will be approximately 100 vessel operating companies representing 
different sectors of the U.S. maritime industry.
    Annual Responses: 100.
    Annual Burden: 33.34 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://www.dms.dot.gov.

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66)

    Dated: April 11, 2007.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Christine Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-7154 Filed 4-13-07; 8:45 am]
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