[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 229 (Thursday, November 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67621-67622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23152]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2007 0014]


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 28, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Jackson, Maritime Administration, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 
366-0284; or E-Mail: [email protected]. Copies of this collection 
can also be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Request for Waiver of Service Obligation, 
Request for Deferment of Service Obligation and Application for Review.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-00510.
    Form Numbers: MA-935, MA-936, 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 United 
States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) or subsidized student or 
graduate of a State maritime academy has a waive able situation 
preventing them from fulfilling the requirements of a service 
obligation contract signed at the time of their enrollment in a Federal 
maritime

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training program. It also permits the Maritime Administration (MARAD) 
to determine if a graduate, who wishes to defer the service obligation 
to attend graduate school, is eligible to receive a deferment. Their 
service obligation is required by law.
    Need and Use of the Information: This information collected 
establishes overall compliance with the service obligation contract in 
support of the Economic Growth and Trade and National Security goals 
identified in the DOT Strategic Plan. Because the graduates are 
required to serve as commissioned officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine 
Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve (as an aspect of the service obligation), 
they become the Navy's single largest source of naval reserve officers 
except for Naval R.O.T.C. In their civilian capacities, they are 
required first to sail on their professional merchant marine licenses 
or work in the maritime industry ashore. This dual role makes the 
graduates especially valuable because national defense planning 
initiatives and the Nation's economic needs depend on available 
personnel who are highly trained.
    Description of Respondents: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy students 
and graduates, and subsidized students and graduates.
    Annual Responses: 21.
    Annual Burden: 4.2 hours.
    Comments: Comments should be referred 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 W12-140, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by 
electronic means via the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 
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://www.regulations.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.regulations.gov.


    Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.


    By order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: November 20, 2007.
Christine S. Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-23152 Filed 11-28-07; 8:45 am]
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