[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79972-79973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30991]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Maritime Administration

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection abstracted below has 
been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval. The nature of the information collection is described as 
well as its expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of 
information was published on September 23, 2008. No comments were 
received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 29, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Jackson on (202) 366-0284 or Anne 
Dougherty on (202) 366-5469, Maritime Administration, Office of 
Maritime Workforce Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. E-Mail Addresses: [email protected] or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration.
    Title: Service Obligation Compliance Report and Merchant Marine 
Reserve U.S. Naval Reserve Annual Report.
    OMB Control No.: 2133-0509.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affective Public: Graduates of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and 
every subsidized State Maritime Academy graduate who receive a student 
incentive payment.
    Forms: MA-930.
    Abstract: Chapters 513 and 515 of the United States Code 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 provided the graduate. This 
information is required to ensure the graduate is fulfilling his 
mandatory service obligation.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 718 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and

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Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Maritime 
Administration Desk Officer.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its 
full effect, if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Dated: December 19, 2008.
Leonard Sutter,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-30991 Filed 12-29-08; 8:45 am]
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