[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 13693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5527]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2012 0029]


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) intentions to 
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved 
information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before May 7, 2012.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Maritime Administration Service Obligation 
Compliance Annual Report (Formerly, 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 after 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: The 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: 1400.
    Annual Burden: 467 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 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.

    Dated: March 1, 2012.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Julie Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-5527 Filed 3-6-12; 8:45 am]
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