[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22940-22941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09020]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD 2013 0045]


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 June 17, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Shashi Kumar, U.S. Merchant Marine 
Academy, Kings Point, NY 11024. Telephone: 516-726-5833; FAX: 516-773-
5539, or Email: [email protected]. Copies of this collection also can be 
obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni 
Survey.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0542.
    Form Numbers: KP2-66-DK1, KP2-67-DK2, KP2-68-DK3, KP2-69-ENG1, KP2-
70-ENG2, KP2-71-ENG3.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget.
    Summary of Collection of Information: The United States Merchant 
Marine Academy is an accredited federal service academy that confers BS 
and MS degrees. The Academy is expected to assess its educational 
outcomes and report those findings to its Regional Accreditation 
authority in order to maintain the institution's degree granting 
status. Periodic survey of alumni cohorts and analysis of the data 
gathered is a routine higher education assessment practice in the 
United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information gathered will be 
analyzed and used for program management and improvement.
    Description of Respondents: Respondents are graduates of the U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy.
    Annual Responses: 500 responses.
    Annual Burden: 125 hours.
    Comments: Comments should refer to the docket number that appears 
at the

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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 1.93.

    Dated: April 11, 2013.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-09020 Filed 4-16-13; 8:45 am]
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