[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8388-8389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03186]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number MARAD-2013-0022]


Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget: Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Training Provider 
Certification

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval, pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), for the public information 
collection associated with MARAD's Cruise Vessel Security and Safety 
Act (CVSSA) Certification Program. A Federal agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number, and no person is required to respond to a 
Federal agency request for information unless the agency holds a valid 
control number. MARAD welcomes any comments concerning the accuracy of 
the burden estimates and any suggestions for reducing the collection 
burden.
    The MARAD CVSSA Certification Program application procedure and 
program details are now available on MARAD's Web site 
www.marad.dot.gov/cvssa. MARAD recommends that applicants submit their 
applications in electronic format (e.g., CD, DVD, or memory stick) via 
mail or courier service to the address listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section below. Program applicants may submit any 
questions or comments to MARAD via email at [email protected], by 
mail to the address listed below, or by telephone to the CVSSA Program 
Manager at (202) 366-5906.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Transportation, 
Maritime Administration, Attention: Mail Stop 1: MAR-420 CVSSA Program 
Manager, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0547.
    OMB Approval Date: 12/24/2014.
    OMB Expiration Date: 12/31/2017.
    Title: Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act Training Provider 
Certification Program.
    Respondents: Individuals, partnerships, or corporations seeking 
training provider certification.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents and Responses: 35 respondents; 35 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 40 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,400 hours.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: $77,315.00.
    Annual Responses: The agency anticipates as many as 35 submissions 
each year. Certification is valid for 5 years before expiration and 
renewal. The agency also anticipates the collection of information 
annually from training providers seeking to maintain their 
certification by complying with agency audits.
    Obligation to Respond: Participation in the certification program 
is voluntary. Responses, however, are required to apply for training 
provider certification in accordance with the CVSSA.
    Need for and Use of the Information: The information collected will 
be used to determine whether the applicant's training program is 
consistent with the training standards promulgated in the Model Course. 
Information obtained during training provider audits will be used to 
determine whether the training being provided meets the model training 
standards. The training provider agreement is necessary to establish an 
understanding between the agency and the training provider that certain 
terms must be met in order to obtain and maintain MARAD training 
provider certification. Without this information, MARAD would not be 
able to offer the benefit of its training provider certification to 
program applicants. MARAD training provider certification will assist 
the USCG in ensuring cruise vessel compliance with CVSSA.

Background

    Following enactment of the CVSSA, MARAD, the U.S. Coast Guard 
(USCG), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as directed 
under the Act, developed ``Model Course CVSSA 11-01 Crime Prevention, 
Detection, Evidence Preservation and Reporting''. Published in July of 
2011, the Model Course set the standards for security personnel 
training. The CVSSA training requirements are applicable to passenger 
vessels that carry at least 250 passengers; have onboard sleeping 
facilities for each passenger; are on a voyage that embarks and 
disembarks passengers in the United States; and are not engaged on a 
coastwise voyage. Since July 27, 2011, passenger vessels have been 
required to certify to the USCG, before entering a United States port 
on a voyage or voyage segment on which a United States citizen is a 
passenger, that they have at least one crewmember on board who is 
properly trained on the prevention, detection, evidence preservation, 
and reporting requirements of criminal activities in the international 
maritime environment.
    MARAD published its CVSSA Certification Program Final Policy on 
June 25, 2014 in the Federal Register (79 FR 36125). MARAD's voluntary 
training provider certification program will help assure the general 
public that passenger vessel security and safety personnel have 
received proper training consistent with the Model Course and will 
assist the industry in obtaining quality training services. Training 
providers seeking to be certified by MARAD are required to submit 
training plans and supporting information for review. If the training 
provider's plans meet the Model Course criteria, the agency will offer 
its certification subject to the training provider entering into an 
agreement which, in addition to other terms, will subject the 
organization to program audits.

(Authority: The Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010, 46 
U.S.C. 3508, and The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49)

    Dated: February 11, 2015.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Thomas M. Hudson, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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