[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87125-87126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29001]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2016-0120]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Maritime Administration (MARAD), 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 Request (ICR) 
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information 
collection was published on August 12, 2016 (81 FR 53540).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 3, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deveeda Midgette, 202-366-2354, Office 
of Sealift Support, Maritime Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W26-494, Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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    Title: Merchant Marine Medals and Awards.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0506.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: This information collection of information provides a 
method of awarding merchant marine medals and decorations to masters, 
officers, and crew members of U.S. ships in recognition of their 
service in areas of danger during the operations by the Armed Forces of 
the United States in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Operation Desert 
Storm and Operations Restore Hope and United Shield.
    Affected Public: Master, officers and crew members of U.S. ships.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 550.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 550.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 550.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Comments are 
invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the Department'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.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: November 21, 2016.
Gabriel Chavez,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-29001 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
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