[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 92958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30650]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 Maritime Administration (MARAD)

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2016-0127]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

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 30, 2016 (81 FR 59732).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 19, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rodney McFadden, Office of Workforce 
Development, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W23-
457, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-2647; or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Information to Determine Seamen's Reemployment Rights--
National Emergency.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0526.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: This collection is needed in order to implement Title 46, 
United States Code Sec.  52101 which provides the procedures by which 
MARAD is able to certify that certain merchant seamen are entitled to 
reemployment rights after completion of their service on U.S. vessels 
during times of national emergency.
    Affected Public: U.S. merchant seamen who have completed designated 
national service during a time of maritime mobilization need and are 
seeking re-employment with a prior employer.
    Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 10.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    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: December 13, 2016.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-30650 Filed 12-19-16; 8:45 am]
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