[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 10570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05316]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0042]


Request for Comments on a New Information Collection

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

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 December 17, 2018.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 22, 2019.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Nuns Jain, Program 
Excellence and Quality Assurance Advisor, MAR-600.32, Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590, 202-385-0115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Mariner Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-NEW.
    Type of Request: New Information Collection.
    Background: The Mariner Survey project will conduct a biennial 
survey of appropriately credentialed U.S. merchant mariners to 
determine their availability and willingness to serve on short notice 
on U.S. government-owned sealift ships or commercial ships during a 
period of National Need. Responses will be primarily collected via an 
online survey, with a mail survey option.
    Respondents: Appropriately credentialed U.S. Merchant Mariners.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 6,545.
    Frequency of Collection: Every two years.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,273.
    Public Comments Invited: 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.)
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    Dated: March 15, 2019.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-05316 Filed 3-20-19; 8:45 am]
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