[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 32829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14504]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0112]


Request for Comments on the Approval of a New Proposed 
Information Collection: Exercise Breakout 2019 Survey

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval to of a new information collection. The information that will 
be collected from this survey pertains to merchant mariners training 
and familiarity with Naval systems and procedures. This survey also 
gauges the willingness of merchant mariners to sail into harm's way in 
time of national need. We are required to publish this notice in the 
Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 9, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. MARAD-
2019-0028] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Search using the above DOT docket number and follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the Department's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the Department to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; 
and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the 
quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or 
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this 
information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thanos Perlegas, 202-366-0772, Office 
of Federal Sealift, Division of Sealift Operation and Emergency 
Response, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590, Email: [email protected]. Copies of this 
collection also can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Exercise Breakout 2019 Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-NEW.
    Type of Request: Approval of a new Information Collection.
    Abstract: This survey will be conducted on a voluntary basis and is 
intended to provide vital information to the Ready Reserve Force 
Program. This exercise is designed to test MARAD's internal 
administrative procedures, as well as the coordination necessary for a 
complete activation of MARAD's Ready Reserve Force (RRF) and the 
Military Sealift Command (MSC) Surge Sealift Fleet to meet strategic 
sealift requirements. Periodic testing is necessary in view of the 
dynamics that affect the RRF program, which include changes in RRF 
fleet composition, readiness status, ship location as well as changes 
to the seafaring manpower base. The mariner survey is an integral part 
of the Breakout Exercise. This survey will be used to measure mariner 
availability, training and experience.
    Respondents: This survey is restricted to Merchant Mariners.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 575.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .05.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

    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: July 2, 2019.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-14504 Filed 7-8-19; 8:45 am]
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