[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55210-55211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22346]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2019-0163]


Request for Comments of 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 July 9, 2019.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 14, 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: Thanos Perlegas, Telephone Number: 
(202) 366-0772, Office of Federal Sealift, Division of Sealift 
Operations and Emergency Response, Maritime Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: MARAD Exercise Breakout Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-New.
    Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
    Background: This is a survey conducted on a voluntary basis that 
provides vital information to the Ready Reserve Force Program. The 
survey follows MARAD's Exercise Breakout which was intended 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. This information collection 
will provide MARAD with insights and experience of those involved in 
the RRF exercise and

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as a result supports the DOT Strategic Goal of providing for the 
National Security of the country by providing surge sealift 
capabilities.
    Respondents: Merchant Mariners who were included in the EXERCISE 
BREAKOUT 2019.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: .05 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10.
    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; 49 CFR 1.93.
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    Dated: October 8, 2019.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-22346 Filed 10-11-19; 8:45 am]
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