[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12653-12654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04311]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0020]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Survey

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 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 November 4, 2019.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 2, 2020.

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: Dr. John R. Ballard, (516) 726-5833, 
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY 11024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0542.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: The United States Merchant Marine Academy is an 
accredited federal service academy that confers BS and MS degrees. The 
Academy is expected to assess its educational outcomes and report those 
findings to its Regional Accreditation authority in order to maintain 
the institution's degree granting status. Periodic survey of alumni 
cohorts and analysis of the data gathered is a routine higher education 
assessment practice in the United States.
    Respondents: Graduates of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

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    Affected Public: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Graduates.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 600.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 Hrs.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 150.
    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: February 27, 2020.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-04311 Filed 3-2-20; 8:45 am]
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