[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 15568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05531]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0054]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

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 December 26, 2019.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 17, 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: Deveeda Midgette, 202-366-2354, Office 
of Sealift Support, Maritime Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, W26-494, Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Merchant Marine Medals and Awards.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0506.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: This information collection of information provides a 
method of awarding merchant marine medals and decorations to masters, 
officers, and crew members of U.S. ships in recognition of their 
service in areas of danger during the operations by the Armed Forces of 
the United States in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Operation Desert 
Storm and Operations Restore Hope and United Shield.
    Respondents: Master, officers and crew members of U.S. ships.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 550.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 550.
    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 12, 2020.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-05531 Filed 3-17-20; 8:45 am]
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