[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 71 (Monday, April 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 20568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07678]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0064]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Information To Determine Seamen's Reemployment Rights--
National Emergency

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 February 7, 2020.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 13, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rodney McFadden, 202-366-2647, Office 
of Maritime Labor and Training, Maritime Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 
DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Information to Determine Seamen's Reemployment Rights--
National Emergency.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0526.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: This collection is needed in order to implement 
provisions of the Maritime Security Act of 1996. These provisions grant 
re-employment rights and other benefits to certain merchant seamen 
serving aboard vessels used by the United States during times of 
national emergencies. The Maritime Security Act of 1996 establishes the 
procedures for obtaining the necessary MARAD certification for re-
employment rights and other benefits.
    Respondents: U.S. merchant seamen who have completed designated 
national service during a time of maritime mobilization need and are 
seeking re-employment with a prior employer.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated time per Respondent: 1 hr.
    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; and 49 CFR 1.93)

    Dated: April 8, 2020.

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-07678 Filed 4-10-20; 8:45 am]
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