[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35561-35562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14324]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2021-0121]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce 
Training and Education Annual Applications for Designation

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

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Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
following information collection was published on April 7, 2021.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 5, 2021.

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: Gerard Wall, Maritime Administration, 
at [email protected] or at 202-366-7273. You may send mail to Gerard 
Wall, Centers of Excellence Program Manager, Room W23-470, Maritime 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce 
Training and Education Annual Applications for Designation.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0549.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: To implement Section 3507 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act of 2018, Public Law 115-91 (the ``Act''), codified at 
46 U.S.C. 51705 (previously designated as 46 U.S.C. 54102), MARAD 
developed a procedure to recommend to the Secretary the designation of 
eligible institutions as Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime 
Workforce Training and Education (CoE). Pursuant to the Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation may designate certain eligible and 
qualified training entities as CoEs and may subsequently execute 
Cooperative Agreements with CoE designees. Authority to administer the 
CoE program is delegated to MARAD in 49 CFR 1.93(a). The previously 
approved policy for collecting information is required to administer 
the Center of Excellence program which supports the DOT strategic goal 
of Economic Competitiveness, and the MARAD strategic goal to Maintain 
and Modernize the Maritime workforce.
    Respondents: ``Community Colleges or Technical Colleges'' and 
``Maritime Training Centers'' in certain eligible locations are 
eligible to apply for CoE designation. Additionally, only ``Maritime 
Training Centers'' with a maritime training program in operation on 12 
December 2017 are eligible under the statute.
    Affected Public: Community Colleges, Technical Colleges and 
Maritime Training Centers.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 100.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated time per Respondent: 48 hrs.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,800.
    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)

    By Order of the Acting Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-14324 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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