[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57892-57893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22749]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2021-0237]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: MARAD Exercise Breakout Survey

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval to renew an information collection. The information that will 
be collected from this survey pertains to merchant mariners training 
and familiarity with Naval systems and procedures. This survey also 
gauges the willingness of merchant mariners to sail into harm's way in 
time of national need. We are required to publish this notice in the 
Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 20, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2021-0237] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Search 
using the above DOT docket number and follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this rulemaking.

    Note:  All comments received will be posted without change to 
www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided.

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the Department's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the Department to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; 
and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the 
quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or 
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this 
information collection.

Electronic Access and Filing

    A copy of the notice may be viewed online at www.regulations.gov 
using the docket number listed above. A copy of this notice will be 
placed in the docket. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are 
available on the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days 
each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded 
from the Office of the Federal Register's website at 
www.FederalRegister.gov and the Government Publishing Office's website 
at www.GovInfo.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Dannaher, 202-366-5427, 
Division of Sealift Operations and Emergency Response (MAR-612), 
Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590, email: [email protected]. Copies of this collection also 
can be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: MARAD Exercise Breakout Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0550.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: This survey will be conducted on a voluntary basis and is 
intended to provide vital information to the Ready Reserve Force 
Program. This exercise is designed 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. The mariner survey is an integral part 
of the Breakout Exercise. This survey will be used to measure mariner 
availability, training, and experience.
    Respondents: Merchant Mariners.
    Affected Public: Individuals and/or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 150.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 150.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .05.

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    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7.5.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.)
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    By Order of the Acting Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-22749 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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