[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 4099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01513]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2022-0035]


Agency Request for Approval of a New Information Collection: 
Mariner Survey Pre-Test

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

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 approval. A Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information 
collection was published on September 14, 2021. Only one supportive 
comment was received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 25, 2022.

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: You may contact Matthew Mueller, 
Maritime Administration, at (202) 366-7173 or by electronic mail at 
[email protected]. You may send mail to Matthew Mueller at Office 
of Maritime Labor and Training, Maritime Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 
DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Mariner Survey Pre-Test.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-NEW.
    Type of Request: New information collection request.
    Abstract: The Maritime Administration intends to conduct a Pre-Test 
for a survey of individuals who hold appropriate merchant mariner 
credentials issued by the U.S. Coast Guard. This voluntary Mariner 
Survey Pre-Test information collection is limited to cognitive 
interviews and a pilot survey of a sample of credentialed U.S. merchant 
mariners to validate and improve the design of a questionnaire and 
other components for a subsequent full Mariner Survey. Cognitive 
interviews will be conducted either online or over telephone; pilot 
survey responses will be primarily conducted online, with a mail survey 
option.
    Upon completion of this Pre-Test collection and analysis, MARAD 
intends to request separate approval for the full biennial Mariner 
Survey of all appropriately credentialed U.S. merchant mariners to 
determine the number of qualified mariners who are available and 
willing to serve on short notice on U.S. government-owned sealift ships 
or commercial ships during a period of national need. The most recent 
survey of this scope was completed in 2002. The availability of a 
reliable, current estimate on the number of mariners willing to serve 
in times of war, armed conflict, or national emergency is critical to 
the U.S. national security.
    Respondents: Individuals who hold appropriate merchant mariner 
credentials issued by the U.S. Coast Guard.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 690 (40 cognitive 
interviews; 650 pilot survey respondents).
    Frequency of Collection: One-time.
    Estimated Times per Respondent: 45 minutes for cognitive 
interviews; 20 minutes for pilot survey.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 247.
    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. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect 
if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

(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. 2022-01513 Filed 1-25-22; 8:45 am]
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