[Federal Register: November 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 229)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2007 0014]
Information Collection Available for Public Comments and
Recommendations
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intention to
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before January 28, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Jackson, Maritime Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202)
366-0284; or E-Mail: Rita.Jackson@dot.gov. Copies of this collection
can also be obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Request for Waiver of Service Obligation,
Request for Deferment of Service Obligation and Application for Review.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133-00510.
Form Numbers: MA-935, MA-936, MA-937.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by
the Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of Information: This information collection
is essential for determining if a student or graduate of the United
States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) or subsidized student or
graduate of a State maritime academy has a waive able situation
preventing them from fulfilling the requirements of a service
obligation contract signed at the time of their enrollment in a Federal
maritime
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training program. It also permits the Maritime Administration (MARAD)
to determine if a graduate, who wishes to defer the service obligation
to attend graduate school, is eligible to receive a deferment. Their
service obligation is required by law.
Need and Use of the Information: This information collected
establishes overall compliance with the service obligation contract in
support of the Economic Growth and Trade and National Security goals
identified in the DOT Strategic Plan. Because the graduates are
required to serve as commissioned officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine
Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve (as an aspect of the service obligation),
they become the Navy's single largest source of naval reserve officers
except for Naval R.O.T.C. In their civilian capacities, they are
required first to sail on their professional merchant marine licenses
or work in the maritime industry ashore. This dual role makes the
graduates especially valuable because national defense planning
initiatives and the Nation's economic needs depend on available
personnel who are highly trained.
Description of Respondents: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy students
and graduates, and subsidized students and graduates.
Annual Responses: 21.
Annual Burden: 4.2 hours.
Comments: Comments should be referred to the docket number that
appears at the top of this document. Written comments may be submitted
to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by
electronic means via the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
Specifically address whether this information collection is necessary
for proper performance of the functions of the agency and will have
practical utility, accuracy of the burden estimates, ways to minimize
this burden, and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected. All comments received will be
available for examination at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5
p.m. EDT (or EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An
electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web
at http://www.regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
http://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: November 20, 2007.
Christine S. Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-23152 Filed 11-28-07; 8:45 am]
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