Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information

Collection abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The nature of the

information collection is described as well as its expected burden. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of information was published on

March 16, 1999 [64 FR 13048].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 2, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crawford Ellerbe, Office of Maritime

Labor, Training and Safety, MAR-250, Maritime Administration, Room

7302, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-

5755 or FAX 202-493-2288. Copies of this collection can also be

obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).

Title: Request for Waiver of Service Obligation/Request for

Deferment of Service Obligation.

OMB Control Number: 2133-0510.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Students and graduates of the U.S. Merchant Marine

Academy and subsidized students or graduates of the State Maritime

Academies who request waivers of service obligations.

Form (s): MA-355; MA-528; MA-742; MA-828; and MA-942.

Abstract: This information collection is essential for determining

if a student or graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) or

subsidized student or graduate of a State Maritime Academy has a

waivable situation preventing them from fulfilling the requirements of

a service obligation contract signed at the time of their enrollment in

a Federal maritime training program.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 75.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention MARAD Desk Officer.

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.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on May 27, 1999.

Joel C. Richard

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-13949 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]

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