Notice2021-22749
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: MARAD Exercise Breakout Survey
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Published
October 19, 2021
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentMaritime Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57892-57893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Search
using the above DOT docket number and follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
<bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
<bullet> 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
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>
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
<a href="http://www.FederalRegister.gov">www.FederalRegister.gov</a> and the Government Publishing Office's website
at <a href="http://www.GovInfo.gov">www.GovInfo.gov</a>.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e6e7f6a6c777d75307a7f70707f767b6c5e7a716a30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0979687d7b606a62276d68676768616c7b496d667d276e667f">[email protected]</span></a>. 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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