Notice2021-26507
Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Candidate Application for Admission
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Published
December 7, 2021
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentMaritime Administration
Abstract
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 comments. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on August 5, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 69363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26507]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2021-0263]
Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Candidate Application for
Admission
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
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 comments. A Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information
collection was published on August 5, 2021.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 6, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Mike Bedryk, CDR USMS, Director of
Admissions, 516.726.5641, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 300 Steamboat
Road, New York, NY 11024, <a href="http://www.usmma.edu/admissions">www.usmma.edu/admissions</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Candidate Application for
Admission.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0010.
Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: Regulations pertaining to the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy (USMMA) appeared in the Federal Register (Vol. 47, No. 98, p.
21811, dated May 20, 1982) as a final rule. Part 310.57(a) of 46 CFR
provides for the collection of information from anyone who is a
prospect for admission. It states that ``all candidates shall submit an
application for admission to the Academy's Admissions Office.'' Thus,
the collection of information through the use of a digital application
is the primary means by which selections for admission are made. The
information collection consists of Part I, the Academic Information
Request, Candidate Activities Record, three School Official Evaluation
and Biographical Essay and Candidate Fitness Assessment. Part I of the
form is completed by individuals wishing to be admitted as students to
the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. The information from the Academic
Information Request, Candidate Activities Record, School Official
Evaluations and Biographical Essay is used by the USMMA admissions
staff and its Candidate Evaluation Board to select the best qualified
candidates for the Academy.
Respondents: Individuals desiring to become students at the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 2,000.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Times per Respondent: 5 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10,000.
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.
(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. 2021-26507 Filed 12-6-21; 8:45 am]
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