Notice2022-01513
Agency Request for Approval of a New Information Collection: Mariner Survey Pre-Test
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Published
January 26, 2022
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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 4099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <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: You may contact Matthew Mueller,
Maritime Administration, at (202) 366-7173 or by electronic mail at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7815190c0c101d0f56150d1d14141d0a381c170c561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aec3cfdadac6cbd980c3dbcbc2c2cbdceecac1da80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>. 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]
BILLING CODE 4910-81-P
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