Notice2022-13890
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Mariner Cadet Training-Agreements, Compliance Reporting, and Audits
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Published
June 29, 2022
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 for a currently approved emergency information collection. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from OMB. Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collection of information, including extensions and reinstatements of previously approved collections. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on April 29, 2022. This document described a collection of information for which MARAD intends to seek OMB approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38817-38818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13890]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket Number MARAD-2022-0119]
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved
Information Collection: Mariner Cadet Training-Agreements, Compliance
Reporting, and Audits
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 for a currently approved emergency information collection.
Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from OMB. Under procedures established
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval,
Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collection of
information, including extensions and reinstatements of previously
approved collections. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the following information collection was
published on April 29, 2022. This document described a collection of
information for which MARAD intends to seek OMB approval.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket Number
MARAD-2022-0119 by any one of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Search MARAD-2022-0119 and follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
<bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
<bullet> Mail or Hand Delivery: The Docket Management Facility is
in the West Building, Ground Floor of the U.S. Department of
Transportation. The Docket Management Facility location address is:
U.S. Department of Transportation, MARAD-2022-0119, 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Wahler, Director of Maritime
Labor and Training, (202) 366-5469 or via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c39313e3d2e3f3c181308521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2878f8083908182a6adb6eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Mariner Cadet Training-Agreements, Compliance Reporting, and
Audits.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0553.
Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: In accordance with its delegation of authority at 49 CFR
1.93(a), and pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 50101(a)(4), the Maritime
Administration (MARAD) is charged with ensuring that the United States
Merchant Marine is manned with trained and efficient citizen personnel.
Furthermore, 46 U.S.C. 51322 requires MARAD to protect cadet mariners
from sexual assault onboard vessels and in so doing, to set sexual
assault policy and to conduct random and targeted unannounced checks of
commercial vessels.
MARAD needs to obtain information from commercial vessel operators
in order to meet its statutory objective of setting sexual assault
policy and monitoring compliance that is essential to meeting its
mission of ensuring a well-trained U.S. Merchant Marine.
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) requests comment on MARAD's
intention to seek approval from OMB to reinstate without modification a
previously approved collection of information concerning vessel
operator acceptance of MARAD safety and security tenets, compliance
reporting and compliance assessment requirements. MARAD, in
consultation with operators of commercial vessels of the United States,
established criteria that vessel operators must meet in order to
participate in the Sea Year program of the United States Merchant
Marine Academy (USMMA) that address sexual harassment, sexual assault,
and other inappropriate conduct; and a process for verifying compliance
with the criteria. Accordingly, on December 15, 2021, MARAD published
on its website agency guidance entitled Every Mariner Builds a
Respectful Culture (EMBARC). Embedded within EMBARC is a process that
MARAD will use to verify compliance. The EMBARC Standards enumerate new
sexual assault and sexual harassment (SASH) prevention and response
safety measures that MARAD requires commercial vessel operators to meet
before they are approved to carry cadets from the USMMA for training
purposes. Along with the EMBARC Standards, MARAD also published a self-
assessment checklist, and a statement of compliance that vessel
operators are required to submit prior to Sea Year participation. The
EMBARC Standards include immediate, intermediate and long-term action
items that all vessel operators providing training platforms for cadet
mariners should implement. The totality of these efforts will help
strengthen the maritime industry's efforts to prevent and respond to
incidents of sexual violence and sexual harassment and other forms of
misconduct and help ensure a safer training environment for all cadets.
The information to be collected will be used by MARAD to confirm
the acceptance of MARAD sexual assault policies by commercial vessel
operators and it will help establish a process to oversee and monitor
continued compliance through reporting and auditing of commercial
vessel operators in this initial enrollment and subsequent Sea Years.
Respondents: Vessel Owners and Operators.
Affected Public: Captains, Mates, Chief Operating Officers, Chief
Executive Officers, Operations Managers, Clerical and typists.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 35 per collection.*
Estimated Number of Responses: 428.
Estimated Hours per Response: 2-6.
Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,615.
Frequency of Response: 2 per year.
* Some respondents will have to respond more than once.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-13890 Filed 6-28-22; 8:45 am]
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