Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Collection: Information To Determine Seaman's Reemployment Rights-National Emergency
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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 in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0526 (Information to Determine Seamen's Reemployment Rights--National Emergency) will be used to determine if U.S. civilian mariners are eligible for reemployment rights under the Maritime Security Act of 1996, which established provisions to allow for and procedures to obtain the necessary MARAD certification for re-employment rights and other benefits. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires that we publish this notice in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. A 60-day Federal Register notice soliciting comments on this information collection was published on May 2, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48947-48948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16045]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. DOT-MARAD-2023-0154]
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved
Collection: Information To Determine Seaman's Reemployment Rights--
National Emergency
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: 30-Day Federal Register notice.
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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 in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0526
(Information to Determine Seamen's Reemployment Rights--National
Emergency) will be used to determine if U.S. civilian mariners are
eligible for reemployment rights under the Maritime Security Act of
1996, which established provisions to allow for and procedures to
obtain the necessary MARAD certification for re-employment rights and
other benefits. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 requires that we publish this notice in the
Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected
agencies. A 60-day Federal Register notice soliciting comments on this
information collection was published on May 2, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collections 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: Matthew Mueller, 202-366-7173, MAR-
650, Mail Stop 2 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb8baa9bebea9a8babdb7b4baaf9bbfb4aff5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec8f8d9e89899e9f8d8a80838d98ac888398c28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Information to Determine Seamen's Reemployment Rights--
National Emergency.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0526.
Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved information
collection.
Abstract: This information collection is needed in order to
implement
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provisions of the Maritime Security Act of 1996. These provisions grant
re-employment rights and other benefits to certain merchant seamen
serving aboard vessels used by the United States during times of
national emergencies. The Maritime Security Act of 1996 establishes the
procedures for obtaining the necessary MARAD certification for re-
employment rights and other benefits.
Respondents: Individual U.S. citizen mariners, currently working
ashore, who possess U.S. Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials and
serve on U.S. vessels in time of national emergency.
Affected Public: U.S. merchant seamen who have completed designated
national service during a time of maritime mobilization need and are
seeking re-employment with a prior employer.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
Estimated Hours per Response: 1.
Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49.)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-16045 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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