[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18661]
[[Page 38184]]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of a new collection.
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information
was published on April 30, 1997 (62 FR, 23530).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 15, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Weaver, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-2811.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Maritime Administration
Title: Information to Determine Seamen's Reemployment Rights--
National Emergency.
Type of Request: Approval of a New Information Collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133-New.
Affected Public: U.S. Merchant Seamen who have completed designated
national service in time of war or national emergency and are seeking
reemployment with a prior employer.
Abstract: Approval is requested in an effort to implement
provisions of the Maritime Security Act of 1996. These provisions amend
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to grant reemployment rights and other
benefits to certain merchant seamen serving on vessels used by the
United States for a war; armed conflict, national emergency or maritime
mobilization need. As such, this rule establishes the procedure for
obtaining the necessary MARAD certification for reemployment rights and
other benefits conferred by statute and its assistance in pursuing
these statutory rights and benefits.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collection
requires merchant seamen to provide documents indicating their period
of employment and their merchant mariner's status. The information
provided will allow MARAD to determine eligibility for reemployment
rights when the employment is related to a designated national service.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT/MARAD Desk Officer. 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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 10, 1997.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-18661 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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