[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40836-40837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16322]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. MARAD-2014-0102]
Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information
Collection(s): Request for Waiver of Service Obligation, Request for
Deferment of Service Obligation, and Application for Review of Waiver/
Deferment Decision
AGENCY: Maritime Administration.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. These information
collections are for midshipmen or graduates of the United States
Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) or cadets or graduates of a State
Maritime Academy (SMA) who received Student Incentive Payment (SIP)
Program payments to determine if: (1) A waiver should be granted of all
or a portion of the service obligation contract in cases where there
would be undue hardship or impossibility of performance due to
accident, illness or other justifiable reasons; (2) a deferment of all
or a portion of the service obligation should be granted for the
purpose of entering a marine or maritime-related graduate course of
study; or (3) an original decision of items 1 or 2 should be overturned
based on a student or graduate's appeal. Their service obligation is
required by law. We are required to publish this notice
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in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 12, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. MARAD-2014-
0102 through one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 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.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Wehde, (202) 366-5469, Director,
Office of Maritime Workforce Development, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2133-0510.
Title: Request for Waiver of Service Obligation, Request for
Deferment of Service Obligation, and Application for Review of Waiver/
Deferment Decision.
Form Numbers: MA-935, MA-936, MA-937.
Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
Background: The Information collection is essential for determining
if a student or graduate of the USMMA or a SMA that participated in the
Student Incentive Payment (SIP) Program has a valid circumstance
preventing them from fulfilling the requirements of the service
obligation contract signed at the time of their enrollment in USMMA or
the SIP program. It also permits the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to
determine if a graduate, who wishes to defer their service obligation
to attend graduate school, is eligible to receive a deferment. Student
or graduates who submit a waiver or deferral request have an
opportunity to appeal MARAD's decision. This collection is essential
for determining if the original decision for a waiver or deferral
request should be overturned. Their service obligation is required by
law.
Number of Respondents: 11.
Frequency: Annually.
Number of Responses: 11.
Total Annual Burden: 3.30.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (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.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; pages 19477-78) or you may visit
http://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.
Dated: July 7, 2014.
Christine Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-16322 Filed 7-11-14; 8:45 am]
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