[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 8940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03369]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2015 0021]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on 
November 26, 2014 (Federal Register 70611, Vol. 79, No. 228).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 23, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Yarrington, (202) 366-1915, 
Office of Marine Insurance, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Seamen's Claims, Administrative Action and Litigation.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0522.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The collection consists of information obtained from 
claimants for death, injury, or illness suffered while serving as 
officers or members of a crew on board a vessel owned or operated by 
the United States through the Maritime Administration. The Maritime 
Administration reviews the information and makes a determination 
regarding the issues of agency and vessel liability and the 
reasonableness of the recovery demand.
    Affected Public: Officers or members of a crew who suffered death, 
injury, or illness while employed on vessels owned or operated by the 
United States through the Maritime Administration. Also included are 
surviving dependents, beneficiaries, and legal representatives of 
officers or crew members.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 15.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 188.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 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.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.

    Dated: February 10, 2015.
Christine Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-03369 Filed 2-18-15; 8:45 am]
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