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Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; 

Telephone: (202) 366–5005 or e-mail: 

christopher.moore@dot.gov. Copies of 

this collection can also be obtained from 

that office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Supplementary 

Training Course Application. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0030. 

Form Numbers: MA–823 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Summary of Collection of 

Information: 46 U.S.C. Section 51703 

(2007) states that, ‘‘the Secretary of 

Transportation may provide additional 

training on maritime subjects to 

supplement other training opportunities 

and make the training available to the 

personnel of the merchant mariners of 

the United States and to individuals 

preparing for a career in the merchant 

marine of the United States.’’ Also, the 

U.S. Coast Guard requires a fire-fighting 

certificate for U.S. merchant marine 

officers. This collection provides the 

information necessary for the maritime 

schools to plan their course offerings 

and for applicants to complete their 

certificate requirements. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collection is necessary for 

eligibility assessment, enrollment, 

attendance verification and recordation. 

Without this information, the courses 

would not be documented for future 

reference by the program or individual 

student. 

Description of Respondents: U.S. 

Merchant Marine Seamen, both officers 

and unlicensed personnel, and other 

U.S. citizens employed in other areas of 

waterborne commerce. 

Annual Responses: 500. 

Annual Burden: 25 hours. 

Comments: Comments should refer to 

the docket number that appears at the 

top of this document. Written comments 

may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Comments may 

also be submitted by electronic means 

via the Internet at http://www.

regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 

Specifically address whether this 

information collection is necessary for 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency and will have practical 

utility, accuracy of the burden 

estimates, ways to minimize this 

burden, and ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. All 

comments received will be available for 

examination at the above address 

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or 

EST), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. 

An electronic version of this 

document is available on the World 

Wide Web at http://www.regulations.

gov/search/index.jsp. 

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/

search/index.jsp. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: December 2, 2010. 

Christine Gurland, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31396 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection abstracted below has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. The nature of the information 

collection is described as well as its 

expected burden. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on September 15, 2010. No comments 

were received. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 14, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jerome Davis, Maritime Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–6088; or E-mail: 

jerome.davis@dot.gov. Copies of this 

collection also can be obtained from that 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title: Voluntary Intermodal Sealift 

Agreement (VISA). 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0532. 

Type Of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Operators of dry 

cargo vessels. 

Form (s): MA–1020. 

Abstract: This information collection 

is in accordance with Section 708, 

Defense Production Act, 1950, as 

amended, under which participants 

agree to provide commercial sealift 

capacity and intermodal shipping 

services and systems necessary to meet 

national defense requirements. Officials 

at the Maritime Administration and the 

Department of Defense use this 

information to assess the applicants’ 

eligibility for participation in the VISA 

program. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 200 

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 

MARAD Desk Officer. 

Comments Are Invited On: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) 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. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: December 2, 2010. 

Christine Gurland, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31402 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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