Document Headings

                    Document headings vary by document type but may contain                    the following:                  
                -                       the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document                    
                -                       the number of the CFR title and the number of each part                      the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly                      related to                    
                -                       the agency docket number / agency internal file number                    
                -                       the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in                      the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory                      Actions                    

                    See the                                          Document Drafting Handbook                                        for more details.                  

###### Department of Transportation

###### Maritime Administration 

          - [Docket No. MARAD-2007-27586] 

# ACTION:

Notice and request for comments. 

# SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intention to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection. 

# DATES:

Comments should be submitted on or before May 15, 2007. 

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Patricia Ann Thomas, Maritime Administration, MAR-630, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:  202-366-2646; FAX: 202-493-2180; or e-mail:                         *patricia.thomas@dot.gov.*                         Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office.                     

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title of Collection:*                     Merchant Marine Medals and Awards.                 

*Type of Request:*                     Extension of currently approved information collection.                 

*OMB Control Number:*                     2133-0506.                 

*Form Numbers:*                     None.                 

*Expiration Date of Approval:*                     Three years from date of approval by the Office of Management and Budget.                 

*Summary of Collection of Information:*                     This information collection provides a method of awarding merchant marine medals and decorations to masters, officers, and crew members of U.S. ships in recognition of their service in areas of danger during the operations by the Armed Forces of the United States in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Operation Desert Storm.                 

*Need and Use of the Information:*                     This information is used by MARAD personnel to process and verify requests for service awards.                 

*Description of Respondents:*                     Masters, officers and crew members of U.S. ships.                 

*Annual Responses:*                     900 responses.                 

*Annual Burden:*                     900 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 PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by electronic means via the Internet at                     *http://dms.dot.gov/​submit.*                     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://dms.dot.gov.*

## 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.dms.dot.gov.*

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66)

Dated: March 12, 2007.

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Daron T. Threet, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

 [FR Doc. E7-4829 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910-81-P