8756 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 18, 2015 / Notices 

(U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 

Application for Admission). Part I of the 

form is completed by individuals 

wishing to be admitted as students to 

the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. 

The information on the Candidate 

Application Parts II and III is used by 

the USMMA admissions staff and its 

Candidate Evaluation Board to select the 

best qualified candidates for the 

Academy. Part II is completed by the 

applicant and Part III by an official at 

the secondary school where the 

applicant attends or has attended. 

Respondents: Individuals desiring to 

become students at the U.S. Merchant 

Marine Academy. 

Number of Respondents: 2500. 

Frequency: Once. 

Number of Responses: 2500. 

Total Annual Burden: 25,000 Hours. 

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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1:93. 

Dated: February 3, 2015. 

Christine Gurland, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03377 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2015–0014] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

ALCYONE; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2015–0014. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Williams, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W23–453, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel ALCYONE is: 

Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 

‘‘Private Vessel Charters, Passengers 

Only.’’ 

Geographic Region: ‘‘Maine, New 

Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode 

Island, Connecticut, New York, New 

Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, 

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, 

South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 

California, Oregon, Washington and 

Alaska (excluding waters in 

Southeastern Alaska and waters north of 

a line between Gore Point to Cape 

Suckling [including the North Gulf 

Coast and Prince William Sound]).’’ 

The complete application is given in 

DOT docket MARAD–2015–0014 at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Interested 

parties may comment on the effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388, that the issuance of the waiver will 

have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- 

vessel builder or a business that uses 

U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a 

waiver will not be granted. Comments 

should refer to the docket number of 

this notice and the vessel name in order 

for MARAD to properly consider the 

comments. Comments should also state 

the commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

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). 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: February 10, 2015. 

Christine Gurland, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03353 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2015–0018] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

TORTOLA; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2015–0018. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 


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