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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97166-97167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28613]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2024-0157]

Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Collection: Centers of Excellence (CoE) for Domestic Maritime Workforce 
Training and Education Annual Application for Designation

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval to renew an information collection in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0549 
(Centers of Excellence (CoE) for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training 
and Education Annual Application for Designation) is used to determine 
the eligibility of certain qualified training entities to apply for CoE 
designation. Due to a change in the CoE program designation duration, 
the total responses, respondents, and burden hours for this collection 
have reduced since the last renewal. We are required to publish this 
notice in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and 
affected agencies.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collections should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerard Wall, Program Manager, 202-366-
7273, Centers of Excellence, Room W23-470, Maritime Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC, 20590, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Centers of Excellence (CoE) for Domestic Maritime Workforce 
Training and Education Annual Application for Designation.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0549.
    Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: In order to implement section 3507 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act of 2018, Public Law 115-91 (the ``Act''), 
codified at 46 United States Code (U.S.C.) 51706 (previously designated 
as 46 U.S.C. 54102), MARAD developed a procedure to recommend to the 
Secretary the designation of eligible institutions as Centers of 
Excellence (CoE) for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and 
Education. Pursuant to the Act, the Secretary of Transportation may 
designate certain eligible and qualified training entities as CoEs. 
Authority to administer the CoE program is delegated to MARAD in 49 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1.93(a). The previously approved 
policy for collecting information is required to administer the Center 
of Excellence program which supports the DOT strategic goal of Economic 
Competitiveness, and the MARAD

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strategic goal to Maintain and Modernize the Maritime workforce.
    Respondents: Postsecondary educational and vocational institutions, 
registered apprenticeship sponsors, and structured experiential 
learning training programs in certain eligible locations are eligible 
to apply for CoE designation. Additionally, ``maritime training centers 
previously designated as a 2021 CoE'' are eligible under the statute.
    Affected Public: Postsecondary educational and vocational 
institutions, registered apprenticeship sponsors, and structured 
experiential learning training programs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 50.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 48.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,400.
    Frequency of Response: Once Annually.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this 
information collection was published on October 1, 2024 (89 FR 80012).

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49.)

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-28613 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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