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Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on April 7, 2021. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 5, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

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, Maritime Administration, 

at gerard.wall@dot.gov or at 202–366– 

7273. You may send mail to Gerard 

Wall, Centers of Excellence Program 

Manager, Room W23–470, Maritime 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Center of Excellence for 

Domestic Maritime Workforce Training 

and Education Annual Applications for 

Designation. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0549. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection. 

Background: To implement Section 

3507 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act of 2018, Public Law 

115–91 (the ‘‘Act’’), codified at 46 

U.S.C. 51705 (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 for 

Domestic Maritime Workforce Training 

and Education (CoE). Pursuant to the 

Act, the Secretary of Transportation may 

designate certain eligible and qualified 

training entities as CoEs and may 

subsequently execute Cooperative 

Agreements with CoE designees. 

Authority to administer the CoE 

program is delegated to MARAD in 49 

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 

strategic goal to Maintain and 

Modernize the Maritime workforce. 

Respondents: ‘‘Community Colleges 

or Technical Colleges’’ and ‘‘Maritime 

Training Centers’’ in certain eligible 

locations are eligible to apply for CoE 

designation. Additionally, only 

‘‘Maritime Training Centers’’ with a 

maritime training program in operation 

on 12 December 2017 are eligible under 

the statute. 

Affected Public: Community Colleges, 

Technical Colleges and Maritime 

Training Centers. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 100. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Estimated time per Respondent: 48 

hrs. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,800. 

Public Comments Invited: 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) 

By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2021–0123] 

Request for Comments of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection: 

Application for Construction Reserve 

Fund and Annual Statements (CRF) 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 April 7, 2021. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 5, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Ladd, 202–366–1859, Office of 

Financial Approvals, Maritime 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC, 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Application for Construction 

Reserve Fund (CRF) and Annual 

Statements. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0032. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

previously approved collection. 

Background: The Construction 

Reserve Fund (CRF), authorized by 46 

U.S.C. chapter 533, is a financial 

assistance program which provides tax 

deferral benefits to U.S.-flag operators. 

Eligible parties can defer the gain 

attributable to the sale or loss of a 

vessel, provided the proceeds are used 

to expand or modernize the U.S. 

merchant fleet. The primary purpose of 

the CRF is to promote the construction, 

reconstruction, reconditioning, or 

acquisition of merchant vessels which 

are necessary for national defense and to 

the development of U.S. commerce. 

Respondents: Citizens who own or 

operate vessels in the U.S. foreign or 

domestic commerce who desire tax 

benefits under the CRF program must 

respond. 

Affected Public: Owners or operators 

of vessels in the domestic or foreign 

commerce. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

17. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 17. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated time per Respondent: 9 

Hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 153. 


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Public Comments Invited: 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) 

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By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr. 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14323 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am] 

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