54894 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 23, 2008 / Notices 

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 July 10, 2008, and comments were 

due by September 8, 2008. No 

comments were received. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 23, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Otto 

Strassburg, Maritime Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–4161; FAX: 202–366–7901; or 

e-mail: joe.strassburg@dot.gov. Copies of 

this collection also can be obtained from 

that office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title: Seamen’s Claims— 

Administrative Action and Litigation. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0522. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Officers or members 

of a crew who suffered death, injury, or 

illness while employed on vessels 

owned or operated by the United States. 

Also included are surviving dependents, 

beneficiaries, and legal representatives 

of officers or crew members. 

Forms: None. 

Abstract: The collection consists of 

information obtained from claimants for 

death, injury, or illness suffered while 

serving as officers or members of a crew 

on board a vessel owned or operated by 

the United States. The Maritime 

Administration reviews the information 

and makes a determination regarding 

the issues of agency and vessel liability 

and the reasonableness of the recovery 

demand. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 750 

hours. 

Addressee: 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: 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’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. 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

15, 2008. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–22136 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. Marad 2008 0088] 

Information Collection Available for 

Public Comments and 

Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice of intention to request 

extension of OMB approval 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 (with 

modifications) for three years of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before November 24, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita 

Jackson by Telephone: 202–366–0248; 

or e-mail: rita.jackson@dot.gov, or Anne 

Dougherty by Telephone: 202–366– 

5469; or e-mail: 

anne.dougherty@dot.gov, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title of Collection: Service Obligation 

Compliance Report and Merchant 

Marine Reserve U.S. Naval Reserve 

Annual Report. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0509. 

Form Numbers: MA–930. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Summary of Collection of 

Information: The Maritime Education 

and Training Act of 1980, imposes a 

service obligation on every graduate of 

the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and 

every subsidized State maritime 

academy graduate who received a 

student incentive payment. This 

mandatory service obligation is for the 

Federal financial assistance and 

graduate to maintain a license as an 

officer in the merchant marine and to 

report annually on reserve status, 

training and employment. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This information collection is necessary 

to determine if a graduate of the U.S. 

Merchant Marine Academy or 

subsidized State maritime academy 

graduate is complying with the terms of 

the service obligation. 

Description of Respondents: 

Graduates of the U.S. Merchant Marine 

Academy and every subsidized State 

maritime academy graduate who receive 

a student incentive payment. 

Annual Responses: 1436 response. 

Annual Burden: 718 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 also 

may 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, 


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