[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 70611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27991]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. DOT-MARAD 2014-0147]


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection(s): Seamen's Claims, Administrative Action and Litigation

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The information in 
this collection is required to evaluate injury claims made by seamen 
working aboard government-owned vessels. We are required to publish 
this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-MARAD-
2014-0147] through one of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251
    <bullet> Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Yarrington, (202) 366-1915, 
Office of Marine Insurance, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0522.
    Title: Seamen's Claims, Administrative Action and Litigation.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The information is submitted by claimants seeking 
payments for injuries or illnesses they sustained while serving as 
masters or members of a crew on board a vessel owned or operated by the 
United States. The filing of a claim is a jurisdictional requirement 
for MARAD liability for such claims. MARAD reviews the information and 
makes a determination regarding agency liability and payments.
    Respondents: 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 in this description of respondents are 
surviving dependents, beneficiaries, and/or legal representatives of 
the officers or crew members.
    Number of Respondents: 15.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Number of Responses: 15.
    Total Annual Burden: 188 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.
    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 
www.regulations.gov.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:93.

    Dated: November 20, 2014.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-27991 Filed 11-25-14; 8:45 am]
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