83_FR_45181 83 FR 45010 - Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Candidate Application for Admission

83 FR 45010 - Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Candidate Application for Admission

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 171 (September 4, 2018)

Page Range45010-45011
FR Document2018-19046

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. The information to be collected will be used to apply for admission to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Collection of information is completed digitally through an online candidate portal. Part I of the Candidate Application is used to establish initial eligibility. The Academic Information Request, Candidate Activities Record, School Official Evaluations and Biographical Essay are used by the USMMA admissions staff and its Candidate Evaluation Board to select the best qualified candidates for the Academy. Result from the administration of the Candidate Fitness Assessment are used to determine physical qualification. Candidates may also submit an optional resume and additional recommendation letters with their application. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on June 12, 2018.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45010-45011]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19046]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2018-0143]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Candidate 
Application for Admission

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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. The information to be collected 
will be used to apply for admission to the U.S. Merchant Marine 
Academy. Collection of information is completed digitally through an 
online candidate portal. Part I of the Candidate Application is used to 
establish initial eligibility. The Academic Information Request, 
Candidate Activities Record, School Official Evaluations and 
Biographical Essay are used by the USMMA admissions staff and its 
Candidate Evaluation Board to select the best qualified candidates for 
the Academy. Result from the administration of the Candidate Fitness 
Assessment are used to determine physical qualification. Candidates may 
also submit an optional resume and additional recommendation letters 
with their application. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following information collection was 
published on June 12, 2018.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 4, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Comments are 
invited on: (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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Bedryk, CDR USMS, Director of 
Admissions, 516.726.5641, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 300 Steamboat 
Road, New York, NY 11024, www.usmma.edu/admissions.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Candidate Application for 
Admission.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0010.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: Regulations pertaining to the U.S. Merchant Marine 
Academy (USMMA) appeared in the Federal Register (Vol. 47, No. 98, p. 
21811, dated May 20, 1982) as a final rule. Part 310.57(a) of 46 CFR 
provides for the collection of information from anyone who is a 
prospect for admission. It states that ``all candidates shall submit an 
application for admission to the Academy's Admissions Office.'' Thus, 
the collection of information through the use of a digital application 
is the primary means by which selections for admission are made. The 
information collection consists of Part I, the Academic Information 
Request, Candidate Activities Record, three School Official Evaluation 
and Biographical Essay and Candidate Fitness Assessment. Part I of the 
form is completed by individuals wishing to be admitted as students to 
the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. The information from the Academic 
Information Request, Candidate Activities Record, School Official 
Evaluations and Biographical Essay is used by the USMMA admissions 
staff

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and its Candidate Evaluation Board to select the best qualified 
candidates for the Academy.
    Respondents: Individuals desiring to become students at the U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,000.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 5.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.
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    Dated: August 28, 2018.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-19046 Filed 8-31-18; 8:45 am]
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45010 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2018 / Notices have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- notice, DOT/ALL–14 FDMS, accessible soliciting comments on the following vessel builder or a business that uses through www.dot.gov/privacy. To information collection was published on U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a facilitate comment tracking and June 12, 2018. waiver will not be granted. Comments response, we encourage commenters to DATES: Comments must be submitted on should refer to the vessel name, state the provide their name, or the name of their or before October 4, 2018. commenter’s interest in the waiver organization; however, submission of ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding application, and address the waiver names is completely optional. Whether the burden estimate, including criteria given in section 388.4 of or not commenters identify themselves, suggestions for reducing the burden, to MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part all timely comments will be fully the Office of Management and Budget, 388. considered. If you wish to provide Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of Public Participation comments containing proprietary or the Secretary of Transportation, 725 confidential information, please contact 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. How do I submit comments? the agency for alternate submission Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Please submit your comments, instructions. the proposed collection of information including the attachments, following the Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. is necessary for the Department’s instructions provided under the above § 55103, 46 U.S.C. § 12121. performance; (b) the accuracy of the heading entitled ADDRESSES. Be advised * * * * * estimated burden; (c) ways for the that it may take a few hours or even Department to enhance the quality, Dated: August 28, 2018. days for your comment to be reflected utility and clarity of the information By Order of the Maritime Administrator. on the docket. In addition, your collection; and (d) ways that the burden comments must be written in English. T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., could be minimized without reducing We encourage you to provide concise Secretary, Maritime Administration. the quality of the collected information. comments and you may attach [FR Doc. 2018–19044 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] The agency will summarize and/or additional documents as necessary. BILLING CODE 4910–81–P include your comments in the request There is no limit on the length of the for OMB’s clearance of this information attachments. collection. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Where do I go to read public comments, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: and find supporting information? Maritime Administration Mike Bedryk, CDR USMS, Director of Admissions, 516.726.5641, U.S. Go to the docket online at http:// [Docket No. MARAD–2018–0143] Merchant Marine Academy, 300 www.regulations.gov, keyword search Steamboat Road, New York, NY 11024, MARAD–2018–0142 or visit the Docket Request for Comments on the Renewal www.usmma.edu/admissions. Management Facility (see ADDRESSES for of a Previously Approved Information hours of operation). We recommend that SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Collection: U.S. Merchant Marine you periodically check the Docket for Title: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Academy Candidate Application for new submissions and supporting Candidate Application for Admission. Admission OMB Control Number: 2133–0010. material. Maritime Administration, DOT. AGENCY: Type of Request: Renewal of a Will my comments be made available to Notice and request for ACTION: Previously Approved Information the public? comments. Collection. Yes. Be aware that your entire Abstract: Regulations pertaining to comment, including your personal SUMMARY: In compliance with the the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy identifying information, will be made Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this (USMMA) appeared in the Federal publicly available. notice announces that the Information Register (Vol. 47, No. 98, p. 21811, Collection Request (ICR) abstracted dated May 20, 1982) as a final rule. Part May I submit comments confidentially? below is being forwarded to the Office 310.57(a) of 46 CFR provides for the If you wish to submit comments of Management and Budget (OMB) for collection of information from anyone under a claim of confidentiality, you review and comments. The information who is a prospect for admission. It states should submit three copies of your to be collected will be used to apply for that ‘‘all candidates shall submit an complete submission, including the admission to the U.S. Merchant Marine application for admission to the information you claim to be confidential Academy. Collection of information is Academy’s Admissions Office.’’ Thus, business information, to the Department completed digitally through an online the collection of information through of Transportation, Maritime candidate portal. Part I of the Candidate the use of a digital application is the Administration, Office of Legislation Application is used to establish initial primary means by which selections for and Regulations, MAR–225, W24–220, eligibility. The Academic Information admission are made. The information 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Request, Candidate Activities Record, collection consists of Part I, the Washington, DC 20590. Include a cover School Official Evaluations and Academic Information Request, letter setting forth with specificity the Biographical Essay are used by the Candidate Activities Record, three basis for any such claim and, if possible, USMMA admissions staff and its School Official Evaluation and a summary of your submission that can Candidate Evaluation Board to select the Biographical Essay and Candidate be made available to the public. best qualified candidates for the Fitness Assessment. Part I of the form is Academy. Result from the completed by individuals wishing to be sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Privacy Act administration of the Candidate Fitness admitted as students to the U.S. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), Assessment are used to determine Merchant Marine Academy. The DOT solicits comments from the public physical qualification. Candidates may information from the Academic to better inform its rulemaking process. also submit an optional resume and Information Request, Candidate DOT posts these comments, without additional recommendation letters with Activities Record, School Official edit, to www.regulations.gov, as their application. A Federal Register Evaluations and Biographical Essay is described in the system of records Notice with a 60-day comment period used by the USMMA admissions staff VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Aug 31, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00154 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2018 / Notices 45011 and its Candidate Evaluation Board to Docket Management Facility location Public Participation select the best qualified candidates for address is: U.S. Department of How do I submit comments? the Academy. Transportation, MARAD–2018–0141, Respondents: Individuals desiring to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Please submit your comments, become students at the U.S. Merchant Building, Room W12–140, Washington, including the attachments, following the Marine Academy. DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., instructions provided under the above Affected Public: Individuals or Monday through Friday, except on heading entitled ADDRESSES. Be advised households. Federal holidays. that it may take a few hours or even Estimated Number of Respondents: days for your comment to be reflected Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your 2,000. on the docket. In addition, your comments, we recommend that you include Estimated Number of Responses: comments must be written in English. your name and a mailing address, an email 2,000. address, or a telephone number in the body We encourage you to provide concise Estimated Hours per Response: 5. of your document so that we can contact you comments and you may attach Annual Estimated Total Annual if we have questions regarding your additional documents as necessary. Burden Hours: 10,000. submission. There is no limit on the length of the Frequency of Response: Annually. attachments. Instructions: All submissions received Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act Where do I go to read public comments, of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; must include the agency name and and find supporting information? and 49 CFR 1.93. specific docket number. All comments received will be posted without change Go to the docket online at http:// * * * * * www.regulations.gov., keyword search to the docket at www.regulations.gov, Dated: August 28, 2018. including any personal information MARAD–2018–0141 or visit the Docket By Order of the Maritime Administrator. provided. For detailed instructions on Management Facility (see ADDRESSES for T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr. submitting comments, see the section hours of operation). We recommend that Secretary, Maritime Administration. entitled Public Participation. you periodically check the Docket for [FR Doc. 2018–19046 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] new submissions and supporting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: material. BILLING CODE 4910–81–P Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Will my comments be made available to Administration, 1200 New Jersey the public? DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Avenue SE, Room W23–453, Yes. Be aware that your entire Maritime Administration Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– comment, including your personal 366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov. identifying information, will be made [Docket No. MARAD–2018–0141] publicly available. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As Requested Administrative Waiver of described by the applicant the intended May I submit comments confidentially? the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel service of the vessel MAKARA is: If you wish to submit comments MAKARA; Invitation for Public —INTENDED COMMERCIAL USE OF under a claim of confidentiality, you Comments VESSEL: ‘‘Live-aboard sailing charters should submit three copies of your AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. and day sailing charters, overnight complete submission, including the stays in anchorages and marinas’’ information you claim to be confidential ACTION: Notice. —GEOGRAPHIC REGION INCLUDING business information, to the Department SUMMARY: The Secretary of BASE OF OPERATIONS: ‘‘Florida, of Transportation, Maritime Transportation, as represented by the Rhode Island, Massachusetts’’ (Base of Administration, Office of Legislation Maritime Administration (MARAD), is Operations: Key West, FL) and Regulations, MAR–225, W24–220, authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, —VESSEL LENGTH AND TYPE: 47′ build requirements of the coastwise Washington, DC 20590. Include a cover sailing catamaran trade laws to allow the carriage of no letter setting forth with specificity the more than twelve passengers for hire on The complete application is available basis for any such claim and, if possible, vessels, which are three years old or for review identified in the DOT docket a summary of your submission that can more. A request for such a waiver has as MARAD–2018–0141 at http:// be made available to the public. been received by MARAD. The vessel, www.regulations.gov. Interested parties may comment on the effect this action Privacy Act and a brief description of the proposed service, is listed below. may have on U.S. vessel builders or In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag DOT solicits comments from the public DATES: Submit comments on or before vessels. If MARAD determines, in to better inform its rulemaking process. October 4, 2018. accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and DOT posts these comments, without ADDRESSES: You may submit comments MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part edit, to www.regulations.gov, as identified by DOT Docket Number 388, that the issuance of the waiver will described in the system of records MARAD–20187–0141 by any one of the have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- notice, DOT/ALL–14 FDMS, accessible following methods: vessel builder or a business that uses through www.dot.gov/privacy. To • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a facilitate comment tracking and sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES http://www.regulations.gov. Search waiver will not be granted. Comments response, we encourage commenters to MARAD–2018–0141 and follow the should refer to the vessel name, state the provide their name, or the name of their instructions for submitting comments. commenter’s interest in the waiver organization; however, submission of • Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket application, and address the waiver names is completely optional. Whether Management Facility is in the West criteria given in section 388.4 of or not commenters identify themselves, Building, Ground Floor of the U.S. MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part all timely comments will be fully Department of Transportation. The 388. considered. If you wish to provide VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Aug 31, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00155 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1


Document Created: 2018-09-01 02:59:46
Document Modified: 2018-09-01 02:59:46
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesComments must be submitted on or before October 4, 2018.
ContactMike Bedryk, CDR USMS, Director of Admissions, 516.726.5641, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 300 Steamboat Road, New York, NY 11024, www.usmma.edu/admissions.
FR Citation83 FR 45010 
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