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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 7, 2021 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0088]

Request for Comments on the Renewal
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection—Center of Excellence for
Domestic Maritime Workforce Training
and Education (CoE) Annual
Application for Designation
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

This notice provides
interested parties with the opportunity
to comment on the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request approval, for three years, of
a previously approved information
collection related to designating Centers
of Excellence for Domestic Maritime
Workforce Training and Education
(CoE). Interested covered training
institutions can voluntarily apply to
MARAD with sufficient information to
demonstrate they meet the designation
criteria. Designated CoEs may
voluntarily submit renewal applications
prior to expiry of their CoE designation.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before June 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket No. MARAD–
2018–0088 through one of the following
methods:
• Website/Federal eRulemaking
Portal: www.regulations.gov. Search
using the above DOT docket number
and follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 of the
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this rulemaking.
Note: All comments received will be
posted without change to
www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided.
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
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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.
Electronic Access and Filing
A copy of the notice may be viewed
online at www.regulations.gov using the
docket number listed above. A copy of
this notice will be placed in the docket.
Electronic retrieval help and guidelines
are available on the website. It is
available 24 hours each day, 365 days
each year. An electronic copy of this
document may also be downloaded
from the Office of the Federal Register’s
website at www.FederalRegister.gov and
the Government Publishing Office’s
website at www.GovInfo.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gerard Wall, Maritime Administration,
at [email protected] or at 202–366–
1250. 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.
Abstract: 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

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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.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200.
Estimated Number of Responses: 100.
Estimated Hours per Response: 48.
Annual Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 4,800.
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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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. DOT–MARAD–2021–0016]

Request for Comments on the Renewal
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Request for Waiver of
Service Obligation, Request for
Deferment of Service Obligation, and
Application for Review
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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. The information collected
will be used to determine if waivers and
deferments may be granted to U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)
graduates and to State Maritime
Academy (SMA) graduates who
participated in the Student Incentive
Payment (SIP) Program. We are required
to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
[identified by Docket No. DOT–
MARAD–2021–0016] through one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Search using the
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