Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Seamen's Claims, Administrative Action and Litigation
| Published date | 01 September 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 49090 |
| Record Number | 2021-18811 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Maritime Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 167 (Wednesday, September 1, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 167 (Wednesday, September 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49090-49091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18811]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2021-0191]
Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Seamen's Claims, Administrative Action and Litigation
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. A Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information
collection was published on May 21, 2021.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 1, 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: Michael Yarrington, (202) 366-1915,
[[Page 49091]]
Office of Marine Insurance, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Seamen's Claims, Administrative Action and Litigation.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0522.
Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: 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.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 15.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Times per Respondent: 12.5 Hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 188.
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.
[FR Doc. 2021-18811 Filed 8-31-21; 8:45 am]
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