Approval information is used to
approve/disapprove curriculum, facility and faculty for merchant
mariner training school courses and ensure approved courses meet
statutory requirements. Recordkeeping requirements allow the Coast
Guard to monitor schools with approved courses. The respondents are
the Merchant Mariner Training Schools.
The change in burden is a
PROGRAM CHANGE due to the STCW rulemaking (see details in Section
8). The new STCW reporting requirements will result in an hour
burden increase of 30,879 hours. Also, we updated instruction sheet
to account for individual IC burdens.
$518,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David DuPont 202
372-1497
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.