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intended service of the vessel
PROTECTOR is:

Will my comments be made available to
the public?

—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘We operate wildlife viewing and
whale watching tours from San Juan
Island, Washington. We would like to
replace our existing 6 passenger
vessel with this vessel. Our tours are
day tours between 3 hours and 6
hours in length in the inland waters.’’
—Geographic Region Including Base of
Operations: ‘‘Washington.’’ (Base of
Operations: Friday Harbor, WA)
—Vessel Length and Type: 28′ Motor

Yes. Be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, will be made
publicly available.

The complete application is available
for review identified in the DOT docket
as MARAD 2022–0122 at http://
www.regulations.gov. Interested parties
may comment on the effect this action
may have on U.S. vessel builders or
businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag
vessels. If MARAD determines, in
accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
388, that the employment of the vessel
in the coastwise trade to carry no more
than 12 passengers will have an unduly
adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or
a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in
that business, MARAD will not issue an
approval of the vessel’s coastwise
endorsement eligibility. Comments
should refer to the vessel name, state the
commenter’s interest in the application,
and address the eligibility criteria given
in section 388.4 of MARAD’s
regulations at 46 CFR part 388.
Public Participation
How do I submit comments?
Please submit your comments,
including the attachments, following the
instructions provided under the above
heading entitled ADDRESSES. Be advised
that it may take a few hours or even
days for your comment to be reflected
on the docket. In addition, your
comments must be written in English.
We encourage you to provide concise
comments and you may attach
additional documents as necessary.
There is no limit on the length of the
attachments.

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Where do I go to read public comments,
and find supporting information?
Go to the docket online at http://
www.regulations.gov, keyword search
MARAD–2022–0122 or visit the Docket
Management Facility (see ADDRESSES for
hours of operation). We recommend that
you periodically check the Docket for
new submissions and supporting
material.

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May I submit comments confidentially?
If you wish to submit comments
under a claim of confidentiality, you
should submit the information you
claim to be confidential commercial
information by email to SmallVessels@
dot.gov. Include in the email subject
heading ‘‘Contains Confidential
Commercial Information’’ or ‘‘Contains
CCI’’ and state in your submission, with
specificity, the basis for any such
confidential claim highlighting or
denoting the CCI portions. If possible,
please provide a summary of your
submission that can be made available
to the public.
In the event MARAD receives a
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request for the information, procedures
described in the Department’s FOIA
regulation at 49 CFR 7.29 will be
followed. Only information that is
ultimately determined to be confidential
under those procedures will be exempt
from disclosure under FOIA.
Privacy Act
Anyone can 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.). For information on DOT’s
compliance with the Privacy Act, please
visit https://www.transportation.gov/
privacy.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103,
46 U.S.C. 12121)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022–13901 Filed 6–28–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket Number MARAD–2022–0119]

Request for Comments on the Renewal
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Mariner Cadet TrainingAgreements, Compliance Reporting,
and Audits
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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The Maritime Administration
(MARAD) invites public comments on
our intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for a currently approved
emergency information collection.
Before a Federal agency can collect
certain information from the public, it
must receive approval from OMB.
Under procedures established by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before seeking OMB approval, Federal
agencies must solicit public comment
on proposed collection of information,
including extensions and reinstatements
of previously approved collections. A
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
the following information collection
was published on April 29, 2022. This
document described a collection of
information for which MARAD intends
to seek OMB approval.

SUMMARY:

You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket Number
MARAD–2022–0119 by any one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Search
MARAD–2022–0119 and follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: The Docket
Management Facility is in the West
Building, Ground Floor of the U.S.
Department of Transportation. The
Docket Management Facility location
address is: U.S. Department of
Transportation, MARAD–2022–0119,
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.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this rulemaking.

ADDRESSES:

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
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.

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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:
Chris Wahler, Director of Maritime
Labor and Training, (202) 366–5469 or
via email at EMBARC@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Mariner Cadet TrainingAgreements, Compliance Reporting, and
Audits.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0553.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: In accordance with its
delegation of authority at 49 CFR
1.93(a), and pursuant to 46 U.S.C.
50101(a)(4), the Maritime
Administration (MARAD) is charged
with ensuring that the United States
Merchant Marine is manned with
trained and efficient citizen personnel.
Furthermore, 46 U.S.C. 51322 requires
MARAD to protect cadet mariners from
sexual assault onboard vessels and in so
doing, to set sexual assault policy and
to conduct random and targeted
unannounced checks of commercial
vessels.
MARAD needs to obtain information
from commercial vessel operators in
order to meet its statutory objective of
setting sexual assault policy and
monitoring compliance that is essential
to meeting its mission of ensuring a
well-trained U.S. Merchant Marine.
The Maritime Administration
(MARAD) requests comment on
MARAD’s intention to seek approval
from OMB to reinstate without
modification a previously approved
collection of information concerning
vessel operator acceptance of MARAD
safety and security tenets, compliance
reporting and compliance assessment
requirements. MARAD, in consultation
with operators of commercial vessels of
the United States, established criteria
that vessel operators must meet in order
to participate in the Sea Year program
of the United States Merchant Marine
Academy (USMMA) that address sexual
harassment, sexual assault, and other
inappropriate conduct; and a process for
verifying compliance with the criteria.
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MARAD published on its website
agency guidance entitled Every Mariner
Builds a Respectful Culture (EMBARC).
Embedded within EMBARC is a process
that MARAD will use to verify
compliance. The EMBARC Standards
enumerate new sexual assault and
sexual harassment (SASH) prevention
and response safety measures that
MARAD requires commercial vessel
operators to meet before they are
approved to carry cadets from the
USMMA for training purposes. Along
with the EMBARC Standards, MARAD
also published a self-assessment
checklist, and a statement of compliance
that vessel operators are required to
submit prior to Sea Year participation.
The EMBARC Standards include
immediate, intermediate and long-term
action items that all vessel operators
providing training platforms for cadet
mariners should implement. The totality
of these efforts will help strengthen the
maritime industry’s efforts to prevent
and respond to incidents of sexual
violence and sexual harassment and
other forms of misconduct and help
ensure a safer training environment for
all cadets.
The information to be collected will
be used by MARAD to confirm the
acceptance of MARAD sexual assault
policies by commercial vessel operators
and it will help establish a process to
oversee and monitor continued
compliance through reporting and
auditing of commercial vessel operators
in this initial enrollment and
subsequent Sea Years.
Respondents: Vessel Owners and
Operators.
Affected Public: Captains, Mates,
Chief Operating Officers, Chief
Executive Officers, Operations
Managers, Clerical and typists.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 35
per collection.*
Estimated Number of Responses: 428.
Estimated Hours per Response: 2–6.
Annual Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 1,615.
Frequency of Response: 2 per year.
* Some respondents will have to
respond more than once.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; and
49 CFR 1.93.)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2022–0127]

Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility
Determination for a Foreign-Built
Vessel: WINDWARD’S CAT (Sail);
Invitation for Public Comments
Maritime Administration,
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Secretary of
Transportation, as represented by the
Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
authorized to issue coastwise
endorsement eligibility determinations
for foreign-built vessels which will carry
no more than twelve passengers for hire.
A request for such a determination has
been received by MARAD. By this
notice, MARAD seeks comments from
interested parties as to any effect this
action may have on U.S. vessel builders
or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.flag vessels. Information about the
requestor’s vessel, including a brief
description of the proposed service, is
listed below.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
July 29, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket Number
MARAD–2022–0127 by any one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Search
MARAD–2022–0127 and follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility is in the West
Building, Ground Floor of the U.S.
Department of Transportation. The
Docket Management Facility location
address is: U.S. Department of
Transportation, MARAD–2022–0127,
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.
SUMMARY:

Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your
comments, we recommend that you include
your name and a mailing address, an email
address, or a telephone number in the body
of your document so that we can contact you
if we have questions regarding your
submission.

Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
specific docket number. All comments
received will be posted without change
to the docket at www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on
submitting comments, or to submit

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