[Federal Register: August 4, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 149)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG 2003-15778]
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0023 (Formerly 2115-0092),
1625-0017 (Formerly 2115-0056), 1625-0044 (Formerly 2115-0542) and
1625-0008 (Formerly 2115-0017)
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Coast Guard intends to seek the approval of OMB for the renewal of four
Information Collection Requests (ICRs). The ICRs comprise Barge
Fleeting Facility Records, Various International Agreement Safety
Certificates and Documents, and Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Activities--Title 33 CFR Subchapter N and Regattas and Marine Parades.
Before submitting the ICRs to OMB, the Coast Guard is inviting comments
on them as described below.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before October 3,
2003.
ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not
enter the docket [USCG 2003-15778] more than once, please submit them
by only one of the following means:
(1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20590-0001.
(2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
(3) By fax to the Facility at 202-493-2251.
(4) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket Management
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
(5) Electronically through Federal eRule Portal: http://www.regulations.gov
.
The Facility maintains the public docket for this Notice. Comments
and material received from the public, as well as documents mentioned
in this Notice as being available in the docket, will become part of
this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room PL-
401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket on the Internet
at http://dms.dot.gov.
Copies of the complete ICRs are available through this docket on
the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov, and also from Commandant (G-CIM-2),
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, room 6106 (Attn: Barbara Davis), 2100
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is
202-267-2326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Davis, Office of Information
Management, 202-267-2326, for questions on this document; or Dorothy
Beard, Chief, Documentary Services
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Division, DOT, 202-366-5149, for questions on the docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this request for comment by
submitting comments and related materials. We will post all comments
received, without change, to http://dms.dot.gov, and they will include
any personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with
DOT to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see DOT's ``Privacy
Act'' paragraph below.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your
name and address, identify the docket number for this request for
comment [USCG-2003-15778], indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each
comment. You may submit your comments and material by electronic means,
mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address
under ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and material by only
one means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an
unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period. We may change this
proposed rule in view of them.
Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket,
go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time and conduct a simple search using
the docket number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in
room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
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.). You may review the
Privacy Act Statement of DOT in the Federal Register published on April
11, 2000 [65 FR 19477], or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
Information Collection Requests
1. Title: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0023.
Summary: This collection of information requires the person-in-
charge of a barge fleeting facility to keep records of twice daily
inspections of barge moorings and movements of barges and hazardous
cargo in and out of the facility.
Need: 33 CFR 165.803 requirements are intended to prevent barges
from breaking away from a fleeting facility and drifting downstream out
of control in the congested Lower Mississippi River waterway system.
Respondents: Operators of barge fleeting facilities.
Frequency: Daily.
Burden: The estimated burden is 32,092 hours a year.
2. Title: Various International Agreement Safety Certificates and
Documents.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0017.
Summary: Eleven forms were created due to the adoption of the
International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS). The
11 forms are evidence of compliance with this convention for U.S.
vessels on international voyages. Without the proper certificates or
documents, a U.S. vessel could be detained in foreign ports.
Need: SOLAS applies to all mechanically propelled cargo vessels of
500 or more gross tons (GT), and to all mechanically propelled
passenger vessels carrying more than 12 passengers that engage in
international voyages. SOLAS and title 46 CFR 2.01-25 list certificates
and documents that may be issued to vessels.
Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden: The estimated burden is 16 hours a year.
3. Title: Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities--Title 33 CFR
Subchapter N.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0044.
Summary: The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended,
authorizes the Coast Guard to promulgate and enforce regulations
promoting the safety of life and property on OCS facilities. Title 33
Subchapter N promulgate the regulations.
Need: The information is needed to ensure compliance with the
safety regulations related to OCS activities. The regulations include
reporting and recordkeeping requirements for annual inspections of
fixed OCS facilities, employee citizenship records, station bills, and
emergency evacuation plans.
Respondents: Operators of facilities and vessels engaged in
activities on the OCS.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden: The estimated burden is 5,767 hours a year.
4. Title: Regattas and Marine Parades.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0008.
Summary: Title 46 U.S.C. 1233 authorizes the Coast Guard to issue
regulations to promote the safety of life on navigable waters during
regattas or marine parades. Title 33 CFR 100.15 promulgate the
regulations for providing needed information for permitting regattas
and marine parades to the Coast Guard.
Need: The Coast Guard needs to determine whether a marine event may
present a substantial threat to the safety of human life on navigable
waters and which measures are needed to ensure the safety of life
during the events. The requirement for sponsors of these events to
provide specific information on their events is an efficient means for
the Coast Guard to learn of the events and to address environmental
impacts of events requiring permits.
Respondents: Sponsors of marine events.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden: The estimated burden is 3,000 hours a year.
Dated: July 29, 2003.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Director of Information and Technology.
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