[Federal Register: November 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 221)]
[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]
Information Collections Under Review by the 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, this
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded the
four Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. Our ICRs describe
the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comment
by OIRA ensures that we impose only paperwork burdens commensurate with
our performance of duties.
DATES: Please submit comments on or before December 17, 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)(a) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590-0001. (b) By mail to OIRA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503, to the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
(2)(a) By delivery to room PL-401 at the address given in paragraph
(1)(a)
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above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366-9329. (b) By delivery to
OIRA, at the address given in paragraph (1)(b) above, to the attention
of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
(3) By fax to (a) the Facility at (202) 493-2251 and (b) OIRA at (202) 395-5806, or e-mail to OIRA at oira_docket@omb.eop.gov,
attention: Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
(4)(a) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket
Management System at http://dms.dot.gov. (b) OIRA does not have a Web
site on which you can post your comments.
(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 (Plaza level), 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 for inspection and
copying in public dockets. They are available in docket USCG 2003-15778
of the Docket Management Facility between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays; for inspection and printing on
the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov; and for inspection from the
Commandant (G-CIM-2), U.S. Coast Guard, room 6106, 2100 Second Street,
SW., Washington, DC, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Davis, Office of Information
Management, (202) 267-2326, for questions on this document; Andrea M.
Jenkins, Program Manager, U.S. Department of Transportation, (202) 366-
0271, 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 the paragraph on
DOT's ``Privacy Act'' 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 them 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 the documents supporting this
collection of information or even the underlying requirements 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 in 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.
Regulatory History
This request constitutes the 30-day notice required by OIRA. The
Coast Guard has already published [68 FR 45833 (August 4, 2003)] the
60-day notice required by OIRA. That notice elicited no comments.
Request for Comments
The Coast Guard invites comments on the proposed collections of
information to determine whether the collections are necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Department. In particular,
the Coast Guard would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical
utility of the collections; (2) the accuracy of the Department's
estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information that is the subject of the
collections; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collection on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments, to DMS or OIRA, must contain the OMB Control Number of
the ICR addressed. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of
this request, USCG 2003-15778. Comments to OIRA are best assured of
having their full effect if OIRA receives them 30 or fewer days after
the publication of this request.
Information Collection Request
1. Title: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0023.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Operators of barge fleeting facilities.
Form: This collection of information does not require the public to
fill out forms, but does require barge facilities to keep records of
daily inspections.
Abstract: 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.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 32,092 hours
a year.
2. Title: Various International Agreement Safety Certificates and
Documents.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0017.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Owners and operators of vessels.
Form: CG-967, CG-968, CG-968A, CG-969, CG-3347, CG-3347B, CG-4359,
CG-5643, CG-5679, CG-5679A, CG-5680.
Abstract: This collection of information accounts for 11
certificates and documents associated with the International Convention
for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS). Each of certain U.S.-flag
vessels on international voyages needs one or more of these
certificates or documents to demonstrate compliance with SOLAS. Without
proper certificates and documents, such a vessel could find itself
detained in a foreign port. The certificates and documents associated
with this collection issue primarily to deep-draft vessels, and thus
the annual hour-burden estimated below is relatively small for these
requirements of
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recordkeeping--which in practice is just posting. The factors that
result in the relatively small burden are (a) the limited number of
vessels in the affected population; (b) the brief amount of time, no
more than five minutes for any certificate or document, necessary for
this posting; and (c) the limited frequency with which these
certificates and documents issue--many only once in five years.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 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.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Operators of facilities and vessels engaged in
activities on the OCS.
Form: CG-5432.
Abstract: 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.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 5,767 hours
a year.
4. Title: Regattas and Marine Parades.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0008.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Sponsors of marine events.
Form: This collection of information does not require the public to
fill out forms, but does require the submittal of information to the
Coast Guard in written or electronic format.
Abstract: 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.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 3,000 hours
a year.
Dated: November 7, 2003.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, Computers
and Information Technology.
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