[Federal Register: September 8, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 173)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2004-18949]
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget: 1625-0006 [Formerly 2115-0015], Shipping Articles
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 an
Information Collection Request (ICR), 1625-0006, Shipping Articles.
Before submitting this ICR to OMB, the Coast Guard is inviting your
comments.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before November 8,
2004.
ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not
enter the docket [USCG-2004-18949] 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. Caution: Because of recent delays in the delivery of
mail to Federal facilities, your comments may reach the Facility more
quickly if you choose one of the other means described below.
(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 Docket Management Facility at (202) 493-2251.
(4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
The Docket Management 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 ICR is available through this docket on the
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov, and also from Commandant (CG-611), U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters, Room 6106 (Attn: Mr. Arthur Requina), 2100
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is
(202) 267-2326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Arthur Requina, Office of
Information Management, (202) 267-2326, for questions on these
documents; or Ms. Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, (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 comments 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 their Docket
Management Facility. Please see the paragraph on DOT's ``Privacy Act
Policy'' below.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your
name and address, identify the docket number for this request for
comment [USCG-2004-18949], indicate the specific section of this
document or the ICR 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 notice 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
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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.
Information Collection Request:
Title: Shipping Articles.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0006.
Summary: Sections 10302 and 10502 of 46 U.S.C., and 46 CFR 14.201
mandates that the owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or
individual in charge shall make a shipping agreement in writing with
each seaman before the seaman commences employment. Section 14.313 of
46 CFR mandates that shipping companies, after 3 years, deliver
original shipping articles to Coast Guard custody for storage at the
Federal Records Center in Suitland, MD. In addition, shipping companies
must provide copies of shipping articles to the mariner and the Coast
Guard upon request.
Need: The information collected provides verification,
identification, location and employment record of U. S. merchant seaman
to the following: (1) Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies
for use in criminal or civil law enforcement purposes, (2) shipping
companies, (3) labor unions, (4) seaman's authorized representatives,
(5) seaman's next of kin, (6) whenever the disclosure of such
information would be in the best interest of the seaman or his/her
family.
Respondents: Individuals or companies.
Frequency: Once.
Burden: The estimated burden is 18,000 hours a year.
Dated: August 30, 2004.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Assistant Commandant for C4, And Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 04-20330 Filed 9-7-04; 8:45 am]
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