[Federal Register: April 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 75)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2004-17572]
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Number 1625-NEW [Formerly 2115-0009]
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The United States Coast Guard (USCG) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to comment on a proposed collection
for 1625-NEW, Standard Numbering System for Undocumented Vessels. As
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104-13, 44
U.S.C. chapter 35), USCG has submitted the proposed collection to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and emergency
clearance.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before June 18, 2004.
ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not
enter the docket [USCG-2004-17572] 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, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20590-0001.
Caution: Because of recent delays in the delivery of mail, 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 are 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
Department of Transportation (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-2004-17572], 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 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 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 Requests
1. Title: Standard Numbering System for Undocumented Vessels.
OMB Control Number: 1625-NEW.
Summary: The Standard Numbering System collects information on
undocumented vessels and vessel owners operating on waters subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States. Federal, State, and local law
enforcement agencies use information from the system for enforcement of
boating laws or theft and fraud investigations. Since the September 11,
2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the need has increased for
identification of undocumented vessels to meet port security and other
missions to safeguard the homeland.
Need: Subsection 12301(a) of Title 46, United States Code, requires
undocumented vessels equipped with propulsion machinery of any kind to
be numbered in the State where the vessel is principally operated. In
46 U.S.C. 12302(a), Congress authorized the Secretary to prescribe, by
regulation, a Standard Numbering System (SNS). The Secretary shall
approve a State numbering system if that system is consistent with the
SNS. The Secretary has delegated his authority under 46 U.S.C. 12301
and 12302 to Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. DHS Delegation No.
0170.1. The regulations requiring the numbering of undocumented vessels
are in 33 CFR part 173, and regulations establishing the SNS for States
to voluntarily carry out this function are contained in part 174.
In States that do not have an approved system, the Federal
Government (U.S. Coast Guard) must administer the vessel numbering
system. Currently, all 56 States and Territories have approved
numbering systems. The approximate number of undocumented vessels
registered by the States in 2002 was nearly 13 million.
The SNS collects information on undocumented vessels and vessel
owners. States submit reports annually to the Coast Guard on the
number, size,
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construction, etc., of vessels they have numbered. That information is
used by the Coast Guard in (1) publication of an annual ``Boating
Statistics'' report required by 46 U.S.C. 6102(b), and (2) for
allocation of Federal funds to assist States in carrying out the
Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Program established by 46 U.S.C.
chapter 131.
On a daily basis or as warranted, Federal, State, and local law
enforcement personnel use SNS information from the States' numbering
systems for enforcement of boating laws or theft and fraud
investigations. In addition, when encountering a vessel suspected of
illegal activity, information from the SNS increases officer safety by
assisting boarding officers in determining how best to approach a
vessel. Since, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United
States, the need has increased for identification of undocumented
vessels and their owners for port security and other missions to
safeguard the homeland, although the statutory requirement for
numbering of vessels dates back to 1918.
Respondents: Owners of all undocumented vessels propelled by
machinery are required by Federal law to apply for a number from the
issuing authority of the State in which the vessel is to be principally
operated. In addition, States may require other vessels, such as
sailboats or even canoes and kayaks, to be numbered. ``Owners'' may
include individuals or households, non-profit organizations, and small
businesses (e.g., liveries that offer recreational vessels for rental
by the public) or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimates: The estimated burden is 15,507 hours a year.
Dated: April 14, 2004.
Clifford I Pearson,
RADM, Assistant Commandant for C4 and Information Technology.
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