[Federal Register: May 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 102)]
[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-2005-21202]
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Number: 1625-0018
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 one
Information Collection Request (ICR). The ICR comprises (1) 1625-0018,
Official Logbook. Before submitting the ICR to OMB, the Coast Guard is
inviting comments on it as described below.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before July 26, 2005.
ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not
enter the docket [USCG-2005-21202] 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 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
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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: Ms. Barbara Davis), 2100
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is
202-267-2326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Barbara Davis, Office of
Information Management, telephone 202-267-2326, or fax 202-267-4814,
for questions on these documents; or telephone 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 respond to 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 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-2005-21202], 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: Official logbook.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0018.
Summary: The Official Logbook contains information about the
voyage, the vessel's crew, drills, and operations conducted during the
voyage. Official Logbook entries identify all particulars of the
voyage, including the name of the ship, official number, port of
registry, tonnage, names and merchant mariner document numbers of the
master and crew, the nature of the voyage, and class of ship. In
addition, it also contains entries for the vessel's drafts, maintenance
of watertight integrity of the ship, drills and inspections, crew list
and report of character, a summary of laws applicable to Logbooks, and
miscellaneous entries.
Need: Title 46, United States Code (USC) 11301 requires most
merchant vessels to maintain an Official Logbook. The manner of making
entries and penalties are set forth in 46 U.S.C. 11302 and 11303. The
Official Logbook contains information about the vessel, voyage, and
crew. Lack of these particulars would make it difficult for a seaman to
verify vessel employment and wages, and for the Coast Guard to verify
compliance with laws and regulations concerning vessel operations and
safety procedures. The Official Log serves as an official record of
recordable events transpiring at sea such as births, deaths, marriages,
and disciplinary actions. Absent the Official Log, there would be no
official civil record of these events. The courts accept log entries as
proof that the logged event occurred. If this information was not
collected, the Coast Guard's commercial vessel safety program would
suffer, as there would be no official record of U.S. merchant vessel
voyages. Similarly, those seeking to prove that an event occurred would
not have any record available.
Respondents: Shipping Companies.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains the same, 1,750 hours
a year.
Dated: May 19, 2005.
Dr. Nathaniel Heiner,
Acting, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications,
Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 05-10589 Filed 5-26-05; 8:45 am]
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