[Federal Register: February 18, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 33)]
[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-2005-20338]
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0067 and 1625-0068
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 two
Information Collection Requests (ICRs). The ICRs comprise (1) 1625-
0067, Claims Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and (2) 1625-0068
State Access to The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund For Removal Costs
Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. 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 April 19, 2005.
ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not
enter the docket [USCG-2005-20338] 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.
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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 ICRs 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, fax 202-267-4814 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 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-2005-20338], 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: Claims Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0067.
Summary: The Coast Guard will use the information collected under
this information collection request to (1) determine whether oil-spill-
related claims submitted to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund are
compensable and, (2) if they are, to ensure proper compensation for the
claimant.
Need: If the requested information is not collected, the Coast
Guard will be unable to comply with the provisions of OPA [33 U.S.C.
2708, 2713 and 2714] to ensure the making of fair and reasonable
payments to claimants of fully substantiated claims and to protect the
interest of the Federal Government.
Respondents: Claimants and responsible parties of oil spills.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has been increased from
13,722 hours to 14,800 hours a year.
2. Title: State Access to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for
Removal Costs Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0068.
Summary: The Coast Guard will use information provided by the State
to the Coast Guard National Pollution Funds Center to determine whether
expenditures submitted by the state to the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund are compensable and, if they are, to ensure payment of the correct
amount of funding from the Fund.
Need: Under the authority of 33 U.S.C. 2712, Coast Guard has
promulgated regulations detailing the manner in which to obligate the
Fund. To ensure fair and reasonable payments to States and to protect
the interests of the Federal Government, States must fully substantiate
all expenditures that they submit and must follow the procedures for
presentation of those expenditures to the Fund.
Respondents: State Governments.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains the same, 3 hours a
year.
Dated: February 11, 2005.
Nathaniel S. Heiner,
Acting, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications,
Computers and, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 05-3118 Filed 2-17-05; 8:45 am]
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