[Federal Register: July 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 136)]
[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-2006-25281]
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget: OMB Control Numbers 1625-0016, 1625-0023, and 1625-0033
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit Information Collection Requests
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request an
extension of their approval of the following collections of
information: (1) 1625-0016, Welding and Hot Works Permits; Posting of
Warning Signs; (2) 1625-0023, Barge Fleeting Facility Records; and (3)
1625-0033, Display of Fire Control Plans for Vessels. 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 September 15,
2006.
ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not
enter the docket [USCG-2006-25281] 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.
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(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 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 2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number
is 202-475-3523.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Barbara Davis, Office of
Information Management, telephone 202-475-3523, or fax 202-475-3929,
for questions on these documents; or telephone Ms. Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations, 202-493-0402, for questions on the
docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to respond to this request for comments by
submitting comments and related materials. We will post all comments
received, without change, to http://dms.dot.gov; 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 [USCG-2006-25281],
indicate the specific section of the 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 Request
1. Title: Welding and Hot Work Permits; Posting of Warning Signs.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0016.
Summary: This information collected here helps to ensure that
waterfront facilities and vessels are in compliance with safety
standards. A permit must be issued prior to welding or hot work on
certain waterfront facilities; and, under 33 CFR 126.15(a)(3), the
posting of warning signs is required on designated waterfront
facilities.
Need: The information is needed to ensure safe operations on
certain waterfront facilities and vessels.
Respondents: Owners and operators of certain waterfront facilities
and vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 226 hours
to 178 hours a year.
2. Title: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0023.
Summary: 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.
Need: Title 33 CFR 165.803 requirements are intended to prevent
barges from breaking away from a fleeting facility and drifting
downstream out of control in the congested Lower Mississippi River
waterway system.
Respondents: Operators of barge fleeting facilities.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 32,092
hours to 61,919 hours a year.
3. Title: Display of Fire Control Plans for Vessels.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0033.
Summary: This information collection is for the posting or display
of specific plans on certain categories of commercial vessels. The
availability of these plans aid firefighters and damage control efforts
in response to emergencies.
Need: Under 46 U.S.C. 3305 and 3306, the Coast Guard is responsible
for ensuring the safety of inspected vessels and has promulgated
regulations to ensure that safety standards are met.
Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 911 hours
to 859 hours a year.
Dated: July 6, 2006.
R.T. Hewitt,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command,
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E6-11205 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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