[Federal Register: September 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 181)]
[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-2006-25800]
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget: OMB Control Number 1625-0012
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 an Information Collection Request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request a
revision for the following collection of information: 1625-0012,
Certificate of Discharge to Merchant Mariners. 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 November 20,
2006.
ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not
enter the docket [USCG-2006-25800] 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.
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(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: 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-2006-25800],
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
Title: Certificate of Discharge to Merchant Mariners.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0012.
Summary: Under 46, U. S. C. 10311, the Coast Guard prescribes the
form of the Certificate of Discharge for Merchant Mariners. The
Certificate provides merchant mariners with evidence of sea service to
determine eligibility for various benefits, such as medical and
retirement. The information collected is also used to show eligibility
for an original, renewed, upgraded license or merchant mariner
document, to develop maritime sea service statistics, and to provide
information to the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) on the
availability of mariners in a time of national emergency. The Coast
Guard's Sea Service database captures the information from the
Certificates of Discharge and is used by the Coast Guard's Regional
Examination Centers to evaluate the qualifications of mariners who
apply for originals, renewals, upgrades to their license or merchant
mariners documents. The information from the database is compiled
annually by MARAD to prepare Congressionally mandated reports on
mariner availability. Currently, the CG Form 718A is only available in
booklet format utilizing carbon copies. The Coast Guard is revising
this form so that it may be provided to the maritime community for
downloading via the internet. The new version still requires vessel
master and discharged mariner signatures. This effort is intended to
alleviate issues regarding form availability.
Need: The information is used primarily, on an as-needed basis, by
mariners and the Coast Guard to establish sea service time and
qualifications for issuing original, renewals or upgraded merchant
mariner credentials; in claims against employers; in medical claims;
and in qualifying for retirement benefits or insurance benefits.
Respondents: Masters or mates of shipping companies and merchant
mariners.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 4,500
hours to 1,800 hours a year.
Dated: September 13, 2006.
R. T. Hewitt,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command,
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E6-15494 Filed 9-18-06; 8:45 am]
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