[Federal Register: January 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 1)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2007-0180]
Information Collection Request to Office of Management and
Budget; OMB Control numbers: 1625-0001, 1625-0013, and 1625-0096
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 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) and Analyses to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
requesting an extension of their approval for the following collections
of information: (1) 1625-0001, Marine Casualty Information & Periodic
Chemical Drug and Alcohol Testing of Commercial Vessel Personnel; (2)
1625-0013, Plan Approval and Records for Load Lines, and (3) 1625-0096,
Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge; and Report of
Suspicious Maritime Activity. Before submitting these ICRs to OMB, the
Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before March 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number USCG-2007-0180 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid
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duplication, please use only one of the following methods:
(1) On-line: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3) Hand delivery: Room W12-140 on the Ground Floor of the West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The
telephone number is 202-366-9329.
(4) Fax: 202-493-2251.
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 W12-140 on the West Building Ground Floor, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., 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://www.regulations.gov.
Copies of complete ICRs are available through this docket on the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are
available from Commandant (CG-611), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
(Attn: Mr. Arthur Requina), 2100 2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-
0001. The telephone number is 202-475-3523.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Arthur Requina, Office of
Information Management, telephone 202-475-3523, or fax 202-475-3929,
for questions on these documents. Contact Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, 202-366-9826, for questions on the docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public participation and request for comments.
We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments
and related materials. We will post all comments received, without
change, to http://www.regulations.gov. They will include any personal
information you provide. We have an agreement with DOT to use their
Docket Management Facility. Please see the paragraph on DOT's ``Privacy
Act Policy'' below.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the
docket number [USCG-2007-0180], indicate the specific section of the
document to which each comment applies, providing a reason for each
comment. We recommend you include your name, mailing address, an e-mail
address, or a phone number in the body of your document so that we can
contact you if we have questions regarding your submission. 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: Go to http://www.regulations.gov to
view documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the
docket. Click on ``Search for Dockets,'' and enter the docket number
(USCG-2007-0180) in the Docket ID box, and click enter. You may also
visit the Docket Management Facility in room W12-140 on the West
Building Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 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://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
Information Collection Request
1. Title: Marine Casualty Information & Periodic Chemical Drug and
Alcohol Testing of Commercial Vessel Personnel.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0001.
Summary: Marine casualty information is needed for CG
investigations of commercial vessel casualties involving death, vessel
damage, etc., as mandated by Congress. Chemical testing information is
needed to improve CG detection/reduction of drug use by mariners. The
following forms are associated with this collection: CG-2692, CG-2692A,
and CG-2692B.
Need: Section 6101 of 46 U.S.C., as delegated by the Secretary of
Homeland Security to the Commandant, authorizes the Coast Guard to
prescribe regulations for the reporting of marine casualties involving
death, serious injury, material loss of property, material damage
affecting the seaworthiness of a vessel, or significant harm to the
environment. It also requires information on the use of alcohol be
included in a marine casualty report. Section 7503 of 46 U.S.C.
authorizes the Coast Guard to deny the issuance of licenses,
certificates of registry, and merchant mariner's documents (seaman's
papers) to users of dangerous drugs. Similarly, 46 U.S.C. 7704 requires
the Coast Guard to revoke such papers when a holder of the same has
been shown to be a drug user unless the holder provides satisfactory
proof that the holder is cured.
Respondents: Vessel owners and operators.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 18,876
hours to 15,753 hours a year.
2. Title: Plan Approval and Records for Load Lines.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0013.
Summary: This information collection is required to ensure certain
vessels are not overloaded--as evidenced by the submerging of their
assigned load line. In general, vessels over 150 gross tons or 24
meters (79 feet) in length engaged in commerce on international or
coastwise voyages by sea, are required to obtain a Load Line
Certificate. This collection also incorporates the Great Lakes load
lines rule.
Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 5101 to 5116 provides the Coast Guard with
the authority to enforce provisions of the International Load Line
Convention, 1966. Title 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter E--Load Lines,
contain the relevant regulations.
Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 1,681
hours to 1,699 hours a year.
3. Title: Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge; and
Report of Suspicious Maritime Activity.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0096.
Summary: Any discharge of oil or a hazardous substance must be
reported to the National Response Center (NRC) so that the pre-
designated on-scene coordinator can be informed and appropriate spill
mitigation action carried out. The NRC also receives
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suspicious activity reports from the public and disseminates this
information to appropriate entities.
Need: Titles 33 CFR 153.203, 40 CFR 263.30 and 264.56; and 49 CFR
171.15 mandates NRC to be the central place for the public to report
all pollution spills. Title 33 CFR 101.305 mandates owners/operators of
vessels or facilities required, have security plans report activities
that may result in a Transportation Security Incident (TSI) and
breaches of security to the NRC. Voluntary reports are also accepted.
Respondents: Persons-in-charge of a vessel or onshore/offshore
facility; owners or operators of vessels or facilities required to have
security plans; and the public.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden: The estimated burden has increased from 9,105 hours to
13,017 hours a year.
Dated: December 21, 2007.
D.T. Glenn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command,
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E7-25491 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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