[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49411-49412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19753]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 138
[USCG-2008-0007]
RIN 1625-AB25
Consumer Price Index Adjustments of Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Limits of Liability--Vessels and Deepwater Ports
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Rule; information collection approval.
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SUMMARY: On July 1, 2009, the Coast Guard amended the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 limits of liability for vessels and deepwater ports to reflect
significant increases in the Consumer Price Index. The amendment
triggered information collection requirements affecting vessel
operators required to establish evidence of financial responsibility.
This notice announces that the collection of information has been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and may now be
enforced. The OMB Control Number is 1625-0046.
DATES: The collection of information requirement under 33 CFR 138.85
will be enforced from August 13, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this document
contact Mr. Benjamin White, National Pollution Funds Center, Coast
Guard, telephone 202-493-6863, e-mail [email protected]. If you
have questions on viewing the docket (USCG-2005-21780), call Ms. Renee
V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 2009, the Coast Guard published
an interim rule entitled ``Consumer Price Index Adjustments of Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 Limits of Liability--Vessels and Deepwater
Ports'' (74 FR 31357) (CPI interim rule). This interim rule amended the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 limits of liability for vessels and deepwater
ports under 33 CFR part 138 subpart B to reflect significant increases
in the Consumer Price Index as required by 33 U.S.C. 2704(d)(4). These
limit of liability amendments triggered information collection
requirements under 33 CFR 138.85. This provision requires operators of
vessels to establish evidence of financial responsibility under OPA 90,
33 U.S.C. 2716, acceptable to the Director, National Pollution Funds
Center, in an amount equal to or greater than the total applicable
amounts determined under 33 CFR 138.80(f). The total applicable amounts
are, in turn, determined by reference to the limits of liability in 33
CFR part 138, subpart B. On January 6, 2010, the Coast Guard published
a final rule adopting the interim rule without change (75 FR 750).
With the exception of this collection of information, the CPI
interim rule limit of liability amendments became effective on July 31,
2009. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the preambles to the interim rule and the final rule stated
that the Coast Guard would not enforce the collection of information
requirements occurring under 33 CFR 138.85 until the collection of
information request was approved by OMB, and also stated that the Coast
Guard would publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing that
OMB approved and assigned a control number for the requirement.
The Coast Guard submitted the information collection request to OMB
for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. On
June 18, 2010, OMB approved the collection of information and assigned
the collection OMB Control Number 1625-0046 entitled ``Financial
Responsibility for Water Pollution (Vessels).'' The approval for this
collection of information expires on July 31, 2012. A copy of the OMB
notice of action is available in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov.
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Dated: August 3, 2010.
Craig A. Bennett,
Director, National Pollution Funds Center, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2010-19753 Filed 8-12-10; 8:45 am]
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